Cool, I'm glad it worked out. I had one of these, where I need a pole to solve a tricky issue with feeding a new home. It was too far for a mid-span tap, and the wire would of hung too low. The supervisor tells me that I need to pay for it, and it will be some crazy number, like over a grand. I tell him that dog won't hunt. We stare at each other a while and he says, "Oh, I got it. You need to tell me that you are requesting a yard light". I stare at him like he is nuts. He says, "no really, tell me exactly what I just said". I respond, "well, sir, it just occurred to me that I really need a yard light, right about there". He then says, "That's great, I can put a big pole right there, and put a street light on it, you then pay the $14 a month, for a minimum of a year, and were all good to go". I got the huge pole I needed to supply the new house service. A few months later I sold the house. The new customer called immediately, and told them to take the $14 off her bill, since she wasn't paying to provide neighborhood street lighting. They remove the charge, keep the light lit, and even show up on occasion to re-lamp it, even though they haven't billed a dime for it, in seven or eight years of use. Yea, utilities can be weird.
