New Britain herald., 1915-01-20
PUBLIC UTILITIES
 DRAWS UP RULES
OTde!S Hearing On Regulations Of Gas, Electric and Water Companies

Hartford, Jan. 2O.-Because of the lack of any uniform rules for the conduct or control of gas, elec-
 tric light or water companies, the public utilities commission has drawn up a tentative set of such rules i and yesterday ordered a hearing at 1 the capitol for February at 11:30 A. l NJ. preparatory to the issuance of an
 order making them binding on all 1 such utility companies in the state. l The order follows, in part:
 1 Commission Proposes Rules 1 It having appeared to the commis- i sion that there was a lack of adequate ! or uniform rules and regulations gov i erning the supply of service by gas, ! electric and water companies, ten | tative or proposed draft of general 1 order and rules for standards of all such utility companies and additional i special rules for gas companies has i been prepared by the commission, copy of which is annexed hereto and
 marked Exhibit A. Additional spe-
 cial rules for electric and water com i panies to be prepared and submitted ! later)
 It is desired that the several com 1 panies interested examine same and 1 be prepared to make such criticisms . of and suggestions or changes in said i tentative order, rules and regulations,
 as may appeal to them, at hearing
 to be held by the commission.
 Orders Public Hearing.
 For this purpose, it is hereby or 1 dered that a public hearing be held at ] the office of the commission in Hart ford on the Sth day of February, 1915, at 11:30 o'clock in the fore noon, at which time and place the aforesaid companies are requested to appear and show cause, if any. they or any of them have, why the pro-
 posed orders( rules and regulations,
 or such reasonable notifications
 thereof, as may be suggested, shah 1 not be issued as binding on all such compa nies.
 It is ordered that said rules, and the regulations, specifications, stand l ards, and requirements thereby fixed
 and prescribed shall apply to each public utility engaged in the business 1 of supplying to the public gas G. c. | coal gas, water gas, or a mixture of l the two) or electrical energy for light ! heat, or power, or supplying water l for domestic or commercial uses, l within the state of Connecticut and | that each such utility shall carry said rules into effect; provided that no i provision of said rules shall be con-
 strued to prevent any customer mak-
 ing a special contract with any utility
 involving qualities, values, or service l conditiois at variance with those here l by esta ablished. And it is
 Will Make No Reduction.
 Further ordered, that, if any utility | has been supplying, or has existing 1 contracts to supply, a quality of ser ] vice of greater value to the customer ! than that hereby specified, no reduc- | tion of such quality of service shall | be made by the utility until the com l mission has determined upon the l proper rate to be charged the cIls- | toner for the lower grade or service ! Such rate shall, in general, be based ] upon the cost of furnishing the graoe i of service required by these rules. The rules take up the following de- l tails: Testing, history of meters tests
 of motors, adjustment of bills for mo- tor errors, motor dials, form of bills deposits, motor rentals, interruption | of service, complaints, definition of 1 cubic foot of gas, calorimeter eouip-
 ment, required heating value. restrIc ton of impurities, gas pressure mo- tor provers, periodicity of tests