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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-20 - "Service pipe" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 20.
As used in this rule, "service pipe" means a supply line
				  leading directly into the premises supplied or to be supplied from the main
				  adjacent to such premises.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-21 - "Service stop" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 21.
As used in this rule, "service stop" means a valve inserted
				  in the service pipe between the main and the meter for the purpose of turning
				  water on and off.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-22 - "Subsequent connector" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 22.
As used in this rule, "subsequent connector" means a person
				  who was not an original depositor but subsequently applies for water service
				  and who connects to the main within ten (10) years after the completion date of
				  the main extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-23 - "Subsequent connector's fee" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 23.
As used in this rule, "subsequent connector's fee" means the
				  cash fee equal to the cost per lot of the main extension determined in
				  accordance with sections 30 through 32 of this rule, multiplied by the number
				  of lots for which service is requested.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-24 - "Subsequent connector's revenue allowance" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 24.
As used in this rule, "subsequent connector's revenue
				  allowance" means three (3) times the estimated annual revenue for the
				  subsequent connector less the cost of connecting.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-25 - "Tap" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 25.
As used in this rule, "tap" means a fitting owned by the
				  utility and inserted by it into a main to which a service pipe is attached.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-26 - "Total required deposit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 26.
As used in this rule, "total required deposit" means the
				  amount by which the cost of the main extension exceeds the immediate revenue
				  allowance for the original depositor.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-27 - Free extension

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 27.
A utility, upon written request for service by an applicant,
				  shall extend a main and connect the applicant free of charge to provide the
				  service requested if:
(1) the cost of
				the main extension does not exceed the immediate revenue allowance for the
				applicant; and
(2) the applicant
				agrees to take service within nine (9) months following the completion date of
				the main extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-28 - Main extension; exception to commission approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 28.
If the cost of the main extension is greater than the free
				  extension cost provided in section 27 of this rule, that extension shall be
				  made, upon receipt by the utility of a signed agreement and a deposit from the
				  applicant, without specific approval of the agreement by the commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-29 - Main extension route

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 29.
(a) The
				utility shall use good engineering and water utility practices in determining
				the route for all main extensions.
(b) The utility shall determine the total
				length of the extension from its existing main to serve the extension to the
				end of the lot or frontage of the most remote applicant to be served.
(c) However, if the end lot or frontage is a
				corner lot or frontage abutting an intersecting street in which an existing
				main is located, the end of the new extension must connect with the existing
				main located in that intersecting street.
(d) If the end lot or frontage is a corner
				lot or frontage abutting an intersecting street in which no main is located,
				the end of the new extension may not extend beyond the intersecting street
				corner of that lot.
(e) If the
				street in which the main is to be laid dead ends in a cul-de-sac or appears to
				be permanently dead ended against a railroad, creek, river, or other major
				physical or natural barrier, the end point of the main extension, if serving
				the most remote lot or frontage, shall be the point of the most remote service
				pipe connection, which connection point shall be at least ten (10) feet beyond
				the lot line.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-30 - Number of lots served by main extension

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 30.
A determination shall be made of the number of lots to be
				  served by the main extension. The determination may include only lots which
				  directly abut the main extension between its original beginning and its
				  original end point. If any part of the main extension is located within an area
				  platted or to be platted, the number of lots shown within the plat to be served
				  shall be included in the determination. If any part of the main extension is
				  located in an unplatted area, the number of lots to be included shall be
				  determined by dividing the total frontage of the main extension within the
				  unplatted area on either or both sides of the public thoroughfare or easement
				  in which the main is located by one hundred (100) feet and rounded to the
				  nearest whole number of lots, provided either or both sides are available for
				  future development and not restricted against usage because of limited access
				  or other reasons. The determination of the number of lots for a particular
				  extension may include a combination of platted and unplatted lots as defined in
				  this section. Any further main extension subsequently connected to the original
				  main extension shall, for all purposes under this rule, constitute a separate
				  main extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-31 - Main extension cost

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 31.
(a) The
				cost of the main extension may, as determined by the utility, be either:
(1) the computed cost based on the average
				costs for similar main extensions experienced by the utility during its
				preceding fiscal year, plus or minus any amount necessary to adjust for known
				cost increases or decreases;
(2)
				the estimated cost of the extension; or
(3) the actual cost of a developer-installed
				extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-32 - Cost per lot

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 32.
The cost per lot shall be determined by:
(1) the total number of lots to be served by
				the main extension divided into the cost of the main extension; or
(2) the cost of the main extension shall be
				divided proportionately on the basis of respective lot frontage for all lots to
				be served by the main extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-33 - Cost options

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 33.
(a) The
				utility shall file with the commission, for approval, its choice of the
				following options with appropriately revised rules:
(1) For the main extension, the applicant
				shall be required to pay the cost of the main extension, and the full gross-up
				state and federal taxes associated with the cost of the extension and the
				applicant shall receive refunds as provided in sections 36 through 37 of this
				rule.
(2) For the main extension,
				the applicant shall be required to pay the cost of the main extension exclusive
				of the tax associated with the main extension, and the applicant shall receive
				refunds as provided in sections 36 through 37 of this rule.
(3) For the main extension, the applicant
				shall be allowed the option of paying the cost of the main extension and full
				gross-up state and federal taxes associated with the cost of the main
				extension, and the applicant shall receive refunds as provided in sections 36
				through 37 of this rule, or shall pay the cost of the main extension exclusive
				of the tax associated with the main extension and the applicant shall forfeit
				all rights to immediate revenue allowances and to refunds, except for
				subsequent connector's fees.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-34 - Total required deposit

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 34.
(a) In the
				case of a residential real estate development, immediate revenue allowance may
				not be deducted from the cost of the main extension in determining the amount
				of the total required deposit, except for those residential dwelling units, if
				any, where construction has commenced above the first floor level.
(b) In the case of a commercial or industrial
				real estate development, immediate revenue allowance may not be deducted from
				the cost of the main extension in determining the amount of the total required
				deposit, except where building construction has commenced and pertinent data,
				such as customer types, service pipe, metering arrangements, and water demands,
				have been furnished to the utility, to allow the utility to determine the
				estimated annual revenue from that development.
(c) The total required deposit for a main
				extension may either be made in a cash payment, or it may be secured by an
				irrevocable letter of credit acceptable to the utility and issued by a national
				banking association or a bank chartered under the laws of the state. The
				deposit may also be secured in any other manner which is mutually acceptable to
				the parties and which guarantees payment of the deposit immediately upon
				completion of the main extension.
(d) If permitted by the utility, the main
				extension may be installed by the developer or the developer's contractor
				according to the extension and installation policies of the utility, and the
				actual cost of the developer-installed extension shall be considered the total
				required deposit.
(e) A utility may
				allocate, or permit original depositors to allocate, the total required deposit
				on the basis of the number of lots, the respective lot frontage, or any other
				basis mutually acceptable to the original depositors.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-35 - Subsequent connector fee

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 35.
(a) Within
				ten (10) years after the completion date of the main extension, a utility shall
				not permit a subsequent connector to connect to a main extension until after
				the subsequent connector has paid the required subsequent connector's fee to
				the utility.
(b) Applicants for
				service connections for lots in subdivision and tract developments which are
				included in the original depositor's main extension agreement, are not required
				to pay a subsequent connector's fee, unless otherwise specifically provided for
				in the main extension agreement.
(c) If a prospective customer with frontage
				land that was unplatted on one (1) or both sides of the street at the time the
				main extension was installed later subdivides this frontage prior to the
				expiration of the ten (10) years after the completion date of the main
				extension in such a manner that some or all lots will not require service
				directly from that main extension, the customer is considered to have requested
				a lateral extension from that main extension to serve the customer's land. The
				utility, in that case, shall collect from the prospective customer prior to
				installing the requested lateral main extension, a subsequent connector's fee
				for each equivalent lot of the frontage land used in determining the main
				extension cost per lot and which will not be served directly by the original
				main extension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-36 - Refunds

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 36.
(a) Refunds
				shall be paid for a period of ten (10) years after the completion date of the
				main extension to the original depositor in proportion to the respective
				deposits, unless the original depositor for the main extension forfeited all
				rights to refunds, except subsequent connector's fees, as provided in section
				33(a)(3) of this rule.
(b) However,
				no refunds shall be required to be made by the utility until the number of
				customers actually connected to the main extension equals the number of
				applicants for which an immediate revenue allowance was included in computing
				the total required deposit for the main extension. The refunds shall be paid
				annually or more frequently at regular intervals at the discretion of the
				utility.
(c) Total refunds to any
				original depositor shall not exceed the amount of the original deposit except
				in the case of a phased residential real estate development. In this situation
				the preliminary plat must be submitted to the utility at the time of the first
				request for a main extension. During the ten (10) year period beginning with
				the completion date of the first main extension, the amount of any refunds
				generated in excess of the deposit made on any phase of the development must be
				applied against the deposit made for any other phase of the development, so
				long as the total amount of refunds to the original depositor shall not at any
				time exceed the total amount of his deposits during the period. The utility
				shall not require any subsequent connector's fee which is in excess of the
				unrefunded balance of the aggregate of deposits received from all original
				depositors.
(d) The refund shall be
				made by mailing the payment to the original depositor's last known address as
				shown on the books and records of the utility. Any refund distribution which
				cannot be returned to an original depositor after the refund becomes due and
				payable must be reported as required by IC 32-9-1-42
[Repealed by P.L.
				31-1995, SECTION 9, effective July 1, 1996.]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-37 - Deposit

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 37.
A deposit shall be held by the utility as a customer's
				  advance for construction. Any deposit which is not subject to refund because of
				  the running of the ten (10) year period as provided in section 36 of this rule,
				  shall be transferred by the utility to contributions in aid of construction. If
				  the original depositor for a main extension forfeits all rights to a refund,
				  except for subsequent connector's fees as provided in section 33(a)(3) of this
				  rule, the payment must be included in contributions in aid of construction, and
				  the associated taxes shall be deducted from contributions in aid of
				  construction. All other deposits must be held as customers' advances for
				  construction until returned to the original depositor or be reported as
				  required by IC 32-9-1-36
[Repealed by P.L. 31-1995, SECTION 9, effective
				  July 1, 1996.]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-38 - Basis for costs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 38.
(a) Each
				utility shall, no later than the first quarter of each year, submit to the
				commission information used to establish the basis for computed costs for
				typical main extensions.
(b) If the
				applicant is required to make any payment, the utility shall, upon request,
				make the following available to the applicant:
(1) The information used to establish the
				basis for the applicable amount as submitted to the commission in compliance
				with this rule.
(2) The information
				used to establish the basis for the estimated annual revenue for a period of
				three (3) years to be realized by the utility from permanent and continuing
				customers on main extensions as required by this rule.
(3) The cost of connecting for the sizes of
				service connections.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-39 - Extension exception

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 39.
A utility shall not be required to make extensions as
				  described in this rule unless the applicants to be initially served by those
				  extensions contract to use the service for a period of three (3) years. A bond
				  may be required of the applicant in this situation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-40 - Special contract

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 40.
(a) A
				utility may require a special contract when:
(1) the requested main extension is of such
				length and the prospective business to be developed by it is so meager as to
				make it doubtful whether the business from the extension would ever pay a fair
				return on the utility investment involved in such extension;
(2) the prospects are that the patronage and
				demand will not be of such permanency as to warrant the capital expenditure
				involved;
(3) there are industrial
				installations requiring extensive water utility investment and where the demand
				for water service is expected to be slight, irregular, or of unknown quantity;
				or
(4) there are other abnormal or
				extraordinary circumstances.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Extension of Water Mains › Section 1.5-41 - Prohibition exception

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC 8-1-12
Affected: IC 8-1-12
Sec. 41.
This rule does not prohibit a utility from making free
				  extensions of lengths greater than specified in this rule or from providing a
				  method of return of deposits for extensions more favorable to original
				  depositors, so long as discrimination is not practiced among applicants or
				  original depositors whose service requirements are similar.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 2 - Classification of Accounts for Class A, B, and C Water Utilities › Section 2-2 - Classification of accounts for Classes A, B, and C water utilities; adoption by reference

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-46
Sec. 2.
(a) The
				rules governing the classification of accounts for Classes A, B, and C water
				utilities operating within the state of Indiana shall be the 1996 edition of
				the Uniform System of Accounts as approved, prescribed, and promulgated by the
				National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, which:
(1) are hereby incorporated into this rule by
				reference; and
(2) do not include
				any later amendments or editions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-1 - Statutory provisions and definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-34
Sec. 1.
Statutory Provisions and Definitions. In accordance with
				  statutory provisions in Sections 36 and 37
[IC 8-1-2-33, IC
				  8-1-2-34]
, Acts of 1913, the attached code of standards
[ 170
				  IAC 6-3 ]
for central station hot water heating service has been
				  prepared.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-2 - Definitions; effect of rule; customer compliance with regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-34
Sec. 2.
Definitions and General Provisions.
(a) The word "Utility," used herein, shall be
				construed to mean public utility; the word "Commission" shall be construed to
				mean the Indiana utility regulatory commission; the word "Consumer" shall be
				taken to mean any person, firm, corporation, municipality or other political
				subdivision of the state supplied by any such utility.
(b) The adoption of these rules and
				regulations
[ 170 IAC 6-3 ]
shall in no way preclude the
				commission from altering or amending the same in whole or in part, after due
				notice and public hearing, or from allowing other or requiring additional
				service, equipment, facility, or standards, either upon complaint or upon its
				own motion, or upon the application of any utility. These rules
[ 170
				IAC 6-3 ]
shall not in any way relieve any utility from any of its
				duties under the laws of this State.
(c) Any utility may decline to serve a
				consumer or prospective consumer until he has complied with the State and
				municipal regulations on central station hot water heating service and the
				reasonable rules and regulations of the utility furnishing the
				service.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-3 - Retention of records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-12
Sec. 3.
Records to be Kept in the State. All records required under
				  these standards
[ 170 IAC 6-3 ]
shall be preserved for at
				  least three years after they are made. Such records shall be kept within the
				  State, at an office, or offices, of the utility located in the territory served
				  by it, unless otherwise ordered, and shall be open for examination by the
				  commission or its representatives. Each utility shall notify the commission of
				  the office or offices at which the various classes of records are
				  kept.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-4 - Complaint records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-12;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-54
Sec. 4.
Complaints, Records of.
(a) Each utility shall keep a record of all
				written complaints received at its office in regard to service which record
				shall include the name and address of the consumer, the date, nature of
				complaint, and the remedy. The record shall be available for inspection by duly
				accredited representatives of the commission.
(b) The commission may require any utility to
				file with the commission a copy of such record covering any stated interval of
				time.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-5 - Station instruments and gauges

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 5.
Station Instruments and Gauges.
(a) Each utility shall install both
				indicating and recording thermometers for obtaining the temperature of the
				water in flow and return mains and also for obtaining the outside temperature.
The thermometers for obtaining the temperature of flow and
				  return water shall be installed so as not to be affected by any local
				  temperature changes other than that of the flow and return water.
The thermometer for obtaining the outside temperature of the
				  atmosphere shall be placed at least one foot from the building in a standard
				  approved case and protected from local conditions tending to give an incorrect
				  indication of the temperature.
(b) Each utility shall install such
				indicating and recording pressure gauges as may be necessary to obtain the
				pressure of flow and return water in the mains.
(c) Each utility should install a suitable
				standard meter in the flow water main which will both indicate and record the
				amount of water being supplied to the system.
(d) Each utility should install a suitable
				wind velocity indicator or anemometer. It shall be so located as to indicate
				the wind velocity in the district served by the utility. Anemometers not of the
				recording type shall have a record taken of their indications at intervals of
				one hour. The average velocity of the wind during a period of one minute shall
				be the velocity recorded.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-6 - Instrument approval and testing; allowable errors

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-35
Sec. 6.
Approval and Tests of Instruments and Allowable Errors.
(a) All recording and indicating
				thermometers, gauges, or other instruments used by the utility in connection
				with its central station heating service shall be of a suitable make and type
				satisfactory to the commission and shall be subject to the following
				tests:
(b) Recording thermometers,
				shall be compared at least once per month and indicating thermometers and
				gauges shall be compared at least twice during the heating season with standard
				calibrated indicating instruments. The range of the check observations shall
				extend, so far as practicable, over approximately two-thirds of the working
				scale.
(c) A record shall be kept
				of all tests, which record shall contain all the information necessary to
				identify the instrument, the date of the test, the results of the test and all
				readings taken.
(d) The error of
				the indicating thermometers used to indicate the temperature of the water in
				the station flow and return mains shall not exceed plus or minus 1 degree
				between 70° F. and 240° F.
(e) The error of the recording thermometers
				used to record the temperatures of the water in the station flow and return
				mains shall not exceed plus or minus 3 degrees between 70° F. and 240°
				F.
(f) The error of the indicating
				thermometer used to indicate the temperature of the outside air shall not
				exceed plus or minus 1 degree between -20° F. and 70° F.
(g) The error of the recording thermometer
				used to record the temperature of the outside air shall not exceed plus or
				minus two degrees between -20° F. and 70° F.
(h) A record of the indication, at intervals
				of one hour, of all indicating thermometers required under this section shall
				be kept by the utility.
(i) Where
				recording thermometers are used the utility will not be required to keep a
				record of the readings of the corresponding indicating thermometers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-7 - Map of distribution system; reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-12
Sec. 7.
Reports to the Commission. Each utility shall file with the
				  commission a map of its distribution system and such reports as the commission
				  may from time to time require.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-8 - Boiler horsepower

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 8.
Boiler Horsepower. There shall be available for use at times
				  of zero weather at least six boiler horsepower capacity for each 1,000 square
				  feet of radiation connected to the utility's mains.
Note.-A boiler horsepower is equivalent to the evaporation of
				  34.5 pounds of water per hour from feed water of 212° F. to saturated steam
				  at the same temperature.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-9 - Water flow in mains; pressure variations and surveys

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 9.
Pressure and Flow of Water in Mains.
(a) Pressure Variation. The pressure of the
				water supplied by any utility as measured at the consumer's service where it
				enters the building shall not indicate a differential pressure of less than
				one-half pound per square inch working pressure between flow and return pipes
				and the average pressure in flow and return service pipes shall be sufficient
				at all times completely to fill all radiators in the consumer's
				installation.
(b) Pressure Surveys.
				Each hot water heating utility shall provide itself with the proper gauges and
				instruments and shall take and record on order of the commission measurements
				of the water pressures and variations in pressure throughout the system at
				points indicated on a map of the distribution system on file with the
				commission.
(c) Flow. The utility
				shall be equipped and prepared to furnish at least six pounds of water at the
				consumer's premises per square foot of radiation per hour.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-10 - Temperature, pressure and water flow instruments; records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 10.
Temperature Pressure and Flow of Water in Mains and
				  Services.
(a) Each utility shall
				provide itself with the proper thermometers and other instruments and shall
				take and record on order of the commission, the temperature of the water
				throughout the system at points indicated on a map of the distribution system
				on file with the commission.
(b) In
				new installations there shall be provided at the consumer's expense the
				necessary connections in the consumer's installation for taking the temperature
				and pressure of the flow and return water in the consumer's installation also
				the necessary connections for the attachment of a portable venturi device for
				measuring the quantity of water flowing through the installation.
(c) In old installations when there is
				complaint of inadequacy of service there shall be provided at the consumer's
				expense the necessary connections in the consumer's installation for taking the
				temperature, pressure and flow of water as is required in new
				installations.
(d) The utility
				shall provide itself with suitable indicating and recording portable
				instruments to be connected to the consumer's installation for the purpose of
				determining the quality of service and the quantity of heat being delivered to
				the consumer during a given period of time. The instruments will consist of
				thermometers, pressure gauges and a set of venturi tubes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-11 - Temperature standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-34
Sec. 11.
Station Operating Schedule of Temperatures.
(a) The standard for heating service shall be
				determined by the average temperature of the flow and return water in the mains
				at the heating plant of the utility and shall not be less than that indicated
				in the following table showing the average temperatures of flow and
				return.
(b) The average temperature
				of station flow and return water shall be determined by dividing by two the sum
				of the temperature of the water in the flow main and the temperature of the
				water in the return main.
TABLE I
Table Showing Average Temperatures of Flow and Return
				  Water
Day Schedule
Permissible Night Schedules
Outside Temperature Degrees Fahrenheit
6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 3:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
9:30 pm. to 3:30 a.m.
70
80
85
70
65
92
98
82
60
102
107
92
55
111
116
101
50
121
126
111
45
129
134
119
40
137
142
128
35
144
148
136
30
151
154
145
25
158
160
154
20
164
165
162
15
170
170
170
10
175
175
175
5
180
180
180
zero
184
184
184
-5
187
187
187
-10
190
190
190
-15
191
191
191
-20
192
192
192
NOTE.-See appendix
[
				  170 IAC
				  6-3-27 ]
for schedule of station flow
				  temperature.
TABLE II
Table Showing Temperature-Lowering Coefficients of Wind
				  Movements
Outside Temperature
Temperature-Lowering Effect per Mile per Hour
50° to 40°
.75 degrees
40 to 30
1.00 degrees
30 to 20
1.10 degrees
20 to 10
1.20 degrees
10 to 0
1.30 degrees
0 to -10
1.40 degrees
-10 to -20
1.50 degrees
TABLE III
Table Showing Temperature-Lowering Effect of Wind
Outside Temperature
Light 5 to 10 m.p.h.
Wind Medium 10 to 15 m.p.h.
Strong 15 to 20 m.p.h.
50° to 40°
6°
9°
13°
40 to 30
8
13
17
30 to 20
8
14
19
20 to 10
9
15
21
10 to 0
10
16
23
0 to -10
10
17
25
-10 to -20
11
19
26
NOTE.-The plant operator will vary these wind coefficients to
				  suit local conditions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-12 - Interruption of service; notice to consumer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 12.
Interruptions of Service. Each utility shall make all
				  reasonable efforts to eliminate interruptions of service, and when such
				  interruptions occur shall endeavor to re-establish service with the shortest
				  possible delay. Whenever the service is to be interrupted for any length of
				  time the consumer shall be notified, if possible, in advance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-13 - Hourly station readings; records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-12
Sec. 13.
Station Records. Each utility shall keep a station record,
				  which record shall show at least the hourly readings of:
The temperature of the water in the flow main
The temperature of the water in the return main
The temperature of the outside atmosphere
The pressure of the water in the flow main
The pressure of the water in the return main
The wind velocity where there is installed a suitable wind
				  gauge.
Also, the pounds of coal burned per month where it is not
				  practicable to get daily reports.
The time of starting and shutting down boilers, heating
				  equipment and pumps.
And such other data as is required to determine the
				  characteristics of the load.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-14 - Sediment in mains; blowout pipes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-101
Sec. 14.
Sediment in Mains. Each utility shall provide blow-out
				  pipes, on all lateral extensions of mains and at other necessary places in the
				  distribution system for the removal of sediment in the mains. The mains shall
				  be maintained free of sediment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-16 - Indirect radiation; rate

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-32;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-39
Sec. 16.
Indirect Radiation. Indirect radiation is not recommended
				  but when installed shall be charged for at a rate, 100% in excess of the rate
				  for direct radiation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-17 - Underset radiation; rate increase

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-32;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-39
Sec. 17.
Underset Radiation. Consumers having less than the proper
				  amount of radiation installed shall be billed at the following increased rate
				  until such time as they can procure and install the proper amount of radiation.
				  Rates for direct radiation, where less than normal or standard amount of
				  radiation is installed:
90% of normal or standard radiation installed, add 5% to
				  normal rate.
80% of normal or standard radiation installed, add 10% to
				  normal rate.
70% of normal or standard radiation installed, add 15% to
				  normal rate.
60% of normal or standard radiation installed, add 20% to
				  normal rate.
50% of normal or standard radiation installed, add 25% to
				  normal rate.
Note.-By normal or standard amount of radiation is meant the
				  radiator area required to keep the room or building at 70° F. inside when
				  the outside temperature is zero in calm weather.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-18 - Customer request for test; application to utility

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-37
Sec. 18.
Test on Request of Consumer to Utility.
(a) In case of complaint by a consumer
				alleging inadequate service, the utility shall immediately investigate the
				heating system on said consumer's premises, taking such measurements and data
				as may be necessary to disclose the difficulty. If the utility is at fault it
				shall remedy the trouble as soon as practicable. If the utility is not at fault
				it shall recommend to the consumer in writing what changes should be made to
				give the desired service.
(b)
				Evidence of the adequacy of service shall be that, with all radiator valves
				open and radiators free from sediment, the average temperature of the flow and
				return water, measured at or near the point of entrance of the service pipes to
				the building, shall not be less than the day schedule of temperature given in
				the table of average temperatures of flow and return.
(c) Evidence of the adequacy of the number of
				square feet of radiation set shall be that, with all the radiator valves open
				and radiators free from sediment, and the average temperature of the flow and
				return water maintained as given in table of average temperatures for the day
				schedule, making allowance for temperature-lowering effects of wind velocity,
				and with the outside openings, such as doors and windows, etc., properly closed
				and maintained so as to exclude the outside air in cold weather, and the
				utility furnishing at least six pounds of water per square foot of radiation,
				and with the pressure differential between flow and return pipe maintained to
				at least one-half pound per square inch working pressure and the inside
				building temperature maintained at 70 degrees Fahr., then and in that case the
				number of square feet of radiation shall be considered as adequate.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-19 - Customer request for test; application to Indiana utility regulatory commission

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 19.
Test or Inspection upon Application to the Commission. Upon
				  formal application of any consumer to the commission, an inspection and if
				  necessary, a test will be made upon the consumer's heating system, such
				  inspection or test to be made as soon as is practicable after the receipt of
				  the application. If the commission finds that the utility is at fault and has
				  rendered inadequate service, the expense of the investigation or test shall be
				  borne by the utility and the cause of inadequate service be remedied within a
				  period of time as determined by the commission. If the commission finds that
				  the consumer is at fault, the expense of the investigation or test shall be
				  borne by the consumer and the cause for inadequate service be remedied within a
				  period of time as determined by the commission. In case a test is required a
				  cash deposit of five dollars shall be made with the commission by the
				  petitioner previous to the making of the test.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-20 - Regulation of service; installation standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 20.
Regulation of Consumer's Service.
(a) Each utility may regulate the water on
				the consumer's installation by thermostatic regulator, differential valve, or
				other device, and shall maintain such regulating device or devices at its own
				expense.
(b) Each utility shall,
				from time to time, give its consumers such information and assistance as is
				reasonably necessary, in order that the consumer may secure safe and adequate
				service from the heating installation.
(c) The heating installations of all
				consumers, including cast iron radiation, piping, and other heating devices,
				shall be thoroughly cleaned by the utility, at reasonable intervals of time as
				determined by the commission, of all corrosion, mud and other
				sediment.
(d) The utility may
				require, on old installations where there is complaint as to service, the
				consumer to install at his own expense suitable connections for a venturi tube,
				also thermometer wells and pressure gauge connections at the point where the
				service pipes enter the building, in order that the quantity of heat furnished
				the consumer by the utility during any given period of time may be
				measured.
(e) The utility shall by
				its inspectors, agents, or workmen, have the right of free access, at all
				reasonable hours, to the premises supplied with heat, to the valves, or service
				pipe from mains, to look after the heating system, to turn the water on or off,
				to adjust and care for the controlling devices or other portions of the heating
				system of said premises, and to make any and all such tests as may be
				necessary.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 6 - WATER UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities › Section 3-21 - Drawing-off of water; consent of utility

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-38;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-39
Sec. 21.
Using or Draining Water from Heating System. The hot water
				  supplied by the utility is the property of the utility and the drawing off of
				  any of this water for any purpose shall not be permitted except upon written
				  consent of the utility.