Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-9 - SAFE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS › Subject 515-9-8 - NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS › Rule 515-9-8-.05 - Annual Scheduling of Billing Inserts

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) By October 1st
				of each year, the Electing Distribution Company, Marketers and the Poolers
				shall jointly develop and provide to the Commission, a final schedule for the
				natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailings to be sent by the
				Marketers and Poolers for the following year. Also by October
				1st of each year, the Marketers and Poolers shall
				provide to the EDC, all physical dimension requirements (minimum and maximum
				dimensions) for billing inserts and/or electronic billing insert format
				requirements for the upcoming year as well as designate on each respective
				Marketer's and Pooler's behalf, any Designees whom will be handling the
				mailings required by these Commission Rules.
(2) By August 1st
				of each year, each Marketer shall receive notification from the Electing
				Distribution Company of each pending natural gas pipeline safety and/or public
				awareness mailings planned for the following year. Such notification shall
				include draft copies of each of the pending bill inserts, with the physical
				dimension requirements of each copy also provided, for each quarterly natural
				gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailing.
(3) Marketers and Poolers shall include
				natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness billing inserts provided by
				the Electing Distribution Company in their respective billing envelopes on a
				quarterly basis. In addition thereto, Marketers shall provide such natural gas
				pipeline safety and public awareness materials to all new customers either
				through information included in the new customer's welcome kit or as a bill
				insert in the new customer's first bill.
(4) Marketers and Poolers may elect to
				receive a bill insert in an electronic format provided that such insert is
				predominantly displayed in the medium in which the insert is utilized. Further,
				such insert shall be distributed to all customers in a similar size and color
				and at the same time as Marketers and Poolers who include such inserts in their
				paper billings.
(5) The Electing
				Distribution Company shall provide the physical and/or electronic bill inserts
				to the Marketers, Poolers and/or their respective Designees at least thirty
				(30) days prior to the distribution schedule agreed to in accordance with the
				Commission's Rules herein. The EDC shall utilize the physical dimensions
				previously specified by each Marketer or Pooler so that the natural gas
				pipeline safety and public awareness materials can be inserted commencing with
				the Marketer's and Pooler's next respective billing cycles.
(6) The Commission shall retain jurisdiction
				over any disputes between the EDC and a Marketer and/or Pooler regarding all
				aspects of the natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailings
				required herein.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  46-2-20,
				  46-2-30, R.
				  515-9-1-.01.