NIPSCO ER 19-245 Service Entrance Overhead User Manual
- June 15, 2024
- NIPSCO
Table of Contents
A NiSource Company
Electric Rules Standard
ER 19-245 Service Entrance Overhead
SERVICE ENTRANCE – OVERHEAD
100, 200, or 320/400 Ampere
Self-Supported
ER 19-245-C
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Published: 11-01-23
Reaffirmed: 11-01-23
USE : Arrangement of service equipment to supply electric energy on an
outdoor self-supported, overhead installation.
STANDARD ORIGINATED
03-94
PREVIOUS STANDARD REVISION
10-01-13
PREVIOUS STANDARD NUMBERS
ER 1-168, ER 19-250
REVISION SUMMARY: Convert to current format. Update reference section.
REFERENCE(S):
(All references are latest revision; unless noted)
National Standard(s)
a. Indiana Electrical Code / National Electrical Code® (IEC/NEC®) NIPSCO
Standard(s)
b. Electric Rules Standard ER 5-500: Entrance Equipment
c. Electric Rules Standard ER 5-550: Entrance Run
d. Electric Rules Standard ER 19-240: Service Entrance – Overhead, Single &
Three Phase, 100, 200, & 320/400 Amp
e. Electric Rules Standard ER 19-900: Standards of Work
SPECIFICATIONS:
1. GENERAL:
1.1. Installation shall conform with IEC/NEC® and rules and requirements of
any recognized legal inspection service in effect in the community and shall
be satisfactory to NIPSCO.
1.2. Self-supported service entrance shall be level, plumb, and securely
mounted to a customer-owned pole installed at least five feet in the ground.
1.3. All equipment, except service drop cable and meter, shall be owned,
installed, and maintained by the customer.
1.4. Installation shall be approved by any local electrical authority having
jurisdiction, if one exists, before it will be energized.
1.5. The installation shall meet all applicable codes having jurisdiction.
1.6. Approved meter sockets for customer purchase and proper wiring
specifications shall be per NIPSCO ER 19-240.
1.7. Meter box, disconnect, conduit, pole, and associated hardware shall be
provided and installed by the customer per NIPSCO ER 5-500 and ER 5-550.
1.8. Customer shall provide meter identification satisfactory to NIPSCO so
that location of each meter and its respective disconnect(s) with respect to
the location being serviced is easily determined. For installations involving
multiple meters, the meter socket and its respective main disconnect shall be
labeled per NIPSCO ER 5-500.
1.9. Approved service entrance cable with weather-proof fittings may be used
where permitted by local authority.
1.10. Bonding bushings and jumpers shall be used to maintain electrical
continuity to service equipment enclosures when the entire concentric knockout
is not removed.
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