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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-3 - 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;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-40
Sec. 3.
Records to be Kept. All records required by these rules shall
				  be preserved for at least three years except as otherwise provided herein or by
				  IC
				  8-1-2-40
				  (Burns 54-315). Such records shall be kept within the State at the principal
				  place of business of the public utility, or at such other places as the utility
				  shall designate after notification to the commission, and shall be open for
				  examination by the commission or its representatives. Each public utility shall
				  notify the commission of the office at which such records are
				  kept.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-4 - Records and reports of meter purchases and tests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 4.
(a) Whenever
				any meter in service is tested, a record shall be preserved containing the
				information necessary for:
(1) identifying the
				meter;
(2) the reason for making
				the test;
(3) the reading of the
				meter before the test; and
(4) the
				result of the test; together with all data taken at the time of the test in
				sufficiently complete form to permit the calculation of the average accuracy
				for billing adjustments if required.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-5 - Location of meters; accessibility

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. 5.
Location of Meters.
(A) It is recommended that all meters
				hereafter installed should be located outdoors. Where outdoor installation is
				impractical, meters may be located indoors, as near as possible to the service
				entrance, in a clean, dry, safe place.
(B) Meters shall not be placed on any
				unstable partitions or supports. Unless unavoidable, meters should not be
				installed in any location where the visits of the meter reader or tester will
				cause unreasonable annoyance to the customer or undue inconvenience to the
				utility.
(C) Meters shall be easily
				accessible for reading, testing and making necessary adjustments and repairs.
				When a number of meters are placed on the same meter board, the distance
				between centers may be specified by the public utility company, but in no case
				shall such distance be less than 7 1/2 inches. Upon request by the residential
				customer, the utility shall provide the customer with the number of the meter
				which serves the individual customer's premises, to provide the customer with
				an opportunity to verify the meter readings. On an installation where similar
				types of meters record different units (KWH and RKVAH, for example) the meters
				shall be tagged or marked to indicate the units recorded. Meters should not be
				less than 4 feet nor more than 6 feet above the final standing surface,
				measured from the center of the meter cover, unless authorized by the public
				utility company.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-6 - Service watthour meters; inspection and repair; installation tests and adjustments

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.
(a) Each new
				watthour meter, except self-contained single phase and network meters, shall be
				inspected and tested and adjusted if necessary:
(1) to detect any possible causes for faulty
				operation;
(2) to verify that its
				register constant, test constant, gear, or dial train to be employed is
				correctly given;
(3) to verify that
				the meter does not register with all load wires disconnected; and
(4) to verify the accuracy of the meter.
All new meters may be tested by a meter manufacturer if
				  certified tests are supplied.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-8 - Average accuracy of watthour meters; tests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 8.
(a) The
				accuracy at light load shall be determined at a load of approximately ten
				percent (10%) of the rated test amperes of the meter. The accuracy at full load
				shall be determined at a load of one hundred percent (100%) of the rated test
				amperes of the meter. For meters used with current transformers:
(1) full load shall be approximately one
				hundred percent (100%) of either the meter test amperes or the secondary
				current rating of the current transformers; and
(2) light load shall be approximately ten
				percent (10%) of the selected full load current.
Average percentage registration is the average of the
				  percentage registration at light load (LL) and at full load (FL). Thus, average
				  percentage accuracy = (FL + LL) ÷ 2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-9 - Accuracy of meters

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-35
Sec. 9.
(a) No
				watthour meter that registers at no load (the moving element making more than
				one (1) complete revolution when at "no load"), when the applied voltage is
				less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of standard service voltage, shall be
				placed in service or allowed to remain in service in such condition.
(b) No meter shall be placed in service or
				allowed to remain in service that is in any way mechanically defective, has
				incorrect constants, or has not been tested for accuracy of measurements and
				adjusted, if necessary, to meet the following requirements:
(1) For watthour meters, the following:
(A) Average error not over two percent (2%),
				plus or minus.
(B) Error at full
				load not over one percent (1%), plus or minus.
(C) Error at light load not over three
				percent (3%), plus or minus.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-11 - Customer requests for tests; application to utility

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-35
Sec. 11.
(a) Each
				public utility supplying electrical energy shall make a test of the accuracy of
				registration of a meter upon written request by a customer. A second test of
				this meter may be requested after twelve (12) months. The first and second
				tests of a customer's meter shall be at no cost to the customer.
(b) The customer may be required to bear the
				reasonable cost of any subsequent tests of the customer's meter if the:
(1) meter was:
(A) tested within the prior thirty-six (36)
				months at the customer's request; and
(B) found to be in compliance with section
				10(c)(4) and 10(c)(5) of this rule;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-12 - Customer requests for tests; application to commission

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

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

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 14.
Adjustment of Bills.
(A) Adjustments Due to Meter Errors. If any
				service meter, after being tested, as provided for in these rules, is found to
				have a percentage of error greater than three percent (3%) for watthour meters
				and four percent (4%) for demand meters, the bills for service shall be
				adjusted as follows:
(1) Fast Meters-When a
				meter is found to have a positive average error, the public utility shall
				refund, or credit the customer's account with the amount of any charges in
				excess of either (i) an average bill for the kilowatthours and/or demand units
				incorrectly metered or (ii) separate bills individually adjusted for the
				percent of error for the period the meter was fast, if such period can be
				determined, or one year, whichever period is shorter. An average bill shall be
				calculated on the basis of kilowatthours and/or demand units registered on the
				meter over corresponding periods either prior or subsequent to the period for
				which the meter is determined to be fast. No part of a minimum service charge
				shall be refunded.
(2) Stopped or
				Slow Meters-When a meter is stopped or has a negative average error, the public
				utility may charge the customer for the kilowatthours and/or demand units
				incorrectly registered for one-half of the period since the last previous test
				or one year, whichever is shorter. The amount of the charge to the customer
				shall be estimated on the basis of either (i) an average bill as herein below
				described or (ii) separate bills individually adjusted for the percent of
				error. An average bill shall be calculated on the basis of kilowatthours and/or
				demand units registered on the meter over corresponding periods either prior or
				subsequent to the period for which the meter is determined to be slow or
				stopped. The utility may charge the customer for such amounts except where the
				utility negligently allows the stopped or slow meter to remain in service.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-15 - Creditworthiness of customers; deposits; refunds

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC
				  32-34-1-20
Sec. 15.
(a) Each
				utility shall determine the creditworthiness of an applicant or customer in an
				equitable and nondiscriminatory method:
(1)
				without regard to the economic character of the area wherein the applicant or
				customer resides; and
(2) solely
				upon the credit risk of the individual without regard to the collective credit
				reputation of the area in which he or she lives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16 - Disconnection of service; prohibited disconnections; reconnection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-113; IC 8-1-2-122
Sec. 16.
(a) The
				customer shall:
(1) notify the utility at
				least three (3) days in advance of the day disconnection is desired;
				and
(2) remain responsible for all
				service used and the billings therefor until service is disconnected pursuant
				to such notice. Upon request by a customer of a utility to disconnect service,
				the utility shall disconnect the service within three (3) working days of the
				requested disconnection date. The customer shall not be liable for any service
				rendered to such address or location after the expiration of three (3) such
				days.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16.5 - Home energy assistance; involuntary termination of service; definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-113; IC 8-1-2-121; IC 8-1-2-122
Sec. 16.5.
(a)
				"Commission" means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(b) "Customer" means for the purposes of this
				rule
[ 170 IAC 4-1 ]
a person who has agreed to pay for
				electric services exclusively for residential purposes.
(c) "Disconnect" means the termination or
				discontinuance of electric services.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-16.6 - Home energy assistance; disconnection of service to recipients; notice period

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 4-4-33; IC 8-1-2-113; IC 8-1-2-121; IC
				  8-1-2-122
Sec. 16.6.
(a)
				Without customer request, a utility may not, during the period from December 1
				through March 15, disconnect electric residential service to any customer who
				either is receiving or who is eligible for and has applied for assistance under
				IC 4-4-33.
(b) During the period
				from December 1 through March 15, a utility may not disconnect service to such
				customers if:
(1) The customers' eligibility
				to receive benefits pursuant to IC 4-4-33 is being determined by the Indiana
				housing and community development authority or its designee after the
				submission of a complete application for benefits by the customer.
(2) The customer has furnished to the utility
				proof of his application to receive such benefits or the utility has been so
				notified in writing by the Indiana housing and community development authority
				or its authorized representatives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-18 - Informational pamphlets and rate schedules; notice of proposed rate change

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 18.
Information Provided by Utilities to Applicants and
				  Customers.
(A) Each utility must
				publish and distribute, without request, to all applicants for service and to
				all current customers, a comprehensive pamphlet which, in clear language,
				easily understandable to a layman, fully describes the rights and
				responsibilities of the customers.
(B) A utility shall supply free of charge a
				copy of the rate schedules applicable to the types of service available to new
				applicants for and existing customers of residential service, upon request by
				the applicant or customer.
(C) Each
				utility, whenever it petitions the commission for any change in its residential
				base rate schedules must furnish to each residential customer within forty-five
				(45) days of such request a notice which fairly summarizes the nature and
				extent of the proposed changes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-19 - Standard nominal frequency

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 19.
Standard Frequency. Each public utility supplying alternating
				  current shall adopt a standard nominal frequency of 60 HZ. Momentary variations
				  of frequency of more than five percent (5%), which are clearly due to no lack
				  of proper equipment or reasonable care on the part of the public utility, shall
				  not be considered a violation of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-20 - Standard nominal service voltage; permissible voltage variation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33
Sec. 20.
Standard Voltage and Permissible Voltage Variation.
(A) Each public utility shall adopt a
				standard nominal service voltage, or standard nominal service voltages, as may
				be required by its distribution system for its entire constant voltage service,
				or for each of the several districts into which the systems may be divided, and
				shall file with the commission a statement as to the standard nominal voltages
				adopted. The voltage maintained at the customer's main service terminals shall
				be reasonably constant, as follows:
(1) For
				residential service, the voltage shall be within five percent (5%) plus or
				minus of the standard adopted, and the total variation of voltage from minimum
				to maximum shall not exceed six percent (6%) of the average voltage in cities
				and other incorporated places having a population in excess of 2,500, nor eight
				percent (8%) of the average voltage in all other places.
(2) A greater variation of voltage than
				specified above may be allowed when service is supplied directly from a
				transmission line, or in a limited or extended area where customers are widely
				scattered or the loads served do not justify close voltage regulation. In such
				cases the best voltage regulation should be provided that is practicable under
				the circumstances.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-21 - Voltage surveys and records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33
Sec. 21.
Voltage Surveys and Records. Each public utility shall have
				  available suitable voltage measuring equipment to conduct voltage surveys in
				  sufficient number and diversity to satisfy the commission of the utility's
				  compliance with the voltage requirements of Rule 18
[
				  170
				  IAC 4-1-20 ]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-22 - Monitoring instruments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 22.
System Metering. Each public utility shall install and
				  maintain in accurate working order such instruments as may be necessary to
				  obtain the daily records of frequency, voltage, kilowatt load, and kilowatt
				  hours output of its generating stations. Each public utility purchasing
				  electrical energy shall install such instruments as may be necessary to obtain
				  complete information as to the monthly purchases, unless such instruments are
				  furnished by the public utility from whom the energy is
				  purchased.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-23 - Interruptions of service; timing; records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-12;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-113;
				  IC 8-1-13
Sec. 23.
(a) For
				purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Business days" means all days other
				than:
(A) Saturday;
(B) Sunday; or
(C) a legal holiday observed by the state of
				Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-24 - Accident reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-114
Sec. 24.
Accidents. The Public Service Commission Act of 1913 as
				  amended in 1941 contains the following provisions: "I.C.
				  8-1-2-114,
				  (Burns 54-713). Every public utility shall whenever an accident attended with
				  loss of human life occurs within this state upon its premises, or directly or
				  indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, give
				  immediate notice thereof to the commission. In the event of any such accident,
				  the commission, if it deem the public interest requires it, shall cause an
				  investigation to be made forthwith,..."
In compliance with this legal requirement to inform the
				  commission immediately of every accident attended with loss of human life, the
				  utility shall as soon as possible after being informed of such an accident, and
				  if such accident occurs during a regular business day, inform the commission by
				  telephone of pertinent details of the accident including the name of the
				  deceased. If the accident occurs during a period other than a regular business
				  day the commission shall be so informed as early as practical the first
				  business day following the accident.
This telephone notification shall be augmented by a written
				  report of the fatal accident as soon as all pertinent information has been
				  accumulated, such report will be filed in the appropriate commission files and
				  available upon proper request or order.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-25 - Pole identification

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5
Sec. 25.
Pole Identification.
(A) Each public utility shall mark each pole,
				post or other structure used for supporting electrical conductors with (1) the
				initials of its name, abbreviation of its name, corporate symbol, or other
				distinguishing mark by which the owner of each such structure may be readily
				and definitely determined, and (2) a number by which the location of each such
				structure may be described.
(B) The
				identification marks shall be made with paint, stamps, brands or other means as
				the public utility may elect to use, and the characters of the marks shall be
				of such size and so spaced and hereafter maintained as to be easily read by one
				standing on the ground.
(C) In the
				case of two or more public utilities jointly owning any such structure, the
				distinguishing mark of each public utility shall be placed thereon, but not
				more than one number need necessarily be placed thereon.
(D) The requirements herein shall apply (1)
				to all urban areas and (2) to future erected structures in rural areas and (3)
				to all changes in ownership.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-26 - Line construction; variances

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 26.
(a) In all
				cases not covered by specific statutes in effect, Part 2, "Safety Rules for the
				Installation and Maintenance of Overhead Electric Supply and Communication
				Lines", and Part 3, "Safety Rules for the Installation and Maintenance of
				Underground Electric Supply and Communication Lines", of the 2002 edition of
				the National Electrical Safety Code as approved by the American National
				Standards Institute June 14, 2001, as ANSI Standard C2, are prescribed for
				overhead and underground construction practice commenced after the date of
				promulgation of this section.
(b)
				The commission incorporates by reference the 2002 National Electrical Safety
				Code. Copies may be obtained from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
				Engineers, Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1331 or are
				available for copying at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, 101 West
				Washington Street, Suite 1500 E, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
(c) Any public utility wishing to depart from
				the National Electrical Safety Code:
(1) for
				the purpose of experimentation or the development of improved methods of
				construction;
(2) because it works
				an injustice or expense not justified by the protection secured or is shown to
				be impractical; or
(3) where
				equivalent or safer construction can be more readily provided in other ways;
				may informally petition for authorization to construct, install, or use
				materials, equipment, or methods other than specified in this rule, directing
				such petition to the electricity division of the commission. The petition shall
				be accompanied by the consent of any other utility whose facilities will be
				directly affected by the proposed departure from this rule. The electricity
				division shall forthwith make an investigation and, if satisfied that such
				petition falls within one (1) or more of the three (3) categories set forth in
				this subsection and is justified from an engineering standpoint, shall so
				advise the commission. The petitioning utility and any consenting utility shall
				thereupon be notified, in writing, that the proposed departure from this rule
				has been authorized.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-28 - Customer modification requests; liability for costs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-101
Sec. 28.
Modification at Customer's Expense. If a customer requests
				  for his convenience or by his actions requires that utility facilities be
				  redesigned, reengineered, relocated, removed, modified or reinstalled, the
				  utility may require the customer to make payment to it of the full cost of
				  performing such service.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-29 - Rate schedules, rules and regulations; filing; public inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-39;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-40
Sec. 29.
Filing and Posting of Rate Schedules, Rules and Regulations
				  of Public Utility and of the Commission. Copies of all schedules of rates for
				  service, forms of contracts, charges for service connections and extensions,
				  and of all rules and regulations covering the relationship between the customer
				  and the public utility shall be filed by each public utility in the office of
				  the commission. Complete schedules, contract forms, rules and regulations,
				  etc., if filed with the commission, shall also be on file in the local office
				  of the public utility, and shall be open to the inspection of the public. The
				  attention of the public shall be called to these files of schedules, rules and
				  regulations, by placing a suitable placard in that part of the office open to
				  the public.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-30 - Saving clause

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Sec. 30.
Saving Clause. The adoption of these rules shall in no way
				  preclude the commission from altering or amending the same, in whole or in
				  part, or from requiring any additional service, equipment, facility or
				  standards, either upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the
				  application of any public utility; and, further these rules shall in no way
				  relieve any public utility from any of its duties under the laws of this
				  State.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Service to New Buildings › Section 1.5-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-2-69
Affected: IC 8-1-2-1; IC 8-1-2-69
Sec. 1.
Definitions.
(A)
				Where applicable, the definitions set forth in IC 8-1-2-1 shall be applied to
				these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-1.5 ]
.
(B) The term "Commission" means the Indiana
				utility regulatory commission.
(C)
				The term "new building" means any building or premises containing more than one
				residential and/or commercial unit for which a local building permit or a
				certificate of compliance from the Administrative Building Council is issued
				after the date of effectiveness of these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-1.5
				]
, including trailer courts and similar multiple user installations.
				In the absence of local or state authority, a new building will be one for
				which construction began after the date of effectiveness of these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-1.5 ]
, and it shall be the burden of the builder
				or owner to prove that construction began before effectiveness of these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-1.5 ]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Service to New Buildings › Section 1.5-2 - Master metering of new multi-unit structures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-2-69
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-69
Sec. 2.
General Prohibition of Master Metering of New Multi Unit
				  Buildings and Exceptions. All electricity delivered to a new building at which
				  units of such premises are separately rented, leased or owned, shall be sold by
				  the electric utility on the basis of individual meter measurement for each such
				  occupancy unit, except for electricity used in hotels, motels and other similar
				  transient lodging, or where the service applicant establishes in writing
				  furnished to the utility before commencement of construction of the new
				  building that costs of purchasing and installing separate meters in such
				  building exceed the long run benefits of individual metering of units and would
				  not substantially serve to meet any of the three objectives of the
				  Act.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1.5 - Service to New Buildings › Section 1.5-3 - Compliance with rules; request for commission determination on individual meters

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-2-69
Affected: IC 8-1-2-69
Sec. 3.
Compliance with Rules.
(A) The affected electric utilities shall
				assure compliance with Rule 2
[
				170 IAC
				4-1.5-2 ]
, and shall not furnish service to a
				new building that does not comply. If a dispute arises between the utility and
				the builder or owner of a new building over the application of Rule 2
[
				170 IAC
				4-1.5-2 ]
, either party may petition the
				Commission in writing to make a determination on the appropriateness of
				requiring the installation of individual meters in the particular case. A copy
				of the petition shall be served on the other party.
(B) Initial Determination. The Commission's
				initial determination on the appropriateness of individual metering shall be
				made on the basis of the written petition and such other information as may be
				submitted, or otherwise available, to the Commission. Written notice of the
				Commission's initial determination shall be given to the parties within 21 days
				of the receipt of the petition.
(C)
				Formal Hearing. Within 10 days of the Commission's initial determination,
				either party may request a formal hearing thereon. Such request shall be in
				writing and a copy thereof shall be served on the other party. Formal hearings
				hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with the Commission's rules of
				practice and procedure.
(D)
				Compliance with these Rules
[ 170 IAC 4-1.5 ]
shall start on
				the date of their effectiveness.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 2 - Classification of Accounts › Section 2-1.1 - Major private electric utilities; adoption of federal energy regulatory commission rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-12
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-46
Sec. 1.1.
(a) The
				rules and regulations governing the classification of accounts for all major
				private electric utilities operating within the state of Indiana, as approved,
				prescribed, and promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on
				February 12, 1985, are adopted by reference.
(b) Copies of the Accounting and Reporting
				Requirements prescribed for major private electric utilities, as approved,
				prescribed, and promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are
				available for purchase from the Division of Public Information, Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 2 - Classification of Accounts › Section 2-2 - Class C-D private utilities and municipal utilities; adoption of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-12
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-10; IC
				  8-1-2-46
Sec. 2.
The rules governing the classification of accounts for Class
				  C-D private electric utilities and Class A-B-C-D municipal electric utilities
				  operating within the state of Indiana, as hereinafter set out in Appendix A
				  which includes the Uniform System of Accounts for Class A and B Electric
				  Utilities, 1976 and the 1976 Revisions of Uniform System of Accounts for Class
				  C and D Electric Utilities, 1973, are hereby adopted by reference. Copies are
				  available from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners,
				  1102 Interstate Commerce Commission Building, Constitution Avenue and Twelfth
				  Street, N.W., Post Office Box 684, Washington, D.C. 20044.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-1 - Effective dates of rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-14-1; IC 8-3-1-1
Sec. 1.
In accordance with statutory provisions, Rules 4 through 12
[ 170 IAC 4-3-4-170 IAC 4-3-12]
, inclusive, are and have been
				  effective since January 1, 1946, Rules 2
[
				  170 IAC
				  4-3-2 ]
and 3
[
				  170 IAC 4-3-3
				  ]
become effective on approval and filing with the Secretary of
				  State.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-2 - Scope and application of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 2.
These general principles are intended to promote coordination
				  in the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of electric supply
				  and signal lines, including crossing between such lines and steam and electric
				  railway tracks, through the cooperation of the utilities concerned, so as to
				  facilitate the safety and serviceability of all systems. Overhead and
				  underground construction practice commenced after the date of promulgation of
				  this section must comply with section 26(a)
[sic.]
of this
				  rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-3 - Variances

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 3.
Saving Clause. Any public utility wishing to depart from
				  these rules:
(1) For the purpose of
				experimentation or for the development of improved methods of construction or
				maintenance; or
(2) Because they
				work an injustice or expense not justified by the protection secured or are
				shown to be impractical; or
(3)
				Where equivalent or safer construction can be more readily provided in other
				ways; may informally petition for authorization to construct, install or use
				materials, equipment or methods other than those specified in these rules,
				directing such petition to the electricity division of the Commission. The
				petition shall be accompanied by the consent of any other utility whose
				facilities will be directly affected by the proposed departure from these
				rules. The electricity division shall forthwith make an investigation and if
				satisfied that such petition falls within one or more of the three categories
				set forth above and is justified from an engineering standpoint shall so advise
				the Commission. The petitioning utility and any consenting utility shall
				thereupon be notified, in writing, that the proposed departure from these rules
				has been authorized.
The Commission reserves the right to modify or set aside any
				  of the provisions of these rules at any time, in any specific case or otherwise
				  when, in the Commission's opinion, public interest would be served better by so
				  doing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-4 - General coordination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 4.
General Co-ordination. All supply and signal systems should
				  be so located, constructed, operated and maintained as to meet the reasonable
				  service requirements of the public and in conformity with general co-ordinated
				  methods as far as specified in these rules. These methods should facilitate the
				  safety and serviceability of all systems. Reasonable foresight should be
				  exercised in new construction and reconstruction, to facilitate co-ordination
				  between supply and signal systems and between supply or signal lines and the
				  tracks of steam and electric railroads at crossings.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-5 - Notice of new installations or major changes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 5.
Co-operation-Notice. In situations where more than one set of
				  facilities are now or are known to be likely to be concerned at some later date
				  as at crossings, conflicts and inductive exposures, each utility before
				  locating and constructing new lines or before making major changes in height,
				  location or construction of existing lines, or before changing type of system,
				  normal operating voltage, frequency or other operating conditions, shall give
				  reasonable notice in advance in writing, to all of the utilities who are now or
				  who are known to be likely to be concerned later, so that consideration may,
				  when necessary, be given to any specific co-operative measures which may be
				  advisable.
Steam and electric railroads, before making changes in tracks
				  at crossings where signal or supply lines are involved, shall give reasonable
				  notice of such changes to the parties concerned, and shall give due
				  consideration to the requirements for relocating or reconstructing such
				  lines.
In case of difficulty in finding owners of any facilities a
				  reasonable effort to locate such owners and giving notice through the public
				  press, in general circulation in the locality affected, shall be considered to
				  be in compliance with this section.
As an essential step in promoting co-operation, there should
				  be an interchange of pertinent data and information between the utilities
				  concerned.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-6 - Choice between specific coordination methods; pertinent factors

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 6.
Choice Between Specific Methods. When specific co-ordinated
				  methods are necessary and there is a choice between specific methods, those
				  which provide the best engineering solution should be adopted.
(a) The specific methods selected should be
				such as to meet the service requirements of both systems in the most convenient
				and economical manner without regard to whether they apply to supply systems or
				signal systems or both.
(b) In
				determining what specific methods are most convenient and economical in any
				situation for promoting safety or preventing inductive interference, all
				factors for all facilities concerned should be taken into consideration,
				including present factors and those which can be reasonably foreseen.
(c) In determining whether specific methods,
				where necessary, shall be wholly by separation or partly by methods based on
				less separation, the choice should be such as to secure the greatest present
				and future economy and convenience in the rendering of both services.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-7 - Existing construction; coordination of methods

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 7.
Co-ordination for Existing Construction.
(a) Utilities operating supply or signal
				circuits should exercise due diligence in applying co-ordinated methods, as
				occasion may arise, in accordance with these principles, to existing
				construction.
(b) When supply or
				signal circuits are generally reconstructed, or when associated apparatus is
				rearranged or added, or when any change is made in the arrangement or
				characteristics of circuits, the new or changed parts should be brought into
				conformity with these principles.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-8 - Location of lines

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 8.
Co-ordinated Locations for Lines. Utilization of the highways
				  is essential to the economical and efficient extension, operation and
				  maintenance of supply and signal facilities. To avoid unduly increasing the
				  number or difficulty of situations of crossings conflicts or inductive
				  exposures incident to the use of the same highway by two different kinds of
				  facilities, all lines, should in general, be located as follows:
(a) General Location.
(1) Where the conditions and character of the
				circuits permit, joint use of poles by signal and supply circuits is generally
				preferable to separate lines when justified by considerations of safety,
				economy and convenience, and presuming satisfactory agreement between the
				parties concerned as to terms and conditions.
(2) Where signal circuits and supply circuits
				on the same highway are not to occupy joint poles or where either kind of
				circuit is alone on a highway, all signal circuits should be placed on one side
				of the highway and all supply circuits should be placed on the other side, so
				that, as far as practicable, one side of any section of a highway will be
				available as the signal side and one side as the supply side.
(3) Unnecessary crossings from side to side
				of the highway should be avoided.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-9 - Deferred coordination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 9.
Deferred General Co-ordination. While signal or supply lines
				  when alone should conform to general co-ordinated methods, such lines, pending
				  the incoming or development of the other kinds of lines, may, if deemed
				  economically advantageous, occupy locations or use types of facilities,
				  construction and operating methods other than those conforming to general
				  co-ordinated methods.
However, the location and character of such facilities should
				  be altered when and as necessary to conform to these methods upon the incoming
				  or development of another kind of facility conforming to general co-ordinated
				  methods.