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Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.513 - Extensions of commercial and industrial lines in lower peninsula mainland

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1)
				Commercial distribution and service lines in the vicinity of the customer's
				property and constructed solely to serve a customer or group of adjacent
				customers shall be placed underground. This will specifically include, but not
				be limited to, service to apartment house complexes and shopping
				centers.
(2) The developer or
				customer shall be required to make a contribution in aid of construction to the
				utility for a direct burial installation in an amount arrived at by multiplying
				the length in feet of the required trench by an amount to be fixed or changed
				in appropriate rate-making proceedings.
(3) Industrial distribution and service lines
				shall be placed underground at the option of the customer at a cost per trench
				foot to be fixed or changes in appropriate rate-making proceedings for direct
				burial installations as a contribution in aid of construction except as may
				otherwise be provided for in the utility's filed and approved extension
				rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.514 - Costs in case of special conditions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4. Where practical difficulties exist, such as frost or
				  water conditions, rock near the surface, or where there are requirements for
				  deviation from the utility's filed construction standards, the per foot charges
				  in
				  R 460.512 and
				  R 460.513 will not apply, and the
				  contribution in aid of construction will be equal to the estimated difference
				  in cost between overhead and underground facilities but not less than the
				  charge calculated under
				  R 460.512 and
				  R 460.513.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.515 - Extensions of lines in other areas of state

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5.
(1)
				Residential, commercial and industrial distribution and service lines shall be
				placed underground at the option of the developer or customer in areas of the
				state outside the lower peninsula mainland.
(2) If underground facilities are to be
				installed, the developer or customer shall be required to pay to the utility a
				contribution in aid of construction in an amount equal to the estimated
				difference in cost between overhead and underground facilities but not less
				than the amount calculated under
				R 460.512,
				R 460.513, and
				R
				460.514.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.516 - Replacement of existing overhead lines

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6.
(1) Existing
				overhead residential, commercial and industrial electric distribution and
				service lines anywhere in the state shall be replaced with underground
				facilities at the option of the affected customer or customers.
(2) Before construction is started, the
				customer shall be required to pay the utility the depreciated cost (net cost)
				of the existing overhead facilities plus the cost of removal less the salvage
				value thereof and, also, make a contribution in aid of construction in an
				amount equal to the estimated difference in cost between new underground and
				new overhead facilities including, but not limited to, the costs of breaking
				and repairing streets, walks, parking lots and driveways, and of repairing
				lawns and replacing grass, shrubs and flowers.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.517 - Underground facilities for convenience of utilities or where required by ordinances

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7. The utility shall bear the cost of construction where
				  electric facilities are placed underground at the option of the utility for its
				  own convenience or where underground construction is required by ordinance in
				  heavily congested business districts.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.518 - Exceptions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8. Nothing in these rules shall prohibit a utility or a
				  customer from applying to the public service commission for relief from the
				  operation of these rules or prevent the commission from granting such relief if
				  it finds such action to be in the public interest.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Underground Electric Lines › Section R. 460.519 - Effective dates

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 9. The mandatory undergrounding provisions of these
				  rules take effect on January 1, 1971. The provisions for the contributions in
				  aid of construction take effect for new underground construction upon
				  publication in the Administrative Code or supplement thereto.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 460.701 - Application of rules

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) These
				  rules apply to electric utilities as defined by section
				  2 of the electric transmission line
				  certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL
				  460.562, and cooperative electric
				  utilities as defined by section
				  2 of the electric cooperative
				  member-regulation act, 2008 PA 167, MCL
				  460.32, that are subject to the
				  jurisdiction of the public service commission.
(2) These rules do not relieve an electric
				  utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission
				  from any of its duties under the laws of this state, including all of the
				  requirements of R 460.3101 to
				  R 460.3908.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 460.702 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2. As used in these rules:
(a) "All conditions" means conditions
				  reflected by data derived through the amalgamation of data from normal
				  conditions, gray sky conditions, and catastrophic conditions. All conditions
				  does not mean only normal conditions or only gray sky conditions or only
				  catastrophic conditions.
(b)
				  "Approved by the commission" means that a favorable commission order has been
				  obtained.
(c) "Catastrophic
				  conditions" means either of the following:
(i)
				  Severe weather conditions that result in sustained service interruptions for
				  10% or more of an electric utility's or cooperative's customers.
(ii) Events of sufficient magnitude that
				  result in issuance of an official state of emergency declaration by the local,
				  state, or federal government.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 460.703 - Revision of tariff provisions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. Not more than 30 days after the effective date of
					 these rules, an electric utility or cooperative subject to the commission's
					 jurisdiction shall file any revisions of its tariff provisions necessary to
					 conform with these rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 2 - UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE › Section R. 460.721 - Duty to plan to avoid unacceptable levels of performance

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 21. An electric utility or cooperative shall plan to
					 operate and maintain its distribution system in a manner that will permit it to
					 provide service to its customers without experiencing an unacceptable level of
					 performance as defined by these rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 2 - UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE › Section R. 460.722 - Unacceptable levels of performance during service interruptions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 22. It is an unacceptable level of performance for an
					 electric utility or cooperative to fail to meet any of the following sustained
					 interruption standards:
(a) Considering
				  data derived through the amalgamation of data from all conditions, an electric
				  utility or cooperative shall restore service within 36 hours to not less than
				  90% of its customers experiencing sustained interruptions.
(b) Considering data including only
				  catastrophic conditions, an electric utility or cooperative shall restore
				  service within 48 hours to not less than 90% of its customers experiencing
				  sustained interruptions.
(c)
				  Considering data including only gray sky conditions, an electric utility or
				  cooperative shall restore service within 24 hours to not less than 90% of its
				  customers experiencing sustained interruptions.
(d) Considering data including only normal
				  conditions, an electric utility or cooperative shall restore service within 8
				  hours to not less than 90% of its customers experiencing sustained
				  interruptions.
(e) From the
				  effective date of these rules until December 31, 2029, considering data derived
				  through the amalgamation of data from all conditions, not more than 6% of an
				  electric utility's or cooperative's customers may experience 4 or more
				  sustained interruptions in a calendar year.
(f) Beginning January 1, 2030, considering
				  data derived through the amalgamation of data from all conditions, not more
				  than 5% of an electric utility's or cooperative's customers may experience 4 or
				  more sustained interruptions in a calendar year.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 2 - UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE › Section R. 460.723 - Wire down relief requests

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 23.
(1) It is
				  an unacceptable level of performance for an electric utility or cooperative to
				  fail to respond to a request for relief of a first responder guarded downed
				  wire at a location in a metropolitan statistical area within 120 minutes after
				  notification at least 90% of the time under all conditions.
(2) It is an unacceptable level of
				  performance for an electric utility or cooperative to fail to respond to a
				  request for relief of a first responder guarded downed wire at a location in a
				  non-metropolitan statistical area within 180 minutes after notification at
				  least 90% of the time under all conditions.
(3) It is an unacceptable level of
				  performance for an electric utility or cooperative to fail to exercise due
				  diligence and care to ensure that first responders are relieved from guarding
				  downed wires in the quickest manner possible.
(4) It is an unacceptable level of
				  performance for an electric utility or cooperative to fail to exercise due
				  diligence and care to ensure downed wires are responded to and secured in the
				  quickest manner possible.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 2 - UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE › Section R. 460.724 - Unacceptable service quality levels of performance

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 24. It is an unacceptable level of performance for an
					 electric utility or cooperative to fail to meet either of the following service
					 quality standards:
(a) An electric
				  utility or cooperative shall have a meter reading factor of 95% or more within
				  the approved period, including customer reads.
(b) An electric utility or cooperative shall
				  complete 90% or more of its new service installations within 15 business
				  days.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 3 - RECORDS AND REPORTS › Section R. 460.731 - Deadline for filing annual reports

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 31. Not more than 120 days after the end of the
					 calendar year in which these rules became effective, an electric utility shall
					 file an annual report with the commission regarding the previous calendar year.
					 For subsequent calendar years, an electric utility or cooperative shall file
					 its annual report not more than 75 days after the end of the year. The annual
					 report must be filed on a form prescribed by the commission.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 3 - RECORDS AND REPORTS › Section R. 460.733 - Availability of records

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 33.
(1) An
				  electric utility or cooperative shall make available to the commission or its
				  staff, upon request, all records, reports, and other information required to
				  determine compliance with these rules and to permit the commission and its
				  staff to investigate and resolve service quality and reliability issues related
				  to electric distribution service.
(2) An electric utility or cooperative shall
				  make records, reports, and other information available to the commission or its
				  staff within 5 business days of being requested, preferably in an electronic
				  format available through the internet, accessible with standard browser
				  software, identification, and password.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 3 - RECORDS AND REPORTS › Section R. 460.734 - Retention of records

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 34. An electric utility or cooperative shall preserve,
					 in detail, all records required by these rules for the previous 24 months and
					 shall preserve, in summary form, all records for not less than 4 years, unless
					 otherwise ordered by the commission.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.741 - Approval of incentives by the commission

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 41.
(1) The
				  commission may authorize an electric utility or cooperative to receive a
				  financial incentive if it exceeds all of the service quality and reliability
				  standards adopted by these rules.
(2) A request for approval of an incentive
				  mechanism must be made in either of the following proceedings and be conducted
				  as a contested case under chapter 4 of the administrative procedures act of
				  1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL
				  24.271 to
				  24.288:
(a) A rate case proceeding.
(b) A single-issue proceeding filed
				  specifically to address adoption of an incentive program.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.742 - Criteria for receipt of an incentive

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 42.
(1) If an
				  electric utility or cooperative qualifies for implementation of a previously
				  approved incentive mechanism, it shall file an application seeking authority to
				  implement the incentive mechanism at the same time that it submits the annual
				  report required by R
				  460.732.
(2) An electric utility or cooperative shall
				  not apply for a financial incentive approved by the commission unless all of
				  the following criteria were met during the previous 12 months:
(a) All required reports have been filed in a
				  timely manner.
(b) All required
				  reports fully comply with the requirements as determined by the
				  commission.
(c) The electric
				  utility's or cooperative's performance exceeded all of the individual service
				  quality and reliability standards.
(d) The electric utility or cooperative fully
				  responded to any inquiries about the content of the reports made by the
				  commission or its staff in a timely manner.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.743 - Disqualification

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 43. An electric utility or cooperative shall be
					 disqualified from receiving an incentive if the commission issues an order
					 finding that the electric utility engaged in any type of anticompetitive
					 behavior within the 12-month period preceding the filing of an application
					 pursuant to R
					 460.742(1).
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.744 - Customer accommodation for failure to restore service after sustained interruption due to gray sky and catastrophic conditions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 44.
(1) Unless
				  an electric utility or cooperative requests a waiver pursuant to part 5 of
				  these rules, an electric utility or cooperative that fails to restore service
				  to a customer within 96 hours after the start of a sustained interruption that
				  occurred during the course of catastrophic conditions shall provide any
				  affected customer with a bill credit on the customer's bill within 90 days. The
				  amount of the credit provided to a residential customer is the greater of a
				  rate of $35.00 for each sustained interruption over 96 hours, plus an
				  additional $35.00 for each day thereafter or the customer's monthly customer
				  charge. The amount of the credit provided to any other distribution customer is
				  the customer's minimum bill prorated on a daily basis. The rate of $35.00 is
				  subject to an annual adjustment pursuant to subrule (3) of this rule.
(2) Unless an electric utility or cooperative
				  requests a waiver pursuant to part 5 of these rules, an electric utility or
				  cooperative that fails to restore service to a customer within 48 hours after
				  the start of a sustained interruption that occurred during the course of gray
				  sky conditions shall provide any affected customer with a bill credit on the
				  customer's bill within 90 days. The amount of the credit provided to a
				  residential customer is the greater of a rate of $35.00 for each sustained
				  interruption over 48 hours, plus an additional $35.00 for each day thereafter
				  or the customer's monthly customer charge. The amount of the credit provided to
				  any other distribution customer is the customer's minimum bill prorated on a
				  daily basis. The rate of $35.00 is subject to an annual adjustment pursuant to
				  subrule (3) of this rule.
(3) No
				  sooner than September 1, 2022, and by October 1 every year after, the
				  commission shall issue an order adjusting the prevailing customer accommodation
				  rate. The commission shall adjust the customer accommodation rate by
				  multiplying the rate by the difference between the Consumer Price Index for the
				  month of October immediately preceding the commission's order implementing the
				  inflation adjustment, and the Consumer Price Index for the previous October.
				  The commission shall round up each adjustment made under this subsection to the
				  nearest $1.00.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.745 - Customer accommodation for failure to restore service during normal conditions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 45.
(1) Unless
				  an electric utility or cooperative requests a waiver pursuant to part 5 of
				  these rules, an electric utility or cooperative that fails to restore service
				  to a customer within 16 hours after the start of a sustained interruption that
				  occurred during normal conditions shall provide to any affected customer a bill
				  credit on the customer's bill within 90 days. The amount of the credit provided
				  to a residential customer is the greater of a rate of $35.00 for each outage
				  over 16 hours, plus an additional $35.00 for each day thereafter or the
				  customer's monthly customer charge. The amount of the credit provided to any
				  other distribution customer is the customer's minimum bill prorated on a daily
				  basis. The rate of $35.00 is subject to an annual adjustment pursuant to
				  subrule (2) of this rule.
(2) No
				  sooner than September 1, 2022, and by October 1 every year after, the
				  commission shall issue an order adjusting the prevailing customer accommodation
				  rate. The commission shall adjust the customer accommodation rate by
				  multiplying the rate by the difference between the Consumer Price Index for the
				  month of October immediately preceding the commission's order implementing the
				  inflation adjustment, and the Consumer Price Index for the previous October.
				  The commission shall round up each adjustment made under this subsection to the
				  nearest $1.00.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.746 - Customer accommodation for repetitive interruptions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 46.
(1) Unless
				  an electric utility or cooperative requests a waiver pursuant to part 5 of
				  these rules, a customer of an electric utility or cooperative that experiences
				  6 or more sustained interruptions in a 12-month period is entitled to a billing
				  credit on the customer's bill within 90 days. The amount of the credit provided
				  to a residential customer is the greater of $35.00, subject to adjustment
				  pursuant to subrule (3) of this rule, or the customer's monthly customer
				  charge. The amount of the credit provided to any other distribution customer is
				  the customer's minimum bill prorated on a daily basis. The initial rate of
				  $35.00 is subject to an annual adjustment pursuant to subrule (3) of this
				  rule.
(2) Following provision of
				  the billing credit to a customer experiencing 6 or more sustained interruptions
				  in a 12-month period, the electric utility's or cooperative's interruption
				  counter must be reset to zero to ensure that another credit to the customer
				  will be processed only after the occurrence of another 6 interruptions in a
				  12-month period.
(3) No sooner than
				  September 1, 2022, and by October 1 every year after, the commission shall
				  issue an order adjusting the prevailing customer accommodation rate. The
				  commission shall adjust the customer accommodation rate by multiplying the rate
				  by the difference between the Consumer Price Index for the month of October
				  immediately preceding the commission's order implementing the inflation
				  adjustment, and the Consumer Price Index for the previous October. The
				  commission shall round up each adjustment made under this subsection to the
				  nearest $1.00.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.747 - Multiple billing credits allowed

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 47. An electric utility's or cooperative's obligation
					 to provide a customer with a billing credit for 1 reason does not excuse the
					 obligation to provide an additional billing credit in the same month for
					 another reason.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 4 - FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATIONS › Section R. 460.748 - Effect in other proceedings

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 48.
(1) The
				  payment or nonpayment of a customer credit or an incentive award may not affect
				  the rights of a customer or an electric utility or cooperative in any
				  proceeding before the commission or in any action in a court of law.
(2) The finding of a violation of a service
				  quality or reliability standard adopted in these rules may not affect the
				  rights of a customer or an electric utility or cooperative in any proceeding
				  before the commission or in any action in a court of law.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 5 - WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS › Section R. 460.751 - Waivers and exceptions by electric utilities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 51.
(1) An
				  electric utility or cooperative may petition the commission for a permanent or
				  temporary waiver or exception from these rules when specific circumstances
				  beyond the control of the electric utility or cooperative render compliance
				  impossible or when compliance would be unduly economically burdensome or
				  technologically infeasible.
(2) An
				  electric utility or cooperative may request a temporary waiver in order to have
				  sufficient time to implement procedures and systems to comply with these
				  rules.
(3) An electric utility or
				  cooperative need not meet the standards or grant the credits required by parts
				  2 and 4 of these rules under any of the following circumstances:
(a) The problem was caused by the
				  customer.
(b) There was a work
				  stoppage or other work action by the electric utility's or cooperative's
				  employees, beyond the control of the electric utility or cooperative, that
				  caused a significant reduction in employee hours worked.
(c) The problem was caused by an "act of
				  God." The term "act of God" means an event due to extraordinary natural causes
				  so exceptionally unanticipated and devoid of human agency that reasonable care
				  would not avoid the consequences and includes any of the following:
(i) Flood.
(ii) Tornado.
(iii) Earthquake.
(iv) Fire.
(d) The problem was due to a major system
				  failure attributable to, but not limited to, any of the following:
(i) An accident.
(ii) A man-made disaster.
(iii) A terrorist attack.
(iv) An act of war.
(v) A pandemic.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electric Distribution Service Standards › Part 5 - WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS › Section R. 460.752 - Proceedings for waivers and exceptions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 52.
(1) A
				  petition for a waiver of a customer credit provision filed by an electric
				  utility or cooperative must be handled as a contested case proceeding. The
				  burden of going forward with a request for a waiver is on the electric utility
				  or cooperative. To be timely, a petition for a waiver of a customer credit
				  provision of these rules must be filed not more than 14 calendar days after
				  conclusion of the outage giving rise to application of the customer credit
				  provision.
(2) A petition for any
				  other waiver or exception may be granted by the commission without notice or
				  hearing.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment › Section R. 460.811 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Commission" means the Michigan public
				service commission.
(b) "Utility"
				means an electric or telecommunications company, whether private, corporate, or
				cooperative, that operates under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment › Section R. 460.812 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2. These rules are intended to promote safe and adequate
				  service to the public and to provide standards for uniform and reasonable
				  practices for a utility. These rules do not relieve a utility from any of its
				  other duties under the laws of this state.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment › Section R. 460.813 - Standards of good practice; adoption by reference

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. Parts 1, 2, and 3 and sections
				  1, 2, 3, and 9 of
				  the national electrical safety code, 2017 edition (ANSI-C2-2017), are adopted
				  by reference in these rules as standards of accepted good practice. Parts 1, 2,
				  and 3 and sections
				  1, 2, 3, and 9 of
				  the national electrical safety code, 2017 edition (ANSI-C2- 2017), are
				  available from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) via
				  the internet at the following web site:
http://www.techstreet.com/standards/ieee-c2-2017?product_id=1914980
at a cost of $190.00 for a pdf download, $210.00 for a print copy, or $285.00
				  for both as of the time of adoption of this rule, plus any applicable handling
				  charge.
Copies of the code may also be obtained from the Michigan
				  Public Service Commission, 7109 W. Saginaw, P.O. Box 30221, Lansing, MI 48909
				  at the same cost charged by the IEEE as of the adoption of this rule, plus $20
				  for shipping and handling.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment › Section R. 460.814 - Exemption from rules; application to commission; public hearing

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4. An exemption from these rules may be granted by the
				  commission. A party seeking an exemption shall file an application with the
				  commission specifying the location to be exempted. After the filing of an
				  application, the commission shall investigate the circumstances and shall
				  determine if granting an exemption is in the public interest. The commission
				  may conduct a public hearing in order to determine whether the public interest
				  would be adversely affected by granting an application for an exemption to
				  these rules. The commission may exempt a specific location from these rules for
				  any of the following reasons:
(a) The
				cost of complying with the rules is not justified by the protection
				secured.
(b) Equivalent or safer
				construction is more readily provided in another manner.
(c) The rules are impractical for any other
				reason.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment › Section R. 460.815 - Rescission

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5. R 460.521 to R 460.572 of the Michigan Administrative
				  Code, noted on page 4706 of the 1979 Michigan Administrative Code, are
				  rescinded.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.851 - Scope and application

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. These rules apply to the conduct of the business of
				  all natural gas producers, gathering companies and transmitters which are or
				  may hereafter be subject to the jurisdiction of the Michigan public service
				  commission under the laws of the state of Michigan: provided, that when the
				  production of natural gas is incidental to, and unavoidable to connection with,
				  the production of oil or mineral water,
				  R
				  460.860,
				  R
				  460.861,
				  R
				  460.862,
				  R
				  460.864,
				  R
				  460.865,
				  R
				  460.866,
				  R
				  460.867,
				  R 460.869,
				  R
				  460.870, and
				  R
				  460.871 shall not apply, but special rules and
				  regulations pertaining in each such case will be issued by the Michigan public
				  service commission whenever necessary. The grouping of rules under the headings
				  of production and transmission is for convenience only and the application of
				  any rule is not restricted because of this fact.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.853 - Qualifying clause

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. The adoption of these rules shall in no way prevent
				  the commission from altering or amending the same in due legal form, in whole
				  or in part, or from requiring any other or additional services, appliances or
				  standards, either upon its own motion or upon the application of any consumer,
				  producer, transmitter or distributor.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.854 - Reference to commission

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4. In any case where the parties concerned shall fail to
				  agree upon the application or the interpretation of any of these rules, or in
				  case of disagreement regarding regulations promulgated by any producer, common
				  carrier, common purchaser or distributor concerning service, the matter may be
				  referred by either party to the commission for settlement.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.855 - Jurisdiction

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5.
(1) The
				jurisdiction of this commission, according to Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of
				1929, over all gas wells and over the production of gas from such wells shall
				begin at the time the production or preparation for production is started and
				shall continue and remain with the commission until production is abandoned.
				The operations of drilling, deepening, plugging and abandoning, and in fact all
				underground work on gas wells, is under the jurisdiction of the supervisors of
				wells of the department of conservation. (Refer to the rules of the department
				of conservation covering the drilling, deepening and plugging of wells for
				natural dry gas.)
(2) Any gas well
				shall be considered as producing or preparing for production at such time as an
				application for a well connection permit has been filed with the commission,
				but in case connection with a line to take gas from any well for any purpose is
				made before an application for a well connection permit is filed, the
				commission's jurisdiction over such well shall begin when work of installing
				connections is started.
(3) During
				the period that gas wells are under the supervision of the commission it shall
				be the duty of the chief engineer, directly or through his authorized
				representatives:
(a) To enforce such rules as
				the commission may adopt to carry out the requirements of said act.
(b) To inspect the maintenance and operations
				of all gas wells with a view to preventing waste of gas, damage to gas
				producing strata or formation, or injury to life or property, and to issue in
				accordance with the natural gas acts, necessary instructions to guard against
				and prevent such waste, damage or injury.
(c) To determine the percentage of the open
				flow capacity of any gas well which may be utilized when in his opinion such
				action is necessary to protect the gas producing formation; and to specify the
				time and method for determining the open flow capacities of wells.
(d) To regularly gather data and compile
				statistics showing production of gas from all wells, fields or pools, and the
				value of the gas produced.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.856 - Availability of records

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6. All records required by these rules shall be kept in
				  files within the boundaries of the state, at the offices of the producer or
				  transmitter responsible for such records, and shall be available at all
				  reasonable times for examination by authorized representatives of the
				  commission: provided, that temporary absence of records from the state that are
				  necessary or convenient in the record system of a producer or transmitter are
				  approved, and that in specific cases the commission may at its own discretion
				  or upon proper showing, authorize other modifications of this provision. All
				  such records shall be preserved for at least 3 years after they are made,
				  except as otherwise provided.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.857 - Waste prohibited and defined

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7.
(1) Natural
				gas shall not be produced, transmitted or distributed in the state of Michigan
				in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute waste.
(2) The term "waste" as used in these rules
				in addition to its ordinary meaning shall include (a) the permitting of any gas
				to wastefully burn, (b) the wasteful use of gas including the use of gas in its
				natural state in engines or pumps where its pressure is the main or direct
				operating force, unless such gas can be consumed after discharge from such
				engines or pumps for normal use for fuel purposes, (c) surface waste, which
				shall include the unnecessary blowing, release or escape of natural gas into
				the open air, and any unnecessary or excessive surface loss, including leakage,
				fire loss and loss or destruction incident to the manner of equipping,
				operating or producing of such well or wells, or by inefficient handling
				thereof, (d) underground waste, which shall include inefficient, excessive, or
				improper use or dissipation of the reservoir energy, including gas energy and
				water drive, of any pool; and the equipping, operating, or producing of any
				well or wells in such a manner as to reduce or tend to reduce the total
				quantity of gas ultimately recoverable from such pool, and the unreasonable
				damage to underground deposits from the operation, maintenance or production of
				gas; and (e) the intentional drowning with water of a gas stratum capable of
				producing gas (except that temporary drowning may become necessary as an
				exigency of drilling or repairing wells).
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › Section R. 460.858 - Fire prevention and control

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8. The commission recognizes that practically all gas
				  well fires occurring after wells have been placed on production are due to
				  improper wellhead design or carelessness and the attention of well owners and
				  operators is particularly directed to the following
				  R
				  460.859 and
				  R
				  460.860 in order to eliminate this hazard.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.859 - Wellhead heaters

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 9. Heaters for preventing freezing in wellhead
					 connections shall be installed or reinstalled for service at the beginning of
					 each winter, only after wellhead connections are checked for leakage, and after
					 any leakages have been repaired and stopped. The products of combustion, or the
					 burned fumes from gas or any other fuel, shall not be used in such heaters or
					 in any other way to apply heat directly to wellheads or to thaw out
					 connections. The points of air mixture for any flame at any wellhead heater
					 shall be located at least 10 feet from the wellhead, and any burned exhaust
					 gases shall be discharged from flue or chimney at least 8 feet from wellhead or
					 wellhead connections and at least 4 feet higher than the top of wellhead
					 connections. All heaters installed at or near wellheads shall be inspected at
					 least once daily while in operation.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.860 - Wellhead fittings

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 10.
(1)
				  Wellhead connections shall be designed and installed in accordance with
				  principles of design and installation illustrated on plate 1A, appendix A,
				  unless specific approval is secured in writing from the chief
				  engineer.
(2) Master or control
				  valve shall be installed with valve stem not less than 2, nor more than 4 feet
				  above the ground level, provided that whenever tubing or siphon is installed in
				  any well, the valve and wellhead fitting construction and spacing will
				  necessarily be governed by special conditions in each separate case.
(3) Wheels on valves shall be left and
				  secured in place to facilitate emergency opening or closing of valves with an
				  emergency long stemmed wrench or key.
(4) A space free from surface obstructions
				  shall be kept clear on the stem or wheel side of each control gate or valve, so
				  that workmen can approach wells and use long stemmed wrenches or keys in
				  opening or closing valves in case of fire.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.861 - Determination of well capacity

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 11.
(1) The
				  producing or open flow capacities of wells to be used as a basis for proration
				  shall be determined by the commission at its discretion, when necessary for the
				  practical, equitable and economical operation of wells, pools or fields. The
				  method of determining said capacity where practicable shall avoid the waste of
				  gas encountered in the "open flow" test method, and shall make use of the
				  United States bureau of mines production capacity test method that is based on
				  observations of shut-in well pressure and the measurement of volumes of gas
				  production at varying wellhead pressures, or of any improvements that may be
				  approved by the commission.
(2)
				  Capacity tests may also be made by producers, purchasers or transmitters with
				  the approval of the commission. The commission may require that any applicant
				  for such test shall make a sufficient showing of necessity for a test. All
				  information obtained from such tests shall be promptly compiled and filed with
				  the commission.
(3) When a producer
				  is dissatisfied with a capacity test he may require the commission to
				  redetermine the open flow capacity of the well by notifying it to that effect
				  and depositing the sum of $10.00 with it. If the retest shows the original test
				  to be materially in error, the deposit will be refunded, otherwise it will be
				  retained as nominal compensation for the costs incurred in making the
				  test.
(4) Records of tests of
				  meters, well capacity tests or tests of specific gravity, chemical composition
				  or heating value of gas made by or on the order of any producer, transmitter,
				  purchaser, distributor, or consumer shall be available for information of the
				  commission, and reports shall be filed with the commission when
				  requested.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.862 - Well meters

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 12.
(1) No
				  gas shall be withdrawn from wells for transportation or sale, nor for any other
				  regular and extended uses, except for fuel for drilling on the same lease, or
				  for use for domestic purposes by lessors (as usually specified in oil and gas
				  leases), without being metered, provided, however, that the commission may
				  approve in advance an estimate of the amount that will be required for a
				  specific drilling operation off the lease. The commission's representatives
				  shall have access to all meter houses and meters at all times.
(2) Each gas well completed after the
				  effective date of this order shall be equipped with its own separate meter,
				  except that:
(a) The commission may, in cases
				  of small wells, permit the measurement of the gas from more than 1 well through
				  a single meter.
(b) The commission,
				  the interested well operator and the gas purchaser jointly may, in cases of
				  large wells of identical operator control, agree to the measurement of the gas
				  from more than 1 well through a single meter; provided that:
(c) In either case (a) or (b) of this
				  subrule, the gas from only 1 well at a time shall be measured by a single
				  meter, and that through the use of check-valves, "blind" discs or other device
				  or means, lines from all wells except the one from which gas is being measured
				  shall be completely closed so that the gas from any 2 or more wells shall not
				  be in any way intermixed prior to measurement.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Public Service Commission › Production And Transmission Of Natural Gas › PRODUCTION › Section R. 460.863 - Unmetered gas

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 13. Lessors of lands who are using unmetered gas from
					 wells located on their lands for domestic fuel in their principal houses or
					 dwellings, and well operators or owners who are using unmetered gas from their
					 wells for fuel for drilling on the same lease, shall so construct and maintain
					 their lines and the fittings thereon that there shall be no leakage losses. No
					 wasteful gas burners or other wasteful gas consuming appurtenances shall be
					 used by these consumers of unmetered gas. The representatives of the commission
					 shall require the immediate correction of any wasteful use of gas by these
					 classes of consumers, and may prohibit the continued use of gas if such
					 corrections are not made immediately.