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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.140 - Compressibility and Supercompressibility

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A
				utility shall account for compressibility when metering gas at pressures greater
				than 15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
b) A utility shall account for
				supercompressibility in the flow equation used in orifice metering.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.150 - Fixed Factor Delivery

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility's
				regulator for fixed factor delivery shall control the delivery pressure at the
				outlet of the meter to ± 1% of the absolute billing pressure (delivery
				pressure (psi) + atmospheric pressure) over the range of expected regulator inlet
				pressures and customer load requirements. For example, for a 10 psig service and
				assuming an atmospheric pressure of 14.4 psi, the regulator shall control the
				delivery pressure at the outlet of the meter between 10.244 psig and 9.756
				psig.
b) A utility may use fixed-factor
				delivery at delivery pressures of less than or equal to 15 psig. At pressures above
				15 psig, a utility shall not use fixed factor delivery except for company-use
				metering that was in place on January 1, 2017.
c) A utility shall determine fixed factors for
				billing by measuring the pressure at the meter outlet with a calibrated pressure
				instrument while the regulator is delivering a steady flow to the meter, but at a
				flow rate that is less than 90% of the meter's capacity at the designated
				fixed-factor operating pressure.
d)
				Whenever a utility performs regulator or meter set maintenance that can affect the
				established fixed factor, the utility shall reestablish and reset the fixed factor
				if the reading falls outside of the allowable delivery pressure variations in
				subsection (a).
e) A utility shall
				verify that the regulator's delivery pressure meets the requirements of subsection
				(a) at least every 36 months. If a utility documents conditions at the meter that
				prevent verification, then the utility may delay verification until those conditions
				cease to exist or for four months, whichever is shorter. If a utility delays
				verification, it shall maintain for three years documentation of the conditions that
				prevented verification within the required 36 months and provide the documentation
				to an authorized representative of the Commission when requested.
f) A utility is not required to conduct the
				verification of the regulator's delivery pressure in subsection (e) for residential
				rate classes if those locations serve a customer at a pressure of 5.0 psi or less
				and the utility uses a meter with a rated capacity under 700 cubic feet per hour (at
				1/2 inch differential) to measure the residential customer's usage.
g) A utility is not required to conduct the
				verification of the regulator's delivery pressure in subsection (e) for
				non-residential rate classes if those locations serve a customer at a pressure of
				2.0 psi or less and the utility uses a meter with a rated capacity under 700 cubic
				feet per hour (at 1/2 inch differential) to measure the non-residential customer's
				usage.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.160 - Testing Facilities and Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				provide laboratories, testing shops and other equipment, facilities and personnel as
				may be necessary to conduct the tests required by this Subpart or other orders of
				the Commission. A utility's laboratories, meter testing shops, and other equipment
				and facilities so provided shall be at all times available for inspection by
				authorized representatives of the Commission.
b) If a utility selects an agent to perform meter
				sample testing, meter accuracy tests when a meter is removed from service, and other
				requirements of this Subpart, or if a utility changes its agent, or if the agent
				changes the location where it will conduct meter tests, the utility shall notify the
				Director of the Safety and Reliability Division of the Commission in writing within
				60 days after the selection or change. If an agent is selected or changed, the
				utility shall provide the following information about the new agent:
1) Name of agent;
2) Name of contact for agent;
3) Address and phone number of agent
				contact;
4) Address of location where
				agent will conduct meter tests;
5)
				Summary of meter types and sizes that agent will test;
6) Summary of services the agent will perform for
				the utility; and
7) Identification of
				what changes, if any, caused the need for the notification.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.170 - Meter Accuracy Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Prior to
				installing a new, adjusted, refurbished, remanufactured or repaired gas meter, a
				utility shall ensure that the meter's average accuracy is not more than 1.0 % slow
				and not more than 1.0% fast. If a utility finds that a meter is more than 1.0% fast
				or slow, the utility shall repair or retire the meter.
b) When a utility installs a meter, it shall
				verify the proper operation and settings of all auxiliary and tertiary equipment
				prior to activating a customer's service.
c) If a utility determines that a meter is in
				service and is mechanically defective, the utility shall repair or replace the
				meter.
1) The utility shall repair or replace the
				meter within 48 hours if the defective meter impedes the utility's ability to
				provide service to the customer, unless the utility and the customer agree upon a
				longer time interval not to exceed 30 days.
2) If the meter does not impede the customer's
				service, the utility must repair or replace the meter within 60 days unless the
				utility and the customer agree upon a longer time interval not to exceed 120
				days.
3) If the meter is of sufficient
				size that portions of a customer's structure require modification to remove the
				meter, then the utility has 90 days to replace the meter unless the utility and the
				customer agree upon a longer time interval not to exceed 180 days.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.180 - Diaphragm Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install a new diaphragm meter set and revisions to an existing diaphragm meter set
				in accordance with the recommendations of ANSI B109.1, XQ0008 (June 2000) for
				diaphragm meters with a rated capacity less than 500 cubic feet per hour and in
				accordance with ANSI B109.2, XQ0009 (June 2000) for diaphragm meters with a rated
				capacity of 500 cubic feet per hour or greater.
b) A utility furnishing natural gas service with
				diaphragm meters shall ensure the use of suitable meter proving or testing equipment
				to determine the accuracy of the meter. The average accuracy of a diaphragm meter is
				determined by averaging the accuracy of the check and open flow rates.
1) The open rate is 95% to 105% of the rated
				capacity.
2) The check rate is 20% to
				33% of the rated capacity.
3) The
				maximum allowable accuracy spread between the open and check rates' accuracy is 1.0
				%.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.190 - Rotary Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install all rotary meters or revisions to existing rotary meter sets in accordance
				with the recommendations of ANSI B109.3, XQ0010 (June 2000).
b) A utility furnishing gas service through a
				rotary meter shall verify that the meter's accuracy meets the requirements of
				Section
				501.170(a)
				before placing the meter in service.
1) A utility
				may rely on the manufacturer's factory accuracy test to demonstrate that a new
				rotary meter meets the Section
				501.170(a)
				requirements only if the utility also conducts quality assurance reviews on its new
				rotary meters.
2) A utility that
				conducts quality assurance reviews must group the new meters into meter lots
				consisting of the same size and manufactured under the same conditions. The utility
				must then sample test these lots in accordance with a single sample plan for normal
				inspection, Inspection Level II, of ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 -2008 using an acceptable quality
				level not to exceed 1.0 %.
3) In the
				event that a meter lot fails, the utility must either return the meters to the
				manufacturer or test all of the meters in the lot to verify compliance with Section
				501.170(a).
4) A utility shall retain a record of a meter's
				accuracy test for the life of the meter.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.200 - Turbine Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility furnishing
				natural gas service with turbine meters shall install new turbine meters or
				revisions to existing meter sets in accordance with the recommendations contained in
				AGA Report No. 7, Measurement of Natural Gas by Turbine Meters, XQ0601 (February
				2006).
b) A utility shall accuracy test
				a turbine meter at least every 60 months.
1) A
				utility shall atmospherically test the accuracy of a turbine meter with an operating
				pressure not exceeding 25 psi at a minimum of four different flow rates of not less
				than 10% of meter capacity and not more than 105% of the meter capacity.
2) A utility shall accuracy test turbine meters
				with an operating pressure exceeding 25 psi at the expected operating pressure of
				the meter installation using at least five flow rates of not less than 10% of meter
				capacity and no more than 105% of the meter capacity. A utility may install a
				turbine meter at a location where the operating pressure falls within the range of
				50% less than or two times greater than the pressure of the meter's accuracy test.
				For example, a turbine meter that was accuracy tested at 100 psi is acceptable for
				delivery pressures from 50 psi (50% of 100) through 200 psi (2 x 100).
3) A utility may accuracy test its turbine meters
				in natural gas or air. A utility that conducts accuracy tests with air shall account
				for the Reynolds number equivalence as set forth in AGA Report No. 7, Measurement of
				Natural Gas by Turbine Meters, Appendix E, XQ0601 (February 2006).
4) When tested at the expected delivery pressure
				of the in-service location, a turbine meter shall demonstrate a tested accuracy
				within ±1.0 % of the accuracy shown over the manufacturer's entire published
				flow range.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.210 - Orifice Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install all new orifice meters in accordance with the recommendation of AGA Report
				No. 3, Orifice Metering of Natural Gas and Other Related Hydrocarbon Fluids, Part 2,
				Specification and Installation Requirements, XQ0002 (April 2000 and June
				2003).
b) A utility furnishing metered
				gas service through orifice meters shall provide and have available instruments
				capable of accurately determining the accuracy of the orifice plate diameters and
				instruments used to measure meter pressure and temperature to within 0.5
				%.
c) At least every six months, a
				utility shall inspect an orifice meter's orifice plate and meter body and inspect
				and verify the proper operation of all transmitters used to measure pressures and
				temperatures.
d) If a utility discovers
				that the orifice plate is deformed, damaged or bowed, the utility shall replace the
				plate within seven days. If the utility finds that the orifice plate is deformed,
				damaged or bowed on two consecutive inspections, the utility shall document the
				problem and conduct inspections at least every three months on the orifice plate
				until three consecutive inspections show no damage. If the utility cannot obtain
				three consecutive inspections showing no damage after 24 months, the utility shall
				take corrective action, such as installing a strainer upstream of the meter, to
				avoid continued damage to the orifice plate.
e) A utility shall maintain five years of
				inspection records.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.220 - Multi-Path Ultrasonic Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install a multi-path ultrasonic meter in accordance with the recommendations of AGA
				Report #9, Measurement of Gas by Multipath Ultrasonic Meters, XQ0701 (April 2007).
				Ultrasonic meters installed prior to April 2007 shall meet the installation
				recommendations of AGA Report #9, Measurement of Gas by Multipath Ultrasonic Meters,
				XQ9801 (June 1998), unless the meter is physically removed from service after
				January 1, 2017, then the meter must meet the installation recommendations of AGA
				Report #9, Measurement of Gas by Multipath Ultrasonic Meters, XQ0701 (April
				2007).
b) At least every three months, a
				utility that installs a multi-path ultrasonic meter shall verify the proper
				operation of the meter so that the meter meets the manufacturer's tolerances using,
				at a minimum, all of the following inspection requirements:
1) Path velocities;
2) Gain levels;
3) Gain limits;
4) Performance percentage;
5) Meter output frequency range;
6) Speed of sound verification; and
7) Verification that the flow computer and
				ultrasonic meter have the correct settings for the installation, including:
A) Meter pulse uncorrected actual per cubic foot
				factor;
B) Internal diameter of pipe;
				and
C) Validation of flow computer
				operation by independent calculation of corrected volume, thermal output, and meter
				adjustment factors.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.230 - Coriolis Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install a Coriolis meter in accordance with the recommendations of AGA Report #11,
				Measurement of Natural Gas by Coriolis Meter, XQ1301 (February 2013).
b) A utility shall verify the proper operation of
				an installed Coriolis meter at least every 12 months by verifying that the meter
				meets the manufacturer's tolerances using, at a minimum, all of the following
				inspection requirements:
1) Meter zero flow
				check;
2) Meter sensor check;
				and
3) Meter transmitter
				check.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.240 - Other Meter Types

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A utility shall use only meter types specifically identified
				  within this Part for natural gas custody transfer.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.250 - Sample Testing of Diaphragm Meters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility
				may, at its option and upon giving notice to the Commission, adopt scientific sample
				procedures for new and in-service diaphragm meters.
b) A utility shall develop sample testing lots for
				new meters that consist of meters of a single type and size that were manufactured
				under the same conditions and at essentially the same time. All sample testing
				procedures shall be in accordance with Inspection Level II of ANSI/ASQ Z1.4
				-2008.
c) A utility shall establish
				meter sample testing lots for in-service meters that consist of meters of a similar
				type, size and year of installation or year of purchase. In the ninth and every
				subsequent year thereafter that the meters are in service, a utility shall test
				their accuracy in accordance with Inspection Level II of ANSI/ASQ
				Z1.4-2008.
d) In order to comply with
				the accuracy limits of Section
				501.170, a
				utility's sample testing plan for new meters shall provide an acceptable quality
				limit not to exceed 1.0 % in order to assure a process average of at least
				99%.
e) A manufacturer shall test a new
				meter, and the resulting test record shall accompany the meter to retirement. A
				utility shall use the manufacturer's test as the initial test of the meter. However,
				if a utility tested the new meter prior to placing it into service, then the utility
				shall use its test as the meter's initial test.
f) A utility's sample testing plan for meters in
				service shall provide an acceptable quality limit of 6.5 % in order to assure a
				process average of at least 93.5 %. A meter is deviant if the average of its
				check-rate and capacity-rate accuracy test results in accuracy more than 3.0 % fast
				or 3.0% slow. A utility must complete all sample tests by the end of the calendar
				year in which the tests are due for completion.
g) If a utility determines that a meter lot has
				failed sample testing, the utility shall remove all remaining meters in the failed
				lot from service within 24 months after completion of the current year's
				sampling.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.290 - Meter Installation Inspection

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) During
				installation of a meter, a utility shall inspect and verify the proper mechanical
				condition of the meter and the suitability of the meter location. The utility shall
				verify that service pipes and meter connections are free of leaks.
b) When a utility affixes or connects an auxiliary
				or tertiary device to a meter, the utility shall verify the proper operation of the
				meter and the affixed or connected device.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.300 - Correctors

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install all correctors in accordance with the recommendations of AGA Gas Measurement
				Manual, Electronic Corrector, Part No. 15 (May 1999), XQ9901.
b) A utility that installs an electronic or
				mechanical corrector shall verify the proper operation of the corrector at least
				every 60 months.
1) Verification temperatures are
				32°F and 75°F/or flowing gas temperature with a tolerance of ± 2.5
				°F.
2) Verification pressures are
				zero and flowing pressure with a tolerance of ± 1%.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.310 - Transmitters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility shall
				install all transmitters in accordance with the recommendations of AGA Gas
				Measurement Manual (Revised), Electronic Flow Computers and Transducers, Part No. 8
				(1988), XQ8805.
b) A utility that
				installs digital and analog transmitters for use in conjunction with flow computers
				in custody transfer metering shall verify the proper operation of the transmitters
				at least every six months.
c) A utility
				must verify that its transmitters maintain a tolerance of ± 2.5 °F at
				flowing gas temperature of the calibrated temperature span. A utility must verify
				that its transmitters maintain inspection pressures of zero and full-calibrated span
				with a tolerance of 1% of span.
d) A
				utility shall maintain the most recent five years of inspection records.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart B - NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 501.320 - Gas Chromatograph

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A utility
				shall install all gas chromatographs according to the recommendations of the
				device's manufacturer.
b) A utility
				shall set all in-service gas chromatographs to perform an automatic calibration at
				least once every 24 hours. If the utility is using the chromatograph to assist the
				measurement calculation at a utility-owned natural gas storage facility and the
				facility is not injecting or withdrawing natural gas, the utility may suspend the
				calibration of the chromatograph until the facility resumes injecting or withdrawing
				natural gas.
c) A utility shall perform
				field verification of all in-service gas chromatographs at least every 3 months and
				verify that the un-normalized mole percent variance is within ±1.5 % of the gas contained
				within the calibrated gas cylinder.
d) A
				utility shall certify or replace the calibrated gas cylinders at least every 36
				months.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart C - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 501.410 - Information to Customers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Bills rendered to
				retail customers for service shall clearly show at least the following:
1) The date of the meter reading, the number of
				days in the billing period, the energy used, the meter constant if applicable, the
				type of service rendered, a complete description of the service or rate
				classification under which the customer receives service, and the type of reading
				that was used in the bill calculation (such as actual, estimated or customer
				reading), and, for meters for which beginning and ending meter readings are used as
				billing determinants, the reading of the meter at the beginning and the reading of
				the meter at the end of the period for which the bill is rendered.
2) In the event that a bill rendered to retail
				customers is not based on usage derived from meter readings, the bill must indicate
				the period of time for which the bill is rendered, the type of service rendered, and
				a complete description of the service or rate classification under which the
				customer receives service.
3) Minimum
				content requirements listed vertically for easy readability:
A) The total amount of the bill.
B) The monthly customer charge or portion
				thereof.
C) The demand
				charges.
D) If applicable, the cost of
				gas detailed by the number of therms used and the price per therm for each change in
				the unit price. For alternative gas suppliers, only the weighted average price per
				therm need be provided, unless otherwise provided in the contract between the
				customer and the alternative gas supplier.
E) If applicable, the cost of gas
				adjustment.
F) Any other applicable
				adjustments (other charges not under categories of charges but relating to services,
				energy or other programs provided to customer by the utility).
G) State tax.
H) Municipal tax.
I) Optional services listed separately.
4) The due date of the bill.
5) Definitions or explanations of any
				abbreviations and technical words used on the bill.
6) The name and the toll-free telephone number of
				each service provider whose services to the customer appear on the bill.
7) The average use per day for the period over
				which the bill is rendered and for the comparable period one year earlier, and an
				indication of the difference in temperatures between the two periods. If this
				information is not available for a customer, the bill shall so state.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart C - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 501.420 - Meter Reading

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A utility shall obtain an actual meter reading within 30 days
				  after a customer switches from the utility to an alternative gas supplier or when
				  the customer switches from one alternative gas supplier to another, unless
				  circumstances beyond the utility's control prevent it from obtaining the meter
				  reading.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart D - GAS SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 501.500 - Pressure Regulation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A utility shall not provide service to any customer at a pressure,
				  as measured at the outlet of the meter used to measure the customer's gas
				  consumption, of less than 4 inches of water column or no more than 12 inches of
				  water column except when the customer requested a higher delivery pressure. A
				  utility is not in violation of this Section if the pressure variations occurred
				  because of the operations of a customer in violation of its contract or the rules of
				  the utility or other events beyond the utility's control.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart D - GAS SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 501.510 - Pressure Survey

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each utility shall
				make pressure surveys, conduct hydraulic modeling, or both at such intervals and of
				such comprehensiveness as may be necessary to keep itself fully informed that its
				system provides sufficient pressure to ensure reliable service to its
				customers.
b) All readings taken by
				charts in pressure surveys shall be preserved and filed in a systematic manner,
				accompanied by information showing the date and place of the survey, the instrument
				used, and the name of the person making the survey. A utility may make use of a
				supervisory control and data acquisition system, electronic recording instruments
				using electronic filing and dating, or both, to meet the requirements of this
				subsection.
c) Each utility shall
				install and maintain recording pressure devices on its system as may be necessary to
				verify the adequacy of its system design. A utility may make use of a supervisory
				control and data acquisition system, electronic recording instruments using
				electronic filing and dating, or both, to meet the requirements of this
				subsection.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart D - GAS SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 501.520 - Interruptions of Service

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each utility shall
				make all reasonable efforts to prevent interruptions of service. When interruptions
				occur, the utility shall reestablish service with the shortest possible delay,
				consistent with general safety and public welfare. Whenever a utility must interrupt
				its customers' service for the purpose of working on the system, the utility shall
				conduct this work at a time that will cause the least inconvenience to customers,
				and the utility shall notify, in advance and in writing, the customers who will be
				affected by the interruption. Advanced notification is not required whenever a
				utility interrupts service for emergency work on a matter that represents an
				existing or probable hazard to persons or property, and requires immediate repair or
				continuous action until the conditions are no longer hazardous. A utility shall
				notify the Director of the Safety and Reliability Division and the Director of the
				Consumer Services Division by phone during working hours or via fax or email during
				non-working hours if it has interrupted service to more than 50 customers for a
				period of 12 hours or more.
b) Each
				utility shall annually file a report with the Director of the Safety and Reliability
				Division by April 1 that details the prior calendar year's service interruptions
				that affected more than 25 customers for longer than eight hours. The utility shall
				include the following information in the report:
1) Indicate the number of service interruptions
				that:
A) Lasted 8 or more hours, but less than 12
				hours.
B) Lasted 12 or more
				hours.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart D - GAS SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 501.530 - Heating Value

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each utility shall exercise in good faith all reasonable best
				  efforts to maintain a consistent heating value for the natural gas it provides to
				  its customers. A utility shall take what actions it deems necessary to avoid daily
				  heating value fluctuations in excess of 5% for the gas it provides to individual
				  customers. A utility may allow the daily heating value of gas delivered to its
				  customer to fluctuate in excess of 5% when a failure to take the gas would result in
				  a supply shortage, or when, for the purpose of meeting the requirements of a peak
				  load or an emergency, a utility makes use of a reserve or emergency supply, such as
				  liquefied petroleum gas.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart D - GAS SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 501.540 - Good Engineering Practice

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A utility shall use accepted good engineering practice to plan,
				  design, construct, operate and maintain its natural gas delivery facilities to
				  ensure adequate, efficient, reliable, safe and least-cost service to
				  customers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart E - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.600 - Extension of Distribution Mains in Urban Areas

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Urban Customer
1) For the purposes of this Section, a customer
				shall be deemed to be an urban customer if his or her premises are located within
				the incorporated limits of a city, village or town, or in a territory where the
				conditions of service approximate the conditions of service normally found in
				recognized urban territory; provided, however, that a public utility may file with
				the Commission for its consideration maps showing the areas deemed to be urban and,
				when so filed and approved by order or otherwise by the Commission, those maps shall
				govern. A utility shall consider a customer whose premises are not located in urban
				territory to be a rural customer.
2) The
				provisions of this Section shall not apply to applicants for service under tariffs
				allowing interruptions of service. A utility with service tariffs that allow the
				utility to interrupt service to a customer shall file with the Commission an
				extension provision or an agreement with the applicant that shall govern main
				extensions for service under those tariffs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 501 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR GAS UTILITIES AND ALTERNATIVE GAS SUPPLIERS › Subpart E - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.610 - Extension of Distribution Mains in Rural Areas

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Rural Customer
1) A utility shall consider a customer whose
				premises are not located in urban territory, as described in Section
				501.600,
				as a rural customer.
2) The provisions
				of this Section shall not apply to applicants for service under tariffs allowing
				interruptions of service. A utility with service tariffs that allow the utility to
				interrupt service to a customer shall file with the Commission an extension
				provision or an agreement with the applicant that shall govern main extensions for
				service under those tariffs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADOPTION OF CFR PROVISIONS BY REFERENCE › Section 505.10 - Adoption of 18 CFR 201 by Reference

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Illinois Commerce Commission adopts 18 CFR 201, as of June 15,
				  2006, as its uniform system of accounts for gas utilities, subject to the exceptions
				  set forth in Subpart B of this Part. No incorporation in this Part includes any
				  later amendment or edition.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.200 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Definition 7, "Commission," is deleted and replaced by the
				  following: "'Commission' means the Illinois Commerce Commission when not otherwise
				  indicated in the context."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.210 - General Instruction 1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
General Instruction 1, "Classification of Utilities," is deleted
				  and replaced by the following:
"A. This
				system of accounts applies to all utilities; provided, however, if in the opinion of
				any utility having annual operating revenues of less than $10,000,000, this system
				of accounts should prove to be unduly burdensome, such utility may, with the
				approval of the Director of Accounting of the Commission, group or combine certain
				accounts herein in order that the accounting requirements for small utilities may
				conform more nearly to the nature and volume of business transacted. Requests to
				group or combine accounts shall be made in writing, including a statement of the
				proposed modifications. In determining whether this system of accounts is unduly
				burdensome with respect to a utility, the Director of Accounting shall consider,
				among other things, whether compliance will require additional resources. The
				Director of Accounting shall make this determination within six months of receiving
				the written request. Having obtained such approval, the utility shall continue to
				use the system as modified on a consistent basis.
B. The Commission does not commit itself to the
				approval or acceptance of any item set out in any account, for the purpose of fixing
				rates or in determining other matters before the Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.250 - General Instruction 5

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 5, "Submittal of Questions," the phrase
				  "Director of Accounting of the" is added between "the" and
				  "Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.330 - General Instruction 12

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 12, "Records for Each Plant," in Paragraph
				  B, the phrase "Director of Accounting of the" is added between "the" and
				  "Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.340 - General Instruction 13

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 13, "Accounting for other departments," the
				  term "proper authority" is deleted and replaced by the phrase "the
				  Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.370 - General Instruction 16

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 16, "Accounting for Costs of gas production
				  by pipelines and pipeline affiliates," the phrase "Federal Energy Regulatory
				  Commission (FERC)" is substituted for the word "Commission" wherever that word
				  appears.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.380 - General Instruction 17

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 17, "Long-Term Debt: Premium, Discount and
				  Expense, and Gain or Loss on Reacquisition," in Paragraph J, "Alternate method," the
				  phrase "Where a regulatory authority or group of regulatory authorities having prime
				  rate jurisdiction over the utility" is deleted and replaced by the phrase "When the
				  Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.390 - General Instruction 18

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 18, "Comprehensive Interperiod Income Tax
				  Allocation," in Paragraph B, the phrase "regulatory authority having rate
				  jurisdiction over the utility" is deleted and replaced by the word
				  "Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.410 - General Instruction 20

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In General Instruction 20, "Accounting for leases" in Paragraph A,
				  second sentence, the phrase which reads "is effective January 1, 1984" is replaced
				  with "was effective August 15, 1985". In the third sentence of this paragraph, the
				  phrase "reporting to the FERC," is amended to read "reporting to the
				  Commission."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.430 - Gas Plant Instruction 3

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Gas Plant Instruction 3, "Components of construction cost," the
				  changes set forth in the remainder of this Section are made.
a) In Paragraph (17)(b), the words "Federal Energy
				Regulatory" are added between "the" and "Commission's."
b) The following is added at the end of Paragraph
				(17)(b):
"If the balance for S (Short-term debt balances) exceeds the
				  balance for W (Average balance in construction work in progress plus nuclear fuel in
				  process of refinement, conversion, enrichment and fabrication), the maximum total
				  AFUDC rate to be utilized will be the weighted average short-term debt rate. In
				  instances where this occurs, the entire credit for AFUDC will be recorded in Account
				  432, Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction - credit."
c) The following is added as Paragraph
				(17)(c):
"(c) All deviations from the AFUDC formula
				shown in Gas Plant Instruction 3 (17)(a) above must have approval from the
				Commission before implementation. In determining whether to approve such deviations,
				the Commission will consider the degree to which current securities issues have
				changed the embedded cost included in the annual computation provided in the
				formula."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.470 - Gas Plant Instruction 7

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Gas Plant Instruction 7, "Land and Land Rights," in Paragraph
				  E, the phrase "411.6, Gains from Disposition of Utility Plant, or 411.7, Losses from
				  Disposition of Utility Plant when such property has been recorded in Account 105,
				  Gas Plant Held for Future Use, Account 105.1, Production Properties Held for Future
				  Use, otherwise to account" is deleted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.500 - Gas Plant Instruction 10

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Gas Plant Instruction 10, "Additions and Retirements of Gas
				  Plant," in Paragraph E, the phrase "411.6, Gains from Disposition of Utility Plant,
				  or 411.7, Losses from Disposition of Utility Plant when the property has been
				  recorded in Account 105, Gas Plant Held for Future Use, Account 105.1, Production
				  Properties Held for Future Use, otherwise to accounts" is deleted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.550 - Gas Plant Instruction 15

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Gas Plant Instruction 15, "Fees for applications filed with the
				  Commission," is deleted in its entirety.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.900 - Balance Sheet Chart Of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the Balance Sheet Chart of Accounts, delete the following
				  accounts:
				  117.1, Gas
				  stored - base gas; 117.2, System balancing gas; 117.3, Gas stored in reservoirs and
				  pipelines - noncurrent; and 117.4, Gas owed to system gas. To replace the deleted
				  accounts, add Account 117, Gas stored underground - Noncurrent.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.940 - Income Chart of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the Income Chart of Accounts, Account 426.1, "Donations," is
				  deleted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.970 - Operation and Maintenance Expense Chart of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the Operation and Maintenance Expense Chart of Accounts, the
				  notation "(Reserved)" is deleted at Accounts 914 and 915. In the place of this
				  notation at Account 914, the caption "Revenues from merchandising, jobbing and
				  contract work" is added, and in the place of this notation at Account 915, the
				  caption "Cost and expenses of merchandising, jobbing and contract work" is
				  added.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1030 - Account 103

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 103, "Experimental gas plant unclassified," the second
				  sentence in Paragraph B is deleted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1050 - Account 105

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 105, "Gas plant held for future use," changes set forth
				  in the remainder of this Section are made.
a) The last sentence of Paragraph D is deleted,
				and in the first sentence of Paragraph D, the phrase "411.6 or 411.7, as
				appropriate, except when determined to be significant by the Commission" is deleted
				and replaced by the following phrase: "421.1 or 421.2, as appropriate, except as
				otherwise authorized or determined by the Commission. In determining whether to
				allow such an exception, the Commission shall consider, among other things, the
				prior rate treatment of the asset involved, the purpose for which the asset is used,
				and the length of time the asset is held.
b) The following is added as Paragraph F: "F.
				Gains or losses from abandonment shall be recorded in Account 434 or 435 as may be
				appropriate unless otherwise directed by the Commission. In determining whether to
				direct alternate recording, the Commission shall consider, among other things, the
				history of the land parcel, and the reason for abandonment."
c) Paragraph C is deleted in its
				entirety.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1051 - Account 105.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 105.1, "Production properties held for future use," the
				  changes set forth in the remainder of this Section are made.
a) The last sentence of Paragraph D is deleted,
				and in the first sentence of Paragraph D, the phrase "411.6 or 411.7, as
				appropriate, except when determined to be significant by the Commission" is deleted
				and replaced by the following phrase: "421.1 or 421.2, as appropriate, except as
				otherwise authorized or determined by the Commission."
b) The following is added as Paragraph F: "F.
				Gains or losses from abandonment shall be recorded in Account 434 or 435 as may be
				appropriate unless otherwise directed by the Commission."
c) Paragraph C is deleted in its
				entirety.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 505 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Subpart B - ADDITIONS TO AND DELETIONS FROM CFR PROVISIONS › Section 505.1641 - Account 164.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In Account 164.1, Gas stored underground - Current, the
				  instructions shall be restated as follows:
"This Account shall be debited with such amounts as are credited
				  to Account 117, Gas stored underground - Noncurrent, to reflect classification for
				  balance sheet purposes of such portion of the inventory of gas stored underground as
				  represents a current asset according to conventional rules for classification of
				  current assets."