California mobilehome park utility conversion

• Delivering safe, reliable electric service is extremely important to Pacific Power. A new, professionally installed system that’s safe and reliable for owners and the residents who live at the park would be installed.
• The owner would no longer be responsible for reading meters, billing or communicating directly with residents regarding their energy service – this would be Pacific Power’s responsibility.
• Each resident would be billed by Pacific Power making them aware of the CARE discount, the Medical Baseline Allowance and our energy efficiency programs and services.

Costs associated with the conversion of the MHP to direct utility service will generally be covered by Pacific Power. Pacific Power will install a new electric distribution system to serve each mobile home space in the park. This installation will be done in a “like” manner to match the existing facilities; i.e. overhead facilities to replace overhead facilities and underground facilities to replace underground facilities.

The MHP owner will be responsible for hiring a “qualified electrical contractor” to replace the park-owned meter pedestals or meter service poles and perform any necessary “beyond-the-meter” work. Pacific Power will reimburse the MHP owner for the costs of the metering facilities, permits and connection costs associated with connecting the mobile homes to the new system.

Pacific Power will work with the MHP owner to determine a suitable location for new metering facilities. Personnel safety and Pacific Power’s ability to maintain these systems, once installed, will be top priorities in determining the locations.

The MHP owner will be responsible for the connection of common area facilities (clubhouse, office, laundry facilities, streetlighting, etc.) and will be responsible for the mitigation of any environmental or cultural issues discovered during a desktop audit that Pacific Power will perform during the construction of the replacement system.

Pacific Power will be working with MHP owners to minimize service interruption during construction and cutover of service. In almost all cases, it is anticipated that the master-metered system will not be taken out of service until the very end of the conversion process when individual services are transferred from the master-metered system to the direct utility system.