Instead, the property owner will need to hire a general contractor or an electrician.4 Modifying the panel in any way also means that the building owner must ask the utility for a service modification, triggering a utility inspection and requiring the owner to bring the electric service up to code. [...] It is also borne by utilities and ratepayers in the form of upstream investments in the local distribution grid— the part of the grid that delivers electricity to homes and businesses—to meet the new demand for electricity. [...] The Building Standards Commission, in collaboration with the state agencies that propose and adopt changes to Electrical Code Article 220, has authority to adopt sections of the NEC early or to amend the NEC when adopting the California Electrical Code. [...] SPUR and a coalition of five nongovernmental partners have called for the CPUC to direct utilities to gather information from the initial implementation of timelines and reporting requirements and to use that information to consider new processes and rule changes needed to further streamline energization projects.26 Pathway to change: The CPUC should adopt target and maximum energization timelines. [...] When a service upgrade from the utility is unavoidable, the customer pays the cost of the upgrade in excess of the standard utility allowance.
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