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- street Light Poles - Unlcs~ uverlmad powrsr llnci ate elneetly attaeheel tn a ~lmcl Ilgllt pole, the puwcr cables am bnneel tn the
atrcnl ltght pole from Cqulpment ~uth an a pzldmountnd nan.-totmet or an adl.1:cnt~lmL‘lIlgl\lpole.
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o Gmunding Applications - Not all buncd puwcr cable. am let .taeet light applteatten. and en.-tamer .emee. To tmpnwe
system mhabtltty, enhaneeel gxmlndlng t. utlllznd at new Alabama Power cnmpany eqntpment poles Enhaneed gruundlng may
lnclude ground tea. and ground wne |nalzlIlatll.m~ nntnele the pole hale m undlsturbcd eanh my lmprovcd gmundlng
An "Enhaneeel Cmundlng Installed” slgn |S generally attached tn the poll: at eye level te pnavtele addlllonal nnttee to the excavator
cf Lhcsc below ground eleetneal faclhllcs The gxoundlng facllmcs almuld be marked wlth Ind palnl by Alabama Power Company
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3. Cunmtunleatlon - A key factor wtth mic dlgglng pmclltci l~ uffctllve tommunlcatlon between excavators and underground
famllty upcmlom. Even though pD~ll|vc rciponic |S not ennently mqulrcd by Alabama state Law, Alabama Power Company
Iwcs the Voluntary [’uamvL‘ Re.pnn.«e Program uffumd by AL811, Thu program allovtw an excavate: tn know the ~t.1tus M then
loeate mquL‘~t by vtewtng the onltne AL811 Wcb[’onal Thucfom, the polenllal [or mhcummunlcallnn between exeavattm and
Alabama Power Company Ilnduground [aclhry lucatum can be ehnnnateel and nttltty ee.t saytngs ean be aehteyeel slncn the
number of second lneate teqne.ts ate rcdutcd. Provldud below D an example applteatton nnng the ALB11 Voluntary [’Os‘|tlvL‘
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