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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-10 - NATURAL GAS MARKETERS' CUSTOMER ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES › Rule 515-7-10-.04 - Contents of Letter of Agency

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any letter of agency utilized to confirm
				an order change for commodity sales service or distribution service shall meet
				the requirements specified herein.
(a) A
				letter of agency shall be a separate document or easily separable document for
				which the exclusive purpose is to direct a change in marketer. The letter of
				agency must be signed and dated by the customer requesting a change;
(b) The letter of agency shall not be
				combined with inducements of any kind that are contained on the same
				document;
(c) Notwithstanding the
				language contained in subparts (a) and (b) of this section, a letter of agency
				may be combined with checks that contain only the required letter of agency
				language prescribed in paragraph (d) of this section and the necessary
				information to make the check a negotiable instrument. Letters of agency
				contained in any such checks shall not include or otherwise reference any
				promotional language or information. Letters of agency contained in any such
				checks shall be set in easily readable, bold face type at least as large and as
				dark as any other size type on the check.
(d) At a minimum, a letter of agency must be
				printed in a size and readability equal to at least twelve (12) point Font and
				must contain clear and unambiguous language that confirms:
(i) The customer's billing name and
				address;
(ii) The customer's
				service address to which the letter of agency applies;
(iii) The decision to change from the
				customer's existing marketer or EDC to the succeeding marketer and the type(s)
				of service to be changed;
(iv) That
				the customer designates the succeeding marketer to act as the customer's agent
				for such change; and
(v) That the
				customer understands that any selection made by the customer may be subject to
				a charge for changing the customer's marketer and may involve a charge for
				changing back to the existing marketer or EDC.
(e) Letters of agency shall not suggest or
				require that a customer take any type of action in order to retain the
				customer's existing marketer EDC.
(f) If any portion of a letter of agency is
				translated into another language, all remaining portions of the letter of
				agency must be translated into that language. Every letter of agency must be
				translated into the same language as any promotional materials, oral
				descriptions, or instruments provided with the letter of agency.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-11 - CAPACITY SUPPLY PLANS › Rule 515-7-11-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
As used in this Utility Rule 515-7-11, the following terms
				  have the following definitions:
(a)
				Act: The Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation Act as provided for in
				O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-150
et
				seq.
(b) Ancillary
				Service: A service that is ancillary to the receipt or delivery of natural gas,
				including without limitation, storage, balancing, peaking, and customer
				service.
(c) Capacity Supply Plan:
				The plan of the Electing Distribution Company for obtaining the interstate
				capacity assets necessary to make gas available on the EDC's system for firm
				distribution service to retail customers. Such a plan shall:
(i) Specify the range of the requirements to
				be supplied by interstate capacity assets;
(ii) Describe the array of interstate
				capacity assets selected by the EDC to meet such requirements;
(iii) Describe the criteria of the EDC for
				entering into contracts under such array of interstate capacity assets from
				time to time to meet such requirements; provided however, that a capacity
				supply plan approved or adopted by the Commission shall not prescribe the
				individual contracts to be executed by the electing distribution company in
				order to implement such plan; and
(iv) Specify the portion of the interstate
				capacity assets that must be retained and utilized by the EDC in order to
				manage and operate its system.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-11 - CAPACITY SUPPLY PLANS › Rule 515-7-11-.02 - Commission Authority and Scope of Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(a) Consistent with Official Code of Georgia
				Annotated (O.C.G.A.) §§
									46-4-155(e), each
				Electing Distribution Company shall be required to develop and file for the
				Commission's review and approval Capacity Supply Plans, as described by the
				regulations in this Rule. These regulations establish guidelines for the
				development and submission of Capacity Supply Plan, including filing
				requirements enabling Commission oversight, review and monitoring, the
				establishment of hearing procedures, and provide for the periodic review of
				each EDC's Capacity Supply Plan. Interim monitoring is established through the
				reporting requirements. These regulations also provide for Capacity Supply Plan
				amendments.
(b) In the event of any
				conflict between the provisions of this Rule and applicable provisions of the
				Official Code of Georgia Annotated, including O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-155 as it may be amended from
				time to time, the applicable provisions of the O.C.G.A. shall take precedence.
				Any such conflict as to one provision of this rule shall not, however, void or
				nullify any remaining provisions of this rule.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  46-4-155.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(a) The following hearing procedure shall be
				used for Capacity Supply Plans:
1. Not less
				than ten days after any filing by an EDC of its Capacity Supply Plan for the
				following three years, the Commission shall conduct a public hearing on such
				filing. The EDC's testimony shall be under oath and shall, with any corrections
				thereto, constitute the EDC's affirmative case, respectively. At any such
				hearing, the burden of proof to show that the proposed Capacity Supply Plan is
				appropriate shall be upon the EDC.
2. The provisions of law relating to parties,
				intervention, and discovery in proceedings before the Commission shall apply
				with respect to such proceedings.
3. Following such a hearing, the Commission
				shall issue an order approving the Capacity Supply Plan filed by the EDC or
				adopting a Capacity Supply Plan for the EDC that the Commission deems
				appropriate.
4. If, for any reason,
				the Commission does not issue an order by the 45th day after the EDC's filing
				which either approves the Capacity Supply Plan filed by the EDC or adopts a
				different Capacity Supply Plan for the EDC, the Capacity Supply Plan proposed
				by the EDC shall thereupon be deemed approved by operation of law.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-11 - CAPACITY SUPPLY PLANS › Rule 515-7-11-.04 - Minimum Filing Requirements for the Electing Distribution Company

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
At least every third (3rd) year following the date when the
				  rates for commodity sales service within a delivery group or groups become no
				  longer subject to Commission approval, the Electing Distribution Company
				  ("EDC") shall file with the Commission a Capacity Supply Plan ("CSP") on or
				  before August 1 of such year. As part of its CSP, the EDC shall include each of
				  the following as minimum filing requirements:
(a)
Background:
1. An organization chart of the EDC's current
				gas or capacity planning and management staffing. The requested organization
				chart shall provide both the positions and the names of personnel holding the
				positions.
2. A detailed
				description of each of the EDC's liquefied natural gas ("LNG") facilities
				including facility's liquefaction, storage, and vaporization capacities. The
				information on capacities shall include the following:
i. Data on rated, planned, and maximum
				operating parameters;
ii. A full
				description of any reserve allowance made for planned operation.
3. A narrative description of the
				EDC's methodologies for calculating the design day load.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Capacity Supply Plan Amendments.
(a) After a Capacity Supply Plan has become
				effective under the provisions of O.C.G.A. §
										46-4-155 and as a result of a
				proceeding before the Commission, the Commission shall retain jurisdiction for
				the purposes set forth in O.C.G.A. §
										46-4-155(e).
(b) Upon the application of the affected EDC,
				the Consumer's Utility Counsel of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs or
				upon its own initiative, the Commission may, after affording due notice and
				opportunity for hearing to the affected EDC and the intervenors in the
				proceeding, amend the Capacity Supply Plan.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-11 - CAPACITY SUPPLY PLANS › Rule 515-7-11-.06 - Information Filing Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Ninety (90) days prior to the EDC entering into a new firm
				  contract, or renews, cancels or materially amends an existing contract to
				  purchase capacity, transportation or underground storage, or any other service
				  authorized in its Capacity Supply Plan, it shall notify the Commission by an
				  informational filing within thirty (30) days of the change to the contract's
				  status.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  46-4-155.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-12 - STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE CONSTRAINED BY MARKET FORCES › Rule 515-7-12-.01 - Temporary Directives

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) If, in an expedited hearing pursuant to
				the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the Georgia Administrative Procedure
				Act:
(a) The Commission determines for a
				specific delivery group, as to which the Commission has issued an order
				pursuant to subsection
(b) of Code
				Section 46-4-156, that the prices for
				natural gas paid by firm retail customers in such delivery group are not
				constrained by market forces and are significantly higher than such prices
				would be if they were constrained by market forces; or (b) The Commission
				determines for a specific delivery group, as to which the Commission has not
				issued an order pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section
				46-4-156, that the prices charged
				by an electing distribution company to consumers for commodity sales services,
				which prices have not been approved by the Commission pursuant to Code Section
				46-2-26.5, are generally not
				constrained by market forces and are significantly higher than such prices
				would be if they were constrained by market forces, then the Commission, on an
				emergency basis, may by order temporarily impose such directives on gas
				companies subject to its jurisdiction as are required to protect the interests
				of firm retail customers in such delivery group including but not limited to
				price regulations and the imposition upon the electing distribution company of
				the obligation to serve retail customers in such delivery group under the same
				or similar conditions to those under which such customers were served prior to
				customer assignment in such delivery group. In no event shall such emergency
				directives extend beyond the first day of July immediately following the next
				full annual session of the General Assembly after the imposition of such
				directives. In its order the Commission shall provide for recovery of all costs
				reasonably incurred by the electing distribution company in complying with the
				directives. Any such directives shall be drawn as narrowly as possible to
				accomplish the purpose of protecting the public on an interim basis. No such
				directive shall impose any condition upon the electing distribution company
				that unreasonably burdens the company. Such directives shall be immediately
				reviewable in the Superior Court of Fulton County in the same manner and
				subject to the same procedures as the review of any other contested case under
				the provisions of Code Section
				50-13-19.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-13 - REGULATED PROVIDER GENERAL RULES AND SELECTION OF THE REGULATED PROVIDER › Rule 515-7-13-.01 - Commission Authority and Scope

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Georgia Legislature has directed the Georgia Public
				  Service Commission to create a Regulated Provider of natural gas service.
				  Specifically, by July 1, 2002, the Commission shall select a Regulated Provider
				  of natural gas to serve:
(1) Group 1,
				low-income residential consumers; and
(2) Group 2, firm natural gas consumers who
				have been unable to obtain or maintain natural gas commodity service, or whose
				utility payment history was cited by the Regulated Provider as a reason for the
				transfer from Group 1 to Group 2. The Commission is authorized to promulgate
				rules and regulations to implement this Code section.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Sec. 46-4-166.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-13 - REGULATED PROVIDER GENERAL RULES AND SELECTION OF THE REGULATED PROVIDER › Rule 515-7-13-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Terms used in these rules have the following meaning:
(a) "Act" means the Natural Gas Competition
				and Deregulation Act, as amended, as provided for in O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-150
et
				seq.
(b) "Bidder" means
				any party submitting a Bid Package in response to a Request for Proposal issued
				by the Commission.
(c) "Commission"
				means the Georgia Public Service Commission.
(d) "Consumer" or "Customer" or "End-Use
				Customer" means a retail customer of commodity sales service or of firm
				distribution service who uses such service or services primarily for personal,
				family, or household purposes.
(e)
				"Electing Distribution Company" or "EDC" means a gas company that elects to
				become subject to the provisions of the Act and satisfies the requirements of
				O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-154.
(f) "Firm" means a type of distribution
				service that ordinarily is not subject to interruption or
				curtailment.
(g) "Gas" means
				natural gas.
(h) "Group 1" means
				the group of consumers served by the Regulated Provider who meet the definition
				of "low-income residential consumer" as set forth in O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-152(12.1).
(i) "Group 2" means the group of consumers
				served by the Regulated Provider who have been unable to obtain or maintain
				natural gas commodity service; or whose utility payment history was cited by
				the Regulated Provider as a reason for the transfer from Group 1 to Group
				2.
(j) "Marketer" means any person
				certificated by the Commission to provide commodity sales service or
				distribution service pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-153 or ancillary services
				incident thereto.
(k) "Regulated
				Provider of natural gas" means the entity selected by the Commission to provide
				to consumers natural gas commodity service and ancillary services incident
				thereto in accordance with O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-166.
(l) "Universal Service Fund" means the fund
				created and administered by the Commission pursuant to O.C.G.A §
									46-4-161.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Sec. 46-4-150
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Commission's selection of the
				Regulated Provider shall be made through a competitive request for proposal
				process. Certificated marketers shall be eligible to submit
				proposals.
(2) Selection criteria
				for the Regulated Provider shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Financial viability, as defined in Code
				Section 46-4-153 and set forth in
				515-7-13-.05(1)(a);
(b) Technical expertise, as defined in Code
				Section 46-4-153 and set forth in
				515-7-13-.05(1)(b);
(c) The amount of the proposed deposit
				requirements, proposed price structure, proposed customer charge, and cost
				recovery;
(d) The terms and
				conditions proposed for transfers of consumers from Group 1 to Group 2 and from
				Group 2 to Group 1; and
(e) The
				terms and conditions proposed for termination of service for Group 1 consumers
				and Group 2 consumers.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The rate for a
				Group 1 low-income residential consumer shall be based upon actual commodity
				cost, a reasonable rate of return, and an equitable share of the cost of the
				transportation and distribution system over which such consumer receives
				distribution.
(a) Any low-income residential
				consumer may transfer to the Regulated Provider without being required to pay
				in full any debt to a marketer for previous service and without termination in
				service due to failure to pay such a debt;
(b) The Regulated Provider shall have access
				to the Universal Service Fund to recover bad debt arising from service to
				low-income residential consumers in accordance with Commission Utility Rule
				515-7-5, which is designed to encourage efficient debt collection practices by
				the Regulated Provider; and
(c) The
				EDC shall waive any customer charge for each low-income residential consumer
				whose age exceeds 65 years. A Group 1 low-income residential consumer served by
				the Regulated Provider at this rate shall be subject to transfer to Group 2 for
				failure to pay distribution or commodity charges under the terms and conditions
				specified in the proposal and accepted by the Commission.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) If the Commission issues an Order
				selecting a new Regulated Provider, the incumbent Regulated Provider and the
				newly selected Regulated Provider shall meet to negotiate the transfer of
				customers, accounts receivable, any computer system transfers, storage volumes,
				and any other issues that should be addressed. The parties shall provide
				updates to the Commission at no less than thirty (30) day intervals after the
				issuance of the Commission's Order selecting a new Regulated
				Provider.
(2) The incumbent
				Regulated Provider and the winning Bidder shall negotiate the terms of Accounts
				Receivable transaction (including any flat fees, discounted rates, date(s) for
				transactions, etc.). If the parties cannot negotiate acceptable terms within a
				pre-determined timeframe, the Commission shall determine the terms for the
				transaction. For purposes of this rule, the pre-determined timeframe shall be
				no longer than forty-five (45) days after the Commission issues an Order
				selecting a new Regulated Provider.
(3) The newly selected Regulated Provider
				shall send at least two (2) notices by mail or by using the consumer preferred
				method of communication to all Regulated Provider customers notifying the
				customers of the change in the Regulated Provider.
(a) The notices shall be reviewed and
				approved by the Commission Staff prior to sending to customers. The notices
				shall contain, at a minimum, the following language:
1. "Beginning on [effective date of
				transfer], your Regulated Provider natural gas service will be provided by [new
				Regulated Provider]."
2. "Your
				Group 1 [variable/fixed] rate will be as follows $[amount] per therm, and your
				customer service charge will be $[amount]" or "Your Group 2 [variable/fixed]
				rate will be as follows $[amount] per therm, and your customer service charge
				will be $[amount]."
3. "You are
				still required to pay any remaining balances or past due amounts to the
				previous Regulated Provider, [Incumbent Regulated Provider]."
4. "Your last bill from the previous
				Regulated Provider, [Incumbent Regulated Provider] will be due within xx days
				of receipt."
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Universal Service Fund shall be utilized in the manner
				  prescribed by O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-166.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Sec. 46-4-161.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
In the event that the Regulated Provider files for
				  bankruptcy, and fails to maintain the ability to adequately serve Regulated
				  provider customers, all of the customers of the Regulated Provider shall be
				  randomly assigned to all certificated marketers, pursuant to Commission Utility
				  Rule 515-7-4 unless prohibited by the Federal Bankruptcy Code 11 U.S.C. Sec 101
et seq.
, or by order of the Federal Bankruptcy
				  court.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Sec. 46-4-166.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-8 - EMPLOYMENT AND USE OF SERVICE OBSERVING EQUIPMENT › Subject 515-8-1 - EMPLOYMENT AND USE OF SERVICE OBSERVING EQUIPMENT › Rule 515-8-1-.01 - Application for License

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Every subscriber of any telephone company authorized to do
				  business in this State desiring the employment and use of any equipment or
				  device which is owned by the subscriber or furnished by a telephone company
				  authorized to do business in this State under proper tariffs filed with and
				  approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission, which may be attached to any
				  telephonic equipment which permits the interception of telephonic
				  communications solely for the purposes of business service improvement shall
				  make application to the Georgia Public Service Commission for a license for the
				  employment and installation of such equipment on the form prescribed by the
				  Commission, and designated as "Application for Telephone Service Observing
				  Equipment License" consisting of six pages.
Ga. L. 1967, p. 844;
				  1968, pp. 1249, 1331; Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 26-3005; 1991, pp.
				  1040-1042.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Upon receipt of an application for a license on the form
				  prescribed herein the Commission will designate a time and place for hearing.
				  The Commission will give notice thereof to the applicant at least ten days in
				  advance of the date assigned for the hearing. Upon approval of the application
				  a license shall be issued in the form identified as "license to use service
				  observing equipment".
Ga. L. 1967, p.844;
				  1968, pp. 1249, 1331; Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 26-3005; 1991, pp.
				  1040-1042.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A license shall be revoked by the Commission when it is
				  established to the satisfaction of the Commission, after notice and hearing on
				  an order to show cause against the holder of such license, that such equipment
				  is being used in an unlawful manner contrary to the tariff applicable to such
				  equipment, or in a manner contrary to the purposes and uses for which the
				  license has been issued, or if it shall subsequently be discovered a material
				  misrepresentation of fact shall have been made in applying for the license. All
				  other licenses shall be canceled and revoked upon discontinuance of the use of
				  such equipment, or upon surrender of such license to the
				  Commission.
Ga. L. 1967, p. 844;
				  1968, pp. 1249, 1331; Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 26-3005; 1991, pp.
				  1040-1042.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Service observing equipment shall not be installed, provided
				  or continued in service unless and until a license for the use of such
				  equipment shall have been issued by the Commission.
Ga. L. 1967, p. 844;
				  1968, pp. 1249, 1331; Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 26-3005; 1991, pp.
				  1040-1042.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Except as provided herein, it shall be
				the duty and obligation of any licensed user of service observing equipment to
				prominently display on every telephone instrument subject to service observing
				a notification to such effect. Said notification shall be in the form of
				official gummed labels which will be issued by the Commission at the time a
				license is issued. Failure to prominently display the notification at all times
				shall be cause for revocation of the license. Holders of licenses for service
				observing equipment issued prior to the effective date of this Rule shall
				within thirty (30) days from said effective date obtain the requisite number of
				labels from the Commission and affix the same to those instruments which are
				subject to service observing. If an employee or independent contractor of a
				holder of the license is in a work-from-home arrangement and subject to
				monitoring via service observing equipment, the holder of the license shall
				obtain from each such person a signed acknowledgement that states as follows:
"I acknowledge that the device(s) I use for work-related
				  communications are subject to service observing."
The signed acknowledgement form should be obtained from such
				  person by the first day of the work-from-home arrangement and thereafter by the
				  first business day in January in each subsequent year and shall be retained by
				  the holder of the license for a period of not less than five years.
(2) It shall be the duty and
				obligation of any licensed user of Service Observing equipment to promptly
				notify the Commission of any changes in the status of its certification. Such
				changes may include, but are not limited to: the discontinuance of the use of
				such equipment, changes in the specified list of telephone numbers subject to
				service observing, changes in the firm name or address and so forth.
(3) Provisions regarding the recording of
				telephone conversations are contained in the applicable state and federal
				statutes. The Georgia Public Service Commission has no rules governing the
				recording of telephone conversations.
(4) A violation of any of the provisions of
				this Rule shall be a violation of Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16
				of the Georgia Code.
Ga. L.
				  1967, p. 844-1968, pp. 1249, 1331; Sec. 26-3005, 1991, pp. 1040-1042; O.C.G.A.
				  §
											16-11-65.
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By virtue of the authority vested in the Commission by law
				  and pursuant to orders issued by the Commission on May 4, 1967, July 6, 1967,
				  April 23, 1968, and October 29, 1970, all Rules and Regulations prescribed by
				  the United States Department of Transportation applicable to the
				  "Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Safety Standards"
				  (C.F.R. 49, Parts 191 and 192) are by this Rule made the Rules and Regulations
				  of the Georgia Public Service Commission for the safe installation and
				  operation of all natural gas transmission and distribution facilities by
				  companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission within this State.
				  (These Federal rules are prescribed as minimum standards for observance by
				  cooperating State Commissions and the individual States cannot promulgate less
				  strict rules for this purpose. The Georgia Public Service Commission has not
				  varied from these Federal standards. Due to the volume of these Federal rules,
				  to changes made therein which this Commission cannot control and to the ready
				  availability of such rules from the Federal Government, those rules are not
				  reproduced herein. Full current sets of the rules may be obtained from the
				  United States Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety,
				  Washington, D.C. If and when the Georgia Public Service Commission undertakes
				  to adopt rules more strict than those Federal rules, such adoption will adhere
				  to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and will be published
				  herein.)
Ga. L. 1956, pp.
				  104-110; 1967, pp. 650-651; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406; 1989, p. 692; C.F.R. 49,
				  Parts 191, 192.
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By virtue of the authority vested in the Commission by law,
				  all rules, regulations and amendments thereto prescribed by the United States
				  Department of Transportation applicable to "Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities;
				  Federal Safety Standards" (C.F.R. 49, Part 193) are by this Rule made the Rules
				  and Regulations of the Georgia Public Service Commission for all natural gas
				  transmission and distribution companies subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  Commission within the State of Georgia. The Georgia Public Service Commission
				  has not varied from these Federal Standards. Due to the volume of these Federal
				  rules, to changes made therein which this Commission cannot control and to the
				  ready availability of such rules from the Federal Government, those rules are
				  not reproduced herein. Full current sets of the rules may be obtained from the
				  United States Department of Transportation, Material Transportation Bureau,
				  Washington, D.C. If and when the Georgia Public Service Commission undertakes
				  to adopt rules more strict than those Federal rules, such adoption will adhere
				  to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and will be published
				  herein.)
Ga. L. 1956, pp.
				  104-110; 1967, pp. 650-651; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406; 1989, p.
				  692.
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By virtue of the authority vested in the Commission by law,
				  all rules, regulations and amendments thereto prescribed by the United States
				  Department of Transportation applicable to Pipeline Safety Regulation,"Drug
				  Testing: Federal Safety Standards" (C.F.R. 49, Parts 199 and 40) are by this
				  Rule made the Rules and Regulations of the Georgia Public Service Commission
				  for all natural gas transmission and distribution companies subject to the
				  jurisdiction of the Commission within the State of Georgia. The Georgia Public
				  Service Commission has not varied from these Federal Standards. Due to the
				  volume of these Federal rules, to changes made therein which this Commission
				  cannot control and to the ready availability of such rules from the Federal
				  Government, those rules are not reproduced herein. Full current sets of the
				  rules may be obtained from the United States Department of Transportation,
				  Material Transportation Bureau, Washington, D.C. If and when the Georgia Public
				  Service Commission undertakes to adopt rules more strict than those Federal
				  rules, such adoption will adhere to the provisions of the Administrative
				  Procedure Act and will be published herein.
Ga. L. 1956, pp.
				  104-110; 1967, pp. 650-651; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406; 1989, p.
				  692.
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(1) Concurrent to and in conformance with the
				notice requirements delineated in
				49 C.F.R. §
										191.5, each operator shall give telephonic
				notice of such incident to the Commission's Pipeline Safety Staff.
(2) For the purposes of this Rule,"incident"
				shall mean:
(a) An event that involves a
				release of gas from a pipeline, or of liquefied natural gas, liquefied
				petroleum gas, refrigerant gas, or gas from an LNG facility, and that results
				in one or more of the following consequences:
1. A death, or personal injury necessitating
				in-patient hospitalization;
2.
				Unless otherwise adopted by Federal Code(49C.F.R. §
												191.3),
				estimated property damage of $50,000.00 or more, including loss to the operator
				and others, or both, but excluding cost of gas lost;
3. Unless otherwise adopted by Federal
				Code(49C.F.R.§
												191.3), unintentional estimated gas loss of
				three million cubic feet or more;
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Ga. L. 1956, pp.
				  104-110; 1975, Sec. 2, p. 406
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The purpose and scope of the Enforcement Procedures is to
				  describe the enforcement authority and sanctions exercised by the Georgia
				  Public Service Commission in carrying out its duties regarding pipeline safety
				  under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended (49 U.S.C.
				  1671
et seq.
) It also prescribes the procedures governing the
				  exercise of that authority and the imposition of those
				  sanctions.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, 1975, pp. 404-412.
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Terms used in these rules have the following meaning:
(a) "Act" means the Natural Gas Pipeline
				Safety Act of 1968, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1671
et
				seq.
).
(b) "Commission"
				means the Georgia Public Service Commission.
(c) "Gas" means natural gas.
(d) "LNG" means liquefied natural
				gas.
(e) "New Construction" means
				the act of building, a new pipeline facility, or the expansion, replacement or
				relocation of an existing pipeline facility (as in looping a pipeline segment,
				which may also be done to meet increased load requirements or to enhance
				reliability of the system) in order to provide new service to a customer(s) or
				in order to meet increased demand.
(f) "Operator" means a person who engages in
				the transportation of natural gas by pipeline.
(g) "Person" means any individual, firm,
				joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, authority, municipality,
				cooperative association or joint-stock association, and includes trustee,
				receiver, assignee or personal representative who furnishes service to the
				public thereof.
(h) "Pipeline"
				means all parts of those physical facilities through which gas or LNG moves in
				transportation including but not limited to pipe, valves and other appurtenance
				attached to pipe, compressor units, pumping units, metering stations, delivery
				stations, regulator stations, holders and fabricated assemblies.
(i) "Pipeline facility" means, without
				limitation, new and existing pipe, pipe right-of-way and any equipment,
				facility or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas
				during the course of transportation.
(j) "Pipeline Safety Director" means the
				Natural Gas Engineer of the Utilities Engineering Section designated by the
				Commission as Director.
(k)
				"Service Line" means a distribution line that transports gas from a common
				source of supply to (a) a customer meter or the connection to a customer's
				piping, whichever is farther downstream, or (b) the connection to a customer's
				piping if there is no customer meter. A customer meter is the meter that
				measures the transfer of gas from an operator to a consumer.
(l) "Transportation of Gas" means the
				gathering, transmission or distribution of gas by pipeline or its
				storage.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  46-2-20,
				  46-2-30.
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(1) The Georgia Legislature has empowered the
				Public Service Commission to prescribe and enforce safety standards and to
				regulate safety practices of persons engaged in the transportation of gas or
				LNG by pipeline to the extent permitted by the "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
				of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1967
et seq.
)" and any amendments thereto as
				set forth and adopted in Title 46 of the Georgia Code, as amended. The
				Commission has delegated this responsibility to the Pipeline Safety Director
				and his staff. The regulations issued under the Act promulgated by the Office
				of Pipeline Safety of the United States Department of Transportation and
				published in Title 49, CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Parts 40, 191, 192,
				193 and 199 apply to all pipeline companies. The safety standards of the Act
				apply to the design, installation, inspection, testing construction, extension,
				operation, replacement and maintenance of pipeline facilities. Standards
				affecting the design, installation, construction, initial inspection and
				testing are not applicable to pipeline facilities in existence on the date such
				standards are adopted.
(2) The
				Commission is authorized to prescribe additional safety standards that apply to
				intrastate operators. Such safety standards shall be practicable and designed
				to meet the needs for pipeline safety. When prescribing and enforcing such
				standards, the Commission will consider:
(a)
				relevant available pipeline safety data;
(b) whether such standards are appropriate
				for the particular type of pipeline transportation;
(c) the reasonableness of any proposed
				standards; and
(d) the extent to
				which such standards will contribute to public safety.
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The Commission has the power to investigate all methods and
				  practices of pipeline companies; to require the maintenance and filing of
				  reports, records and other information in such form and detail as the
				  Commission may prescribe; to enter upon and to inspect the property, buildings,
				  plants, and office of such pipeline companies; and to inspect books, records,
				  papers and documents relevant to the enforcement of the rules and
				  regulations.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.
				  125, aa amended; Ga. L. 1975, pp. 404-412
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(1) Upon presentation of appropriate
				credentials, the Commission or its designated employee is authorized to enter
				upon, inspect and examine, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, the
				records and properties of persons to the extent such records and properties are
				relevant to determining the compliance of such persons with the rules and
				regulations or Commission orders issued thereunder.
(2) Inspections shall ordinarily be conducted
				pursuant to one of the following:
(a) routine
				scheduling;
(b) a complaint
				received from a member of the public;
(c) information obtained from a previous
				inspection;
(d) pipeline accident
				or incident; or
(e) whenever deemed
				appropriate by the Commission or the Director of Gas Pipeline Safety.
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(1) An attempt will be made to periodically
				inspect every operator, with priority given to inspecting those systems with
				greater risk potential. In determining the potential risk of a pipeline system,
				the following factors may be considered:
(a)
				the ratio of total steel pipe to coated steel pipe;
(b) the ratio of total steel pipe to
				cathodically protected steel pipe;
(c) leaks per mile of pipe;
(d) leaks per number of services;
(e) unaccounted-for-gas volumes and
				percentages;
(f) the number of
				accidents or facility failures;
(g)
				footage of cast iron pipe in the system; and
(h) past history of the operator.