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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-6 - Customer meters; general requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 6.
(a) Whenever
				a meter is tested to determine the accuracy with which it has been registering
				in service, it may be considered correct if found not more than an average of
				two percent (2%), plus or minus, in error when tested at its check and open
				rates.
(b) For purpose of
				measurement to a customer, a cubic foot of gas is the amount of gas in a volume
				of one (1) cubic foot under the conditions existing in that customer's meter as
				and where installed, except:
(1) corrections
				may be made for temperature, pressure, and other nonstandard gas conditions as
				provided in the customer's contract; or
(2) the utility may, at its option, install
				gas meters which will compensate for changes in temperature above or below
				sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-7 - Meter testing equipment and facilities; availability for inspection or use

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-35;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36
Sec. 7.
Meter Testing Equipment and Facilities.
Each public utility furnishing gas service shall maintain the
				  equipment and facilities necessary for accurately testing all types and sizes
				  of meters employed for the measurement of gas delivered to its customers,
				  unless arrangements shall have been made to have such testing done elsewhere.
				  Testing equipment shall be maintained in good condition and correct adjustment
				  so that it shall be capable of determining the accuracy of any service meter to
				  within one-half of one per cent.
The accuracy of all provers and methods of operating same may
				  be verified from time to time by a representative of the Commission. The
				  equipment so provided shall be available for inspection or use by any
				  authorized Commission representative.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-8 - Meter accuracy; error rates

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 8.
Every gas service meter, whether new, repaired, or removed
				  from service for any cause, when installed for the use of any customer, must be
				  in good order and must have been adjusted to be as near zero (0) error as
				  practicable, but not more than one and one-half percent (1 1/2%), plus or
				  minus, in error when gas is flowing, at its check rate. Every meter shall also
				  be adjusted so that the accuracy at open rate or full flow shall be within one
				  percent (1%), plus or minus, of the accuracy at its check flow. The error of
				  the meter shall be the average error of the check and open rates.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-9 - Periodic testing of meters

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.
A public utility may not allow a gas meter to remain in
				  service for longer than sixteen (16) years without either:
(1) checking it for accuracy and readjusting
				it if found to be incorrect beyond the limits established under section 8 of
				this rule; or
(2) verifying by
				statistical quality control sampling as established in the approved statistical
				quality control program in the fifteenth year in service, and in each
				succeeding year the meter is allowed to remain in service that the meter in the
				population sampled does not exceed an average accuracy figure of one hundred
				two percent (102%) or two percent (2%) above absolute accuracy of one hundred
				percent (100%) when tested at the meter's check and open rates with an
				acceptable quality level (AQL) equal to ten (10.0).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-9.1 - Approved statistical quality control program

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.1.
(a) A
				utility, at its option, may elect to use either of the following statistical
				quality control programs hereby incorporated by reference into the rules of the
				Indiana utility regulatory commission. Copies are available from the U.S.
				Government Printing Office Bookstores, One Congress Center, 401 South State
				Street, Suite 124, Chicago, IL 60605.
(1)
				United States Military Standard #105-D, "Sampling Procedures and Tables for
				Inspection by Attributes", April 29, 1963.
(2) United States Military Standard #414,
				"Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables for Percent
				Defective", June 11, 1957.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-9.2 - Statistical quality control program; meters in service

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.2.
(a) The
				statistical quality control program may apply to all temperature compensated
				and noncompensated standard type diaphragm displacement gas meters in service.
				One (1) of the following must be used as a reference in implementing the
				statistical quality control program:
(1)
				United States Military Standard #105-D, "Sampling Procedures and Tables for
				Inspection by Attributes", April 29, 1963.
(2) United States Military Standard #414,
				"Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables for Percent
				Defective", June 11, 1957.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-10 - Pressure and temperature recorders tests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 10.
All pressure, temperature, and other instruments used in
				  correcting gas volumes to base or standard conditions (other than
				  temperature-compensated meters) shall be checked for accuracy at intervals not
				  exceeding one (1) year and if found to be out of limits shall be adjusted to as
				  near zero (0) error as practicable.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-11 - Customer request for meter test; application to utility

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 11.
(a) Each
				public utility supplying gas service shall make a test of the accuracy of
				registration of a meter upon written request by a customer. A second test of
				the customer's meter may be requested after twelve (12) months. The first and
				second tests of a customer's meter shall be at no cost to the
				customer.
(b) The customer may be
				required to bear the reasonable cost of any subsequent tests of the customer's
				meter if the:
(1) meter was:
(A) tested within the prior thirty-six (36)
				months at the customer's request; and
(B) found to be in compliance with section
				6(a) of this rule;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-12 - Customer request for meter test; application to commission

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-35
Sec. 12.
(a) Upon
				application of any customer to the commission, and at the discretion of the
				commission, a test shall be made of a customer's meter by the public utility or
				its contractor under the supervision of an employee of the commission. The
				commission shall promptly notify the public utility of any application. No fee
				shall be payable by the customer for the test, except as may be charged under
				section 11(b) of this rule.
(b)
				This section shall not interfere with the practice of a public utility in its
				test of gas service meters except that, upon receiving notice of a written
				application to the commission by a customer for a test, the utility shall not:
(1) remove;
(2) interfere with; or
(3) discard; the meter until completion of
				the test without the prior written consent of the customer, unless the removal
				of the meter is required in order to perform the requested test.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-13 - Bills

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42; IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 13.
Bills for Gas Service.
(A) Bills rendered periodically to customers
				for gas service shall show at least the following information:
(1) The dates and meter readings of the meter
				at the beginning and end of the period for which the bill is rendered and the
				billing date, and
(2) The number
				and kind of units of service supplied,
(3) The billing rate code,
(4) The previous balance, if any,
(5) The amount of the bill,
(6) The sum of the amount of the bill and the
				late payment charge,
(7) The date
				on which the bill becomes delinquent and on which the late payment charge will
				be added to the bill,
(8) If the
				bill is estimated, a clear and conspicuous coding or other indication
				identifying the bill as an estimated bill must be shown,
(9) Printed statements and/or actual figures
				on either side of the bill shall inform the customer of the seventeen (17) day
				non-penalty period,
(10) An
				explanation, which can be readily understood, of all codes and/or symbols shall
				be shown on the bill.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-14 - Billing adjustments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 14.
(a) If any
				service meter is found to have a percentage of error greater than that allowed
				under section 6(a) of this rule, the following provisions for the adjustment of
				bills shall be observed:
(1) When a meter is
				found to be fast, in excess of two percent (2%) when tested at check and open
				rates (positive average error), the utility shall refund the customer's account
				with the amount of any charges in excess of either of the following:
(A) An average bill for the units of gas
				incorrectly metered.
(B) Separate
				bills individually adjusted for the percent of error for a period equal to
				one-half (1/2) of the time elapsed since the previous test, or one (1) year,
				whichever period is shorter.
An average bill shall be calculated on the basis of units
				  registered on the meter over corresponding periods either prior to or
				  subsequent to the period for which the meter is determined to be fast. No part
				  of a minimum service charge shall be refunded.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-15 - Creditworthiness of customer; deposit; refund

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-87;
				  IC 12-14-11; IC
				  32-34-1-20
Sec. 15.
(a) Each
				utility shall determine the creditworthiness of residential applicants or
				customers in an equitable and nondiscriminatory method:
(1) without regard to the economic character
				of the area wherein the applicant or customer resides; and
(2) solely upon the credit risk of the
				individual without regard to the collective credit reputation of the area in
				which he or she lives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16 - Disconnection of service; prohibited disconnections; reconnection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-87; IC 8-1-2-122; IC 8-1-2.5
Sec. 16.
(a) The
				customer shall:
(1) notify the utility at
				least three (3) days in advance of the day disconnection is desired;
				and
(2) remain responsible for all
				service used and the billings therefor until service is disconnected pursuant
				to such notice. Upon request by a customer of a utility to disconnect service,
				the utility shall disconnect the service within three (3) working days of the
				requested disconnection date. The customer shall not be liable for any service
				rendered to the address or location after the expiration of three (3) such
				days.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16.5 - Home energy assistance; involuntary termination of service; definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-87; IC 8-1-2-122
Sec. 16.5.
(a)
				"Commission" means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(b) "Customer" means for the purposes of this
				rule
[ 170 IAC 5-1 ]
a person who has agreed to pay for gas
				services exclusively for residential purposes.
(c) "Disconnect" means the termination or
				discontinuance of gas services.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16.6 - Home energy assistance; disconnection of service to recipients; notice period

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 4-4-33; IC 8-1-2-113; IC 8-1-2-121
Sec. 16.6.
(a)
				Without customer request, a utility may not during the period from December 1
				through March 15, disconnect gas residential service to any customer who either
				is receiving or who is eligible for and has applied for assistance under IC
				4-4-33.
(b) During the period from
				December 1 through March 15, a utility may not disconnect service to such
				customers if:
(1) The customers' eligibility
				to receive benefits pursuant to IC 4-4-33 is being determined by the Indiana
				housing and community development authority or its designee after the
				submission of a complete application for benefits by the customer.
(2) The customer has furnished to the utility
				proof of his application to receive such benefits or the utility has been so
				notified in writing by the Indiana housing and community development authority
				or its authorized representatives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-18 - Informational pamphlets; rate schedules; notice of proposed rate change

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42; IC
				  8-1-2-43
Sec. 18.
Information Provided by Utilities to Applicants and
				  Customers.
(A) Each utility must
				publish and distribute, without request, to all applicants for service and to
				all current customers, a comprehensive pamphlet which, in clear language,
				easily understandable to a layman, fully describes the rights and
				responsibilities of the customers.
(B) A utility shall supply free of charge a
				copy of the rate schedules applicable to the types of service available to new
				applicants for and existing customers of residential service, upon request by
				the applicant or customer.
(C) Each
				utility, whenever it petitions the Commission for any change in its residential
				base rate schedules must furnish to each residential customer within forty-five
				(45) days of such request and prior to the date of the public hearing a notice
				which fairly summarizes the nature and extent of the proposed changes. Notice
				is not necessary, under this section, for tracking increases or
				decreases.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-19 - System instrumentation; testing requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-35
Sec. 19.
System Instrumentation.
(A) Pressure Records. Periodic test shall be
				made of pressure maintained in various districts, and the records or charts so
				obtained shall be filed where they may be conveniently examined by authorized
				personnel of the Commission.
(B)
				Meters. Each public utility shall install meters where necessary, so that total
				gas send-out may be determined.
(C)
				Heating Value Measurement. Each utility distributing other than natural gas
				(gases whose heating value can vary significantly over a period of time) shall
				have equipment for measuring the heating value of the gases distributed or
				shall have such information available. Heating value measurements shall be made
				as often as necessary to verify that the gas being distributed is within the
				required heating value limits.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-20 - Standard heating value; allowable variations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 20.
Heating Value.
(A)
				Standard heating value of the gas distributed by a public utility shall be that
				of its major suppliers as shown on its rate schedules or as filed with the
				Commission.
(B) Variation from
				standard heating value is permissible, on injection into the distribution
				system of substitute gases, to maintain a quality of gas interchangeable with
				the utility's standard heating value. Heating value shall not be allowed to
				fall more than five (5) percent below the heating value upon which the
				utility's rates are predicated.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-21 - Gas pressure; allowable variations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 21.
Pressure of Gas.
(A)
				Gas shall be supplied at a pressure never varying by an amount more than fifty
				percent above or below the normal pressure, as measured at point of delivery to
				the customer, provided however, that the maximum pressure on any day at point
				of delivery, shall never be greater than twice the normal minimum pressure on
				that day at that point, excluding customers being supplied gas under special
				contracts.
(B) Any public utility
				supplying gas shall not be deemed to have violated the preceding paragraph of
				this rule, if it can be shown that variations in gas pressure occurring are due
				to conditions beyond the control of the utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-22 - Gas purity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 22.
Purity of Gas.
Gas distributed in this state shall be commercially free of
				  liquids, solids, and gaseous materials which would interfere with its safe use
				  in properly adjusted approved equipment and appliances of customers or which
				  would seriously corrode, damage, or affect the safe and proper operation of gas
				  approved lines, regulators, meters, or other equipment of the utility or its
				  customers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-23 - Interruption of service; records and reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-87; IC 8-1-2-113
Sec. 23.
Interruption of Service.
Public gas utilities shall maintain records and file reports
				  of interruptions of service in the manner and form as prescribed in "Minimum
				  State Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas and Related Pipeline
				  Facilities Appendix A" Rule 4 (C)
[
				  170 IAC
				  5-3-4 ]
, as approved in Commission Order No.
				  32885, March 24, 1972, including any deletions, additions or revisions
				  subsequent thereto on approval of the Commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-24 - Accident reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-87; IC 8-1-2-114
Sec. 24.
Accidents.
Public gas utilities shall file accident reports with the
				  Pipeline Safety Division of the Commission, as set forth in "Minimum State
				  Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas and Related Pipeline Facilities
				  Appendix A", Rule 4(A)
[
				  170 IAC
				  5-3-4 ]
, approved by the Commission in its
				  Order No. 32885, March 24, 1972, including any subsequent deletions, additions
				  or revisions thereto approved by the Commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-25 - Transportation and pipeline safety standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-87
Sec. 25.
Construction, Operations and Maintenance.
Construction, operation and maintenance of gas facilities by
				  public gas utilities shall comply with the "Minimum State Safety Standards for
				  the Transportation of Gas and Related Pipeline Facilities Appendix A"
[
				  170 IAC 5-3 ]
as approved by the Commission in its Order No. 32885,
				  March 24, 1972, and any subsequent deletions, additions or revisions thereto
				  approved by the Commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-26 - Customer requests for modification; liability for costs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 26.
Modification at Customer's Expense.
If a customer requests for his convenience or by his actions
				  requires that utility facilities be redesigned, reengineered, relocated,
				  removed, modified, or reinstalled, the utility may require the customer to make
				  payment to it of the full cost of performing such service.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-28 - Rate schedules, rules and regulations; filing; public inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-39
Sec. 28.
Filing and Posting of Rate Schedules, Rules and Regulations
				  of Public Utility and of the Commission. Copies of all schedules of rates for
				  service, forms of contracts, charges for service connections and extensions,
				  and of all rules and regulations covering the relationship between the customer
				  and the public utility shall be filed by each public utility in the office of
				  the Commission. Complete schedules, contract forms, rules and regulations,
				  etc., if filed with the Commission, shall also be on file in the local office
				  of the public utility, and shall be open to the inspection of the public. The
				  attention of the public shall be called to these files of schedules, rules and
				  regulations, by placing a suitable placard in that part of the office open to
				  the public.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-30 - Savings clause

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-87
Sec. 30.
Saving Clause.
The adoption of these rules
[ 170 IAC 5-1 ]
shall in no way preclude the Commission from altering or amending the same, in
				  whole or in part, or from requiring any additional service, equipment, facility
				  or standards, whether upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the
				  application of any public utility; and, further these rules
[ 170 IAC
				  5-1 ]
shall in no way relieve any public utility from any of its
				  duties under the laws of this State.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 2 - Classification of Accounts › Section 2-2 - Classification of accounts; adoption of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-12
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 2.
The amendments to the rules governing the classification of
				  accounts for all other Class A-B private gas utilities and all Class C-D
				  private gas utilities and Class A-B-C-D municipal gas utilities operating
				  within the state of Indiana, as hereinafter set out in Appendix A which
				  includes the Uniform System of Accounts for Class A and B Gas Utilities, 1976
				  and the 1976 Revisions of Uniform System of Accounts for Class C and D Gas
				  Utilities, 1973, are hereby adopted by reference. Copies are available from the
				  National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 1101 Vermont Avenue,
				  NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 2 - Classification of Accounts › Section 2-3 - Major private gas utilities; adoption of federal energy regulatory commission rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-12
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 3.
(a) The
				rules governing the classification of accounts for all major private gas
				utilities, not provided for in section 2 of this rule, operating within the
				state of Indiana as approved, prescribed, and promulgated by the Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission on February 12, 1985, areadopted by reference.
(b) Copies of the accounting and reporting
				requirements prescribed for major private gas utilities as approved,
				prescribed, and promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are
				available for purchase from the Division of Public Information, Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-0.5 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 0.5.
(a) Terms
				used in this rule, unless otherwise provided, have the meanings set forth in
				the following:
(1) 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193,
				and 195.
(2) IC 8-1-22.5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-0.6 - Incorporation of United States Department of Transportation pipeline safety regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 0.6.
The commission hereby incorporates in this rule the pipeline
				  safety regulations of the United States Department of Transportation contained
				  in 49 CFR Parts
				  40,
				  191,
				  192,
				  193,
				  194,
				  195,
				  198, and
				  199, as of November 1, 2022, as
				  revised by section 2 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-1 - Federal and other standards; compliance; general provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2; IC
				  8-1-22.5
Sec. 1.
(a) An
				operator shall do the following:
(1) Comply
				with the gas pipeline safety regulations incorporated in section 0.6 of this
				rule, as revised by this rule.
(2)
				Construct, operate, and maintain its facilities in accordance with the gas
				pipeline safety regulations incorporated in section 0.6 of this rule, as
				revised by this rule.
(3) Comply
				with all other applicable:
(A)
				codes;
(B) standards; or
(C) regulations; including those contained in
				this rule.
(4) Be
				governed, after due notice, by all:
(A)
				deletions;
(B) additions;
(C) revisions; or
(D) amendments; thereof.
(5) Document all:
(A) plan reviews and updates;
(B) surveys;
(C) inspections; and
(D) repairs made.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2 - Federal regulations; revision

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.
(a) Indiana
				specific revisions to certain federal regulations incorporated in section 0.6
				of this rule are as set forth in this section.
(b)
									49 CFR
				192.201(c) (Required
				capacity of pressure relieving and limiting stations) is revised to read as
				follows:
"(c) Relief valves or automatic
				shutoff devices must be installed at or near each regulator station in a
				low-pressure distribution system, with a capacity to limit the maximum pressure
				in the main to a pressure that will not exceed the safe operating pressure for
				any connected and properly adjusted gas utilization
				equipment.".
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.1 - Maps and records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2; IC
				  8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.1.
(a) An
				operator shall maintain a system of records of its physical plant. These shall
				include records and maps of its active physical plant in use, and be in a form
				as to facilitate the operation and maintenance of the plant in a safe manner.
				Included on the maps and records shall be the information and location, if
				applicable, regarding:
(1) mains;
(2) services;
(3) sizes;
(4) materials;
(5) pressure ranges;
(6) mains emergency valves;
(7) regulator stations;
(8) rectifiers;
(9) farm taps; and
(10) critical bonds.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.2 - Calibration of instruments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.2.
(a) An
				instrument or tool, the use of which is necessary to comply with this rule,
				shall be calibrated according to the manufacturer's specifications and at
				intervals recommended by the manufacturer.
(b) Records of instrument calibration shall
				include the instrument serial number or unique identifier, date of calibration,
				the name and signature of the individual or third party vendor performing the
				calibration, the process and calibration standard used for the calibration,
				as-found and as-left data, and the due date for the next calibration.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.3 - Pre-tested pipe

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.3.
When an operator installs a pipeline that was previously
				  pressure tested, a written record of the previous pressure test for each pipe
				  section must be available or the operator must pressure test the pipeline after
				  installation prior to being energized according to 49 CFR 192 Subpart J by
				  another method allowed by this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.4 - "Farm taps" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.4.
(a) For
				purposes of this section, "farm tap" means a service line directly connected to
				a production, gathering, or interstate transmission pipeline.
(b) An operator shall operate a farm tap as
				with any other part of the operator's distribution system. By way of example,
				farm taps shall be:
(1) odorized in compliance
				with this rule;
(2) subject to
				maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) requirements in this
				rule;
(3) located by the operator
				when a request to the one-call program in Indiana;
(4) included in the operator's maps and
				records;
(5) required to have
				cathodic protection and protected from vehicular traffic in compliance with
				this rule; and
(6) included in an
				operator's distribution integrity management program plan.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.5 - Construction packets

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.5.
At a construction site (as defined in section 4(e)(4) of
				  this rule), the operator shall maintain on-site or have access to the following
				  documentation and provide it to the division upon request:
(1) Maps or drawing of the project, including
				both existing and proposed facility information.
(2) Information regarding type, size, and
				length of pipe and appurtenances to be used for the installation.
(3) Information sufficient to establish that
				the operator or its contractor appropriately notified Indiana 811 of the
				construction.
(4) As-built drawings
				of the construction project for any section of facilities placed in service or
				facilities installed.
(5)
				Installation location of valves and pertinent information to include but not be
				limited to:
(A) drawings with
				measurements;
(B) types of valves;
				or
(C) manufacturer of
				valves.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-2.6 - Establishment of MAOP on distribution system

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 2.6.
(a) An
				operator complies with
				49
				CFR 192.619(a)(4) for
				existing pipelines less than one hundred (100) psi if the operator establishes
				the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) on a section of distribution
				system pipeline in compliance with Method 5 for establishing MAOP in
				49
				CFR 192.624(c)(5). For
				purposes of this section, the following table replaces Table 1 to §
				192.624(c)(5)(ii):
Required Patrols
Leakage surveys
After the final leak survey to establish the MAOP
							 under this section, at least 1 additional patrol within the following 3
							 months.
After the final leak survey to establish the MAOP under this
							 section, at least 1 additional leak survey within the following 3 months.
(b)
				Pipelines with an MAOP established under this section shall thereafter be
				patrolled and surveyed in accordance with
				49 CFR
				192.721 and 49 CFR 192.723.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-3 - Acquisition of pipe or components to determine cause of failure

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-22.5
Affected: IC 8-1-22.5
Sec. 3.
(a) The
				division may acquire from an operator or person sections of pipe or pipeline
				components that have failed in operation or test, or of pipeline components
				similar to the failed component, for the purpose of examination in an effort to
				determine the cause of the failure.
(b) Prior to the acquisition of the pipe or
				pipeline components, the specimens shall be positively identified as to:
(1) the item acquired;
(2) the date of the incident;
(3) the date of acquisition;
(4) the position of the component part in the
				pipeline system; and
(5) other
				pertinent data.
At the time of acquisition, the division shall provide a
				  receipt to the operator or person from whom the pipe or pipeline components are
				  acquired.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-4 - Reports to the division

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-114; IC 8-1-26
Sec. 4.
(a) An
				operator shall notify the division by telephone at the division's emergency
				contact number posted on the commission's website as soon as practicable but
				not to exceed one (1) hour following discovery of the following:
(1) Accidents as defined in this
				rule.
(2) Incidents as defined in
				this rule.
(3) Other significant
				events, including, but not limited to, situations involving:
(A) traditional media attention during the
				event;
(B) high profile locations
				as defined by the operator in writing;
(C) evacuations:
(i) of twenty (20) or more people;
(ii) ordered by public safety personnel
				onsite;
(iii) requested by an
				operator onsite; or
(iv) of a
				school, hospital, or health care facility;
(D) rerouting of traffic or closing a roadway
				by public safety personnel;
(E) an
				over-pressure event that exceeds the maximum allowable operating pressure
				(MAOP) plus allowable build-up (under
				49 CFR
				192.201) ;
(F) the possibility the same event will
				reoccur in a short period of time, such as repeated gas odor calls;
(G) a service interruption described in
				subsection (d)(1); or
(H) an event
				reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
				(PHMSA).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-4.1 - Enforcement of violations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2; IC
				  8-1-22.5-7
Sec. 4.1.
(a) If the
				division identifies a possible violation of this rule, the division shall
				provide a written notice of probable violation to the operator and allow the
				operator an opportunity to respond.
(b) An operator that receives a written
				notice of probable violation from the division shall respond within the time
				specified in the written notice or within ten (10) days, whichever is longer.
				The failure of the operator to respond to the written notice is an additional
				violation of this rule.
(c) An
				operator that receives a written notice of an area of concern from the division
				shall respond with a proposed or completed resolution in the time specified in
				the written notice or within ten (10) days, whichever is longer. The failure of
				the operator to respond to the written notice is an additional violation of
				this rule. The response shall either specify the actions the operator has taken
				or will take to mitigate the concern or the reasons why the concern does not
				pose a safety hazard.
(d)
				Violations of this rule may be enforced by the division under IC
				8-1-22.5 by referring the
				violations to the commission for investigation and possible civil penalty under
				IC 8-1-22.5-7, or by filing a petition
				with the commission requesting a commission determination of the violation and
				penalty.
(e) When the division and
				an operator agree in writing to a set of compliance actions, a violation of the
				agreement is in and of itself a violation of this rule.
(f) An operator shall not prohibit its
				employees or contractors from providing information to the division related to
				the safe operation of the operator's system.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Minimum Safety Standards for the Transportation of Gas, Hazardous Liquids, Carbon Dioxide Fluids, and Related Pipeline Facilities › Section 3-5 - Waiver of compliance; application; investigation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 5.
(a) An
				operator may file a petition with the commission, following the procedures in
				170 IAC
				1-1.1, for authorization to:
(1) construct, install, or use material and
				equipment that have not been approved; or
(2) waive in whole or in part compliance with
				a code, standard, or regulation established under this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-26-26
Affected: IC
				  8-1-26
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.
(b) "811 ticket" means a notice of excavation
				or demolition as described by IC
				8-1-26-16.
(c) "Account" has the meaning as set forth in
				IC 8-1-26-1.3.
(d) "Advisory committee" has the meaning as
				set forth in IC
				8-1-26-1.5.
(e) "Association" has the meaning as set
				forth in IC
				8-1-26-3.
(f) "Commission" means the Indiana utility
				regulatory commission.
(g) "Damage"
				has the meaning as set forth in IC
				8-1-26-4.
(h) "Demolish" has the meaning as set forth
				in IC 8-1-26-5.
(i) "Excavate" has the meaning as set forth
				in IC 8-1-26-6.
(j) "Operator" has the meaning as set forth
				in IC 8-1-26-10.
(k) "Other materials", as referenced by IC
				8-1-26-6, includes, but is not
				limited to, the following:
(1) Shrubs, trees,
				timber, and similar brush.
(2)
				Posts and fencing.
(3)
				Poles.
(4)
				Stakes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-1.1 - Deadline to supply marking information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-26-26
Affected: IC 8-1-26-16; IC 8-1-26-18; IC 8-1-26-21
Sec. 1.1.
After an 811 ticket is submitted, an operator shall supply
				  the information required under IC 8-1-26-18 not later than 7:00 a.m. at the
				  prevailing time observed in Indianapolis, Indiana on the working day after the
				  elapse of two (2) full working day periods from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-1.2 - Location and description of underground facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-26-26
Affected: IC 8-1-26-16; IC 8-1-26-18; IC 8-1-26-21
Sec. 1.2.
An operator required to supply the location and description
				  of the underground facilities under IC 8-1-26-18 shall, as part of the
				  description, include the following:
(1) A description on the ground near the
				underground facility or in another manner that ensures the party performing the
				excavation or demolition receives the description.
(2) For pipeline facilities that are service
				lines, an indication the underground pipeline facility is a service
				line.
(3) For pipeline facilities
				two (2) inches in diameter and larger, the:
(A) diameter; and
(B) material type; of the pipeline facility
				being located.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-1.3 - Expiration of 811 tickets

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-26-26
Affected: IC 8-1-26-16; IC 8-1-26-18; IC 8-1-26-21
Sec. 1.3.
An 811 ticket expires at 11:59 p.m. at the prevailing time
				  observed in Indianapolis, Indiana twenty (20) calendar days after the date the
				  notice is submitted to the association under IC 8-1-26-16.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-2 - Notification of violations of IC 8-1-26

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-26-26
Affected: IC
				  8-1-26-21
Sec. 2.
(a) An
				operator of a pipeline facility shall report damage to a pipeline facility by
				providing the pipeline safety division with written or electronic notice of the
				damage within thirty (30) days of becoming aware of the damage, unless an
				extension is approved in writing by the director of the division.
(b) An operator of a pipeline facility shall
				provide information about a damage within thirty (30) days after notice that a
				case number has been assigned by the pipeline safety division, unless an
				extension is approved in writing by the director of the division.
(c) A person may report a violation to the
				pipeline safety division by providing written or electronic notice of the
				circumstances giving rise to a violation.
(d) The pipeline safety division shall
				maintain, or cause to be maintained, a database of all reports provided to the
				pipeline safety division.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Damage to Underground Facilities › Section 5-2.1 - Notice of inability to provide location information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-26-26
Affected: IC 8-1-26-18; IC 8-1-26-21
Sec. 2.1.
(a) The
				notice under IC 8-1-26-18(k) shall be an oral, a written, or an electronic
				contact with the person responsible for the excavation or demolition. The
				operator shall make a written record, contemporaneously at the time of the
				contact, containing at a minimum:
(1) the
				date, time, and manner of the communication;
(2) the name of all individuals that
				participated in the communication; and
(3) the new date by which the operator will
				provide the location information as required by IC
				8-1-26-18.