Set the water heater thermostat at 120 degrees.
Insulate the first 12 inches of inlet/outlet pipes.
Install a timer on electric water heater.
Drain one gallon of water every six months.
Check and repair water leaks.
Insulate the unit with a water heater blanket (read manual first).
MARCH 13, 2010
Requirements for Line Extension
The first four items are required prior to scheduling any construction.
Cost estimate must be paid. All payments or fees on cost estimates charged are consistent with Line Extension Policy or the rule on Special Fees and Charges. (Cost estimates are based on one (1) trip to job site, if additional trips are made costs will be included on final bill after completion of work order.)
Signed and notarized easement (s) by the legal owner (s) of any property from which the line to be constructed takes off, crosses, or where it terminates. All right of way easements are to be acquired by consumer requesting extension. The Cooperative will not accept any incomplete right of way easements. All right of way easements must be filled out completely by the property owner, including legal description & deed book information. (This can be acquired from the property owner's deed, tax assessment, or from the County Clerk's office.) No copies will be accepted only originals can be submitted.
Letter of Compliance required from Mora County for proposed work within Mora County. Letter of Compliance required from San Miguel County for proposed work within San Miguel County. Letter of Authorization from Santa Fe County for proposed work within Santa Fe County. (Obtain from County's Planning & Zoning Department)
Permit from a licensed electrician, all permits will require approval from the State Electrical Inspector. It is the responsibility of the Electrician to call the State Electrical Inspector for an inspection. Upon an approved inspection, the State Electrical Inspector will then release the permit for a hook-up by MSMEC.
Arrangements and co-ordination of trenching and delivery of wire must be made with Line Superintendent Prior to scheduling of work. No trenching should take place until all four above requirements have been met. Contractor and/or consumer assumes liability on any trenching done and left open prior to above requirements being met.
Consumer is responsible for digging trench and back fill if underground construction. Line will not be energized until trench is back-filled
Cooperative line department personnel will perform all construction of work up to metering point. All material, including conductor, up to metering point shall be furnished by MSMEC. Exception to rule, are commercial applications where MCM wire is required. Electrician shall consult with Cooperative on such applications. Electrician shall supply MCM secondary wire from transformer to main disconnect. Co-op personnel shall make terminations at transformer and electrician shall make terminations at main disconnect. *** No wire will be released by MSMEC to any individual or contractor. *** MSMEC does not engage in any sale of materials. Electrician shall not do any work on Cooperative owned poles.
G. If a New Mexico Highway Crossing and Archeological Permit are needed, the application for the permits will not be submitted until fees are paid on the cost estimate. State permits take 8 to 10 weeks for approval (by state).
Other requirements:
Trenches for primary cable should be no less than 48" in depth and there is no required width. (If required depth can not be met, please contact the Cooperative.)
Trenches for secondary cable from transformer to pedestal should be no less than 36" in depth and there is no required width. (If required depth can not be met, please contact the Cooperative.)
Trench bottom shall be smooth, flat, without rock, or irregularities.
If trench bottom irregularities cannot be corrected, then a 4" bedding of sand or rock-free dirt may be used below cable and 6" layer of same material above cable.
Where required depth cannot be met, primary or secondary cable may be encased in schedule 40 PVC not less than 24" from finish grade, bedding requirement applies for conduit.
If PVC is placed, a pull cord should be left to enable the cable to be fished through.
Water lines will maintain a horizontal or vertical 12" separation from primary or secondary cable.
Communications cable shall have a 12" minimum separation from primary and secondary cable.
Pedestal should be placed no less than 10' from the transformer or from the service pole.
Meter loop should be placed no less than 10' from the transformer pole or from the service pole.
Meter loop poles shall be treated poles, installed a minimum of 18' above ground and embedded a minimum of 5'.
Service entrance risers on buildings shall be a minimum of 12'.
Construction of buildings, placement of modular homes or mobile homes directly under overhead power lines is prohibited.
Construction of buildings, placement of modular homes or mobile homes directly over buried underground power lines is prohibited.
MSMEC will maintain, or replace any buried cable which fails, and that was provided and installed by the Cooperative.
MSMEC requires a notice of 48 hours for cable locates.
MSMEC does not engage in locating private buried cable, nor in the locating of faults beyond the metering point.
Call before Digging.
Line and Service Extensions Policy 
Right of Way Easement