It is disconnected! Transformer removed and all wiring and meter after transformer removed. It actually noticeably gives a completely different feel outside now not having the line go across the backyard. You obviously get used to the look of the line being there but when it is removed it really feels and looks different. Feels much more open and can see the sky uninterrupted now.
They still have to pull the line from the transformer to the road (probably about 1/4 mile) but need to have the fiber optic line located near the road first since they have to put a new anchor in to brace the pole after the loss of my line.
He also mentioned they will pull the utility poles straight out of the ground with their larger truck they have even with the ground frozen. I asked him what they did with the pole and he said "give them away". I said I did not want them. People should
review this before thinking that is a good deal.
He thought the transformer was from the 1940's and the utility pole itself looks like from the 1940s. For the transformer they have to have the oil inside it tested and if it tests over 50ppm of PCBs it has to be handled by hazardous waste company, if not it gets sent to another company for refurbishment.
Another thing he mentioned is they are getting a lot of solar installs net metering and they are having to pay more for the solar power then they can resell it back to customers. So they are losing money on all of them. I'm not sure how that is sustainable.
Continuing to chat with him, there was a "big farmer" with an installation that is at the end of a line trying to sell back to the grid and having a lot of issues because the infrastructure at the end of these lines tends to be a lot older and in this case it isn't stabilizing with the grid properly. He says the older "regulators" only worked one way and to replace the regulator would be $50k. They have an engineer working on the problem since it sounds like they are trying to avoid having to spend $50k for one customer.