You are building a standardized scope-of-work template that your office will use every time a residential customer's existing amperage is too low for their planned electrical loads. The template must list every major work item so nothing is missed on the permit application or the customer proposal. Which set of line items should your template include to fully cover a service upgrade triggered by undersized amperage?
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