Enginnering/Operations

POLES

Pacific County PUD asks for the public's cooperation in keeping signs, posters and other items off power poles in the interest of safety and lower maintenance costs. Nails, staples, tape and rope used to attach signs to the poles present a physical hazard to the linemen, and they also can damage a lineman's electrically insulated safety gear. A tiny puncture in a lineman's gloves can expose him to severe shock from electric power lines.

It is a violation of state law (RCW 70.54.090) to attach signs and other items to utility poles.