Other utility companies, including cable, telephone and internet providers, may jointly use Claiborne Electric’s poles to preserve space and deliver their services to our members efficiently. As a result, communication between Claiborne and other attachers is important to ensure safe and smooth joint use operations.
Claiborne’s Staking Engineers are responsible for the management, design, construction, regulatory, legal and contractual oversight of all third-party attachments on Claiborne-owned poles. The group ensures consistency in Claiborne’s resources so that all parties are treated equitably, assigned appropriate costs for Make Ready Construction and held accountable for actions that might negatively impact the safety and reliability of Claiborne’s electric distribution system. Pole Attachments applications generally follow the process outlined in here:
Claiborne Electric Permitting Process
Please note: Claiborne Electric makes no distinction between electrical ground attachments and any other form of attachment made to its electric plant.
Claiborne’s Pole Attachment Permit Application is available below to download. Once the application form is completed, please email the form and other required documents to Blake Canales.
There is a $500 plus $50 per pole application fee and a 50-pole limit for each application. The application fee is due at the time the application is submitted. Pre-survey engineering and design costs, along with estimated Make Ready construction costs, will be invoiced separately and must be paid before the final attachment permit is issued.
It is Claiborne’s goal to process Pole Attachment Permit Applications and Make Ready estimates according to the following timelines:
| Application Size | Completion Time |
| 20 Poles or less | 15 Days |
| 21 to 300 | 30 Days |
| 301 Poles or more | 45 Days |
Claiborne has approved several contractors as resources to complete Make Ready work in the event the required volume of work exceeds Claiborne’s ability to complete it with its own construction crews. Contact information for those resources is also available below. The work of approved contractors must be coordinated with the appropriate District Operations Manager before mobilizing for construction.
Pre-Approved Overhead Construction Contractors for Make Ready