Smeco install cost?

[DannyMotorcycle]

Anyone know what smeco charges to run power to a piece of property, just for like an RV or garage?
It's already on the street, just not that particular parcel.

 

[Scat]

Last time I did they charged 11.00 a foot for underground

 

[DannyMotorcycle]

Last time I did they charged 11.00 a foot for underground

Thanks.

 

[winterspring]

Expect to pay between $1k and $3k, depending on distance. They will show up and give u a free estimate. Takes 2 weeks after the visit.

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

Call SMECO and do the estimate. I will say $11/foot doesn't sound right. When BGE gave us an estimate for 500 ft. a number of years ago it worked out to $1000/foot for 500 feet, although that included undergrounding the phone and cables lines too and taking down the existing poles.
I have to specify the above was for main lines servicing the entire street and not house service.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Call SMECO and do the estimate. I will say $11/foot doesn't sound right. When BGE gave us an estimate for 500 ft. a number of years ago it worked out to $1000/foot for 500 feet, although that included undergrounding the phone and cables lines too and taking down the existing poles. I have to specify the above was for main lines servicing the entire street and not house service.

So you are saying that BGE would have charged you $500,000? Half a Million dollars to bury an electrical cable run of 500 feet?

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

If I may ...


So you are saying that BGE would have charged you $500,000? Half a Million dollars to bury an electrical cable run of 500 feet?

Yes, that was the loaded price. Keep in mind that was several high voltage feeder lines plus phone and cable lines as well as terminal vaults (transformers). There was also a high water table issue that would have had to be addressed.

It included opening up the ground but not repaving afterwards. That's way different than running a house service which is essentially a drop and hookup, although you can wrap yourself around the axle there if you don't pay attention. If underground is retrofitted to an existing building that has above ground service the building's electrical system is required to be brought up to current code.

SMECO won't be much different for the same scope of work.

 

[itsbob]

We are doing this now, just waiting the initial inspection for electric so they can come do the work. All of our electric is underground, they need to cross under our road and about 150 feet to our new garage.

Running wiring in the garage to get ready for SMECO was almost twice as much as SMECO itself.

SMECO was $1450, electrician to set up the meter, the circuit box (200 amp) and minimal required wiring to pass inspection was $2900..

I was hoping SMECO would just run the electric out and I could do the rest, but too many permits and inspections for me to to do it.

 

[itsbob]

Minimal was Circuit box, 3 overhead lights, 1 outdoor light, 2 gang light switch for indoor and outdoor lights, and a GFCI outlet.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Yes, that was the loaded price. Keep in mind that was several high voltage feeder lines plus phone and cable lines as well as terminal vaults (transformers). There was also a high water table issue that would have had to be addressed.

It included opening up the ground but not repaving afterwards. That's way different than running a house service which is essentially a drop and hookup, although you can wrap yourself around the axle there if you don't pay attention. If underground is retrofitted to an existing building that has above ground service the building's electrical system is required to be brought up to current code.

SMECO won't be much different for the same scope of work.

That would have been for me a, Get the fu*k outta here moment. $500K. A backhoe rental, some supplies from Lowes, and a forged electrical permit... whoo hoooo!

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Minimal was Circuit box, 3 overhead lights, 1 outdoor light, 2 gang light switch for indoor and outdoor lights, and a GFCI outlet.

100% Kudos! An awesome garage. Along with an awesome rig and trailer.

 

[Scat]

Call SMECO and do the estimate. I will say $11/foot doesn't sound right. When BGE gave us an estimate for 500 ft. a number of years ago it worked out to $1000/foot for 500 feet, although that included undergrounding the phone and cables lines too and taking down the existing poles.
I have to specify the above was for main lines servicing the entire street and not house service.

That project is not quite the same as single residential. What was the charge from the transformer/drop to the house?
Notice in Itsbobs post he was charged less than 10/foot for electric service (to the meter).

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Call SMECO and do the estimate. I will say $11/foot doesn't sound right. When BGE gave us an estimate for 500 ft. a number of years ago it worked out to $1000/foot for 500 feet, although that included undergrounding the phone and cables lines too and taking down the existing poles.
I have to specify the above was for main lines servicing the entire street and not house service.

You paid half a million for service lines?

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

You paid half a million for service lines?

No. The project ended up not being done (developer had stars in his eyes and an over optimistic expectation of the Calvert County condo market). But, that was a pretty standard number for the work. It wasn't a new install but a relocation of existing lines, which included a trunk that electrifies half the Town and another one which powers the north side of Chesapeake Beach, so it was a lot more than undergrounding a 220 from the street to your house.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

No. The project ended up not being done (developer had stars in his eyes and an over optimistic expectation of the Calvert County condo market). But, that was a pretty standard number for the work. It wasn't a new install but a relocation of existing lines, which included a trunk that electrifies half the Town and another one which powers the south side of Chesapeake Beach, so it was a lot more than undergrounding a 220 from the street to your house.

Ah ok, I was thinking this was for a single family dwelling and was thinking wtf.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

No. The project ended up not being done (developer had stars in his eyes and an over optimistic expectation of the Calvert County condo market). But, that was a pretty standard number for the work. It wasn't a new install but a relocation of existing lines, which included a trunk that electrifies half the Town and another one which powers the north side of Chesapeake Beach, so it was a lot more than undergrounding a 220 from the street to your house.

Whoaaaa! So, now, more information is divulged. From what I've surmised .... your "500 foot", $500,000 dollar run, (comprising electrical wiring, cable and telephone, buried underground), was not for a single family home, but for a multi-unit condo, aka, an apartment complex with individual space, unit, mortgages. The truest apple to oranges example as I've ever seen. Why don't you just shut the f-ck up. Or, if at all, compare apples to apples in your commentary from hence forth? So it begs the question, (I am not begging you). Why the fu-k would you attempt to equate a condo construction to the OP's question?

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Yes, that was the loaded price. Keep in mind that was several high voltage feeder lines plus phone and cable lines as well as terminal vaults (transformers). There was also a high water table issue that would have had to be addressed.

It included opening up the ground but not repaving afterwards. That's way different than running a house service which is essentially a drop and hookup, although you can wrap yourself around the axle there if you don't pay attention. If underground is retrofitted to an existing building that has above ground service the building's electrical system is required to be brought up to current code.

SMECO won't be much different for the same scope of work.

I will say that your case is an outlier. Likely due to other factors (like the water table), but obviously I don't know the details.

A project I worked on is in construction and just had BGE put in (2) new 480V, 3 phase services. (2) 1500kVA, 13.2kV-277/480V transformers, (5) sets of #500 feeders (1-run at 100' and the other at 60') for a bit over $63,000.

These sort of projects, like you said, aren't really as cut and dry as residential service with one set of feeders and a 25kVA transformer so it's hard to compare, especially at a price-per-foot price.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

If I may ...


Whoaaaa! So, now, more information is divulged. From what I've surmised .... your "500 foot", $500,000 dollar run, (comprising electrical wiring, cable and telephone, buried underground), was not for a single family home, but for a multi-unit condo, aka, an apartment complex with individual space, unit, mortgages. The truest apple to oranges example as I've ever seen. Why don't you just shut the f-ck up. Or, if at all, compare apples to apples in your commentary from hence forth? So it begs the question, (I am not begging you). Why the fu-k would you attempt to equate a condo construction to the OP's question?

Dude, seriously.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Dude, seriously.

Yup. Apples to oranges it was.

 

[Kinnakeet]

Anyone know what smeco charges to run power to a piece of property, just for like an RV or garage?
It's already on the street, just not that particular parcel.

If you have a RV just come off your power panel for your house I installed a 50 amp circuit for our RV when sits at home for the winter.
If your RV is a 30 amp just run a exstension cord