KRS 227.460: Application of KRS 227.450 to 227.500.

(1) KRS 227.450 to 227.500 shall not apply to installations under the exclusive control

of electric utilities for the purpose of communication, metering, or for the

generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy

located in buildings used exclusively by utilities for such purposes or located

outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility or on public highways, streets or

roads, or outdoors by established rights on private property.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provis ion of this chapter, for electrical work not related

to buildings for human occupancy performed between the service disconnect and a

facility owned or operated by an electric utility by or on behalf of the Kentucky

Transportation Cabinet by prequalified electrical contractors within the public right-

of-way, the electrical contractor shall have the option of having the electrical

inspection conducted by an electrical inspector:

(a) Appointed by a local government under KRS 227.480; or

(b) Approved by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.