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Gas and Electric | $2400 per year |
Pipeline | $2400 per year |
Water and Sewer | $1500 – $2400 per year for private entities in a municipality
If the fee presents a hardship, then the company may present a Hardship Waiver. |
Excavators | $75 – $200 per month, depending on the size of the company. Excavators are billed annually. |
Municipalities | $1500 per year
If the fee presents a hardship, then the company may present a Hardship Waiver. |
The Benefits of a Gold Shovel Standard® Membership
If your business is in one of the above industries, a membership with Gold Shovel Standard® provides access to state-of-the-art technologies, world-renowned damage prevention consultation, and an enhanced reputation due to the status of the brand. Additionally, Gold Shovel Standard® works to build municipal communities so that individual underground infrastructure companies work together in the prevention of line strikes. Gold Shovel Standard® is a proven system, with testimonials and case studies on their website that assert the effectiveness of their philosophy towards underground infrastructure. In fact, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) saw a 38 percent reduction in third-party line strikes in only 33 months, as a result of establishing a Gold Shovel Standard® Community in the Sacramento region of California.