Journeyman Power Electrician for 15~ years,

Im not 100% on Ontario’s requirements are, however in Saskatchewan a home owner can pull a permit to do a service or panel change over, however those two jobs require the homeowner to have a direct family member’s Journeyman electrician licence number filled out on the permit. Tsask will not give a permit for this work without direct supervision/ guidance from a journeyman electrician that is licensed in Saskatchewan.

After the work is completed it would still be subject to an inspection, however re-energizing would happen once the work is complete.

No one other than the utility company in Saskatchewan is allowed to touch the meter and its seal. Our local utility, that I work for, also will no longer book meter disconnects Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Mondays.

In regards to actually doing the work on your own, sure you can just tape up the live ends of the service conductors but anyone suggesting this probably isnt aware of the acr flash hazards of this ‘simple’ task. These wire are not fused or protected. There is no short circuit or overload protection if you have a short. Cat II arc flash ppe is required in the trade to do this work, which includes a shield, class zero gloves, proper fr pants and fr long sleeve shirt. Its certsinly not a low risk job most people assume it to be.