# Who Owns the Power Line to Your House? (Georgia Power) | Who Pays the Repair?

> Georgia Power's Blue Book puts the service entrance, from the meter base to the service point, on the customer's side; the customer's conductors must extend at least 3 feet out of the weatherhead.

**Who pays:** owner

Georgia Power's Blue Book defines the customer-owned service entrance as the facilities from the meterbase to the service point, where the Company's facilities connect to the customer's; the customer's service entrance conductors must extend at least 3 feet out of the weatherhead.

**Boundary:** Georgia Power's Blue Book construction manual defines the service entrance as the customer-owned facilities from the meterbase to the connection point with the utility, known as the service point, and defines the service point as the point of connection between the Company's facilities and the customer's facilities. The customer's service entrance conductors must extend not less than 3 feet out of the weatherhead.

## Sources
- [BlueBook 2023 (Electric Service Guide / Definitions)](https://www.georgiapower.com/content/dam/georgia-power/pdfs/business-pdfs/bluebook_2023.pdf) — "Service Entrance: An inclusive term describing the customer owned facilities from the meterbase to the connection point with the utility known as the service point." (accessed 2026-10-23)
- [BlueBook 2023 (Electric Service Guide / Definitions)](https://www.georgiapower.com/content/dam/georgia-power/pdfs/business-pdfs/bluebook_2023.pdf) — "Service Point: The point of connection between the Company's facilities and the Customer's facilities. / Customer's service entrance conductors shall extend not less than 3 feet out of weatherhead." (accessed 2026-10-23)

_Last verified 2026-10-23. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/georgia-power-electric-service-line-who-is-responsible/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._