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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-05 - Certificate of weight and grade - Account sales

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The certificate of weights and grades and all account sales
				  of grain shipped must be kept available at all times for local inspection by
				  the public service commission, if necessary.
General Authority: NDCC
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-06 - Credit-sale contracts

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Unless the licensee has secured independent bond coverage
				  for credit-sale contracts, the following statement or a similar statement
				  approved by the commission must be printed on the contract in a clear and
				  prominent manner directly above the place for the seller to sign:
THIS CONTRACT IS NOT PROTECTED BY BOND COVERAGE IN THE EVENT
				  OF THE BUYER'S INSOLVENCY.
If the licensee has obtained bond coverage in addition to
				  that required by state law and rule and such coverage extends to the benefit of
				  credit-sale contracts, the following statement or a similar statement approved
				  by the commission must be printed on the contract in a clear and prominent
				  manner directly above the place for the seller to sign:
THIS CONTRACT IS NOT PROTECTED BY NORTH DAKOTA STATUTORY
				  BOND COVERAGE IN THE EVENT OF THE BUYER'S INSOLVENCY. HOWEVER, THE BUYER HAS
				  SECURED INDEPENDENT BOND COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF (state amount) FOR THE
				  PROTECTION OF SELLERS UNDER CREDIT-SALE CONTRACTS IN THE EVENT OF THE BUYER'S
				  INSOLVENCY.
A licensee securing independent bond coverage for the
				  protection of sellers under credit-sale contract shall file a copy of such bond
				  with the commission.
General Authority: NDCC
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03,
					 60-03-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 60-02,
					 60-02-19.1,
					 60-02.1-14,
					 60-03-04.1
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-07 - Non-facility-based grain buyers or hay buyers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A roving grain buyer or a hay buyer shall issue receipts,
				  certificates, and contracts and maintain records as described in this chapter
				  but is exempt from the rules that apply to physical grain-handling facilities.
General Authority: NDCC
					 60-02.1-03,
					 60-03-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 60-02.1-03,
					 60-03-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-08 - Bean scale tickets - Contents

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Scale tickets for dry edible beans must contain the
				  following information:
1. The date
				and place where the beans were received.
2. The name and address of the owner of the
				beans.
3. A description of the
				beans including the kind of beans, foreign material, splits, check seed coats,
				total pick, moisture, and the gross weight, total dockage, and net weight of
				the load.
4. The statement: "All
				storage contracts on dry edible beans terminate on April thirtieth of each
				year".
5. The statement: "This
				warehouse is not responsible for returning an identical percentage of check
				seed coats back to receiptholder in the event of redelivery".
6. A space for comments and other
				information.
General Authority: NDCC
					 28-32-02,
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 60-02-11,
					 60-02.1-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-09 - Collateral warehouse receipts

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A warehouseman may not issue a warehouse receipt to secure
				  financing or for other security interests unless the grain represented by that
				  receipt is owned by the warehouse.
General Authority: NDCC
					 60-02-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 60-02-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-07 - Public Warehousing and Roving Grain and Hay Buyers Division › Chapter 69-07-03 - Records and Receipts › Section 69-07-03-10 - Grain on hand

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A warehouseman must maintain a grain inventory sufficient to
				  cover outstanding scale tickets and warehouse receipts.
General Authority: NDCC
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 60-02-03,
					 60-02.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-08 - Auctioneers and Auction Clerks › Chapter 69-08-01 - Licensing Requirements › Section 69-08-01-01 - Approved auction schools

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Auction schools must apply to the commission to have their
				  courses of study approved for use by North Dakota auctioneers. To be approved,
				  a course of study must:
1. Require
				students to complete at least sixty hours of study in the presence of school
				instructors, at least forty hours of which is under the supervision of a
				licensed auctioneer with at least five years of experience.
2. Provide instruction in ethics, bid
				calling, sales management, advertising, contracts, accounting and bookkeeping,
				real estate, appraisals, closing statements, license law, uniform commercial
				codes, tax collection, bulk sales, and firearms.
3. Maintain a grading system that permits the
				issuance of diplomas or certificates only to students who successfully
				demonstrate competence in all required areas of study.
To have their course of study approved, an auction school
				  must also provide the commission with a copy of the test instruments and
				  grading standards used to determine student competence.
General Authority: NDCC
					 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 51-05.1-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-08 - Auctioneers and Auction Clerks › Chapter 69-08-01 - Licensing Requirements › Section 69-08-01-02 - Conviction of crimes

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Conviction of any crime of forgery, bribery, robbery, theft,
				  misapplication of entrusted property, or deception shall be sufficient grounds
				  to deny, suspend, or revoke a license under this chapter unless the commission,
				  after hearing, determines that the applicant is sufficiently rehabilitated to
				  perform the duties specified in this chapter.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  51-05.1-02,
				  51-05.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-08 - Auctioneers and Auction Clerks › Chapter 69-08-02 - Records › Section 69-08-02-01 - Clerk to retain record of sale

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The clerk shall prepare and retain a record for two years of
				  any auction sale which shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. The name and address of the owner
				or owners.
2. The date of the
				sale.
3. The name of the
				auctioneer and the clerk.
4. The
				gross proceeds.
5. The location
				and number of the custodial account.
6. All expenses associated with the sale
				including auctioneers' and clerks' fees, advertising, and such other
				expenditures as may be relevant to the conduct of the sale.
7. A list of all purchasers at the sale and a
				description and price of each item sold.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  51-05.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-08 - Auctioneers and Auction Clerks › Chapter 69-08-02 - Records › Section 69-08-02-02 - Closing statement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The owner and the auctioneer, if other than the clerk, shall
				  be entitled to a full closing statement after each auction sale.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  51-05.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
As used in this article:
1. "Commission" means the public service commission of the
				  state of North Dakota.
2. "Customer" means any person, firm, corporation,
				  municipality, or other political subdivision of North Dakota supplied by any
				  such utility.
3. "Utility" means public utility.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-02 - Heating value

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Artificial
				gas.
Each utility furnishing manufactured gas shall supply gas which
				shall have an average heating value of five hundred twenty-five British thermal
				units per cubic foot [28.32 liters]; and at no time shall the heating value of
				the gas at such point be less than five hundred or more than five hundred fifty
				British thermal units per cubic foot [28.32 liters]; provided, that before the
				gas utility may lower its present standard, the commission may make an
				investigation of the operating condition of the plant to determine whether the
				rates may not be reduced at the same time. The present standards of the gas
				utility shall not be changed until specifically relieved by the commission.
				Tests shall be made at least twice a day, Sundays and holidays excepted.
On or before the tenth day of each month, the above daily
				  heating value averages for the preceding calendar month shall be reported to
				  the commission, togetherwith full explanations ofany abnormal operations.
2.
Natural gas.
Each utility furnishing natural gas shall determine the heating value of
				the gas at regular intervals of not less than thirty days and shall file with
				the commission, monthly, a report of these tests.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-03 - Calorimeter equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each utility shall equip itself with a complete standard
				  calorimeter outfit. This equipment shall be used to test the heating value of
				  gas supplied. The accuracy of all calorimeters, as well as the method of making
				  heating value tests, shall be subject to the approval of the commission.
The heating value tests should be distributed with relation
				  to the time of day in such a manner that the number of tests made will be
				  proportional to the average rate of "sendout" at that time. At least two tests
				  shall be made each day.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-04 - Purity of gas

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Total sulfur.
				Manufactured gas distributed in this state shall in no case contain more than
				thirty grains [1.94 grams] of total sulfur per one hundred cubic feet [2.83
				cubic meters] unless specific relief is granted by the commission.
2. Hydrogen sulfide. In no case shall the
				manufactured or diluted natural gas sold for lighting or heating contain an
				amount of hydrogen sulfide (sulfurated hydrogen) detectable by the following
				test:
The gas shall be considered to contain no more than a trace
				  of hydrogen sulfide if a strip of white filter paper freshly moistened with a
				  solution containing five percent by weight of lead acetate is not distinctly
				  darker than a second paper freshly moistened with the same solution after the
				  first paper has been exposed to the gas one minute in an apparatus through
				  which the gas is flowing at the rate of approximately five cubic feet [141.58
				  liters] per hour, the gas not impinging directly from a jet upon the test
				  paper.
3. Each utility
				furnishing manufactured gas service shall daily test the gas supplied by it for
				the presence of hydrogen sulfide and shall mark and preserve the test papers
				for at least ten days.
4. Each
				utility furnishing undiluted natural gas shall file with the commission a
				statement showing an analysis of the gas being furnished.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-05 - Pressure of gas

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Maximum
				and minimum limits.
The pressure of gas supplied by any utility, as
				measured at the outlet of the service pipe to any customer, or in the case of
				high pressure systems at the outlet of the house governor, should be maintained
				as uniform as practicable. For artificial gas service the pressure should never
				be less than three inches or more than twelve inches of water pressure. For
				natural gas service the pressure should never be less than three ounces or more
				than twelve ounces. Customers desiring service at greater than the maximum
				allowable should request in writing that a higher service be maintained and
				shall also pay any additional expense incurred, over and above the regular cost
				of service at the standard pressure, in providing and maintaining a special
				service.
2.
Artificial gas.
At any one outlet between the hours of six a.m. and seven p.m. of any
				one day, the variation of pressure shall not be greater than the following:
Minimum Pressure
Greatest Variation
Maintained
Permissible
3 inches
2 inches
3-4 inches
2 1/2 inches
4-5 inches
3 inches
5-6 inches
3 1/2 inches
6-8 inches
4 inches
3.
Natural gas.
At any one outlet the variation of pressure shall not
				be greater than the following:
Established Pressure
Minimum Pressure Allowable
Maximum Pressure Allowable
4 ounces
3 ounces
6 ounces
6 ounces
3 ounces
9 ounces
8 ounces
4 ounces
12 ounces
4.
Variations.
A utility shall not be deemed to have violated this
				section if it can be shown that the variations occurring in gas pressure were
				caused by unforeseen demand, temporary conditions beyond the control of the
				utility, individual customer-owned service lines, or pipelines of such size as
				to render the maintenance of standard pressure variations impracticable.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-06 - Pressure recording equipment and records

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each utility shall be equipped with a
				sufficient number of portable recording pressure gauges and shall make frequent
				measurements of the gas pressure variation throughout each separate
				distribution system. A record shall be kept of the pressure at some point on
				each system at all times.
2. All
				pressure charts which have been made shall be filed by the utility for at least
				two years and shall be sufficiently complete and so arranged that compliance
				with the individual requirements of section 69-09-01 -05 can be determined
				easily.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-07 - Definition of a cubic foot of gas

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
For the purpose of testing the gas under this chapter, a
				  cubic foot of gas shall be taken to be that amount of gas which occupies the
				  volume of one cubic foot [28.3168 liters] when saturated with water vapor at
				  sixty degrees Fahrenheit [15.56 degrees Celsius] and under a pressure equal to
				  that of thirty inches [7.62 centimeters] of mercury at a temperature of
				  thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit [0 degrees Celsius]. For the purpose of
				  measurement of gas to a customer, a cubic foot of gas shall be taken to be that
				  amount of gas which occupies a volume of one cubic foot [28.32 liters] under
				  the conditions existing in such customer's meter as and where installed;
				  provided, however, that when gas is metered at a pressure more than twelve
				  inches [30.48 centimeters] of water column in excess of the prevailing
				  barometric pressure (by agreement with the customer or with the written
				  approval of the commission), the volume of gas metered shall be computed on the
				  basis of the mean pressure in the utility's low-pressure system, or other basis
				  ordered by the commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-08 - Testing facilities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each
				utility shall, unless specifically excused by the commission, provide such
				laboratory meter testing equipment and other equipment and facilities as may be
				necessary to make the tests required of it by this chapter or other orders of
				the commission. The apparatus and equipment so provided shall be subject to the
				approval of the commission, and it shall be available at all times for the
				inspection or use of any member or authorized representative of the commission.
2. Each utility shall make such
				tests as are prescribed under this chapter with such frequency and in such
				manner and at such places as are herein provided or as may be approved or
				ordered by the commission. Unless otherwise directed by the commission, the
				methods and apparatus recommended by the national bureau of standards in the
				latest edition of its Circular C48, "Standard Method of Gas Testing", may be
				used.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-09 - Meter prover

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each utility furnishing metered gas service shall maintain
				  the equipment and facilities necessary for accurately testing all types and
				  sizes of meters employed for the measurement of gas to its customers unless
				  arrangements approved by the commission shall have been made to have such
				  testing done elsewhere. In general, each utility will be required, as a
				  minimum, to provide and maintain a meter prover of approved type and of a
				  capacity of not less than five cubic feet [141.58 liters] for the testing of
				  the most numerous class of customers' meters. Each meter prover shall be
				  supplied with all accessories needed for accurate meter testing and shall be
				  located in a room suitable for the work to be done, protected from drafts and
				  excessive changes of temperature. The utility shall maintain this equipment in
				  good condition and correct adjustment so that it shall be capable of
				  determining accuracy of any service meter to within one-half of one percent.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-10 - Location of meters

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No meter shall be installed in any location where it may be
				  unnecessarily exposed to heat, cold, dampness, or other cause of damage or in
				  any unduly dirty or inaccessible location. Where these conditions cannot be
				  avoided, a location must be chosen that will least affect the meter's accuracy
				  and condition.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-11 - Service meters required

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. All gas
				sold by a utility shall be charged for by meter measurements, except that which
				may be otherwise authorized by the commission.
2. Unless otherwise authorized by the
				commission, each utility shall provide and install at its own expense and shall
				continue to own, maintain, and operate all equipment necessary for the
				regulation and measurement of gas to its customers. Where additional meters are
				furnished by the utility to be used as submeters, or for the convenience of the
				customer, a charge for such meters may be made in accordance with a schedule
				approved by the commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-12 - Prepayment meters

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No utility shall use prepayment meters except in special
				  cases or for clearly defined special classes of service authorized by the
				  commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-13 - Gas meter accuracy requirement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Installation test.
Every gas
				service meter, whether new or repaired, or that has been removed from the
				service for any cause, shall be in good order and shall be correct to within
				two percent before being installed for the use of any customer. However, a
				utility which has less than one thousand customers and which has no facilities
				for opening meter cases and adjusting the mechanism may put a meter back into
				service, unless it is found to be in error by more than two percent or appears
				otherwise to be in poor condition.
2.
Method of testing.
For the
				purpose of determining compliance with this section, the registration of a
				displacement meter shall be determined by one test at a rate of flow of
				approximately one-fifth of the rated capacity of that meter and one test at a
				rate of flow of approximately the rated capacity of the meter. The tests at the
				two rates shall agree within two percent. The accuracy of the meter at the
				lower rate of flow shall be considered as its accuracy in determining
				compliance with subsection 1 and for the purpose of computing refunds. All
				tests to determine the accuracy of any gas service meter shall be made with a
				meter prover, unless, because of the unusual capacity or construction of the
				meter, such method of test shall be considered impracticable and another method
				of test shall have been approved by the commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-14 - Periodic tests

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All service meters shall be tested and adjusted at least
				  once in every eight years, or in accordance with a plan approved by the
				  commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-15 - Requests and referee tests

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A gas
				service utility shall test the accuracy of any meter upon request of the
				customer, shall provide the customer with a report of the test results, and
				shall keep the complete original test record and a copy of the report on file
				in the utility's office.
2. A
				customer may request in writing to the commission that the utility's test be
				supervised by a commission representative.
3. The customer shall not be charged for the
				test provided the customer requests no more than one test each twelve-month
				period, otherwise the utility may charge a tariffed rate. The charge must be
				waived if the meter error is more than plus or minus two percent.
General Authority: NDCC
					 49-02-11
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-16 - Meter test records

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each
				utility shall keep a record of meter tests for at least two years. The record
				shall show the identification of the meter, reading of the meter before the
				test, the results of the test, and accuracy after adjustment, if adjustment is
				made.
2. Each utility shall
				annually file with the commission a summary report of meter tests made during
				the year. This report shall show the number of meters tested, the number of
				meters found to be accurate within the allowable limits, the number of meters
				found to be fast, and the number of meters found to be slow.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-17 - Deposits and guarantees

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each
				gas utility may require each applicant for service to make a deposit not to
				exceed one and one-half times the estimated amount of one month's average bill.
				A receipt showing the amount of the deposit, the date the deposit was made, and
				the depositor's name shall be issued to each depositor. Each utility shall keep
				a deposit record showing the same information as shown on the depositor's
				receipt and shall provide a method of repayment in case the depositor's receipt
				has become lost or destroyed.
2.
				The utility shall pay interest on such deposit at the rate paid by the Bank of
				North Dakota on a six-month certificate of deposit. Such rate will be
				determined as of the first business day of each year, on a six-month
				certificate of deposit with the smallest deposit required. The interest may be
				paid to the depositor, or may be deducted from the depositor's indebtedness to
				the utility for gas service. The payment or deduction for interest must be made
				during each calendar year or whenever a deposit is refunded or service
				discontinued.
3. The utility may
				accept in lieu of a cash deposit a contract signed by a guarantor, satisfactory
				to the utility, whereby the payment of a specified sum not to exceed the
				required cash deposit is guaranteed. The term of such contract shall be
				indeterminate, but it shall automatically terminate when the customer gives
				notice of service discontinuance to the utility or a change in location covered
				by the guarantee agreement or thirty days after written request for termination
				is made to the utility by the guarantor. However, no agreement shall be
				terminated without the customer having made satisfactory settlement for any
				balance which the customer owes the utility. Upon termination of a guarantee
				contract a new contract or a cash deposit may be required by the utility.
General Authority: NDCC
					 49-02-11
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-18.1 - Discontinuance of gas service

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A
				utility may disconnect service if the customer is delinquent in payment for
				services rendered. However, no utility shall discontinue service to a customer
				for failure to pay for such service until the utility shall first have given
				the customer notice of its intention to discontinue such service on account of
				delinquency. The notice shall:
a. Be sent by
				first-class mail addressed to the customer at the place where service is
				rendered, except that in the case of residential customers sixty-five years of
				age or older, or for handicapped customers, personal notice by delivery is
				required. A copy of each notice must also be mailed to the nearest social
				service office and to any other appropriate financial assistance agency,
				providing that prior approval has been given by the customer pursuant to
				subsection 2.
b. Show the amount
				of the delinquency.
c. Include the
				telephone number of the public service commission.
d. Advise the customer of the customer's
				rights and remedies, including the right of the customer to stay termination
				for up to thirty days if the customer advises the utility within the ten-day
				notice period that dangerous health conditions exist or that the customer is
				sixty-five years of age or older or that the customer is handicapped. In
				addition, the notice shall advise the customer of the customer's right to work
				out a satisfactory deferred installment agreement for delinquent accounts and
				of the opportunity to enter into equal monthly payment plans for future
				service.
e. Inform the customer
				that service will be discontinued if the delinquent account is not paid within
				ten calendar days from the date of mailing or personal delivery of the notice,
				or if a satisfactory installment agreement is not made with the utility for
				payment of the delinquent bill.
If the customer elects to enter into a deferred installment
				  agreement for delinquent accounts, service may not be terminated; however, the
				  utility may discontinue service without further notice if the customer fails to
				  pay the delinquent account on or before the date specified in the notice, or in
				  accordance with the deferred installment agreement. The customer shall have the
				  privilege of paying the delinquent account at any time prior to the actual
				  disconnection of service, and the person directed by the utility to make the
				  disconnection shall be deemed authorized and shall accept payment of the
				  delinquent account if tendered to the person by the customer before actual
				  disconnection of service is made.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-19 - Extensions of service

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The
				utility shall make all extensions to its mains and services where the
				investment is justified by the anticipated revenue to be received.
2. In the event the utility does not believe
				that the extension is justified, the commission shall, when so requested by one
				or more prospective customers desiring such extension and upon proper hearing,
				determine whether or not such extension should be made, and shall determine the
				respective amounts that the prospective customer or customers and the utility
				shall pay.
3. When so requested by
				a prospective customer engaged in the operation of a licensed trailer court for
				month-to-month parking of mobile homes, the utility shall make extension to its
				mains and services, subject to the provisions of subsections 1 and 2, to
				provide natural gas service through a master meter installed in a location
				within the confines of the mobile trailer court. The trailer court operator
				shall have service facilities to individual trailer parking locations which the
				operator shall own and maintain constructed by competent and qualified persons,
				and shall arrange for inspection by and approval from a responsible inspector
				to assure that the service facilities from the meter location to the mobile
				home locations and gas service facilities and appliances to and within mobile
				homes to be served comply with piping and appliance ordinances or requirements
				of applicable rules and regulations of any authority vested with jurisdiction
				of the subject matter.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-20 - Information to customers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A utility shall:
1. Keep copies of its rate schedules, rules,
				and regulations on file in every office where payments are received.
2. Send a statement to each customer
				containing a clear and concise explanation of the existing rate schedule, and
				any rate schedule applied for, that is applicable to that customer.
a. The statement shall be sent:
(1) Not later than sixty days after the date
				of commencement of service to the customer;
(2) Not later than thirty days after filing
				an increase in a rate schedule applicable to such customer. This statement must
				include for each of the major classes of customers for which there is a
				separate rate, a summary analysis which shows the economic impact of the
				proposed rate change and rate design changes, if any, for an average customer
				within the class based upon an average annual consumption and a statement that
				the rates are proposed only and, if the rates are suspended by the commission,
				the new rates will not be effective until commission action has been taken; and
(3) As required by the commission
				under 69-02-04-01.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-21 - Billing basis

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Bills for
				service will be rendered monthly unless service rendered covers a period less
				than a calendar month, or the customer requests and the utility consents to a
				more frequent billing. The term "month" for billing purposes will mean the
				period between any two consecutive readings of the meter by the utility, such
				readings to be taken as nearly as practicable every thirty days. No customer
				will be billed more than twelve times a year unless the rate applicable to the
				particular case specifically provides for exceptions to the monthly basis, or
				unless a more frequent billing has been agreed upon as specified in this
				subsection. This will not prohibit the utility from accepting periodic payments
				during the month.
2. The
				difference between the gross and net bills constitutes a discount for prompt
				payment. All customers will be billed each month at gross rates except where
				schedules provide otherwise. Discounts will be applicable in accordance with
				the terms of the rate schedule.
3.
				When one or more consecutive meter readings are missed, the utility may bill
				the customer on an estimated consumption and the difference adjusted when the
				meter is again read. The basis for this estimate shall be the normal
				consumption for corresponding periods in the preceding year or normal
				consumptions of preceding months. At the first reading subsequent to the
				nonreading the bill will be computed by multiplying blocks of the rate by the
				number of months for which the meter reading covers, then compute the bill in
				accordance with the applicable rate adjusted in accordance with the foregoing
				provisions. Any minimum bills paid in the period for which the meter reading
				covers shall be credited to the total amount of the bill.
4. When a meter is overread by an amount that
				exceeds the following month's consumption, the correct consumption shall be
				ascertained for the two months, and the bill computed according to the
				provisions of subsection 3.
5. The
				utility shall provide each customer with proper metering equipment to indicate
				the correct reading to constitute a basis for monthly charges for service in
				accordance with the applicable rate schedule.
6. A customer may not have the customer's
				meter readings of more than one meter cumulative except where the utility has
				for its own convenience installed more than one meter for one class of service,
				and in such case the meter readings will be cumulated when billed.
7. Each customer will be billed separately on
				the customer's individual meter reading at the rate applicable to the
				particular class of service.
8. A
				customer is defined to include any person, firm, or corporation receiving
				service of one or more classes, and metered by one or more meters.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-22 - Meter readings on bills

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Bills rendered periodically to consumers for metered service
				  shall show the readings of the meter at the beginning and end of the period for
				  which the bills are rendered and the dates of the meter readings. On all bills
				  which are computed on any other basis than a definite charge per unit of
				  service, the other factors used in computing the bill shall be clearly stated
				  so that the amount may be readily computed from the information appearing on
				  the bill.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-23 - Adjustment of bills for meter error

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
If on testing of any service meter, either by the utility or
				  by the commission, such meter shall be found to have a percentage of error
				  greater than that allowed by the commission, the following provisions for the
				  adjustment of bills shall be observed:
1.
Fast meters.
When a meter is
				found to be fast in excess of two percent in tests made at the request of the
				consumer, the utility shall refund to the customer an amount equal to the
				excess charged for the gas incorrectly metered. The period over which the
				correction is to be made shall be one-half of the time elapsed since the last
				previous test. The period shall not exceed six months. No part of a minimum
				service charge shall be refunded.
2.
Slow meters.
When a meter is
				found to be slow in excess of two percent in tests made at the request of the
				consumer, the utility may make a charge to the consumer for the gas incorrectly
				metered. The period over which the correction is to be made shall be one-half
				of the time elapsed since the last previous test. The period shall not exceed
				six months. If a meter is found not to register for any period, the utility
				shall estimate the charge for the gas under similar conditions, preceding or
				subsequent thereto, or overused by averaging the amounts registered over
				similar and corresponding periods in previous years. Such action shall be taken
				only in cases of substantial importance where the utility is not at fault
				allowing the incorrect meter to be in service.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-24 - Refunds

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No application for refunds of any payments to a utility
				  claimed to be in excess of the rules, regulations, schedules, rates, or tariffs
				  shall be made to the commission after the expiration of six years from the date
				  of payment.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-25 - Resale

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Gas service furnished on standard rates or contracts
				  furnished by a public utility shall not be resold or caused to be resold by any
				  customer unless the customer is engaged in the business of distributing gas and
				  has a contract to this effect approved by the commission, and has a certificate
				  of public convenience and necessity granted by the commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-11
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-26 - Filing of rates

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Each utility
				shall file with the commission its scheduled rates, rules, regulations, and
				practices in accordance with the statutory requirements.
2. Each rate filing shall stipulate the
				classification of service and application thereto, date effective, and the
				particular rate to be superseded. The filing shall be accompanied by a
				statement showing the reasons for making the filing and the estimated amount of
				annual revenue affected, based upon the previous year's business.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-27 - Rate applications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Where more than one schedule of rates has been approved by
				  the commission for the same class of service, it shall be the duty of the
				  utility to advise the customer at the beginning of service of the rates and
				  schedules which are available and typical bills for representative
				  consumptions. Upon application by the customer, the utility shall make
				  comparisons on the basis of past billings of the two rates to show which rate
				  is the most advantageous to the customer. The customer upon selecting a rate
				  after a trial period shall be required to remain on the selected rate for a
				  period of not less than twelve months or unless that rate is sooner superseded.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-28 - Filing of additional rules

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each utility shall have the right to file additional rules
				  and regulations or terms and conditions of service applicable to the service
				  given by the utility. The additional rules and regulations or terms and
				  conditions are to be subject to approval by the commission in the manner
				  provided by law.
General Authority:
NDCC
				  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  49-02-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69 - Public Service Commission › Article 69-09 - Public Utility Division › Chapter 69-09-01 - Standards of Service - Gas › Section 69-09-01-29 - Advertising by gas utilities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Definitions. For purposes of this section:
a.
				"Advertising" means the commercial use, by a gas utility of any media,
				including newspaper, printed matter, radio, and television, in order to
				transmit a message to a substantial number of members of the public or to the
				utility's gas customers.
b.
				"Institutional advertising" means advertising which has as its primary
				objective the enhancement or preservation of the corporate image of the utility
				and to present it in a favorable light to the general public and investors.
c. "Political advertising" means
				any advertising for the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to
				legislative, administrative, or electoral matters, or with respect to any
				controversial issue of public importance.
d. "Promotional advertising" means any
				advertising for the purpose of encouraging any person to select or use the
				service or additional service of a gas utility or the selection or installation
				of any appliance or equipment designed to use the utility's service.
e. "Institutional advertising", "political
				advertising", and "promotional advertising" do not include:
(1) Advertising which informs gas customers
				how they can conserve energy or can reduce peak demand for gas energy.
(2) Advertising required by law or
				regulations.
(3) Advertising
				relating to service interruptions, safety measures, or emergency conditions.
(4) Advertising concerning
				employment opportunities with a gas utility.
(5) Advertising which promotes the
				conservation of limited resources, the use of more plentiful resources, or the
				use of energy efficient appliances, equipment, or services.
(6) Any explanation or justification of
				existing or proposed rate schedules, or notifications of hearings thereon.
(7) Advertising determined by the
				commission to benefit customers and serve the public interest.