PG&E Utility Pole

PG&E Utility Pole #101981700 is the last in the line on Amber Way:

• High voltage lines from the next nearest pole 200 feet away feed the top of pole #101981700
• A canister transformer steps down the voltage for the two houses served by pole #101981700
• Low voltage wires go from pole #101981700 to 478 Amber Way, which is about 50 feet away
• Low voltage wires go from pole #101981700 to 470 Amber Way, which is about 125 feet away

For the lowest cost to both homeowners, we would like to do the following:

1. For 470 Amber Way, underground all PG&E electrical service
2. For 478 Amber Way, depending on total cost, do one of the following:
   • a. Underground underground all PG&E electrical service, or
   • b. Go off-the-electrical-grid and generate/run all house electricity via Solar panels/Tesla PowerWall or similar batteries
3. Have PG&E remove the high voltage wires and pole #101981700

PG&E identified two possible transformers to which we could hook up 470 Amber Way, below.

Google Maps Lat/Long Coordinates for High Voltage Transformers Nearest to 478 Amber Way, 94952

1. 38.2375 / -122.6538 (old part of Amber Way with wood utility poles)
2. 38.236390 / -122.654087 (new part of Amber Way with undegrounded utilities)

Supporting laws/regs for undergrounding utility service

PG&E/CPUC Links

• https://www.pge.com/tariffs/tm2/pdf/ELEC_RULES_15.pdf
• https://www.pge.com/tariffs/tm2/pdf/ELEC_RULES_16.pdf
• https://www.pge.com/tariffs/tm2/pdf/ELEC_RULES_20.pdf
• http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/General.aspx?id=4403

State Legislation Links

AB.57 passed in 2015: the firefighers Union was opposed to a similar California "Small Cell" bill, called Assembly Bill No. 57. They lobbied against AB.57 side-by-side with homeowners and the residents of CA, who also opposed AB.57, until the firefighters Union flip-flopped on 7/15/15 the morning of the 7/15/15 CA Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing, and came out in Support of AB.57 because they had cut a deal on the evening of 7/14/15 that added paragraph (f) to AB.57:

SECTION 1. Section 65964.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65964.1. (f) Due to the unique duties and infrastructure requirements for the swift and effective deployment of firefighters, this section does not apply to a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications facility where the project is proposed for placement on fire department facilities.

SB.649 was vetoed In 2017, but the Bill could come back in 2018:

• http://scientists4wiredtech.com/2017/10/gov-brown-be-smart-veto-sb649/
• https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB64

Federal Legislation Links

• http://scientists4wiredtech.com/regulation/2017-fcc-agenda/
• https://www.fcc.gov/document/accelerating-wireline-broadband-deployment

See Photos/Explanations, Below

This is pole #101981700 that is about 50 feet from my front door.

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PG&E contractors last week tagged pole #101981700 for structural upgrades; I am not sure what is PG&E’s plan for this pole, but I don’t want a a so-called “Small Cell” cell tower antenna to be placed on this pole.

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More detail of pole #101981700: tagged by PG&E contractor for improvements.

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Photo showing low voltage lines from pole #101981700 to 478 Amber Way.

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Photo from street, looking up the driveway of 478 Amber Way.

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Photo from street, looking at entrance of next door neighbor at 470 Amber Way.

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Photo from street, looking up the driveway of 470 Amber Way. Current electric service panel is on far left (southern most) wall of the house.

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Photo of back yard of 470 Amber Way, looking south. Current electric service panel is on southern most wall.

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Neighbor at 525 Amber Way, site of next-closest utilty pole and underground vault with high voltage transformer.

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Front of 525 Amber Way, just north of underground vault with high voltage transformer.

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PG&E Utility pole near 525 Amber Way.

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Detail of Utility pole near 525 Amber Way.

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More detail of Utility pole near 525 Amber Way.

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High voltage underground vault next to utility pole near 525 Amber Way.

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Detail of high voltage underground vault next to utility pole near 525 Amber Way.

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Two houses across the street from 525 Amber Way. The house on the left has overhead service from the pole. The house on the right has underground service from the pole.

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Light pole near 463 and 469 Amber Way.

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Mailboxes for 463 and 469 Amber Way.

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Mailboxes and Comcast/Xfinity cable box for 463 and 469 Amber Way.

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Front of 457 Amber Way; driveway is directly next door to 463 and 469 Amber Way.

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Front of 451 Amber Way. Directly across the street from the backyard of 470 Amber Way.

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Light pole at the corner of Amber Way and Via Gigi (across the street from 450 Amber Way)

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High voltage underground vault next to utility pole at the corner of Amber Way and Via Gigi.

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Detail of high voltage underground vault next to utility pole at corner of Amber Way/Via Gigi.

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The home at 450 Amber Way. Directly across from high voltage underground vault.

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Looking from the high voltage underground vault at corner of Amber Way/Via Gigi towards the back yard of 470 Amber Way; the end of the fence marks the property line between 450 Amber Way and the backyard of 470 Amber Way.

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Detail of the drainage facility that is part of the drainage easement that affects lands of both 470 and 478 Amber way.

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More detail of the drainage facility