Change Utilities for your Pine Mountain Lake Home

This directory has all the information that you will need to get hooked up in the Groveland area and/or change utilities for your Pine Mountain Lake home.

Homeowners Association

Pine Mountain Lake Association  209-962-8600 pinemountainlake.com

If you buy in Pine Mountain Lake, you will need to obtain a Pine Mountain Lake Association homeowner photo ID card; this will serve as a gate pass and identification for PMLA benefits. You can also pay a little more for a remote control gate opener. A copy of your deed and transfer fee check from the title company must be shown before ID cards or gate openers are issued. Local title companies will automatically send these to Pine Mountain Lake Association.

Water and Sewer Utilities

Groveland Community Services District  209-962-7161  gcsd.org

Septic Contractors

All Septic Service (209) 532-1437
Mother Lode Septic (209) 533-1950  motherlodeseptic.com
El Dorado Septic (209) 536-1925  eldoradoseptic.com

Electric Utilities

PG&E only provides electrical service in this area; those who need gas utilize one of the propane utility services listed below.

PG&E  800-743-5000  pge.com

Propane Utilities

PG&E does not provide gas service for Groveland area and Pine Mountain Lake residents. So, if you have a gas water heater, gas home heater, gas stove, or other home system and/or appliance requiring gas, you will need to use a propane utility. If you buy a home that uses propane, chances are there is already a propane tank in the yard belonging to one of the local propane utilities. Since the prices are pretty competitive among them, most people will continue service with the existing utility.  The cost of propane left in a leased tank is usually credited to the Seller by the propane supplier.  The new owner must then buy it from the company in order to use it.  The most commonly used propane companies in Groveland / Pine Mountain Lake  are listed below.  J.S. West and Suburban are the neighborhood favorites and when I last checked J.S. West was priced lower.

Amerigas (Proflame) 209-984-8400  amerigas.com
Campora Propane 209-532-3579  campora.com
Hunt Propane 209-536-0767  huntpropane.com
JS West Propane 209-532-7475  jswest.com
Kamps Propane 209-532-6688  kampspropane.com
Suburban Propane 209-984-5283  suburbanpropane.com

Garbage Collection

For part timers/renters, garbage bags can be picked up at the PML entry kiosk and they will instruct you on where they can be dropped off.  Full timers can set up can pickup service with Moore Bros.:

Moore Bros. Scavenger Co.  209-962-7224  moorebrosscavenger.com

Telephone

These are the only two reliable cell services in Groveland.  Although few need them anymore, AT&T also is the company for landlines.

AT&T  800-310-2355  att.com
Golden State Cellular (Verizon Cellular)  800-880-1077  verizon.com

Television

Dish Network (Satellite)  209-588-1900  dish.com
Directv (Satellite)  800-280-4388  directv.com
Sierra Nevada Communications (Cable)  209-962-6373  gosnc.com
Starlink   starlink.com

Internet Service

Sierra Nevada Communications offers broadband cable with different packages accommodating different levels of speed and data usage and is the most popular non satellite provider choice.  There are also several satellite internet providers which offer service in the area, and the most popular ones are listed below.  Conifer Communications is a satellite provider and is the second most popular provider, but not all homes receive their signal.  Pricing for Sierra Nevada and Conifer are similar, but Sierra Nevada has faster upload and download speeds and is more dependable when we have the occasional snow storm.

Conifer Communications (Broadband Satellite)  866-378-8393  coniferinternet.com
Hughesnet (Broadband Satellite) 888-667-5537  internet.hughesnet.com
Sierra Nevada Communications (Broadband Cable)  209-962-6373  gosnc.com
Starlink   starlink.com

Postal Service

For those in PML, you have the option of having your mail delivered to a mail box at one of several locations in the community; contact Groveland Post Office to make arrangements for a PML mailbox..  The other option is a P.O. Box which is available at the Groveland or Big Oak Flat Post Offices.  And in case you are wondering all major delivery services (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.) do deliver to your doorstep in PML, and the postal service is contracted to handle smaller UPS deliveries.

Groveland Post Office, 18737  Back St, Groveland, CA  209-962-7102
Big Oak Flat Post Office, 17850 Highway 120, Big Oak Flat, CA  209-962-6231

Schools

Tenaya Elementary  209-962-7846  bofg.org/schools/tenaya-elementary
Tioga High  School  209-962-4763  bofg.org/schools/tioga

Banks

Yosemite Bank (Premier Valley Bank)  209-962-7853  premiervalleybank.com
Rabobank (Mechanics Bank)  209-436-1800  mechanicsbank.com

 

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