Cost to upgrade underground electrical to 200A service
I was badly misled by online information on this one. I don't know if that's because a lot of people have overhead service or not, but whatever. Per Enmax, in the Calgary (non-downtown) area, the cost to update underground service to 200A is about as follows: • Transformer on your property: $4,000 to $8,000 • Transformer is 1 lot away: $8,000 to $15,000 • Transformer is 2 lots away: $20,000 to $40,000 • More than 2 lots away, or 2 lots away and across the road: $50,000 to $80,000 Most of this is the cost of underground horizontal drilling and Hydrovac, which obviously increase (steeply) by distance. Given this I expect the costs would be similar throughout Western Canada. About the only "good" news is that because they drill, there is no surface disturbance to roads or neighboring property. But that's not any kind of consolation given the massive cost. This is for a single detached home in the 'burbs. Heavily urbanized or...