Meter Responsibility

Overhead/Underground Line

The point of interconnection is usually past the meter socket for single-phase services.  Click Here.

Member-Owner's Responsibility

  1. Tripped breaker or blown fuses below the meter or in any building
  2. Bad connection on entrance to buildings or house
  3. Wrapped or broken wires on the member-owner's side of the meter pole
  4. Tree or tree branches in wires on member-owner's side of the meter pole

Note:  Iowa law requires that you call IOWA ONE CALL 48 hours prior to excavating.  Any time you plan to excavate, whether it's a small or large construction project, call 811 or 1-800-292-8989.

Clarke Electric Cooperative's Responsibility

  • Line outages (caused by lightning, storms, ice, trees, wind, broken wires, broken poles, broken insulators, animals, faulty primary underground)
  • Primary fuses on transformers or line tops
  • Failed transformers
  • Substation outages

Note:  Clarke Electric is responsible for repairing lines and restoring power, but is not liable for any damages that are caused by acts of God.