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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 16 - LOCATION OF METERS › Rule 39-3-2-16

Current through June 25, 2024
100. The center of meters hereafter installed
				  shall not be more than seven (7) feet nor less than four (4) feet from the
				  ground or floor level except as modified below.
1. OUTDOOR METERS
a. Where meters are installed outside, they
				  shall be placed on the exterior of buildings or on poles owned or used by the
				  utility in locations readily accessible to authorized utility representatives
				  for meter reading, testing and maintenance and shall not be subject to severe
				  vibration.
b. Meters shall not be
				  installed in locations where the meter readers or service men may inadvertently
				  damage flower beds or shrubbery, or where it will be necessary for them to
				  climb over fences or other obstructions to service the meters. Meters shall not
				  be placed in locations where they may be accidentally damaged, such as on
				  buildings where they will extend unguarded into alleys or driveways, or where
				  they will cause inconvenience either to the customer or the utility's
				  representative.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 18 - ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE WATT-HOUR METERS › Rule 39-3-2-18

Current through June 25, 2024
100. INITIAL AND TEST ADJUSTMENTS
1. No watt-hour meter that has an incorrect
				  register constant, test constant, gear ratio, or dial train, or that registers
				  upon no load ("creeps") shall be placed in service or knowingly allowed to
				  remain in service without adjustment and correction. A meter in service creeps
				  when, with all load wires disconnected, the moving element makes one complete
				  rotation in five (5) minutes or less.
2. No watt-hour meter that has an error in
				  registration of more than plus two (2%) or minus four (4%) per cent at light
				  load, or plus or minus two (2%) per cent at full load, shall be placed in
				  service or knowingly be allowed to remain in service without adjustment.
				  Whenever on installation, periodic or any other test, a meter is found to
				  exceed any one of these limits, it must be adjusted. Light load shall be
				  approximately ten (10%) to twenty (20%) per cent the rated capacity of the
				  meter. Full load shall be approximately one hundred (100%) to two hundred
				  (200%) per cent of the rated capacity of the meter.
3. Meters must be adjusted as closely as
				  practicable to the condition of zero error. The tolerances are specified to
				  allow for necessary variations, and meters must not be adjusted to the
				  tolerance allowable.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 19 - ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR DEMAND METERS › Rule 39-3-2-19

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Demand meters must be adjusted to meet
				  the following accuracy requirements on installation and after periodic or any
				  other test:
1 . Curve drawing instruments:
				  Electrical element . . . Error shall not exceed two (2%) per cent of full scale
				  deflection
Timing element (Rate) ... 0.25 per cent
2. Integrated-demand meters:
Electrical element . . . Tolerance specified in Rule 18
					 watt-hour meters.
Timing element . . . Where the timing element serves only
					 to measure the demand interval it should be adjusted if its rate is more than
					 plus or minus two (2%) per cent in error. Where the timing element serves also
					 to keep a record of the time of day at which the demand occurs, it should be
					 adjusted if its average rate is more than plus or minus 0.25 per cent in error.
3. Lagged-demand meters:
Electro-magnetic type . . . two (2%) per cent of full scale
					 deflection
Thermal type . . . four (4%) per cent of full scale
					 deflection
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 20 - SERVICING UTILIZATION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT › Rule 39-3-2-20

Current through June 25, 2024
100. SERVICING Utilities shall service and
				  maintain any equipment they use on customer's premises and shall adjust
				  thermostats, clocks, relays or time switches, if such devices must be so
				  adjusted to provide service in accordance with the rate provision.
105. ADJUSTMENTS The time switches used by
				  the utility for controlling equipment such as water heaters and street lights
				  shall be such quality that the timing mechanism may be adjusted so as to be
				  accurate within ten (10) minutes per month. Time switches used by the utility
				  for controlling street lighting or display lighting shall be inspected or
				  operation observed at least once a month, and, if in error, adjusted and also
				  adjusted upon complaint if found in error or when service interruptions cause
				  them to be in error by one-half (1/2) hour or more. Time switches and control
				  devices used by the utility for controlling off-peak appliances shall be
				  inspected or operation observed periodically and adjusted if in error, and also
				  adjusted upon complaint if found in error, or whenever service interruptions
				  result in error of two (2) hours, or more, or in supplying service to off-peak
				  appliances during peak periods.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 21 - PLACE AND METHODS FOR METER TESTING › Rule 39-3-2-21

Current through June 25, 2024
100. TESTING IN PLACE All tests on watt-hour
				  meters and demand meters in service made upon complaint or request of the
				  customer as provided for these rules shall, if practicable, be made in the
				  place of permanent location on the customer's premises, with approved testing
				  apparatus and under the local conditions of operation, unless otherwise stated
				  in any rules or allowed by special order of the Commission.
105. INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMER AND SHUNT
				  Watt-hour meters installed with instrument transformers or shunts shall be
				  tested jointly with such transformers or shunts, unless the ratio and phase
				  angle of the transformers and the resistance of the shunts have been previously
				  determined within ten (10) years and are on file at the office of the utility
				  for use in calculating results of test. All such calibration tests must have
				  been made by a laboratory of recognized standing or by the utility, using
				  apparatus and methods satisfactory to the Commission. Unless the accuracy of
				  the transformer ratios is questioned, manufacturer's rating will be
				  acceptable.
110. ROUTINE METER
				  TESTS Meters may be removed from customer's premises and tested in the meter
				  shop of the utility for routine tests.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 22 - INSTALLATION TESTS › Rule 39-3-2-22

Current through June 25, 2024
100. ACCURACY All
				  watt-hour and demand meters shall be tested and adjusted to register accurately
				  to within the limits specified in Rules 18 and 19 before initial installation
				  or within sixty (60) days after such installation. However, a utility may rely
				  upon the statement of accuracy furnished by a meter company on meters purchased
				  or repaired, provided that a test check shall be made on samples taken from
				  each order to determine that said order is in accordance with the accuracy
				  specified. Meters reinstalled shall be tested before such reinstallation or
				  within sixty (60) days thereafter if more than three (3) years have elapsed
				  since initial installation or prior test.
105. LOW POWER FACTOR Watt-hour meters that
				  are to be used for customers found to have low power factor (lagging current)
				  shall be tested and adjusted before installation to register correctly to
				  within two (2%) per cent plus or minus, at a power factor of approximately
				  fifty (50%) per cent, and at approximately one hundred (100%) per cent
				  estimated current.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 23 - PERIODIC TEST OF WATT-HOUR AND DEMAND METERS › Rule 39-3-2-23

Current through June 25, 2024
100. PERIODIC TEST All types of watt-hour
				  meters and demand meters installed upon customer's premises, shall be
				  periodically tested according to schedules below, and in accordance with Rule
				  18, 19, 21 and 22.
SCHEDULE
For periodic testing of watt-hour meters and curve drawing
					 and integrating demand meters.
Rated Capacity of Meter
To be tested at least once in every.....
Alternating Current Meters:
(1)Single Phase: Exceeding 50 amperes
60 months
50 amperes
120 months1
(2) Polyphase: Exceeding 50 kilovolt amps
60 months
50 amperes or less
60 months
SCHEDULE
For periodic testing of lagged-demand
							 meters2
(1) Proportional timing
4 years
(2) Exponential timing
5 years
105. RECORD OF
				  TEST All watt-hour and demand meters in service on and after the effective date
				  of these rules, for which there is on file at the utility's office no record of
				  test made within the period of time specified for that class and rating of
				  meter in schedules above, shall be tested as soon as practicable.
110. FAILURE TO MAKE TEST The Commission may
				  relieve the utility from the requirements under this rule in any particular
				  case in which it is shown that the failure to make the periodic test was due to
				  causes beyond the utility's control.
1 This time may be extended to
					 180 months provided meters purchased prior to January 1, 1937, are tested at
					 least once in every ninety (90) months.
2 When combined with the
					 kilowatt hour meter the demand meter may, at the option of the utility, be
					 tested at the same time and interval as the associated kilowatt hour
					 meter.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 24 - TESTS › Rule 39-3-2-24

Current through June 25, 2024
100. BY COMMISSION Upon written application
				  by any customer to the Commission, a test will be made on the customer's
				  watt-hour and/or demand meter by an inspector employed by the Commission, such
				  test to be made as soon as practicable after receipt of the application. For
				  such test a fee, as scheduled in Section 105 below, shall be paid by the
				  customer at the time application is made for the test. The utility owning the
				  meter will be notified that such test is to be made, and shall have a
				  representative present to open the meter, assist in the test, and adjust and
				  seal the meter after the test. If the meter is found to be more than three (3)
				  per cent fast, that is, has an average error in excess of three (3) per cent as
				  determined by the method specified in Rule 18, the amount of the fee will be
				  refunded to the customer and collected from the utility owning the meter,
				  provided the meter or metering equipment was found to be sealed and without
				  evidence of tampering, Upon application to the Commission by any utility, the
				  Commission will make a test of any of the utility's meters upon payment of the
				  scheduled fee.
105. FEES The
				  charges fixed by the Commission for making such tests are as follows:
SCHEDULE OF FEES
1. For single-phase alternating current
				  watt-hour meters operating on constant potential circuits of not over 250
				  volts:
Rated Capacity
							 ....................................................................................
Fee
100 amperes or less
							 .............................................................................
3.00
For each additional 50 amperes or fraction thereof
							 ..............................
0.75
2.
				  For polyphase alternating current watt-hour meters and for single-phase
				  operating on circuits of over 250 volts, with or without instrument
				  transformers:
Rated Capacity
							 ....................................................................................
Fee
25 kilowatts or less
							 ..............................................................................
3.00
over 25 to 100 kilowatts
							 ......................................................................
6.00
over 100 to 500 kilowatts
							 ....................................................................
15.00
over 500 kilowatts
							 ...............................................................................
30.00
If a test is required on any meter not included in either
					 of the above classifications, the Commission will establish the fee therefore
					 on application.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 25 - VOLTAGE › Rule 39-3-2-25

Current through June 25, 2024
100. STANDARD NOMINAL VOLTAGE AND PERMISSIBLE
				  VOLTAGE VARIATION Each utility shall adopt a standard nominal voltage, or
				  standard nominal voltages, as may be required by its distribution system for
				  its entire constant voltage service, or for each of the several districts into
				  which the system may be divided, and shall file with the Commission a statement
				  as to the standard nominal voltages adopted. The voltage maintained at the
				  utility's point of service to the customer, shall be reasonably constant and
				  shall not vary more than ten (10%) per cent plus or minus of the nominal
				  voltage adopted. A greater variation of voltage than specified above may be
				  allowed when service is supplied directly from a transmission line, or in case
				  of emergency service. In all cases, the best voltage regulation shall be
				  provided that is practicable under the circumstances.
105. OTHER ALLOWABLE VARIATIONS Variations in
				  the voltage in excess of those specified caused by (1) the operation of power
				  apparatus on customer's premises, which necessarily requires large starting
				  currents, (2) the action of the elements, and (3) infrequent and unavoidable
				  fluctuations of short duration due to line and/or station operation, shall not
				  be considered a violation of this rule.
110. CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY
				  CIRCUITS
1. A secondary electric distribution
				  circuit is defined as an electric power supply circuit in which the voltage
				  existing between line conductors does not exceed a nominal 750 volts, and which
				  is principally provided as a utilization circuit.
2. A primary electric distribution circuit is
				  defined as an electric power supply circuit in which the voltage existing
				  between line conductors exceeds a nominal 750 volts but does not exceed a
				  nominal 35,000 volts.
3. An
				  electric transmission circuit is defined as an electric power supply circuit in
				  which the voltage existing between line conductors exceeds a nominal 35,000
				  volts.*
*Rule 25. C., initiated by Order of the Commission in
					 Docket U-3868, effective August 19, 1980. Rule 25.C. is now known as Rule
					 25.110. (renumbering 2011).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 26 - VOLTAGE SURVEYS AND RECORDS › Rule 39-3-2-26

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Each utility shall provide itself with
				  one or more portable indicating voltmeters and each utility serving more than
				  250 customers shall have one or more recording (curve drawing) voltmeters.
				  These instruments shall be of a type and capacity suited to the voltage
				  supplied. Each utility shall make a sufficient number of voltage surveys to
				  indicate the character of the service furnished from each center of
				  distribution and to satisfy the Commission upon request of its compliance with
				  the voltage requirements. All volt-meter charts so made shall be available for
				  inspection by the Commission or its authorized representatives for a period of
				  at least one (1) year.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 27 - STATION INSTRUMENTS AND METERS › Rule 39-3-2-27

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Each utility than install such
				  instruments and meters as may be necessary to obtain a daily record of the load
				  and a monthly record of the output of its plants. Each utility purchasing
				  electrical energy shall install such instruments and meters as may be necessary
				  to furnish full information as to the monthly purchases, unless the utility
				  supplying the energy has already installed such instruments and meters from
				  which the necessary information can be obtained.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 2 - SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRICITY › Chapter 28 - INTERSTATE OPERATION › Rule 39-3-2-28

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Where an electric utility transmits
				  energy either into or out of the state, the company shall accurately meter and
				  record the interchange of such energy.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 31 - GRADES OF SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-31

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Within a base rate area no telephone
				  company shall connect more subscribers to any line than are contemplated under
				  the grade of service charged the subscriber on such line. Beyond the base rate
				  area where multi-party service is, provided, no more than eight (8) subscribers
				  shall be connected to any company owned line. All circuits now serving a
				  greater number of subscribers than is permitted by this rule shall change to
				  conform to these requirements within one year from the effective date of these
				  rules. The telephone company may regroup subscribers in such manner as may be
				  necessary to carry out provisions of this rule, but it shall not deny service
				  to any person now receiving service. In an emergency, up to ten (10)
				  subscribers may be connected to one line pending the construction of additional
				  facilities o r the obtaining of enough additional subscribers in the area to
				  justify the construction of an additional circuit. Ten party selective ringing
				  may be supplied outside the base rate area with the approval of the
				  Commission.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 32 - SERVICE AREAS › Rule 39-3-3-32

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Each company shall maintain on file with
				  the Commission a map of each of its exchange service areas. Such maps shall
				  show the exchange service area boundaries in sufficient detail that they ma y
				  be located in the field. Such maps shall show the company's existing lines and
				  facilities outside the base rate area and, its lines or extensions thereof
				  under construction, and such maps shall be supplemented or amended from time to
				  time by the filing of work orders or other construction, so as to enable the
				  Commission to have reasonable complete information as to the general location
				  of the existing facilities of the telephone company within an exchange service
				  area or a portion thereof but outside the initial or base rate area. In lieu of
				  complying with the provisions of Rule 12, telephone companies may supply work
				  orders, or other documents for rural extensions of over one mile in length if
				  within 60 days of the end of each calendar year they supply a system map
				  showing all extensions made.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 33 - BASE RATE AREA BOUNDARIES › Rule 39-3-3-33

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Each telephone company shall maintain on
				  file with the Commission a map of suitable scale, showing the base rate area
				  and/or zone boundaries in sufficient detail that they may be located in the
				  field.
The boundaries of the base rate area in each exchange
					 service area shall be established in accordance with an order or tariff
					 approved by the Commission, and no change shall be made in a base rate area
					 boundary without the authority for same having been first obtained from the
					 Commission. However, the companies shall make continuing studies to determine
					 the advisability of revising their base rate area boundaries.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 34 - EXTENSIONS OF SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-34

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Pole line and aerial wire extensions
				  necessary to furnish telephone service shall be made by the company in
				  accordance with the tariff schedules. Any contribution in aid of construction
				  shall be computed in accordance with the regulations set forth in the tariff
				  schedules, and the payment of such charges gives the subscriber no ownership or
				  control of the extension.
105. The
				  company may permit the subscriber to furnish and set necessary poles in
				  accordance with the construction standards of the company in lieu of part or
				  all of the above pole line extension charges but in all such cases, ownership
				  of the extension shall be vested in the company.
110. Contracts for the telephone service
				  where a line extension at filed charges is necessary may be required by the
				  company as a condition incident to the establishment of service, for a period
				  not to exceed five (5) years. In lieu of, or in addition to the contract as set
				  out above, the company may require advance payment of the first year's local
				  exchange rental as a prerequisite to the construction of an extension into a
				  new rural area.
115. All line
				  extensions referred to in Sections 100, 105, and 110 above shall be owned and
				  maintained by the company.
120. The
				  routing of line extensions shall be determined by the company except when
				  modified under the provisions of Section 125 below.
125. A departure from any of the above may
				  not be made without prior approval by the Commission.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 35 - ADEQUACY OF SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-35

Current through June 25, 2024
100. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED Each exchange should
				  maintain sufficient switchboard capacity, a sufficient operating force or
				  sufficient automatic equipment to handle traffic at all times with reasonable
				  facilities, and each telephone utility shall provide and maintain adequate
				  telephone facilities so as to have available at all times sufficient plant and
				  equipment to supply any reasonable potential demand for service. Traffic
				  studies shall be made and recorded during the busy hours, to the extent and
				  frequency required to demonstrate to the Commission that sufficient equipment
				  is in use and that an adequate operating force is provided.
105. HOURS OF SERVICE Each telephone utility
				  shall provide emergency out- vice in all exchanges operated, in which regular
				  service is not available at certain periods during the 24 hours of the day.
				  When service is not continuous for the full 24 hour day, proper arrangements
				  shall be made for handling emergency calls during the off periods, by the use
				  of alarms maintained in proper conditions and with someone conveniently
				  available so that emergency calls will be given prompt attention.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 36 - RATES AND TARIFF CHANGES › Rule 39-3-3-36

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Rates and charges shall not be changed
				  except in accordance with law. Tariff changes shall not be effective until
				  approved by the Commission or become effective by compliance with the
				  law.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 37 - TRAFFIC RULES › Rule 39-3-3-37

Current through June 25, 2024
100. OPERATING METHODS Suitable rules and
				  instructions shall be adopted by each telephone utility and followed by
				  telephone operators governing the phraseology and operating methods to be
				  employed by operators on regular, special, and toll calls.
105. TRAFFIC RULES Traffic rules so adopted
				  by each telephone utility, including instructions and the methods to be used by
				  the operators, shall be followed as closely as possible. The Commission may
				  review the practice of any telephone utility with regard to the adopted rules
				  and compliance therewith, and may make suggestions relative to changes in
				  practice.
110. INSTRUCTIONS TO
				  OPERATORS
1. Telephone operators shall be
				  instructed to be courteous, considerate and efficient in the handling of all
				  subscriber calls.
2. All
				  communications between subscribers of telephone utilities shall be considered
				  as confidential in nature, and operators or employees shall not listen to any
				  conversation between subscribers except when an operating necessity. Operators
				  shall not repeat or divulge the nature of any local or long distance
				  conversation, nor divulge any information inadvertently overheard.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 38 - SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS › Rule 39-3-3-38

Current through June 25, 2024
100. When a subscriber's telephone is
				  reported or found to be out of order, it shall be restored to service as
				  promptly as possible but, in the event it remains out of order in excess of
				  forty-eight (48) consecutive hours after knowledge by the company of the
				  interruption, the utility shall, upon request, refund to the subscriber the pro
				  rata part of that month's charges for the period of days during which the
				  telephone was out of order. This refund may be accomplished by a credit on a
				  subsequent bill for telephone service.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 39 - SERVICE STATION LINES › Rule 39-3-3-39

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Each telephone utility furnishing
				  switching service for service lines shall file with the Commission reasonable
				  Rules and Regulations covering conditions under which the telephone performs
				  switching service for subscribers. These rules may provide reasonable
				  regulations covering the construction and the maintenance of such lines and
				  equipment connected thereto as may be required to prevent an adverse effect on
				  the general character of service rendered by the telephone utility. Such rules
				  may provide for the discontinuance of service to an entire line requiring
				  repairs, but only after written notice of intention to discontinue service has
				  been given to the owner or owners thereof, which notice shall specify
				  particular repairs necessary to make the service proper, and a reasonable
				  period of time shall be allowed after the written notice before discontinuance
				  of service within which to make the necessary corrections. However, if the
				  condition of the line is such that it is actually adversely affecting the
				  service to other customers of the utility, service may be discontinued
				  immediately pending repairs to the service line and/or equipment.
In case of disagreement relative to the extent of repairs
					 necessary to place the line in satisfactory and serviceable condition, the
					 matter shall be referred to the Commission.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 40 - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS › Rule 39-3-3-40

Current through June 25, 2024
100. All construction of telephone facilities
				  shall comply with applicable minimum standards as set out in the National
				  Electrical Safety Code.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 41 - HELD APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-41

Current through June 25, 2024
100. During periods when a telephone company
				  is unable to supply telephone service to applicants within ten (10) days
				  following application, the telephone company shall keep a record of each
				  exchange showing the name and address of each applicant, the date of
				  application, the class and rate of service applied for, and the reason for
				  inability to provide such service. Each company shall prepare reports to the
				  Commission of such held applications in any month in which the number of held
				  applications exceeds five (5%) per cent of the number of stations in any
				  central office. Such report shall show the number of held applications, the
				  class of service applied for, and the reason in general, for the inability to
				  provide such service. The term, applicant, as used herein shall mean a
				  prospective customer who has applied for service using the company's regular
				  application form.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 42 - PRECEDENCE OF SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-42

Current through June 25, 2024
100. PRIORITY OF SERVICE APPLICATIONS
Applications for service shall be completed in accordance
					 with the chronological order of their receipt, insofar as practicable, and in
					 accordance with economical administration, except in the following cases in
					 which deviation may be made in the following order in accordance with the
					 facilities available:
1. Application
				  for service in case of real emergency shall be given priority over all other
				  applications included in Paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
2. Applications of a party who has been a
				  subscriber of the company within a one month period immediately prior to the
				  date of the application and at a different address, shall be given priority
				  over other applications referred to under Paragraph (3) below.
3. Application for business service shall as
				  far as practical be given priority over applications for resident service which
				  has been held for a period of less than two months.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 43 - USE OF TELEPHONE › Rule 39-3-3-43

Current through June 25, 2024
100. FOR USE OF SUBSCRIBER Telephone service,
				  other than "public" and "semi-public" service, is furnished for the use of the
				  subscriber, his family and persons residing in his home or his employees or
				  representatives, except as service may be extended to "joint users".
105. FLAT RATE AND MESSAGE RATE SERVICE Flat
				  rate and message rate services shall not be installed on premises of a public
				  or semi-public character in a location where the telephone would be accessible
				  for use by the patrons of the subscriber or the public in general.
110. PUBLIC USE OF PRIVATE PHONES If it is
				  found that the subscriber is permitting public use of service furnished him for
				  his private use, the company shall thereafter provide "public' or "semi-public"
				  service in accordance with its regulations or tariffs, except where the
				  subscriber consents to the instrumentalities being so located as to be
				  inaccessible to the public or permits no further public use after the matter
				  has been called to his attention. No charge will be made for the relocation of
				  a telephone instrument under such circumstances.
115. JOINT USER SERVICE If it is found that a
				  subscriber is sharing the use of his business service with an individual or
				  concern other than an employee member or officer of the subscriber's concern or
				  of a "joint user", the company shall thereafter require the subscriber to take
				  "joint user" service thereof, except where the subscriber permits no further
				  joint use of the service after the matter has been called to his attention or
				  where the "joint user" vacates the subscriber's premises or becomes a
				  subscriber to business service in the same exchange.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 44 - BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE TELEPHONES › Rule 39-3-3-44

Current through June 25, 2024
100. The applicability of business and
				  resident rates is governed by the actual and obvious use made of the service.
				  The use which is to be made of the service shall be ascertained from the
				  applicant at the time of application for service.
1. BUSINESS RATES APPLY AT THE FOLLOWING
				  LOCATIONS:
a. In offices, stores, factories
				  and all other places of a strictly business nature
b. In boarding houses and rooming houses with
				  more than five rooms available for rent (except as noted under Subparagraph (e)
				  below), colleges, clubs, lodges, schools, (except private or parochial school
				  now served under a residential rate) libraries, churches (except in the
				  pastor's study), lobbies and halls of hotels, apartment buildings, hospitals
				  and private and public institutions
c. At any location when the listing of
				  "office" is provided or when any title indicating a trade, occupation or
				  profession is listed (except as modified under the directory listing schedule)
				  and at any location classified under Paragraph (2) below regardless of the form
				  of listing when extension of service is provided to a place not a part of a
				  domestic establishment
d. At a
				  residence location when the subscriber has no regular business telephone
				  service and the use of the service by himself, members of his household or his
				  guests is more of a business than residential nature as might be indicated by
				  advertising through newspapers, hand-bills, billboards, circulars, business
				  cards or otherwise e. In general, in any place where the substantial use of the
				  service is occupational rather than domestic
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 46 - GROUNDED CIRCUITS › Rule 39-3-3-46

Current through June 25, 2024
100. Telephone utility shall provide full
				  metallic circuits or equivalent for all subscribers located within the base
				  rate area and insofar as economically feasible to all rural multi-party
				  subscribers located beyond the base rate area. Telephone utilities operating
				  ground return rural circuits, which are affected by inductive interference,
				  should cooperate to the fullest extent possible with all interested parties in
				  correcting this condition and, where necessary to eliminate inductive
				  interference, full metallic or equivalent circuits properly transposed shall be
				  provided by the company at its own expense
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 47 - EXTENDED AREA SERVICE › Rule 39-3-3-47

Current through June 25, 2024
100. The company will provide extended area
				  service between closely situated exchanges or central offices when it is the
				  desire of a majority of the customers or subscribers of the exchange or central
				  office affected and, when it is feasible for the company to do so, rates and
				  conditions pertaining to extended area service shall be subject to the approval
				  of the Commission. Where exchanges in which extended area service is provided
				  are owned by different companies, an equitable distribution of the telephone
				  revenue shall be worked out between the companies involved.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 3 - SPECIAL RULES - TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Chapter 47.1 - SLAMMING › Rule 39-3-3-47.1

Current through June 25, 2024
100. DEFINITIONS:
1. COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER (CLEC)
				  - A competitive local phone company.
2. CUSTOMER - The party responsible for
				  paying local or toll charges and any party whom the carrier, in reliance on the
				  verification requirements in Section 115 (1), (2), and (3) of this rule.
				  believes in good faith to have authority to authorize any conversion of
				  telecommunications service provider.
3. INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER (LXC) - A telephone
				  company that provides long distance service. Some IXCs may now also be allowed
				  to provide local service.
4. LETTER
				  OF AGENCY (LOA) - A written authorization by the customer allowing a
				  telecommunications company to act on their behalf to change the customers
				  carrier of local and/or long distance service.
5. LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER (LEC) - A local
				  phone company.
6. PRIMARY
				  INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER (PIC) - The long distance company to which traffic from a
				  given location is automatically routed when dialing 1+ in equal access areas.
				  The PIC is identified by the Carrier Identification Code which is assigned by
				  the LEC or CLEC to the telephone numbers of all the subscribers to that carrier
				  to ensure the calls are routed over the correct network. When a subscriber
				  switches long distance carriers, it often is referred to as a PIC
				  change.
7. RESELLER - A local or
				  long distance company that does not own its own transmission lines. It buys
				  lines and services from other carriers and resells them to its
				  subscribers.
8. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
				  SERVICE PROVIDER - Any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in
				  furnishing telephone service to the public.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 4 - SPECIAL RULES - GAS › Chapter 48 - PLANT METERS, RECORDS AND PURCHASED GAS PROVISION › Rule 39-3-4-48

Current through June 25, 2024
100. STATION METERS Each gas utility shall
				  install, where practicable, such station meters as may be necessary to obtain a
				  daily and monthly record of the amounts of gas made or purchased and gas sent
				  out with readings being taken at sufficiently frequent intervals to show the
				  characteristics of the load. Distribution companies shall not be required to
				  install such station meters and instruments where such information is available
				  from the supplier's metering equipment.
105. RECORDS Records shall be kept, insofar
				  as practicable, of the pressure supplied to low or utilization pressure
				  distributing system from plants or district regulators and may be in the form
				  of pressure gauge charts. These records shall be available for inspection by
				  the Commission.
110. PURCHASED GAS
				  ADJUSTMENT PROVISION
1. The specified costs
				  which a public utility distributing gas shall be allowed to recover in its
				  purchased gas adjustment clause (PGA) for retail billings include:
a. Any increase or decrease in the cost of
				  gas per unit sold (including but not limited to applicable transportation
				  charges and BTU adjustments) over or under the cost of gas recovered per unit
				  sold under the rate schedules to which such PGA shall apply.
b. Adjustments for municipal franchise tax
				  (gross receipts tax) and other tax adjustments resulting from or arising in
				  connection with any increase or decrease in the utility's cost of
				  gas.
c. Such other costs as may be
				  approved by the Commission after notice and hearing.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 4 - SPECIAL RULES - GAS › Chapter 49 - DEFINITION › Rule 39-3-4-49

Current through June 25, 2024
100. CUBIC FOOT
1. Laboratory Testing. For the testing
				  required by these rules, one cubic foot of gas shall be taken to the amount of
				  gas which occupies a volume of one cubic foot when saturated with water vapor
				  and at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and under pressure of thirty inches of
				  mercury.
2. Metering. For the
				  purposes of measurement of gas to a customer, a cubic foot of gas shall be
				  taken to be the amount of gas which occupies a volume of one cubic foot under
				  the conditions existing in such customer's meter, as and where installed,
				  except for installations requiring correction for pressure and temperature due
				  to pressure requirements of the customer's equipment,
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 4 - SPECIAL RULES - GAS › Chapter 50 - METER TESTING › Rule 39-3-4-50

Current through June 25, 2024
100. FACILITIES Each utility shall, unless
				  specifically excused by the Commission, provide such laboratory, meter testing
				  equipment and other equipment and facilities as may be necessary to make tests
				  required o it by these rules or other orders of the Commission. The apparatus
				  and equipment so provided shall be subject to the approval of the Commission,
				  and it shall be available at all times during business hours for inspection or
				  use on the premises of the utility by any authorized representative of the
				  Commission.
105. TESTS REQUIRED
				  Each utility shall make such tests as are prescribed under these rules with
				  such frequency and in such manner and at such places as are herein provided, as
				  may be approved or ordered by the Commission. Unless otherwise directed by the
				  Commission, the methods and apparatus recommended by the National Bureau of
				  Standards shall be used.
110. METER
				  PROVER
a. Each utility furnishing metered gas
				  service shall own an approved type of meter prover, preferably of not less than
				  five (5) cubic feet capacity, equipped with suitable thermometers and other
				  necessary accessories, and it shall maintain such equipment in proper
				  adjustment so that it shall be capable of determining the accuracy of any
				  service meter to within one-half of one per cent. Each meter prover shall be so
				  placed that it will not be subject to drafts or excessive temperature
				  variations.
b. The accuracy of all
				  provers and methods of operating them shall be established by the utility
				  subject to approval and changes from time to time by a representative of the
				  Commission, All alterations, accidents or repairs which might affect the
				  accuracy of any meter prover or the method of operating it shall be promptly
				  reported in writing to the Commission.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE › Subpart 4 - SPECIAL RULES - GAS › Chapter 51 - METERS › Rule 39-3-4-51

Current through June 25, 2024
100. LOCATIONS Customers shall provide a safe
				  and adequate location for meters and regulators and no customer's meter shall
				  be installed in any location where it may be exposed to traffic, where it would
				  be difficult to maintain or read or where it would be exposed to any conditions
				  that might cause its undue deterioration or affect its accuracy in normal
				  service.
105. ACCURACY Every gas
				  service meter whether new, repaired or removed from service for the purpose of
				  repairing or testing, shall be in good order and shall be correct to within 2%
				  before being installed for the use of any customer. A utility may rely upon the
				  meter proof furnished by a meter company on each meter purchased or repaired,
				  provided that a test check shall be made of at least 10% of each order to
				  determine that said order is in accordance with the proof specified. Also,
				  provided that a utility which has less than 500 customers in any single
				  operation and which has no facilities for opening meter cases and adjusting the
				  mechanism, it may put a meter back into service if it is not found to be in
				  error by more than two per cent fast and appears otherwise to be in good
				  order.
110. TESTING All tests to
				  determine the accuracy of registration of any gas service meter shall be made
				  with a suitable meter prover.
115.
				  SPECIAL Any orifice meter, the readings or records of which are based on the
				  differential pressure in such meter or upon the measurement of any portion of
				  the total gas delivered to a consumer, shall be tested for accuracy before
				  installation in a manner satisfactory to the Commission.
120. AVERAGE ERROR In tests made by the
				  Commission or utility in response to customer complaints, the average error of
				  a meter shall be defined as one-third of the algebraic sum of error at full
				  load plus twice the error at light load or such other definitions as may be
				  approved by the Commission.
125.
				  PREPAYMENT METERS No utility shall use prepayment meters geared or set so as to
				  cause a rate or amount higher than would be paid if a standard type meter were
				  used except under such special rate schedule as may be approved by the
				  Commission for this class of service.
130. PERIODIC TESTING
1. No gas service meter hereafter installed
				  shall be allowed to remain in service more than twenty (20) years from the time
				  when last tested. *