Replacing a Pad Mounted Residential Transformer

After several futile phone calls to the Clallam County Public Utility Department (PUD) expressing my concerns about the aging, unsightly metal transformer box located next our driveway, I decided to go to their Main office in Sequim, Washington in person so I could speak directly to a Customer Service representative. Upon my arrival at PUD, no one else waiting in the lobby, a woman behind the counter beckoned me over. I gently explained my concerns about the ugly, faded-green metal transformer box located at the corner of our property, then showed her some photos I took with my iPhone. I asked her if could paint it myself, or if PUD could dress it up with some new paint and signage. I further supported my argument informing her that several new transformer boxes had been installed throughout our 40 year-old community, and that we were making expensive improvements to our home and that the old transformer box was an eyesore. The woman politely said that she would relay my concerns to the service manager and r