PGE AgriculturalService
PGE AgriculturalService
Greenbook
EMWP
Rev. #14: This document replaces PG&E Document 058087, Rev. #13. For a description of the changes, see Page 12.
This document is also included in the following manual:
• Electric and Gas Service Requirements (Greenbook)
• Electric Meter Work Practices
Purpose and Scope
This document establishes and illustrates the required methods of providing overhead agricultural service of
300 horsepower (hp) or less.
General Information
1. This document applies to agricultural loads rated 5 through 300 hp, provided both of the following conditions are met.
A. The service is overhead.
B. The load current does not exceed the ampere limitation of the service entrance equipment or PG&E facilities.
2. Service Request: The customer should make application for service and verify the available service voltage with
PG&E as far in advance of construction as possible. The customer should then notify his pump company of the
available PG&E service voltage.
3. Available Service Voltage:
A. Non-residential single-phase loads to a maximum of 7-1/2 hp shall be served at 120/240 V, single-phase,
3-wire.
B. Three-phase motors of 5 hp, or bigger up to 30 hp, will normally be served at 120/240 V, three-phase, 4-wire,
but may be served at 120/208 V or 277/480 V at the customer’s option and if capacity is available from
existing facilities.
C. Single or grouped three-phase motors of 30 hp up to 50 hp can be served from an open-delta transformer
producing service voltage at 120/240 V, three-phase, 4-wire, if the customer has a combination of single and
three-phase loads, otherwise they must be served at 120/208 or 277/480 V, three-phase, 4-wire.
D. Single or grouped three-phase motors from 60 hp through 125 hp shall be served at 120/208 V or 277/480 V,
three-phase, 4-wire.
E. Single or grouped motors of 150 hp through 300 hp shall be served at 277/480 V, three-phase, 4-wire.
4. General Requirements: PG&E shall furnish and install the overhead service drop, meters and metering current
transformers. Unless otherwise stated, all other materials shall be furnished, installed and maintained by the
customer and shall comply with the requirements of PG&E. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to
ascertain and comply with the requirements of governmental authorities having jurisdiction. In areas where no
provision is made for inspection by local authorities, the applicable state regulations shall apply. Local ordinances
may include wiring requirements in addition to those shown in this document or in the National Electrical Code
(NEC). Consult inspection authorities for requirements, city or county permits, and inspections that may be
required before service can be connected.
5. Clearances: All overhead conductors may not be in a vertical plane any closer than 10 feet from any wellhead.
The vertical plane is the plane created between the overhead conductors and the ground. Refer to Figure 1 on
Document 025055.
6. Service Pole: When a service pole is required, it shall have a minimum length of 25 feet (set 4-1/2 feet in the
ground) unless a longer pole is needed for required ground clearance or to accommodate additional PG&E
equipment. The pole will be located at least 10 feet from the motor or load and in such a position that the
overhead conductors and any required guy will not interfere with work done at the motor or load. A PG&E pole
with high-voltage conductors (over 600 V) shall not be used as a service pole. Refer to Document 025055 for
further information on the requirements for customer-owned poles.
7. Service Entrance Conductor:
A. The conductors shall be sized and installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of the NEC.
B. A minimum of 18 inches of conductor shall be provided outside of the service head to make connection with
PG&E’s service drop.
C. When the meter enclosures shown in Figure 9 through Figure 11 on Page 10 are used, the customer shall
furnish and connect all line and load-side service entrance conductors.
D. When metering equipment requiring a current transformer (Figure 12 on Page 11 through Figure 15 on
Page 11) is used, the customer shall furnish lugs and connect conductors to the line and load sides of the
current-transformer mounting base. The unmetered conductor may be cable, but shall be continuous and
unspliced in the current-transformer cabinet and shall be located so as to not interfere with the
current-transformer installation.
8. Service Entrance Conductor Covering for Service Poles:
A. All wires between the service head and the meter shall be enclosed in any of the following:
(1) galvanized rigid steel conduit
(2) rigid aluminum conduit
(3) electrical metallic tubing
(4) intermediate metallic conduit
(5) PVC plastic conduit having a minimum wall thickness of 0.15 inches (Schedule 40 for 2” PVC conduit
or larger, Schedule 80 for 1-1/2” PVC conduit or smaller)
All fittings shall be raintight.
B. If PVC plastic conduit is used, it need not be covered. If rigid steel or other approved metallic conduit is used,
it shall be enclosed with either 1/4-inch thick fiber conduit,1-1/2-inch thick wood covering or PVC “U” shaped
moulding for a minimum distance of 8 feet below the lowest open service entrance conductor. The covering
shall be strapped to the pole at intervals not greater than 3 feet (see Pages 7 and 8).
9. Grounding: The customer shall be responsible for bonding and grounding all exposed, non-current-carrying
metal parts. Bonding and grounding shall be in accordance with the NEC and local ordinances. PG&E prefers,
but does not require, the grounding electrode conductor wire to be protected against physical damage by rigid
steel conduit or armored cladding.
10. Metering Requirements:
A. The arrangement of service equipment shall place the meter and current-transformer cabinet (if required) on
the source side of the customer’s service switch or breaker.
B. 125 hp or less: The customer shall provide and install a self-contained, meter socket enclosure, approved by
PG&E, for the available service voltage, in accordance with Table 1 on Page 5 and Figure 9 through Figure 11 on
Page 10.
C. 130 hp through 300 hp: The customer shall provide and install a PG&E-approved combination meter and
current-transformer cabinet in accordance with Table 1 on Page 5 and as shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13 on
Page 11, or, as an option, the current-transformer cabinet and separate transformer-rated meter safety-socket box
as shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15 on Page 11.
D. Non-residential (agricultural) customer-owned poles are limited to only one meter panel rated less than or
equal to 200 amps. Two or more meter panels or a meter panel rated greater than 200 amps must be installed
on a panel board construction as shown in Document 065374.
Connection Amperes
L1 L2 L3
A = Original Readings 60 61 67
B = Second Set of Readings 60 62 63
C = Third Set of Readings 59 62 66
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Roll Service
Roll Service
Leads to the
Leads to
Right Once
L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 the Right L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Again
Connection A Connection B Connection C
Figure 2
Figure 1
Interchanging Leads
Rolling Leads
Reverses Rotation
(maintains same rotation)
(for information only)
13. Voltage stabilizer will be furnished and installed by PG&E. Voltage stabilizer is required on 480V, 3-phase,
3-wire ungrounded installations. Refer to Document 052497.
Pole Construction
Notes: (For additional information on the requirements for customer-owned poles refer to Document 025055)
1. Omit wood block (see Table 3, Item 1 on Page 7) and conduit covering (see Table 3, Item 5 on Page 7) when
PVC service conduit is used. Exception: Wood block is required when service weatherhead is metallic and the
neutral service entrance conductor is uninsulated.
2. When the service conduit (see Table 3, Item 6 on Page 7), is metallic or minimum 2-1/2 inch diameter PVC
Schedule 80, the enclosure height may be reduced as permitted by G.O. 95 to allow 48 inches minimum
meter height from a level standing surface to the center line of the meter.
3. The customer shall extend the service weatherhead to within 18 inches of the pole top unless otherwise
instructed by PG&E (see Note 7A on Page 2).
4. For notes and details pertaining to metering equipment, see Note 10 on Page 2.
5. For notes and details pertaining to customer’s service disconnect and motor control equipment, see Note 11
on Page 3.
6. Customer’s conductors installed in conduit must be in rigid steel conduit, or 2-1/2 inch minimum diameter
Schedule 80 PVC plastic on surface of pole.
7. Alternate location for the ground rod to reduce exposure to agricultural equipment is shown in Figure 3 on
Page 7.
18”
Standing Approx. See Note 7 on Page 6
Surface
Figure 3
Pole Construction for Agricultural Overhead
Service 300 hp or Less
Pole-Top Construction
Notes
1. See Table 4 on Page 9 for down guy requirements.
2. When a neutral conductor is required inside the molding, replace the bare neutral with the required length of
insulated conductor.
3. For customer-owned poles, span lengths are limited to 150’. The vertical separation between conductors in
extended rack construction is 8” minimum.
4. Figure 6, Page 8 installation is not allowed for new construction.
Figure 5 Figure 6
Service Drop Cable Installation Aerial Cable Installation
See Note 4 above
21
Neutral, See Note 2 above
11 23
22 17 4” Min.
See Note 3 above
24”
8”
4” See Table 2,
4” 8” Page 6
8” 480 V Capacitor Installation
Riser Installation
12” See Figure 3 on Page (see Document 028424A)
7 (contact PG&E for
location of weatherhead)
21
2” PVC Schedule 40
9 U-shaped Molding
(see Document 021924)
See Note1 above
Figure 8
Pole-Top Construction for Installation of 480 V
Figure 7 Capacitor Bank or Other PG&E Equipment
Open Wire Cable Installation
Notes
1. Refer to PG&E’s Electric and Gas Service Requirements book for dimension and specification details.
2. Figure 10 and 11 are applicable to maximum of 125 hp pump (self-contained) at 480 V or 277/480 V.
3. 240 V, three-phase, 3-wire service is limited and available only when PG&E’s transformers are of the overhead
type, the load is limited to three-phase motors (small 240 V, single-phase loads may be permissible in some
locations), and in the future, other customers are not likely to be served from the transformer bank.
4. Figure 9 below shows a meter socket with test bypass facilities used for non-residential single-phase service,
120/240 V maximum of 7-1/2 hp. All three-phase services require bypass facilities.
5. Voltage stabilizer, required on 480 V, 3-phase, 3- wire ungrounded services, will be furnished and installed by
PG&E. Refer to Document 052497.
Optional Top Entry
Ground Phase
Conductor on
240 V Service
Customer’s
Load-Side Line-Side
Customer’s Line-Side Conductors
Service Entrance Service
Connection Entrance
Connection
Load-Side
Neutral Conductors
Power-Leg Conductor
on 4-Wire Delta
Figure 11
240/120-V, Three-Phase 4-Wire Delta or 480/277-V, Three-Phase, 4-Wire Wye
Self-Contained 7-Jaw Bused 0-200 Amp Safety-Socket Meter Box
See Note 2 above
Notes
1. Refer to PG&E’s Electric and Gas Service Requirements book for dimension and specification details.
2. Figures 12 through 15 are applicable to a maximum of 300 hp motors.
3. Figures 12 through 15 are applicable to wall-mounted service termination enclosures with maximum ratings of
400 amps, three-phase. Termination equipment that require ratings higher than 400 amps must be
pad-mounted and supplied by an underground service.
Ring-Type Ring-Type
Meter Meter
Socket Socket
Sealable
Covers Current-Transformer
Line Side Mounting Base Line Side
Removable Furnished and Removable
Test Switch Lifting Installed by Test Switch
Bracket Handles Customer Bracket
Load Side Load Side
Alternate Alternate
Position Position
Figure 13
Combination Meter and
Front View Side View Current-Transformer Cabinets
Figure 12 0-400 Amp Rating
Combination Meter and Current-Transformer Cabinets For 277/480 V, 3∅, 4-Wire Wye
0-400 Amp Rating (See Table 1, Footnote 6 on Page 5)
For 480 V, 3∅, 3-Wire
(See Table 1, Footnote 6 on Page 5)
Mounting Base Furnished and Installed by
Customer (base for 3-wire service shown)
Sealable
Cover
Lifting
Sealable Handles
Covers
Flanged
Cabinet
Front View Side View Front View Side View
Figure 14 Figure 15
Meter Box for Transformer-Rated Metering Current-Transformer Cabinet
0-400 Amp Rating
Revision Notes
Revision 14 has the following changes:
1. Revised Notes 3A through 3E on Page 1.
2. Deleted Note 6 on Page 6.
3. Updated Table 2 on Page 6.