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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 760 - ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 760-X-20 - MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR DRIVER LICENSING › Section 760-X-20-.18 - Medical Review Boards

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(1) In
			 those cases in which the Department is unable to make a determination regarding
			 a person's eligibility to safely operate a motor vehicle, the person's case
			 will be submitted to a panel of three doctors who are specialists in the
			 medical condition which affects the person's ability to safely operate a motor
			 vehicle.
(2) Prior to the
			 submission to a medical review board, the Department will give written notice
			 to the person by first class mail sent to the person's most recent mailing
			 address on file with the Department that their case is being submitted to a
			 medical review board, that they have 14 days to submit to the Department any
			 information they wish to be considered by the review board including
			 information from any advocacy groups.
(3) A review board may assess the person's
			 medical history and make a recommendation to the Department.
Author:
Lieutenant F. A. Bingham
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§32 2 9, 32 6 13, as amended.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 760 - ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 760-X-20 - MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR DRIVER LICENSING › Section 760-X-20-.19 - Notice Of Department Licenses Actions

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(1) Persons affected by any departmental
			 medical licensing actions shall be given written notice thereof by first class
			 mail sent to the person's most recent mailing address on file with the
			 Department.
(2) A notice of license
			 denial or cancellation shall include the specific reasons for the action and
			 information on applicable review and appeal procedures.
Author:
Lieutenant F. A. Bingham
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§32 2 9, 32 6 13, as amended.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 760 - ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 760-X-20 - MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR DRIVER LICENSING › Section 760-X-20-.20 - Administrative Review Of Department Medical Licensing Actions

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(1) Persons denied
			 a driver license or whose license is suspended, revoked or cancelled for
			 medical reasons may within 14 days of notice of such action request review of
			 such action in an administrative hearing.
(2) The administrative hearing will be before
			 an independent hearing officer who is an attorney or otherwise qualified
			 person.
(3) Medical reports,
			 medical literature and the reports and recommendations of physicians will be
			 admissible in such hearings without the necessity of the personal appearance of
			 the physician or person who prepared such reports or recommendations.
(4) Hearings will be conducted in Montgomery,
			 Mobile, Birmingham or Huntsville, Alabama.
(5) The Department of Public Safety will be
			 represented at such hearings by a person from the Department's Medical unit
			 familiar with the person's case.
Author:
Lieutenant F. A. Bingham
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§32 2 9, 32 6 13, as amended.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.01 - Application Of Rules

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(1)
					These General Rules shall apply to all electric, steam, gas, water, and
					telephone utilities operating within the State of Alabama under the
					jurisdiction and supervision of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
(a) These rules are intended to promote safe
					and adequate service to the public, to provide standards for uniform and
					reasonable practices by utilities, and to establish a basis for determining the
					reasonableness of such demands as may be made by the public upon the
					utilities.
(b) If unreasonable
					hardship to a utility or to a customer results from the application of any rule
					herein prescribed, application may be made to the Commission for the
					modification of the rule or for temporary or permanent exemption from its
					requirements.
(c) The adoption of
					these rules shall in no way preclude the Commission from altering or amending
					them, or from making such modifications with respect to their application as
					may be found necessary to meet exceptional conditions.
(e) These rules shall in no way relieve any
					utility from any of its duties under the laws of this State or from any
					specific order or directive of the Commission.
(f) These rules are not intended to, and
					shall not have the effect of, abrogating, revoking, or modifying rules of
					specific application which have been heretofore adopted or which shall become
					adopted and made effective in the future for any utility under the provisions
					of Title 37, Code of Alabama.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.02 - Definitions

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(1) In the
					interpretation of these rules, the following definitions shall be used:
(a) "Commission" -- The Alabama Public
					Service Commission
(b) "Customer"
					-- Any person, firm, corporation, municipality or other political subdivision
					of the State, served by a utility.
(c) "Utility" Every person, as defined in
					§
									37-4-1(4),
Code of Ala. 1975,
that owns, operates, leases, or
					controls any plant, property or facility for: the generation, transmission,
					manufacture, production, supply, distribution, sale, storage, conveyance,
					delivery, or furnishing to or for the public of electricity, natural or
					manufactured gas, water, steam, or telephone service. This definition also
					includes two or more utilities rendering joint service.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.03 - Adequacy Of Service

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(1) The
					entire plant of each utility shall be constructed and installed in accordance
					with accepted good practice. Every utility shall render adequate service to the
					public and shall make such reasonable improvements, extensions and enlargements
					to its facilities as may be necessary to meet customer growth and demand in its
					service territory.
(2) Each utility
					shall, so far as practicable, operate and maintain its entire plant and system
					in such condition as will enable it to furnish safe, adequate, and continuous
					service at all times.
(a) Each utility shall,
					in the event of an emergency threatening the integrity of its system, take such
					action, including interruption of service to a customer or customers, as shall
					in the judgment of such utility be appropriate to prevent or alleviate such
					emergency and enable such utility to continue or restore its service consistent
					with the public welfare.
(b) In
					such instances, the good faith judgment of the Utility shall be deemed
					conclusive on all parties involved and the Utility shall be under no liability
					with respect to any such curtailment or interruption.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.04 - Customer Service Requirements And Information

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(1) Applications for service shall be made in
					accordance with the Utility's rule or practice respecting same as authorized by
					the Commission.
(2) Any utility
					shall serve any applicant located within the territory which the utility is
					under duty to serve provided said applicant complies with the state, county,
					and municipal design, safety or inspection regulations related to the affected
					utility service and the Commission-approved rules and regulations of the
					utility furnishing the service. Any utility may decline to serve either an
					applicant or a customer who does not comply with the above-stated
					requirements.
(3) Information for
					Customers - Each utility shall at any time, on request, give its customers such
					information and assistance as is reasonably possible in order that customers
					may secure safe and efficient service and may secure appliances properly
					adapted to the service furnished.
(4) Each utility shall maintain up-to-date
					maps, plans, or records of its entire transmission and distribution systems,
					with such other information as may be necessary to enable the utility to advise
					applicants, and others entitled to the information, as to the facilities
					available for serving applicants in the territory which the utility is under
					duty to serve.
(5) Nothing
					contained in this rule shall place a utility under a duty to perform a county's
					obligation of inspection or enforcement.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.05 - Complaints

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Each utility shall keep a full and complete record of all
						complaints which are made to it by its customers through the Commission. The
						record shall show the date and the character of the complaint and disposition
						made thereof. This record shall be open at all times to the Commission and
						shall be preserved for three years after date of final disposition of
						complaint.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57,
							37-1-82.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.06 - Records Of Meters And Meter Tests

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(1) A record or records shall be kept of each
					meter owned or used by any utility, which shall indicate the identification,
					location and, when possible, the purchase date.
(2) Whenever any service meter is tested, the
					record of the test shall be preserved, including the information necessary for
					identifying the meter. Preservation of the record of the last test shall be
					deemed compliance with this rule.
(3) Whenever a meter is tested or removed for
					repairs or test, the Utility shall notify the customer of the purpose of such
					removal and the results of any test made when the meter is found in error
					beyond the tolerance limits allowed.
(4) Each utility shall file a monthly report
					with the Commission showing the results of meter tests performed on meters
					currently in use. The report shall list all amounts billed due to slow meters,
					as well as refunds due to fast meters.
(5) For telephone utilities, see 770-X-5-.04,
					Telephone Rules of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-53,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.07 - Meter Rentals

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No rental shall be charged by any utility for any meter
						installed by it which is used by the utility as the basis for rendering its
						bills, except where such additional meter is furnished by utility at the
						request of the customers for submetering or for convenience of the customer.
						Where additional meters furnished by the utility are to be used as submeters or
						for the convenience of the customer, a charge for such meters may be made in
						accordance with a schedule approved by the Commission.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-81.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.08 - Deposits

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(1) Any utility,
					upon initiation or re-initiation of service, may require a cash deposit from a
					prospective customer, a presently disconnected customer, or a former customer
					for the purpose of guaranteeing final payment for service when, in the judgment
					of the utility, such deposit is necessary. A utility may require such deposit
					prior to providing service or require deposit payment by separate bill or
					coincident with or included in the first monthly billing. If such deposit has
					not been made at the time specified by the utility, service may be withheld or
					discontinued. Such required deposit shall not exceed the amount of an estimated
					bill for two regular billing periods or in the case of a customer whose bills
					are payable in advance, it shall not exceed an estimated bill for one regular
					billing period, plus two months estimated toll. Interest will be paid by the
					utility upon such deposits at a rate of seven percent (7%) annually. Such
					interest shall be paid annually, calculated to December 1 of each year for the
					time such deposit was held by the utility, unless such period is less than one
					month. Customer's deposit interest payment shall be made by credit to the
					customer's account on the December billing. Additionally, a utility may
					require, upon five (5) days' written notice, a deposit, as stated hereinabove,
					from a customer whose account is not in good standing, from a customer whose
					deposit has been refunded or found to be inadequate, or if a customer's usage
					increases sufficiently to warrant an additional deposit.
(a) Additional deposit may be required from a
					telephone customer when excessive toll occurs and there is a known credit risk,
					either upon written notice or verbal notification subsequently confirmed in
					writing. If the deposit requirement is not met, toll restriction may be applied
					where technically available. If toll restriction is not available, local
					service may be denied if the deposit requirement is not met.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.09 - Accidents

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(1) Each utility
					shall keep a record of and promptly furnish upon request to the Commission full
					reports of all accidents happening in or about or in connection with the
					operation of its plants, stations, property or equipment wherein any person
					shall have been killed or seriously injured.
(2) It is required that all reasonable care
					shall be exercised by each utility to reduce the life hazard to which:
(a) Employees are subjected working in and
					about its plants, and on its distribution system.
(b) The utility's customers may be subjected
					by the introduction of its facilities onto the premises of the
					customers.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.11 - Rate Schedules, Rules And Regulations

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(1) Copies of all schedules of rates, rules
					and regulations for utility service, forms or contracts, and charges for
					service connections and extensions, shall be on file with the Commission and
					same shall also be on file in the local office of the Utility and open to the
					inspection of the public.
(2) The
					approved rate for any Utility service shall not be changed, except by specific
					Utility filing a different rate with the Commission in accordance with Title
					37, Code of Alabama, 1975, and subject to the provisions therein.
(3) Notification shall be posted in the
					business offices of the Utilities and sent at least annually by mail informing
					the public that rate schedules, rules and regulations are available for
					inspection. Upon written request, the Utility must furnish a customer with a
					copy of the complete rate schedule upon which he is served and details of
					application of the rate to the customer's billings. However, utilities shall
					not be required to furnish such statement more than once annually without
					charge.
(4) When an applicant
					desires service of a character other than standard, or for which no schedule of
					rates has been provided, a special service contract may be arranged between the
					applicant and the Utility, subject to the approval of the Commission.
(5) Where more than one schedule of rates has
					been approved by the Commission for the same class of service, it shall be the
					duty of the Utility to advise the customer, upon request, the rate and schedule
					which is most advantageous to the customer for his requirements of service,
					based upon information furnished in writing to the Utility by the customer,
					which must be a part of the contract for service.
In applying this rule, the Utility shall not be required to
						effect more than one change in service in any twelve (12) month period, unless
						the customer makes a permanent change in his installation or operating
						conditions.
(6) A
					customer's class of service shall not be changed without thirty (30) days'
					prior notice in writing to the affected customer(s) in the absence of a prior
					agreement between the Utility and the customer(s).
(7) Residential service shall include service
					to any out building on the residential premises used solely in conjunction with
					the customer's household operation, but shall not include any commercial use,
					except as allowed in the Utility's approved tariffs or regulations. No separate
					meter shall be required for such service.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-56,
							37-1-62,
							37-1-81,
							37-2-10 - 37-2-19.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.13 - Discontinuance Or Suspension Of Service For Reasons Other Than Nonpayment Of Service Bill

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(1) Service may
					be refused or discontinued for any of the reasons listed below. Unless
					otherwise stated, the customer shall be allowed a reasonable time in which to
					comply with the rule before service is discontinued. No service shall be
					disconnected on the day preceding a day or days on which the Utility's business
					office is closed, except as provided in (A)-(D) below.
(a) Without notice in the event of a
					condition on the customer's premises determined by the Utility to be
					hazardous.
(b) Without notice in
					the event of customer use of equipment in such a manner as to adversely affect
					the Utility's equipment or the Utility's service to others.
(c) Without notice in the event of tampering
					with the equipment furnished and owned by the Utility.
(d) Without notice in the event of
					unauthorized use.
(e) For failure
					of the customer to permit the Utility reasonable access to its equipment for
					inspection, securing of meter reading, etc.
(f) For violation of and/or noncompliance
					with the Utility's rules on file with and approved by the Commission.
(g) For failure of the customer to fulfill
					his contractual obligations for service and/or facilities subject to
					regulations by the Commission.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.14 - Joint Operation

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(1)
					Where a Utility provides two or more kinds of service, or a service and goods,
					or engages in non-utility enterprises, suitable records shall be maintained so
					that the service or goods rendered to each operation can be accurately
					determined. No regulated service shall be discontinued for non-payment of
					non-regulated services or goods. If a utility engages in the non-regulated
					provision of service or goods, such billing shall be itemized.
(2) Any utility billing a customer for
					regulated and non-regulated service or goods on the same account shall apply
					all payments to that portion of the bill pertaining to regulated services until
					same is paid in full, unless customer indicates otherwise to the Utility. Any
					unpaid amounts on the non-regulated portion of the bill shall not be brought
					forward as a basis for disconnecting the regulated utility service.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-56,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.15 - Overbilling And Underbilling

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(1)
					Whenever a meter in service is found, upon test made by the Utility or
					Commission, to be in excess of two percent (2%) fast or slow determined by the
					average error or other method prescribed by the Commission, adjustments to
					customer's bills shall be made as follows:
(a)
					Adjustments for inaccuracies in billing shall be limited to the most recent
					thirty-six (36) month period.
(b)
					If the date meter first became inaccurate can be definitely ascertained, an
					adjustment shall be made for the incorrect amount charged since said date in
					the most recent thirty-six (36) month period, over or under what the billing
					would have been had the meter registered with 100 percent accuracy.
(c) In all other cases adjustments shall be
					calculated by adjusting the customer's metered consumption for the most recent
					thirty-six (36) month period by the application of the percentage of error
					related to 100 percent accuracy as determined by a current test. The rates
					effective during said thirty-six (36) month period shall be applied to this
					adjusted consumption and the difference between the amount so obtained and the
					actual billing shall be adjusted to the customer.
(d) Refunds shall be made either as a credit
					to the customer's next monthly bill or in a lump-sum payment within forty-five
					(45) days of confirmation of inaccurate billing, such method of refund to be
					mutually agreed upon by the Utility and the customer.
(e) In the event the inaccuracy results in
					the customer having underpaid for utility service, no backbilling shall be
					allowed without prior written notification to the customer by the Utility. Such
					notice shall inform that the customer shall be given the option of repayment of
					amount due in monthly installments equal to the period of said underbilling, or
					by any other mutually agreeable arrangement, except in cases of proven
					tampering and/or unauthorized use.
(f) If the inaccuracy is due to proven
					tampering and/or unauthorized use, the thirty-six (36) month limitation as
					stated in 770-X-1-.15(1), (2), and (3) will not apply.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.16 - Interruptions Of Service

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(1)
					Each utility shall make reasonable efforts to avoid interruption of firm
					service, but when interruptions occur service shall be re-established within
					the shortest time practicable, consistent with safety.
(a) Each utility shall keep records of
					interruptions of firm service on its primary distribution system and shall make
					an analysis of the records for the purpose of determining steps to be taken to
					prevent recurrence of such interruptions. Such records shall include the
					following information concerning the interruptions:
1. Cause
2. Date and time
3. Duration
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.17 - Production And Inspection Of Books Or Records Of Utilities

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Upon request of the Commission, its authorized representatives,
						or employees, every utility, its officers and agents shall make all or any part
						of its books, records, accounts and documents available at its principal office
						or at a business office in this State as specified by the Commission, for
						examination and inspection, whenever the Commission may deem it in the public
						interest that such examination or inspection should be made.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							17-1-38,
							37-1-57,
							37-1-82.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.18 - Maps

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(1) Each utility
					shall keep and maintain adequate maps of its distribution system, showing the
					size and location of each generating or producing facility or district
					regulator, street valve, substation, and transmission line, together with such
					other information as will enable the utility promptly and accurately to advise
					prospective customers and others entitled to inquire as to its facilities
					available for serving any locality.
(2) Telephone companies shall file maps in
					accordance with 770-X-5-.03 and 770-X-5-.12, Telephone Rules of the Alabama
					Public Service Commission.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§
										37-1-32.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.19 - Retention Of Records

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Unless otherwise authorized, the records required herein,
						including all books and records required by the Uniform System of Accounts
						prescribed for utilities, shall be preserved for the period of time specified
						in the current publication of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
						regulations to govern the preservation of records of electric, gas, and water
						utilities.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 770-X-1-.20 - Posters

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Every utility under the jurisdiction of this Commission is
						prohibited from allowing posters to be attached to utility
						poles.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.01 - Section 1

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The following shall be known as the "Uniform System of
						Accounting and Reporting for Utilities." "Utility" as herein used shall be held
						to include all utilities as defined in Section
						37-4-1,
Code of Ala. 1975
, and all pipeline companies as
						defined in Section
						37-2-1,
Code of Ala. 1975
. Accounting rules for telephone
						companies are included in the Telephone Rules.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.02 - Section 2

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All utilities shall keep their books of record as herein
						prescribed by this Commission.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.03 - Section 3

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The accounting systems hereby prescribed are as follows:
(a) Electric and Gas: The appropriate,
					currently effective Uniform System of Accounts of the Federal Energy Regulatory
					Commission shall be used by all electric and gas utilities.
(b) Water: Generally Accepted Accounting
					Principles applied on a consistent basis shall be used by all water
					utilities.
(c) Pipeline Companies:
					The appropriate, currently effective Uniform System of Accounts of the Federal
					Energy Regulatory Commission shall be used by all pipeline companies.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.04 - Section 4

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The classification which governs the minimum detail in which
						each utility shall keep its accounts shall be determined according to the
						annual gross operating revenue of such utility as more fully set forth in the
						general instructions contained in the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed for
						it hereinabove.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.05 - Section 5

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Each utility shall so keep its general, subsidiary and books of
						original entry, together with all documents pertaining to either plant or
						operating accounts as clearly to reflect the cost of its properties, including
						additions thereto and retirements therefrom; also as correctly to record income
						and expense and to facilitate the calculation of gross and net returns. Each
						entry must be capable of support by definite history of the transaction
						recorded to the end that ready and exact verification in detail of all facts
						may be obtained. The books and records to which reference is made in this
						paragraph include not only those called books in a technical sense, but all
						stock books, minute books, charts, maps, drawings, contracts and writings,
						invoices, vouchers of whatever nature, store room records and other records
						which are connected with the operations and history and development of the
						utility and its properties.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.06 - Section 6

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Every utility furnishing service within this State must either
						keep its books of account and records at its principal place of business in
						this State, or keep and preserve them elsewhere, and deliver them at its
						principal place of business in this State, at such reasonable time or times as
						the Commission may direct, for examination and inspection.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54,
							37-1-82.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.07 - Section 7

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Where the same company operates in Alabama as well as in other
						states, it shall keep its investment, revenue and expense accounts for its
						property in the State of Alabama, separately from those of its property in
						other states.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-54.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.08 - Section 8

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The books and records of all utilities shall be open for
						examination and inspection by members of the Commission or its authorized
						representatives or employees at any reasonable time.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-82.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.09 - Section 9

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Each utility within the jurisdiction of this Commission shall
						file annual financial operating and statistical reports upon forms prescribed
						by or authorized by the Commission and such other reports of like nature at
						more frequent intervals as may be required by direction of the Commission from
						time to time. All foot notes and instructions contained on the report forms
						prescribed or authorized by the Commission for making annual reports must be
						carefully observed.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57,
							37-1-60.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.10 - Section 10

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The above-described annual report shall be filed with the
						Commission on or before the first day of the fifth
						(5th) month following the end of the reporting
						utility's fiscal year. The report shall be a true and correct statement of
						facts as contained in the books and records of the utility.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.11 - Section 11

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All annual reports and other reports made to the Commission
						shall be signed and sworn to by the President (or Vice President) and Treasurer
						or other officer in charge of such accounting, or, if under trust or
						receivership operation, by majority of trustees or receivers, or, if
						unincorporated, by the proprietor, manager or auditor.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57,
							37-1-61.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.12 - Section 12

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All annual reports must be made in triplicate and two copies
						thereof returned to the Commission and the third copy retained in the files of
						the utility for permanent reference.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57,
							37-1-60.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.13 - Section 13

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The Commission may, from time to time, alter or amend, or make
						such modifications with respect to the application of the above prescribed
						rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and proper to meet changed and
						exceptional conditions. Also, the Commission may authorize exceptions to the
						requirements of the above prescribed rules and regulations when warranted by
						the circumstances of a specific company.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-2 - GENERAL RULES GOVERNING UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING OF UTILITIES › Section 770-X-2-.14 - Section 14

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The above prescribed rules and regulations are not intended to
						and shall not have the effect of abrogating, repealing or modifying rules of
						specific application which have heretofore been authorized or which may in the
						future be authorized for any utility.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§3 7-1-32, 37-1-38.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.01 - Engineering Practice In Construction And Maintenance Of Electric Plant

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(1) The electric
					plant of the utility shall be constructed, installed, maintained, and operated
					in accordance with accepted good engineering practice in the electric industry
					to assure, as far as reasonably possible, continuity of service, uniformity in
					the quality of service furnished, and the safety of persons and
					property.
(2) The utility shall use
					the applicable provisions in the following publications as standards of
					accepted good practices:
(a) National Electric
					Safety Code, as approved by the American National Standards Institute, for
					utility line construction and grounding.
(b) American National Standards Institute -
					Code for Electricity Metering, (ANSI C-12.1).
(c) IEEE Requirements for Instrument
					Transformers IEEE C-57.13.
(d) In
					the absence of any state or municipal codes, the utility may require the
					applicant or customer to have all interior wiring, apparatus, and appliances
					installed and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
					National Electrical Code as adopted by the National Fire Protection
					Association.
(e) Extra code
					practices in trial installations are permissible, provided approval of same is
					obtained from code authorities.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.02 - Location Of Meters And Master Metering

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(1) All Meters
(a) The center of meters hereafter installed
					shall not be more than five (5) or less than four (4) feet above final grade of
					floor level.
(b) When metering for
					seven (7) or more apartments grouped on one wall, the center of meters
					hereafter installed may be as high as six (6) feet above final grade of floor
					level.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.03 - Meter Testing Facilities, Equipment And Standards

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(1) Metering Laboratory
(a) Whenever any utility is maintaining or
					shall hereafter establish and maintain a metering laboratory, periodic
					inspection by the Commission will be made of the instruments and methods in
					use, and if instruments and methods are acceptable to the Commission after such
					inspections, certification of meters and instruments for its own or other
					utilities' use may be made by such laboratory. Utilities not maintaining
					metering laboratories may obtain authorization from the Commission to have
					certification of meters and instruments made for them by any approved metering
					laboratory.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.04 - Accuracy Requirements For Service Watt-Hour Meters

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(1)
Meter
					Adjustments
- Watt-Hour Meters must be adjusted to meet the
					following accuracy requirements before installation and after periodic or any
					other test.
(a) No watt-hour meter that has an
					incorrect register constant, test constant, gear ratio or dial train, or that
					registers upon no load ("Creeps") shall be placed in service or knowingly
					allowed to remain in service without adjustment and correction. A meter in
					service creeps when, with all load wires disconnected, the moving element makes
					one complete rotation in five minutes or less.
(b) No watt-hour meter that has an error in
					registration of more than plus 2 or minus 4 percent at light load, or plus or
					minus 2 percent at full load, shall be placed in service or knowingly be
					allowed to remain in service without adjustment. Whenever on installation,
					periodic, or any other test, a meter is found to exceed any one of these
					limits, it must be adjusted. Light load shall be approximately 5 to 10 percent
					of the test ampere rating of the meter. Full load shall be not less than 90
					percent, nor more than 100 percent, of the test ampere rating of the
					meter.
(c) Meters must be adjusted
					as closely as practicable to the condition of zero error. The tolerances are
					specified to allow for necessary variations, and meters must not be adjusted to
					the tolerances allowable.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.05 - Accuracy Requirements For Demand Meters

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(1)
Meter
					Adjustments
- Demand meters must be adjusted to meet the following
					accuracy requirements before installation and after periodic or any other test.
(a)
Solid State Meters:
1.
Electrical
					Element
- Error shall not exceed 2 percent of full scale
rating
.
2.
Timing Element (rate)
- 0.25 percent.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.06 - Place And Methods For Meter Testing

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(1) All tests on watt-hour meters and demand
					meters in service provided for in these rules shall be made with approved
					testing apparatus either in the place of permanent location on the customer's
					premises, or in the meter shop of the utility.
(2) For any meter that is read remotely
					through an Automated Meter Reading system where no other verification occurs,
					the meter's kilowatt energy remote register reading will be verified for
					accuracy any time a meter test is performed on that meter. The reading will be
					verified either through direct contact with a person at the reading terminal or
					through use of a remote reading tool.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-53.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.07 - Meter Tests Prior To Installation

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(1) All new watt-hour and demand meters shall
					be tested and adjusted to register accurately to within the limits specified in
					770-X-3-.04 and 770-X-3-.05 before installation. Manufacturers' tests at
					factory on new meters with quality control and laboratory sample testing will
					be accepted in lieu of shop test prior to installation.
(2) Watt-hour meters that are to be used on
					circuits of low power factor (lagging current) shall be tested and adjusted
					before installation to register correctly to within two percent (2%) plus or
					minus, at a power factor of approximately fifty percent (50%), and at
					approximately one hundred percent (100%) of rated current.
(3) Instrument transformers shall be tested
					to determine their ratio and accuracies unless these tests have already been
					conducted by the manufacturer. All such calibration tests shall be made by a
					laboratory of recognized standing or by the utility using apparati and methods
					satisfactory to good engineering practice.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-53.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.08 - Periodic Tests Of Watt-Hour And Demand Meters

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(1) All types of watt-hour meters and demand
					meters installed upon customer's premises shall be tested in accordance with
					the latest revision of the American National Standards Institute's Code for
					Electricity Metering (ANSI C12.1) and with the preceding Electric Rules
					770-X-3-.04, 770-X-3-.05 and 770-X-3-.06.
(2) All watt-hour and demand meters in
					service on and after the date of this order for which there is no record of
					test made within the period of time specified for that class and rating of
					meter in Section (A) above shall be tested as soon as possible.
(3) The Commission may relieve the utility
					from the requirements under this Rule in any particular case in which it is
					shown that the failure to make the periodic test was due to causes beyond the
					utility's control.
(4) All in
					service meter testing plans developed in accordance with this rule shall be
					submitted to the Commission staff for review on an annual basis.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975,
§§
										37-1-32,
							37-1-38,
							37-1-53,
							37-1-57.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-3 - SPECIAL ELECTRIC RULES › Section 770-X-3-.09 - Tests Upon Request Of Consumer

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(1) Each utility shall, without charge, make
					a test of the accuracy of registration of a meter upon the request of a
					customer, provided that:
(a) The customer
					does not request such test more frequently than once in 12 months and
(b) Any customer requesting a meter test
					within 12 months of a previous test shall pay the costs of such test if the
					test results prove the meter to be satisfactorily accurate as provided in these
					Rules.