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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-11 - TERRITORIAL ELECTRIC ASSIGNMENTS › Subject 515-11-1 - TERRITORIAL ELECTRIC ASSIGNMENTS › Rule 515-11-1-.01 - General

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Where words used herein are the same as words used in the
				  Act, the meanings shall be as defined in the Act.
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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(1) Each
				application to the Commission for assignment or declaration of unassignment
				shall treat such portions of a single county as to which the electric supplier
				or suppliers making the application may have a service interest, but in no
				event shall a single application treat more than one county. Joint applications
				by all affected suppliers who have reached agreement on assignment of areas in
				a give n county are encouraged.
(2)
				Each application shall be in writing, shall identify the supplier or suppliers
				making the application, shall concisely state the reasons for the requested
				assignment or unassignment, and shall be accompanied by the maps as described
				below.
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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At least two maps of each county will accompany each
				  application: A map showing the location of all electric suppliers' lines
				  located outside existing municipal limits as of the date of preparation of the
				  map, which shall be no earlier than the effective date of the Act and no later
				  than the date of application (line maps), and a map showing geographic areas of
				  assignment or unassignment requested outside of existing municipal limits;
				  provided, such maps shall not be required, unless immediately available, for
				  applications as to any area which is the subject of a notice of annexation
				  given pursuant to subsection 7(b)(4) of the Act. Additional maps or verbal
				  descriptions of areas may be filed as necessary. Line map identifications and
				  marker specifications, supplier code identifications, and area map
				  identifications shall be those shown on Exhibits "A","B", and "C"
				  respectively.* *These Exhibits appear following Rule
				  515-11-1-.08.
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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(1) The base maps shall be a reproduction of
				the Georgia Department of Transportation county maps, with all planimetric map
				information subdued with a 60%-133 point line screen, on a scale of one inch to
				one mile.
(2) Since Georgia Power
				Company (the mapping entity) utilizes maps similar to those described in the
				conduct of its business and since it has a fully equipped and competent mapping
				section, the mapping entity will:
(a) Be
				responsible for securing, duplicating and furnishing to each electric supplier
				requested reproductions of the above described base maps necessary to cover its
				service area for the purpose of entering the location of its lines from records
				or field check data.
(b) Transfer
				the line locations furnished by electric suppliers, including its own, to
				master maps printed on mylar. The lines of various power suppliers shall be
				identified as shown on the attached legend.
(c) Furnish the electric suppliers a black
				line print of each master mylar map upon transfer of all line locations to the
				said map for verification by the electric suppliers that the information shown
				is a true and correct representation of the line locations of the electric
				suppliers. Upon verification, the master mylar map will be presented to the
				electric suppliers for signature certification that the information is correct.
				A film sepia copy of the certified master mylar map will be filed with the
				Commission forthwith.
(d) Furnish
				an electric supplier upon request any specified reproduction of the maps of its
				service area at a cost to the electric supplier for reproduction expenses
				only.
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(1) The mapping entity will retain the
				original mylar line maps prepared as described in
				515-11-1-.04 hereof and will
				furnish each electric supplier operating in each county requested reproductions
				of all line maps as may be necessary to cover its service area. The completed
				line maps will be used by the electric suppliers as the basis for applications
				to the Commission for assignment or declaration of unassignment.
(2) In the event that negotiations between
				electric suppliers in each county result in agreement on assignment or
				unassignment of areas as the basis for joint application to the Commission, a
				copy of the line map showing territorial boundaries agreed upon will be
				furnished to the mapping entity, who will transfer the boundaries to a
				duplicate of the original mylar line map. A copy of the completed area map will
				be furnished to each concerned electric supplier who participated in the
				negotiations affecting said map for verification that the information shown
				thereon is a true and correct representation of the results of the
				negotiations. Upon verification that the map is correct, the original mylar map
				will be presented to all concerned electric suppliers for signature
				certification that the information shown is correct. Upon certification by all
				concerned electric suppliers that the information shown on each map is correct,
				the concerned electric suppliers will join in an application to the Georgia
				Public Service Commission requesting assignment of service areas as shown on
				the original mylar map to be made a part of the application.
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
*See Exhibits "A," "B," "C," and "D" following. Rule
					 515-11-1-.08.
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(1) The electric
				supplier or suppliers making application for assignment or declaration of
				unassignment shall personally or by certified mail serve a copy of the
				application and all accompanying documents upon the chief executive offices of
				all other electric suppliers owning lines within the affected county and of all
				electric suppliers owning lines in each adjoining county who have lawful
				authority to render service in the county as to which the application pertains.
				Certification to this effect shall accompany each application upon its filing.
				Notice of the filing of each such application shall be caused by the supplier
				or the suppliers making the application to be published in the official county
				newspaper of the affected county at least twice in the three-week period
				immediately following filing of the application.
(2) Notice of hearings by the Commission upon
				any application shall be served upon all such affected suppliers in the manner
				specified above and shall be published in the relevant county newspaper as
				specified.
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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"Any electric supplier or any retail consumer in the area
				  treated by the application may intervene in these proceedings in the same
				  manner as otherwise provided in these Rules for contested
				  cases."
Ga. L. 1973, Sec. 11,
				  12, pp. 217, 218; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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LINE MAP
IDENTIFICATION
FOR
GEORGIA ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS LINES (MASTER LINE MAP)
MUNICIPALITIES --·--·-- CP --·--·--·-- BLACK
EMC ------- - 37 ------ ----- BLACK
PRIVATE UTILITY --- -- G -- ------ S - - - - BLACK
--------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------
				  -----
--
MARKER SPECIFICATIONS
--
PEN 8 SIZE: - #2 RAPIDOGRAPH
COLOR: - BLACK
LINE WIDTH: - AT 1"=1 MILE SCALE=APPROX. 60'
AT 1"=1000' SCALE=APPROX. 12'
AT 1"=660' SCALE=APPROX. 8'
--------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------
				  -----
WHERE NECESSARY, LINES OF ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS SHALL DE
				  IDENTIFIED BY NUMBER OR LETTER FROM THE ATTACHED LEGEND ON
EXHIBIT
				  "B"
AND AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE ABOVE EXAMPLES.
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NUMBER AND LETTER IDENTIFICATION FOR LINES FOR GEORGIA
				  ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS (MASTER LINE MAP)
EMC's
7
North Georgia
45
Sumter
75
Lamar
92
Okefenoke
8
The Rayle
51
Snapping Shoals
77
Sawnee
94
Tri-County
17
Planters
58
Central Georgia
78
Habersham
95
Slash Pine
20
Troup
65
Irwin Co.
81
Blue Ridge
96
Amicalola
22
Colquitt Co .
66
Flint
83
Jackson
97
Middle Georgia
31
Upson Co.
67
The Satilla
84
Cobb Co.
98
Pataula
34
Carroll
68
Grady Co.
86
Three Notch
99
Coastal
35
Walton
69
Washington Co .
87
Canoochee
103
Coweta-Fayette
37
Douglas Co.
70
Mitchell Co.
88
Little Ocmulgee
108
Tri-State
39
Hart
73
0cmulgee
90
Excelsior
NC 1O
Heywood (N. Car.)
42
Altamaha
74
Jefferson Co .
91
The Oconee
MUNICIPALS
EP
East Point
CP
College Park
Where necessary, other municipalities with lines extending
				  outside their corporate limits will be identified with the appropriate
				  letters.
POWER COMPANIES
G
Georgia Power Company
S
Savannah Electric and Power Corp.
Number or letter identifiers will be at a 140 wrico size with
				  a #6 wrico pen; example (37).
The identifiers will be placed in the line symbol only where
				  lines of other suppliers are in close proximity.
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(1)
Location of Records.
Unless
				otherwise authorized by the Commission, all records required by these rules
				shall be kept within the State and shall be made available to the Commission or
				its authorized representatives at any time upon request.
(2)
Retention of Record.
All
				records required by these rules shall be preserved for the period of time
				specified in the current edition of the Federal Communications Commission's
				records retention schedule (Title 47), unless otherwise specified by the
				Commission.
(3) Records to be Made
				Available on Request.
(a) Each telephone
				utility shall maintain records required by these rules in sufficient detail to
				permit review, and such records shall be made available to the Commission upon
				request.
(b) Any telephone utility
				that keeps its records outside the State shall reimburse the Commission for the
				reasonable travel expense incurred by each Commission representative (not to
				exceed two) during any review of the out-of-state records of the company or its
				affiliates. Reasonable travel expenses are those travel expenses actually
				incurred and paid for food, travel and lodging that are equivalent to travel
				expenses paid by the Commission in the ordinary course of its
				business.
(c) The telephone utility
				shall remit reimbursement for out-ofstate travel expenses within 30 days from
				the date the Commission mails the invoice.
(d) The reimbursement requirement in
				subsection (b) above shall be waived:
1. For
				any telephone utility that makes out-of-state records available at the
				company's office located in Georgia or at another mutually agreed upon location
				in Georgia; or
2. For a telephone
				utility whose records are located within 50 miles of the Georgia state
				line.
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(1) Competitive Local Exchange Carriers that
				provide local exchange service through resold telecommunication services,
				unbundled network elements and/or special access are exempt from the provisions
				of this rule.
(2)
Provisions
				of Testing.
The telephone utility shall provide or have access to test
				facilties which will enable it to determine the operating and transmission
				capabilities of circuit and switching equipment, either for routine maintenance
				or for fault location.
(3)
Meter Reading Records.
When mechanical and/or electronic recording
				devices are used in connection with telecommunication service the meter reading
				data and related customer records from which the customer's bills are prepared
				shall show:
a. Identifying number or means to
				determine readily the customer's name, address and service
				classification.
b. Meter
				readings.
c. Date of Meter
				reading.
d. Multiplier or constant
				if used.
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(1)
Rate and Special Charges
				Information.
Upon the request of any customer or applicant, the
				telephone utility shall provide an explanation of the rates, charges, and
				provisions applicable to the service furnished or available to such customer or
				applicant, and shall provide any information and assistance necessary to enable
				him to obtain the most economical communications service conforming to his
				stated needs. Applicants for residential telephone service shall be advised as
				to alternate services available to meet their state communications
				requirements. This information may include printed explanations of alternate
				services and rates. Correspondingly, the utility shall notify residential
				customers of any service connection charge to be applied to their bills prior
				to undertaking any action and shall provide an estimate of the initial billing
				for basic monthly service (including fractional monthly amounts) plus any other
				applicable charges.
(2) The
				customer shall be provided with an estimate of the charges where special
				charges not specifically set forth in a utility's tariff are levied on the
				basis of actual cost for such items as extraordinary construction, maintenance,
				or replacement costs of expenses, overtime work at the customer's request, and
				special installations, equipment and assemblies.
(3)
Business Offices.
(a) Business offices shall be staffed to
				provide customers and others with convenient access to qualified personnel,
				including supervisory personnel where warranted, to provide information
				relating to services and rates, accept and process applications for service,
				explain charges on customers' bills, adjust charges made in error and to
				generally act as representatives of the utility. If one business office serves
				several communities, toll-free calling from such communities to that office
				shall be provided.
(b) Qualified
				personnel shall be instructed to be courteous, considerate, efficient and
				available to promptly serve those who contact the business office.
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(1) The Commission declares that it is in the
				public interest for each utility to fairly and indiscriminately administer a
				reasonable policy reflected by written regulations, in accord with these Rules,
				which will permit an applicant for service to establish, or an existing
				customer to reestablish, credit with the utility for the use of its service.
				The Commission further declares that when it is necessary for an applicant or
				customer to make a cash deposit to establish or reestablish credit in
				accordance with these Rules, the making of such deposit is in the public
				interest because it avoids, to the extent practicable, the creation of a burden
				arising from uncollectible bills which would have to be borne ultimately by all
				the utility's ratepayers. The Commission further declares that the essential
				igredient in each utility's administration of deposit policy in accord with
				these Rules is its equitable and indiscriminate application to all applicants
				for service and customers throughout the service area without regard to the
				economic character of the area or any part thereof, and such deposit policy
				shall be predicated upon the credit risk of the individual without regard to
				the collective credit reputation of the area in which he lives.
(2) Each utility may require an applicant for
				service to satisfactorily establish credit which will be deemed established if:
(a) The applicant demonstrates that he is a
				satisfactory credit risk by appropriate means including, but not limited to,
				the production of substantive references which may be quickly and inexpensively
				checked by the utility; or
(b) The
				applicant has been a customer of the utility for a similar type of service
				within a period of twenty-four consecutive billings preceding the date of
				application and during the last twelve consecutive billings for that prior
				service has not had service discontinued for nonpayment of bill or had more
				than one occasion in which a bill was not paid within the period prescribed by
				the reasonable regulation of the utility on file with the Commission; provided,
				that the average periodic bill for such previous service was equal to at least
				fifty per centum of that estimated for the new service; and provided further,
				that the credit of the applicant is unimpaired; or
(c) The applicant furnishes a satisfactory
				guarantor to secure payment of bills for the service requested in a specified
				amount not to exceed the amount of the cash deposit prescribed in Paragraph (4)
				of this Rule; or
(d) The applicant
				makes a cash deposit to secure payment of bills for service prescribed in
				Paragraph (4) of this Rule.
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Service may be refused or discontinued for any of the reasons
				  listed below. Unless otherwise stated, the customer shall be notified and
				  allowed a reasonable time in which to comply with the rule before service is
				  discontinued:
(a) Without notice in
				the event of customer use of equipment in such a manner as to adversely affect
				the utility's service to others.
(b) Without notice in the event of tampering
				with the equipment furnished and owned by the utility.
(c) For violation of or noncompliance with
				the Commission's regulations governing service supplied by telecommunication
				utilities, or for violation of or noncompliance with the utility's rules or
				tariffs on file with the Commission.
(d) For failure to comply with municipal
				ordinances or other laws pertaining to telephone service.
(e) For failure of the customer to permit the
				utility reasonable access to its equipment.
(f) For nonpayment of bill.
(g) Failure to establish credit on request
				for initial or additional service.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125; 1907, p. 72; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1973, pp.
				  677-681; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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The following shall not constitute sufficient cause for
				  refusing, denying or discontinuing service to a present or prospective
				  customer:
(a) Delinquency in payment
				for service by a previous occupant at the premises to be served, except one who
				is a close relative or member of the same family of the applicant.
(b) Failure to pay directory advertising
				charges.
(c) Failure to pay for
				business service at a different location and a different telephone number shall
				not constitute sufficient cause for refusal of residence service or vice
				versa.
(d) The customer who
				believes he has been refused service for insufficient reason, or the utility
				which believes the customer is attempting to violate the intent of these Rules,
				shall have the right to appeal the case to the Commission for analysis and
				disposition.
(e) Existing
				residential telephone service to a customer having a satisfactory payment
				history shall not be disconnected due solely to the indebtedness to the utility
				of another customer if such indebtedness occurred subsequent to the
				establishment of the existing service. Application for residential telephone
				service may be refused, however, to a person residing at the same address with
				a former customer whose service had been denied previously by the
				utility.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, pp. 72, 75, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1972,
				  pp. 138, 439, 1973, pp. 677 to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p.
				  406.
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(1) When a utility receives an oral or
				written complaint from an applicant or customer, whether directly to it or,
				upon request, by the Commission, regarding its service or regarding another
				company's service for which it provides billing, collection, or responses to
				inquiries, the utility must acknowledge the complaint as follows:
(a) Provide the name of the company's contact
				to the complainant;
(b) Investigate
				the complaint promptly;
(c) Report
				the results of the investigation to the complainant;
(d) Take corrective action, if warranted, as
				soon as appropriate under the circumstances;
(e) Inform the complainant that the decision
				may be appealed to a supervisor at the company; and
(f) Inform the complainant, if still
				dissatisfied after speaking to a supervisor, of the right to file a complaint
				with the Commission and provide the Commission's address, toll-free number
				and/or Internet web site for filing a complaint online.
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Communications service shall, at the request of a customer,
				  be temporarily suspended. The suspension period shall not be less than one (1)
				  month, nor more than six (6) months in duration, and no more than one
				  suspension shall be granted during any twelve (12) months' period. Each
				  telephone company's tariff shall provide a suspension of service rate
				  chargeable during the period of suspension.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125; 1907, p. 72; 1922, pp. 148, 144; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1973, pp.
				  677-681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 405.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) On an annual
				basis, an incumbent local exchange carrier shall publish telephone directories
				that list the name, address and telephone number of all customers, except
				public telephones and telephone service unlisted at customer's request. Where
				customer address and location differ, location should be given.
(2) To the extent directory assistance is
				provided, the telephone utility shall list its customers with the directory
				assistance operators to provide the requested telephone numbers based on the
				customers' names and addresses when such requests are made by communication
				users. Where customer address and location differ, location should be
				given.
(3) A local exchange company
				shall distribute, or arrange to have distributed, printed directories free of
				charge to requesting customers served by that directory. The local exchange
				company or any of its affiliates or delegates distributing such directories
				shall not market services to such requesting customers, and will:
(a) accept electronic files from competing
				carriers identifying such requesting customers;
(b) accept those telephone calls from
				competing carriers where the requesting customers are on the line;
				and
(c) arrange with the carrier
				and the customers for the provision of directories to the customers.
				Furthermore, prior to discontinuing the distribution of copies of residential
				directories to any community, a local exchange company shall execute, or
				arrange to have executed, reasonable measures to transition affected customers
				to a system in which they will not receive the residential directory, except
				upon request. These reasonable measures shall include notification that the
				directories will be distributed only upon request, that distribution upon
				request will be free of charge, and the phone number and e-mail address
				affected customers may use to request a copy of the directories. This
				notification shall be included in a bill insert or a bill message and on the
				local exchange company's website.
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(1)
Construction.
The telecommunications plant shall be designed,
				constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions as
				outlined in the current National Electrical Safety Code or such other
				appropriate regulation as may be prescribed.
(2)
Interexchange Trunks.
Interexchange trunks or toll circuits shall be, at a minimum, full
				metallic or equivalent. Fiber trunks are construed as superior to metallic
				trunks.
(3)
Switching
				Service.
In order to provide and maintain the best possible service for
				all telephone customers, the telephone utility shall not be required to provide
				exchange or message toll switching services to lines that introduce energy into
				the network at levels of frequencies that will interfere with other
				users.
(4) Emergency Operation.
(a) Telephone utilities shall make reasonable
				provisons to meet emergencies resulting from failures of lighting or power
				services, unusual and prolonged increases in traffic, illness of personnel, or
				from fire, storm, or other acts of God and inform its employees as to
				procedures to be followed in the event of emergency in order to prevent or
				minimize interruption or impairment of telecommunication service.
(b) Each central office shall contain as a
				minimum three hours of battery reserve. It is also essential that all central
				offices have adequate provision for emergency power. In offices without
				installed emergency power facilities, there shall be a mobile power unit
				available which can be delivered and connected in less than the battery reserve
				time.
(c) In exchanges exceeding
				5,000 lines, a dedicated auxiliary power unit shall be installed and shall be
				capable of being connected and operating in less than the battery reserve
				time.
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(1) Competitive Local Exchange Carriers that
				provide local exchange service through resold telecommunication services,
				unbundled network elements and/or special access are exempt from the provisions
				of this rule.
(2) Upon receipt of
				written or verbal notification from the property owner, or from a contractor,
				of work which may affect its facilities used for serving the public telephone
				utility shall investigate and decide what action, if any, must reasonably be
				taken to protect or alter telephone facilities in order to protect service to
				the public and to avoid unnecessary damage, such as identifying in a suitable
				manner the location of any underground facilities which may be affected by the
				work.
(3) The telephone utility
				may, in order to protect its interest, require that the property owner or
				contractor perform certain work upon that part of the service piping or wiring
				on, or being removed from, the property on which the work is being performed.
				This subsection is not intended to affect the responsibility of the contractor
				or owner, or the liability or legal rights of any party.
(4) When performing any work that endangers
				other companies' buried utility facilities, telecommunications utilities shall
				fully comply with the provisions of the Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act
				(O.C.G.A. §
									25-9-1
et
				seq.
)
(5) The telephone
				utility shall provide a listing of each of its directories advising the public
				and contractors of an appropriate office to call for guidance and directions
				for performing excavations, etc., near telephone facilities.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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(1) Competitive Local Exchange Carriers that
				provide local exchange service through resold telecommunication services,
				unbundled network elements and/or special access are exempt from the provisions
				of this rule.
(2) Each telephone
				utility shall adopt and pursue a maintenance program aimed at achieving
				efficient operation of its system so as to permit the rendering of safe,
				adequate and continuous service at all times.
(3) Mainenance shall include keeping all
				plants and equipment in good state of repair consistent with safety and and the
				adequate service performance of the plant affected, such as:
(a) Broken, damaged or deteriorated parts
				which are no longer serviceable shall be repaired or replaced.
(b) Adjustable apparatus and equipment shall
				be readjusted as necessary when found to be in unsatisfactory operating
				condition.
(c) Electric faults,
				such as leakage or poor insulation, noise induction, crosstalk or poor
				transmission characteristics shall be corrected to the extent
				practicable.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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(1) Each utility shall adopt a program of
				periodic tests, inspections and preventive maintenance aimed at achieving
				efficient operation of its system and the rendition of safe, adequate and
				continuous service.
(2) Each
				utility shall maintain or have access to test facilities enabling it to
				determine the operating and transmission capabilities of all equipment and
				facilities, both for routine maintenance and for trouble location. The actual
				transmission performance of the network shall be monitored in order to
				determine if the established objectives and operating requirements are met.
				This monitoring function consists of circuit order tests prior to placing
				trunks in service, routine periodic trunk maintenance tests, tests of actual
				switched trunk connections, periodic noise tests of sample of customer loops in
				each exchange, and special transmission surveys of the network.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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In the event that service must be interrupted for purposes of
				  working on the lines or equipment, the work shall be done at a time which will
				  cause minimal inconvenience to customers. Each utility shall attempt to notify
				  each affected customer in advance of the interruption. Emergency service shall
				  be available, as required, for the duration of the
				  interruption.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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(1) Each telephone utility shall provide
				telecommunication service to the public in its service area in accordance with
				its tariffs on file with the Commission.
(2) Each telephone utility shall employ
				prudent management and engineering practices, including employing reliable
				procedures for forecasting future demand for service, and conducting studies
				and maintaining records to the end that reasonable margins of facilities and
				adequate personnel are available with the objective that service will meet the
				quality described herein.
(3) Each
				telephone utility shall make traffic studies and maintain records as required
				to determine that sufficient equipment and an adequate operating force are
				provided at all times including the average busy hour, busy season.
(4) Each telephone utility shall adhere to
				the standards as prescribed by the Commission, but the normal operating
				procedures and practices, as presented by the Commission and directed by the
				utility, are not intended to govern the implementation or execution of such
				procedures and practices in individual instances. The execution or
				non-execution of such procedures and practices in individual instances is not
				indicative of whether the utility has provided adequate service to a particular
				subscriber or group of subscribers.
1965, p.
				  283, 1973, pp. 677 to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406. O.C.G.A. §§
											46-2-20,
				  46-2-21,
				  46-2-24,
				  46-2-30.
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(1) Competitive Local Exchange Carriers that
				provide local exchange service through resold telecommunication services,
				unbundled network elements and/or special access are exempt from the provisions
				of this rule.
(2) This rule
				establishes service objectives which should generally be provided by a utility.
				Each utility shall make measurements to determine the level of service for each
				item included. Each utility shall provide the Commission or its staff with the
				measurements and summaries thereof for any of the items included on request of
				the Commission or its staff.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Each utility shall adopt and execute a safety program fitted
				  to the size and type of its operations and shall:
(a) Require the employees to use suitable
				tools and equipment so that they perform their work in a safe manner.
(b) Instruct employees in safe work
				practices.
(c) Each utility shall
				exercise reasonable care to minimize the hazards to which its employees,
				customers and the general public may be subjected.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1907, p. 72, 1922, pp. 143, 144, 1964, p. 338, 1965, p. 283, 1973, pp. 677
				  to 681, 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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These telephone service rules promulgated herein shall apply
				  to any telephone utility operating within the State of Georgia, under the
				  jurisdiction of the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125; 1907, p. 72; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1973, pp.
				  677-681; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
These rules govern the furnishing of communication service
				  and facilities to the public telephone utilities subject to the jurisdiction of
				  the Commission. The purpose of these rules is to establish reasonable service
				  standards to the end that adequate and satisfactory service will be rendered to
				  the public.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125; 1907, p. 72; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1973, pp.
				  677-681; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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These rules shall in no way relieve any utility from any of
				  its duties under the laws of this State or from any other rules or directives
				  of this Commission.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125; 1907, p. 72; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1964, p. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1973, pp.
				  677-681; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406.
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In the event of a proposed disconnection of residential basic
				  local service only, the following procedures shall apply:
(a) No basic residential service shall be
				disconnected for local service charge until at least 29 days from the date of
				the bill.
(b) No residential
				service can be disconnected for local service charges unless the utility has
				given the affected customer a written notice of the proposed disconnection at
				least five (5) days before the proposed date of disconnection. The notice must
				include:
1. The final payment date of the
				amount due;
2. The reason for the
				disconnection, including the unpaid balance due;
3. A telephone number which the customer may
				call for information about the proposed disconnection; and
4. The procedure for medical emergencies, as
				hereinafter described.
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(1)
PURPOSE.
The Commission
				declares that it is in the public interest to establish uniform guidelines,
				standards and procedures for filing, acceptance and processing of petitions or
				requests for Extended Area Service (EAS) which may be pending on, or applied
				for or made subsequent to the effective date of this rule.
(2)
DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of
				construction and interpretation of this Rule, the following are defined as
				indicated:
(a)
CCS (Hundred Calling
				Seconds):
A measure of telephone traffic load obtained by multiplying
				the number of calls in an hour by the average call duration in seconds and
				dividing that product by one hundred;
(b)
EAS (Extended Area Service):
A switching and trunking arrangement which provides for non-optional, unlimited
				two way, flat rate calling service between two or more exchanges, provided at a
				local exchange rate to be set by the Georgia Public service commission (GPSC;
				hereinafter "GPSC" or "The Commission");
(c)
Exchange Regrouping:
A
				method of automatically moving an exchange into another rate group (based on
				the number of access lines available for local calling) if the number of access
				lines is increased so that the exchange no longer fits in the original rate
				group;
(d)
Holding
				Time:
The total duration, in time, of one completed call;
(e)
Incremental Rate:
That rate,
				if any, which may be added to each subscriber of an exchange to offset any
				increased revenue requirement which may be found by the Commission to be due to
				EAS provision; any such rate increase shall be apportioned between classes of
				customers in such a manner as the Commission may in the exercise of its sound
				discretion, direct and apportioned among the various exchanges included in the
				newly expanded toll free area in such a manner as the Commission may, in the
				exercise of its sound discretion, direct;
(f)
Access Line:
A
				communications facility extending from a customer's premises to a serving
				central office comprising a subscriber line and, if necessary, a trunk
				facility, e.g., a WATS access line, TWX access line;
(g)
Stimulation Factor:
A
				measure of the increase in telephone messages between two exchanges when they
				are connected by EAS instead of message toll service ("long
				distance").