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SESR 2019
Standard Electrical Service Requirements
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Standard Electrical Service Requirements
Tampa Electric
JUST A REMINDER!
FLORIDA STATUTE 812.14 STATES "IT IS UNLAWFUL TO WILLFULLY ALTER, TAMPER WITH,
INJURE, OR KNOWINGLY SUFFER TO BE INJURED ANY METER, METER SEAL, PIPE CONDUIT,
WIRE, LINE, CABLE, TRANSFORMER... OR TO ALTER THE INDEX OR BREAK THE SEAL OF ANY
METER."
PLEASE KEEP SAFETY FIRST - CALL TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY (813) 635-1500 FOR AN
APPOINTMENT TO DISCONNECT THE SERVICE AND REMOVE THE SEAL/METER. REFER TO
SECTION II.B.5 OF THESE STANDARD ELECTRICAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING
THE EXCEPTION ALLOWED BY TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY.
FOREWORD
Tampa Electric Company, in cooperation with Customers and their agents, wishes to provide adequate
electrical service in an expeditious manner. This publication, Tampa Electric Standard Electrical Service
Requirements (SESR), is intended to furnish information often required by Customers and their agents
(builders, architects, engineers, electricians, etc.) to receive Tampa Electric service. The SESR is subject to
and subordinate to the Tampa Electric Tariff, which is amended from time to time and approved by the Florida
Public Service Commission. In addition, the SESR is subject to and subordinate to the Florida Administrative
Code as it pertains to publicly held utilities and to the provisions of the latest adopted edition of the National
Electrical Safety Code. These requirements supplement those of the National Fire Protection Association,
National Safety Codes and those of state, county and municipal authorities.
This document is not intended to be all-inclusive and is not a substitute for direct communication
between the Customer and Tampa Electric. This direct communication is essential to mutually
understanding service needs and requirements and for Tampa Electric to provide prompt and adequate
electrical service when it is needed.
The personal pronouns "he", "him", "his", etc., when used in the text, are generic and not intended to specify a
particular gender. The Tampa Electric SESR is revised periodically due to ongoing changes in engineering and
construction practices. Consequently, some of the provisions contained herein may be obsolete.
It is essential that the Customer or his agent contact a Tampa Electric representative to ensure that he
has the latest issue of the Tampa Electric Standard Electrical Service Requirements, in addition to any
new or other pertinent information that may not be published.
Except for installation and maintenance of its own property, Tampa Electric Company does not install or repair
Customer owned wiring on Customer¡¯s premises. Therefore, the Company cannot assume any responsibility
or liability for the condition of wires or apparatus not owned by the Company.
Changes and additions from the previous version of the SESR are identified by a vertical line to the left of the
paragraph. Deletion of an entire paragraph is indicated by a vertical line between the paragraphs that remain.
Editorial changes are not identified. Text formatted in italics has been extracted from Tampa Electric
Company¡¯s Retail Tariff.
Standard Electrical Service Requirements ¨C Version 1.0, July 2019
Tampa Electric Company
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Standard Electrical Service Requirements
Tampa Electric
THE TAMPA ELECTRIC
STANDARD ELECTRICAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Distribution Engineering
Tampa Electric
P.O. Box 111
Tampa, Florida 33601
(813) 228-1111
Standard Electrical Service Requirements
Tampa Electric
Contents
I.
II.
III.
DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................................. 1
GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 9
A. Early Notification and Coordination .......................................................................... 9
B. Contacting Tampa Electric Company ........................................................................ 9
1. Procedure for Obtaining a Work Request/Layout Number and Tampa Electric
Company Inspection: .......................................................................................... 9
2. Construction Service Application Requirements.................................................... 10
3. Temporary Service Application Requirements ...................................................... 10
4. Residential Service Application Requirements ...................................................... 10
5. Commercial Service Application Requirements..................................................... 12
6. Change in Service Requirements (Service Changes)............................................... 14
7. Outdoor Lighting Service Application Requirements............................................. 15
8. General Considerations ....................................................................................... 16
9. Secure File Transfer System Site Access Instructions............................................. 16
C. Application for Electrical Service ............................................................................ 17
D. Availability of Desired Type of Electrical Service...................................................... 17
E. Contributions by Customer (CIAC)......................................................................... 18
F. Additional Charges................................................................................................. 19
G. Rights of Way and Easements ................................................................................. 20
H. Measuring (Metering) Electric Consumption ............................................................ 21
I. Conjunctive billing as disallowed in FAC 25-6.102 ................................................... 23
1. Totalized Metering............................................................................................. 23
2. Single Point Of Delivery ..................................................................................... 24
J. Electrical Inspections and Connection of Service...................................................... 24
K. Customer Responsibility for Safety and Adequacy of Wiring ..................................... 25
L. Access to Tampa Electric Facilities .......................................................................... 25
M. Load Balance ......................................................................................................... 25
N. Customer Owned Generators .................................................................................. 26
1. Standby Generator ........................................................................................... 26
2. Parallel Generation and Cogeneration................................................................ 26
O. Unauthorized Attachments...................................................................................... 27
P. Continuity of Service .............................................................................................. 27
Q. Conservation Programs .......................................................................................... 28
SERVICE PROVISIONS ............................................................................................. 29
A. Standard Service .................................................................................................... 29
1. Voltages Under 750 V ....................................................................................... 29
2. Voltages Over 750 V ......................................................................................... 30
B. Point of Delivery..................................................................................................... 30
C. New or Upgraded Tampa Electric Facilities.............................................................. 31
1. General............................................................................................................ 31
2. New or upgraded Overhead Facilities................................................................. 31
3. New or Upgraded Underground Facilities........................................................... 32
4. Conversion of Existing Overhead System to Underground ................................... 32
D.
Residential Service (under 750 V) ...................................................................... 32
1. Underground Service for New Residential Subdivisions (Five or more building lots)
........................................................................................................................ 33
2. New Underground Service Laterals from Overhead Systems ............................... 34
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3. Underground Distribution Facilities to Multiple-Occupancy Residential Buildings
(5 Units or more per building) ........................................................................... 34
4. Manufactured Home Service ............................................................................. 35
5. High-Rise Residential Buildings......................................................................... 36
E. Commercial Service (under 750 V) .......................................................................... 36
1. Commercial Overhead Services ......................................................................... 36
2. Commercial Underground Service ..................................................................... 36
F. Underground Commercial Distribution (UCD) and Network Systems ........................ 37
1. Underground Commercial Distribution (UCD) ................................................... 37
2. Underground Network ...................................................................................... 37
G. Temporary and Construction Service ...................................................................... 38
H. Unauthorized Connections & Disconnections............................................................ 40
I. Service to Special Equipment ................................................................................. 40
J . Service to Boat Facilities ......................................................................................... 40
IV. SERVICE AND METER CONNECTIONS ................................................................... 41
A. Service Equipment ................................................................................................. 41
1. General............................................................................................................ 41
2. Ampere Rating................................................................................................. 42
B. Overhead Service ................................................................................................... 44
1. Conductor Vertical Clearance to the Ground Surface.......................................... 44
2. Conductor Clearance When Attached to Buildings.............................................. 44
3. Conductor Clearance Adjacent to But Not Attached to Buildings or Enclosed Pools 44
4. Clearance from Non-Enclosed Swimming Pools, Fountains and Similar Installations44
5. Anchorage for Overhead Service Drop Cable or Wires........................................ 45
6. Installation of Service Entrance ......................................................................... 46
V. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFORMERS SITUATED ON CUSTOMER PROPERTY 47
A. Padmounted Transformer Requirements ................................................................. 47
B. Vault Requirements................................................................................................ 48
C. Relay Service ......................................................................................................... 48
VI. METERING EQUIPMENT.......................................................................................... 49
A. Equipment Furnished and Installed by Tampa Electric ............................................. 49
B. Equipment Furnished, Installed, and Owned by the Customer................................... 49
C. Metering for Customer Services Above 480 Volts...................................................... 51
D. Metering Configurations & Approved Metering Equipment Enclosure List................ 51
E. Location of Metering Equipment ............................................................................. 52
1. Sequence in Service Entrance ............................................................................ 52
2. Located Outdoors ............................................................................................. 52
3. Located Indoors ............................................................................................... 53
4. Flood Elevation Standards ................................................................................ 53
5. Standards for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Meter Rooms Inside
Customer High-Rise Buildings........................................................................... 53
F. Identification of Meters........................................................................................... 55
G. Relocation or Upgrade of Metering Equipment......................................................... 55
H. Solid State Data Recorders (SSDR) Requirements .................................................... 55
I. Provisions for Energy Pulse Data............................................................................ 56
VII. GROUNDING ............................................................................................................. 57
A. General.................................................................................................................. 57
B. Notes on Grounding Customer's Service Entrance .................................................... 57
VIII. CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 59
A. General.................................................................................................................. 59
B. Tampa Electric Approval of Starting Means for Large Motors................................... 60
C. Motor Protection and Power Factor......................................................................... 61
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