FOR ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS & OWNER'S REPS
PG&E applicant design and utility coordination for complex residential projects.
Regent5 helps project teams move from preliminary load assumptions to a coordinated utility-service pathway: capacity review, site plans, single-line diagrams, service applications, transformer and route planning, switchgear coordination, construction sequencing and final energization.
EARLY DESIGN WORK
Treat utility service as a design constraint before permit drawings are complete.
Sophisticated projects benefit from early service-capacity discussions because transformer locations, meter and switchgear space, underground routes, clearances and large equipment loads can affect the site plan and architecture. Regent5 can help the architect, GC, electrical engineer and owner’s representative identify these issues while there is still time to solve them cleanly.
UTILITY APPLICATION WORKFLOW
From service availability through energization.
1. Define the load
Establish panel size, voltage, calculated demand and future requirements, then identify whether the project needs an increase in load, change of service, voltage change or other utility action.
2. Assemble documents
Prepare the site plan, one-line diagram, equipment locations, maps and other project information required for utility engineering review.
3. Coordinate design
Resolve transformer, meter, service route, underground infrastructure, switchgear and applicant-side work as the utility develops its design.
4. Build + energize
Coordinate trenching, conduit, service equipment, inspections, disconnect/reconnect, utility construction and final energization with the GC schedule.
PG&E PROJECT LANGUAGE
Use the same vocabulary the utility uses.
Large service projects may involve PG&E Building & Renovation, Your Projects, service availability, increase load, upgrade or change service, electric voltage change, Engineering Advance, Applicant Design, Applicant Install and current Greenbook requirements. Regent5 uses these terms to structure project coordination while keeping utility-owned work and customer-owned work clearly separated.
PALO ALTO IS DIFFERENT
City of Palo Alto Utilities—not PG&E—governs electric service upgrades in Palo Alto.
Palo Alto’s electric utility publishes its own Electric Service Requirements, so service upgrades there should be scoped and described as CPAU projects. Regent5’s site language and project planning should not imply that PG&E provides electric service where the City of Palo Alto Utilities does.
Palo Alto electrical servicesPRECONSTRUCTION
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