NES pole attachment bonds.
From $100.
Nashville Electric Service (NES) requires a cable, fiber, or telecom provider attaching to its poles to post a pole-attachment bond guaranteeing it pays its attachment fees and follows NES construction standards. NES sets the amount in the pole-attachment agreement; premiums are 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an NES pole attachment bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Your pole-attachment agreement is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount NES set in your agreement, the effective date, and your pole-attachment agreement date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most applications clear quickly on a soft pull that never affects your score; pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Larger amounts may get a brief review.
Deliver to NES
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to Nashville Electric Service to complete your pole-attachment agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the pole attachment bond actually guarantees
Nashville Electric Service owns and maintains the distribution poles across its Nashville and Davidson County service area. When a cable, fiber, or telecom provider — or a contractor performing make-ready work on their behalf — wants to attach lines to those poles, NES requires a signed pole-attachment agreement backed by a surety bond.
The bond is a performance guarantee among three parties: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and NES (the obligee). It backs your obligation to pay the attachment fees and other charges due under the agreement and to remove, relocate, or bring nonconforming attachments into compliance when NES requires it.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. NES sets the amount in your pole-attachment agreement, typically sized to your estimated or actual number of attachments. We price the bond at 1% of that figure, with a $100 minimum, after a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Deliver to NES. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to Nashville Electric Service to complete your pole-attachment agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your pole-attachment agreement date and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — is set at application.
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Your attachment agreement, one bond away.
Rated at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the figure NES set and deliver the executed bond the same day.