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		Opening an Account Existing Service New Service Other Requirements Service Fees Starting Service Inspections
		Opening an Account To open an account with Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative, come by one of our four district offices and complete an Application for Membership and Service. If you are unable to come to one of our offices in person, you may make arrangements for service by phone and follow up by mail.  For an application that you can FAX  or e-mail back to us click here for Word document. Click here for a pdf document. To obtain service you must provide the service representative with your: Social Security Card Drivers License Other picture ID or proof of date-of-birth Existing Service If you are requesting service at an existing location, please provide the service representative taking your application with the following additional information: Meter number (located on an aluminum tag on the meter face, the number will be preceded by the letters "SV") Street address and location of property (911 address if you have one) Name of previous occupant or name of owner if rental property Name of nearest neighbor New Service If you are requesting service for a new location, please give the service representative: The name of the street or road leading to the property (911 address if you have one) The name of the nearest neighbor Any other information which can be used to locate the property If the bill is to be mailed to a different address or to a post office box, the correct billing address must be given To download a "Check list for Service to a New Home" checklist, click here.  To download a " Checklist  for Service to a Manufactured Home" checklist, click here. To download "Timelines for New Service - Important Information for New Home Builders and Setting a Manufactured Home,"click here. Other Requirements As a part of your application for service, you will be asked to grant an easement across your property which will enable SVEC to build and maintain its system and extend service to future members in proximity to your property. If there are no existing power poles on your property, you will be responsible for obtaining permission to cross your neighbors’ land with the line extension and for clearing the right of way to your home site. The clearing must be completed before line construction can begin. The State of Tennessee also requires new homeowners to supply the electric co-op with septic tank papers. If you are buying land that is not served by a city sewer system, you will need to have the health department test it. A building permit may be required. If you live in Marion County or within the city limits of several of the cities served by SVEC, you may be required to purchase a building permit. Check with your local city hall for such requirements. Service Fees When you make application for service, you are asked to pay certain fees which have been established and are adjusted from time-to-time by the Board of Directors. They include: A Security Deposit A Service Connection Fee The Security Deposit is normally based on the estimated amount of two (2) months’ average billing to the location. Once a member has established a "satisfactory"* pay rating for two years, the deposit may be refunded. The Security Deposit may be waived; 1) if the applicant has a "guarantor," a current member with a "satisfactory"* credit rating who will guarantee the payments on the account; or 2) if the applicant has a credit reference from his/her previous electric utility showing a perfect payment record with no late charges for the past two years. The Service Connection Fee will be added to your first bill. For existing services it is a flat fee set by the board of directors. If you request service to a trailer, mobile or manufactured home, other fees may be required, depending upon the location of the property and the type of service required. Those service charges can only be determined after the staking engineer has visited the site. Under certain circumstances, a member who requests the construction of a new line to serve a location may be asked to share in the cost. Such "Aid in Construction" is based upon Board policies and may require the execution of a service contract. * "Satisfactory" is defined as the full balance paid by the Due Date each month with no unpaid amount carried over to the next bill. Starting Service Electric service begins when a Cooperative employee installs a SVEC meter in the meter socket at your location. The number of the meter and the reading shown on its dials are recorded as a part of your total record. It is against the law for any meter, other than one installed by Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative, to be used in the Cooperative’s service area. It is also illegal to tamper with a meter or other electric facilities of the Cooperative. Inspections If you are starting service at a newly constructed or extensively remodeled location or setting up a mobile or manufactured home, you are required by law to have that location inspected by a state electrical inspector. The Cooperative cannot connect its lines to the site and install a meter until the inspector has approved the structure’s wiring. Arrangements for inspections can be made at any of the Cooperative’s district offices by submitting the information needed by the inspector and paying the inspection fee set by the State of Tennessee. If you are building a new home and are ready to begin wiring, be sure to call SVEC's engineers for approval of the switchbox/meterbase location. "Spec" sheets for wiring both mobile homes and new construction are available upon request from your local SVEC office.