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one recommendation) is an over head three phase service, and dip and go underground for about 1,000 feet to serve to a 1000 volt transformer that would provide electrical needs for the school facilities, the lighting for the property, as well as be able to extend (he is not sure if that transformer was going to provide for the fields} but Duke Power can provide service to those fields from that point. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Mr. Gardner about how many trees would be taken out by going in above ground. Mr. Gardner said they were looking at a need fora 30-foot easement but since part of the easement can be the transmission unit they may only need to clear about 15 feet. Commissioner Halkiotis asked whose property they would run this on. Scott Gardner said that they could run this on school property. Dr. McFarley said that they have no reservations about providing the easement. It is just the provision of getting electrical service to the property about which they have same concerns. Commissioner Jacobs asked which way Duke Power's service ran. Scott Gardner said that right now they would be coming south. The substation is up in the Efland community on the north side of I-85. Currently Dr. McFarley had mentioned the single phase line that served the old house then and that delivery runs eastward out of Efland to Mt. Willing Road south across I-85140 to West Ten Road ,then westward along West Ten Road and it is single phase for about 2 miles and there is not enough capacity on that line to provide three phase service. Commissioner Jacobs asked if westward of this is Piedmont electric and Mr. Gardner confirmed this. Chair Carey asked if the option that was just described going south across school property and running line underground to the building is the school district's number one option. Dr. McFarley said it is the school district's preference that it go overhead and go underground to the building pad and also underground on the east side of the pond to serve the lift station and continue underground out to West Ten Road and going back to the west if Duke Power wishes to have the easement and provide three phase power further to the east. Chair Carey said that on the school's document their option 1 has a cost of $50,000 to $100,000. Superintendent Carraway said that the $2000 is only for the small underground area and they are asking for underground for when the lines come onto campus and that all of the lines on campus and in front of the campus be underground. She said that this is their most preferred option. Chair Carey said if running the line from that corner to the school building will serve everything on site why is it necessary to run it dawn south to the lift station and then out to the street. Superintendent Carraway said that Duke Power says that is what they have to do. The OCS BOE does not think they should, but Duke says we have to. Scott Gardner said that in their responsibility to provide electric service for the Piedmont Carolinas they are always looking and the Utilities Commission encourages them to maintain their proven reliability down the road. They are always looking for ways to connect various parts of circuits at low costs for the purpose of restoring electric service in the event of a major outage. And, as in this case, when they come onto property to provide electric service, they also consider getting through that piece of property somehow and with the agreement of the customer so that they can move from this extension of their facility onto the next parcel of property to serve what ever may come down the road. Since they already have lines there they are simply making that connection with this capability. Scott Gardner said that all of this capability is to Duke's advantage in an effort to serve all of their customers. There is no charge to the customer for constructing that line overhead.