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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.1 - Plant construction

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The construction and installation of
				plant and facilities of EDCs must be in accordance with all of the following,
				as they applied at the time of construction:
1.
										14:3-2.1, except with respect to
				the protection and separation of conductors buried in earth, which is addressed
				in 14:5-2.2;
2. The requirements of the National
				Electrical Code (NFPA 70), which is available at
www.NFPA.org
and;
3. The 2023 National Electrical Safety Code,
				which is available at
http://standards.ieee.org/products-services/nesc
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.2 - Separation and protection of conductors buried in earth

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The separation
				between buried communication and buried supply conductors or cables shall
				consist of not less than 12 inches of well-tamped earth, four inches of brick
				or three inches of concrete.
(b)
				Exceptions to (a) above are as follows:
1.
				This separation and protection is not required where supply circuits having a
				potential of 550 volts or less between conductors and having a total
				transmitted power of not in excess of 3,200 watts are laid adjacent to
				communication cables, if all cables are used exclusively for the operation of a
				railway signal or supply system and are maintained by the same
				company.
2. This separation and
				protection is not required where supply circuits have a potential of 550 volts
				or less between conductors.
3. This
				separation and protection is not required where communication and power supply
				conductors or cables, which have a potential of over 550 volts between
				conductors are buried in a common trench at the same depth with random
				separation under the following conditions:
i.
				The electric system shall be connected with grounded neutral and a voltage not
				exceeding 22,000 volts to ground;
ii. The power cables shall have a concentric
				solidly grounded neutral. When there is no covering over the concentric
				neutral, grounding may be by direct burial in earth; otherwise ground rods
				shall be driven at all cable terminations or a separate bare copper grounding
				conductor not smaller than # 4 A.W.G. shall be buried in the earth not more
				than three inches from the power cable. All neutral and grounding conductors
				shall be interconnected at all power cable terminations. The power cables shall
				meet or exceed the test requirements of the Insulated Cable Engineers
				Association--National Electrical Manufacturers Association joint power cable
				standards, available from ICEA PO Box 1568 Carrolton, Ga 30112 and
www.icea.net
, for cables for
				transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and
iii. The communication cable shall contain a
				metallic sheath bonded to the electric system grounded neutral at intervals of
				not more than 1,000 feet.
4. No separation is required between
				communication and supply conductors or cables located beneath transformer
				switch and terminal cabinets or their supporting pads or structures.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.3 - Protection at crossing of cables

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) At all
				crossings where buried supply conductors or cables are above communication
				conductors or cables, the supply conductors or cables shall be protected from
				digging operations by concrete or rot-resistant treated wood plank or
				equivalent mechanical protective covering extending at least two feet in each
				direction from the point of crossing.
(b) Exceptions to (a) above are as follows:
1. This separation and protection is not
				required where supply circuits having a potential of 550 volts or less between
				conductors and having a total transmitted power of not in excess of 3,200 watts
				are laid adjacent to communication cables, if all cables are used exclusively
				for the operation of a railway signal or supply system and are maintained by
				the same company.
2. This
				protection is not required where supply conductors over 550 volts between
				conductors are installed in accordance with
				14:5-2.2(b)3  and
				4.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.4 - Protection of cables installed parallel

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Where buried
				communication and buried supply conductors or cables are installed in the same
				trench generally parallel to each other, the buried supply conductors or cables
				shall be covered with concrete or rot-resistant treated wood planking or
				equivalent mechanical protection, except that this covering may be omitted in
				the following cases:
1. Where the voltage of
				the supply conductors does not exceed 550 volts between conductors;
2. Where the supply conductors or cables are
				encased in a continuous metallic sheath effectively grounded;
3. Where the supply conductors or cables are
				installed more than two feet horizontally from communication conductors;
				or
4. Where supply conductors over
				550 volts between conductors are installed in accordance with
				14:5-2.2(b)3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.5 - Fault protection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Where buried communication and power supply conductors of
				  550 volts or more between conductors are installed in the same trench without
				  separation and in accordance with the requirements of
				  14:5-2.2, the cable shall be
				  protected by devices capable of clearing phase to ground faults.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.6 - Identification of conductors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Each EDC using a random burial method of the underground
				  system shall properly identify their cable, and EDC employees shall know the
				  identification of the cable belonging to their EDC.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.7 - Ground protection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Where
				communication and power supply conductors are buried in the same trench without
				separation, the following ground protection shall be provided:
1. At each transformer and/or pedestal
				installation all grounds, sheaths and neutrals shall be interconnected. The
				common neutral conductor shall normally be continuous. Where straight splices
				are required in the common neutral, only two ends of the conductors shall be
				joined with one conductor. All interconnections, including equipment neutral
				connections, to the common neutral required by
				14:5-2.2 through 2.8 shall be made
				by taps to the common neutral.
2.
				Telephone protectors, communication service cable shields and secondary
				neutrals shall be connected to a common ground at each customer's service
				entrance when communication circuits are underground without separation from
				power conductors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.8 - Depth of buried cables

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Where communication and power supply cables of over 550
				  volts between conductors are buried without separation in the same trench or
				  without mechanical protection, the power cable shall be buried to a minimum of
				  30 inches of cover except under railroad tracks where they shall be buried with
				  a minimum cover of 42 inches. In rock, 24-inch minimum cover will be acceptable
				  or a lesser cover will be accepted where an adequate means of mechanical
				  protection is provided.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.9 - Inspection and repair of street lights

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC
				shall inspect lamps and street lighting accessories and maintain such service
				in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-2.7(a)  and established
				industry practice.
(b) All routine
				streetlight repairs are to be made within three business days after notice that
				a repair is necessary. Routine repairs include bulbs, fixtures, globes, mantles
				or photocells. Other more extensive repairs including, but not limited to,
				those requiring excavation, shall be handled on a best efforts basis in order
				to ensure the restoration of safe, adequate and proper service as quickly as
				reasonably possible.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:5-2.10 - Inspection of property

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Whenever any transformers, high tension insulators, and
				  equipment are removed from the system for any reason, they shall be inspected
				  as to safety and serviceability before being reinstalled in the same or other
				  location.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:5-3.1 - Polyphase service

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Where polyphase service, which means an electrical system
				  that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency
				  but differing in phase angle, is available, or can be made available in
				  accordance with the provisions in the EDC's tariff, an applicant for polyphase
				  service for a motor installation shall be supplied polyphase service where any
				  one motor is over 10 horsepower, or where any one motor is between five
				  horsepower and 10 horsepower and the supply of such motor with single phase
				  service is likely to have an objectionable effect on the service to the
				  applicant or upon other customers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:5-3.2 - Adequacy of service

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) EDCs supplying electrical energy on a
				constant potential system shall adopt and maintain a standard nominal voltage
				as measured at the point of attachment to the customer's wiring; and the normal
				variations, as measured by a standardized voltmeter, shall not vary for periods
				exceeding five minutes for all secondary voltages more than five percent above,
				nor more than five percent below said standard nominal voltage for said
				location, which is in force at the time; provided, however, the variations in
				voltage caused by the operation of apparatus in the customer's premises in
				violation of the utility's rules, the action of the elements, or other causes
				beyond the EDC's control shall not be considered a violation of this
				provision.
(b) Each EDC shall
				supply alternating current at a standard frequency per industry standard, the
				suitability of which may be determined by the Board, and shall maintain this
				frequency. However, changes or variations of frequency, which are clearly not
				due to lack of proper equipment or reasonable care on the part of the EDC shall
				not be considered a violation of this rule.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:5-3.3 - Sealing of main fuse cabinets or circuit breakers

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the interest of safety to the EDC customer and as a
				  measure of protection to the EDC, main service cabinets or cabinets enclosing
				  main fuses and circuits may be sealed; provided, however, that the main
				  switches or circuit breakers in such cabinets are externally operable; that
				  service entrance wires are installed in accordance with the National Electrical
				  Code, available from National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park,
				  Quincy, Mass or
www.nfpa.org
; and that
				  fuses or circuit breakers other than above mentioned are made accessible to the
				  customer. The EDC's service department should be so organized and directed that
				  its customers may be assured prompt restoration of service when interrupted
				  through failure of main fuses or opening of the circuit breakers that are
				  sealed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:5-3.4 - Grounding of secondaries

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Secondaries shall be grounded by EDCs in a manner, which
				  accords with the applicable provisions of the National Electrical Safety
				  Code.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:5-3.5 - Refusal to connect

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
An EDC may refuse to connect with any customer's
				  installation when it is not in accordance with the National Electrical Code and
				  with standard terms and conditions of the EDC furnishing the service, and where
				  a certificate approving the customer's electrical installation has not been
				  issued by a county or a municipality or by some person, agency or organization
				  duly appointed by the county or municipality to make such inspections. When a
				  county or municipality has not provided, in accordance with applicable
				  statutes, for the regulation and inspection of wires and appliances for the
				  utilization of electrical energy, or has not appointed any person, agency or
				  organization to make such inspections, then an inspection certificate, issued
				  by an inspection agency designated by the EDC in its filed tariff, shall be
				  accepted in lieu thereof.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:5-4.1 - Testing of electric meters

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC
				furnishing electric service shall provide and have available a meter testing
				laboratory, standard meters and instruments, and such other equipment and
				facilities as may be necessary to make the tests required by these regulations,
				or by other orders of the Board.
(b) Each EDC furnishing electric service
				shall provide and have available such portable indicating electrical testing
				instruments and portable watt-hour meters of suitable range and type for
				testing service watt-hour meters, switchboard instruments, recording voltmeters
				and other electrical instruments in use as may be deemed necessary by the
				Board.
(c) For testing the accuracy
				of the portable watt-hour meters, commonly known as "rotating standards," and
				the portable instruments used for testing customers' service meters, each EDC
				shall provide and have available suitable indicating electrical instruments,
				watt-meters, watt-hour meters, or any or all of them hereinafter called
				"reference standards." Such standards may be of the service type of watt-hour
				meters, but, if so, such watt-hour meters shall be permanently mounted in the
				meter laboratory of the EDC and shall be used for no other purpose than for
				checking standards. All reference standards may be tested, adjusted and sealed
				by the Board at its discretion.
(d)
				All portable watt-hour meters (rotating standards) of the commutator type shall
				be compared with reference standards at least once each week. Every portable
				watt-hour meter (rotating standard) shall at all times be accompanied by a
				certificate giving the date when it was certified, the corrections to be
				applied at various loads, and signed by the proper authority. These
				certificates, when superseded, shall be kept on file in the office of the EDC
				at least one year.
(e) All
				portable, indicating electrical testing instruments, such as, voltmeters,
				ammeters and watt-meters, when in regular use for testing purposes, shall be
				checked against reference standards at least once a week when continuing in
				use.
(f) Instruments and standards
				may be tested and certified by any standardizing laboratory whose instruments
				and methods are approved by the Board.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:5-4.2 - Periodic testing of electric meters

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All direct
				current meters installed upon customers' premises shall be periodically tested
				in accordance with the following schedule:
1.
				Up to and including six kilowatts--at least once in 3 1/2 years;
2. Over six kilowatts, up to and including
				100 kilowatts--at least once in 1 1/2 years;
3. Over 100 kilowatts--at least once in one
				year.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:5-4.3 - Determination of electric meter accuracy

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No meter that
				has an error in registration of more than plus or minus two percent shall be
				placed in service or allowed to remain in service without adjustment.
(b) No meter, which registers upon "no load"
				shall be placed in service or allowed to remain in service. To determine that a
				meter is registering upon "no load," all load wires shall be removed, and if
				the meter disk then rotates at the rate of one revolution in five minutes or
				less it shall be considered as registering on "no load."
(c) For periodic testing, the accuracy shall
				be determined by taking the average of the percentage registration at light
				load and heavy load. In periodic testing where the average accuracy shows the
				meter to be in error by more than two percent, the complaint testing method as
				stated below shall be used to determine the final accuracy of the
				meter.
(d) As used in this section,
				light load shall be approximately five to ten percent of rated current and
				heavy load shall be not less than 60 percent nor more than 150 percent of rated
				current.
(e) For complaint testing,
				the accuracy shall be determined by taking the average of the percentage
				registration at light load and at heavy load, giving the heavy load
				registration a weight of four.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:5-4.5 - Readjustment of electric meters

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Each meter after being tested shall be adjusted to record
				  within a tolerance of plus 0.3 percent and minus one percent at both light and
				  heavy loads. These tolerances are specified to allow for necessary variations
				  and meters must be adjusted to within the allowable tolerances as nearly as
				  practicable to zero error. Meters removed from service are to be tested and
				  adjusted in the meter room before being put in service again. Each electric
				  meter shall be tested for accuracy before installation or within 30 days after
				  being set.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 5 - EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE › Section 14:5-5.1 - Extensions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All extensions of electric service, including service
				  connections, shall be governed by the provisions for extensions set forth at
				  N.J.A.C. 14:3-8.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 6 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR CLASSES A AND B ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 14:5-6.1 - Adoption by reference of the Uniform System of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Board adopts by reference the Uniform System of Accounts
				  (USOA) for Classes A and B Electric Utilities that have been promulgated by the
				  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as well as all present and
				  subsequent amendments, revisions, deletions, and corrections, which the FERC
				  may adopt, insofar as they relate to EDCs, subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  Board, and are in accordance with the Board's policies and procedures.
				  Information about the USOA may be obtained at
www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/enforcement/accounting-matters
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 6 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR CLASSES A AND B ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 14:5-6.2 - Adoption by reference of rules concerning preservation of records

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC shall
				keep records as required by the National Association of Regulatory Utility
				Commissioners' 1985 "Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records of
				Electric, Gas and Water Utilities," incorporated herein by reference, as
				amended or supplemented, and available from the National Association of
				Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
				20005, or at
www.naruc.org
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 7 - ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES › Section 14:5-7.1 - Requirements for electric transmission lines

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Whenever an
				EDC constructs an overhead transmission line, it shall:
1. Make use of available railroad or other
				rights-of-way whenever practicable, feasible and with safety, subject to
				agreement with the owners;
2.
				Locate towers whenever practicable and feasible in accordance with the
				topography so as to minimize their appearance; and
3. Establish a program of painting towers
				initially and periodically in order to camouflage their appearance as much as
				possible and to the extent consistent with the need for protection.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.1 - Purpose and scope

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The rules in this subchapter set forth
				requirements based on a uniform methodology for measuring reliability and
				ensuring quality of the electric distribution service that is being delivered
				to New Jersey customers by the EDCs operating in New Jersey subject to the
				Board's regulatory authority.
(b)
				The rules in this subchapter, which include requirements for data maintenance,
				records retention, and service interruption information, establish standards to
				measure the reliability of service on an annual, quarterly, and as needed basis
				under all operating conditions except major events. Major events shall be
				examined on a case-by-case basis to determine whether or not the EDC's
				preparation and response were adequate. It is the general obligation of a
				regulated EDC to provide sufficient resources in order to provide safe,
				adequate, and proper service to its customers. The Board may also consider
				other factors in determining whether or not an EDC has provided adequate
				service.
(c) EDCs are encouraged to
				explore the use of proven state of the art technology and to promote
				distribution reliability service improvements.
(d) The rules in this subchapter also set
				forth requirements for the implementation and scope of outage management
				systems.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.2 - Reliability performance levels

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC shall
				take reasonable measures to perform better (that is, to have lower numerical
				values) than the minimum reliability levels for CAIDI and SAIFI in
				14:5-8.5.
(b) Performance that is worse (that is, that
				has higher numerical values) than the minimum reliability levels for CAIDI and
				SAIFI in this subchapter is a violation of this chapter and may be subject to
				penalty.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.3 - Service reliability

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC shall have reasonable programs
				and procedures necessary to maintain the minimum reliability levels for its
				respective operating areas.
(b) The
				programs shall be designed to sustain reliability and, where appropriate,
				improve reliability. Each EDC shall utilize appropriate and qualified resources
				to maintain at a minimum, the minimum reliability levels for its respective
				operating areas.
(c) Interruptions
				shall not be reduced by characterizing a sustained interruption as a series of
				momentary event interruptions. Electric service interruptions shall be reported
				in accordance with
				14:3-3.7.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.4 - Power quality

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each EDC shall
				consider power quality in the design and maintenance of its distribution
				power-delivery system components. Each EDC shall strive to avoid and to
				mitigate, to the extent feasible and cost effective, power quality disturbances
				under its control that adversely affect customers' properly designed
				equipment.
(b) Each EDC shall, as a
				minimum, maintain a power quality program that includes its objectives and
				procedures and complies with
				14:5-3.2. The program shall be
				designed to respond promptly to customer reports of power quality problems. The
				program shall strive to prevent, mitigate or resolve power quality problems
				within the EDC's control to the extent cost-effective and practical.
(c) The EDC's power quality program shall be
				filed with the Board in the Annual System Performance Report.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.5 - Individual circuit reliability performance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon
				request of the Board, each EDC shall be able to identify reliability
				performance on a basis predefined by the EDC for any circuit on its
				system.
(b) Each EDC shall identify
				and analyze poor performance circuit(s) as identified by the reliability
				performance parameters of (a) above, and shall take appropriate actions to
				improve reliability performance.
(c) An EDC that files an Annual Report under
				14:5-8.8, which identifies one or
				more operating areas with performance that is worse (that is, that has higher
				numerical values) than the minimum reliability level for CAIDI and SAIFI, shall
				review its previous two Annual Reports for purposes of addressing operating
				area reliability performance.
(d)
				If an EDC identifies one or more operating areas with performance that is worse
				(that is, that has higher numerical values) than the minimum reliability
				performance level for CAIDI and SAIFI in two of the past three Annual Reports,
				the EDC shall further examine its equipment and circuits for causes of systemic
				outages, shall implement corrective measures as required under (b) above, and
				shall report on these circuits and corrective measures as required under
				14:5-8.8(g).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.6 - Inspection and maintenance programs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In accordance
				with 14:3-2.6 and 2.7, each EDC shall
				have inspection and maintenance programs for its distribution facilities, as
				appropriate to furnish safe, proper and adequate service. These programs shall:
1. Be based on factors, such as applicable
				industry codes, national electric industry practices, manufacturer's
				recommendations, sound engineering judgment and past experience;
2. Be focused in significant part on
				mitigating those interruption causes with the greatest impact on reliability,
				such as those related to equipment, vegetation, and animals; and
3. Utilize tree trimming, physical plant
				inspections, maintenance and protective measures and equipment to assist in the
				prevention and management of interruptions when appropriate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.7 - Quarterly reporting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) On a quarterly basis, each EDC shall
				prepare and submit a report to the Board's Energy Division providing the
				following information regarding all outages experienced and recorded during
				each quarter (other than momentary outages, as defined by IEEE 1366 and major
				events, which shall be excluded). Each quarterly report shall be due within 60
				days of the end of the quarter.
1. The
				quarterly outage reports shall provide the following information:
i. Outage type (primary, secondary, or
				service line, specific equipment);
ii. Circuit ID and type;
iii. Source substation;
iv. Number of customers on the
				circuit;
v. The municipality where
				the outage occurred;
vi. Number of
				customers affected by this outage;
vii. Start date/time of the outage;
viii. Total duration of outage in
				minutes;
ix. The cause of outage
				(for example, vegetation, equipment failure, outside influence); and
x. The SAIFI and CAIDI calculations for the
				quarter and year to date.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.8 - Annual System Performance Report

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(a) Each EDC shall
				submit to the Board an Annual System Performance Report by May 31 of each year
				and shall include a public and confidential version. The EDC shall also submit
				a copy of the report to Rate Counsel at the same time, which may be submitted
				electronically, at the discretion of Rate Counsel.
(b) The Annual Report shall include all of
				the following data:
1. The electric service
				reliability performance for the EDC's predefined operating areas in relation to
				their minimum reliability levels of SAIFI and CAIDI;
2. A summary value for each EDC's New Jersey
				service territory as a whole in relation to their minimum reliability levels
				for CAIDI and SAIFI;
3. A summary
				of the EDC's system performance for the calendar year prior to the submittal of
				the report, accompanied by a graph displaying the data visually;
4. A summary of the EDC's system performance
				for the 10 years prior to the submittal of the report, including the data for
				the previous calendar year, accompanied by a graph displaying the data
				visually;
5. Statistical tables and
				charts for EDC reliability performance in its New Jersey service territory and
				by each operating area;
6. Ten
				years of trends of CAIDI and SAIFI; and
7. Ten years of trends reflecting the major
				causes of interruptions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.10 - Establishment of reliability service performance level

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(a) For each of
				an EDC's operating areas, the reliability performance level is established as
				follows:
1. The operating area's CAIDI
				benchmark standard is set at the five-year average CAIDI for the previous five
				years;
2. The operating area's
				SAIFI benchmark standard is set at the five-year average SAIFI for the previous
				five years;
3. The minimum
				reliability level for each operating area is attained when its annual CAIDI and
				SAIFI are no higher than the CAIDI and SAIFI five-year benchmark standard plus
				1.5 standard deviations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.11 - Prompt restoration standards

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(a) EDCs shall
				begin the restoration of service to an affected service area within two hours
				of notification by two or more customers or identification by their outage
				management system of any loss of electric service affecting those customers
				served electrically by the same affected circuit protective device within the
				system. Beginning restoration of service shall be defined as the essential or
				required analysis of the interruption and dispatching an individual or crew to
				an affected area to begin the restoration process.
(b) The prompt restoration standards shall
				not apply to EDCs during major events.
(c) When possible, each EDC shall place the
				highest priority on responding to emergency (safety) situations and high
				priority on responding to other public facilities for which prompt restoration
				is essential to the public welfare. These priority requests may come from
				police, fire, rescue, authorized emergency service providers or public facility
				operators.
(d) In situations where
				it is not practicable to respond within two hours to a reported interruption
				(safety reasons, inaccessibility, multiple simultaneous interruptions, storms
				or other system emergencies), the EDC shall respond as soon as the situation
				permits.
(e) An EDC shall give
				priority to an assisted living facility; hospital, chronic, or acute renal
				dialysis facility; clinical or research laboratory or institute that stores
				human blood, other human tissue, or human Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA); or
				nursing home for power restoration after an extended interruption following a
				major event, except when those power restoration efforts divert resources from
				power restoration efforts needed to maintain overall public safety. In all
				other cases, an EDC may exercise its discretion to prioritize power restoration
				to an assisted living facility; hospital; chronic or acute renal dialysis
				facility; research laboratory or institute that stores human blood, other human
				tissue, or human DNA; or nursing home after an extended interruption in
				accordance with the facility's needs and with the characteristics of the
				geographic area in which power is being restored.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.12 - Advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) and outage management systems (OMS)

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(a) Each EDC shall maintain an ADMS or OMS as
				described in this section.
(b) The
				ADMS or OMS shall consist, at a minimum, of a fully integrated geographic
				information system (GIS), a sophisticated voice response unit (VRU), a software
				driven outage assessment tool, and an energy management system/supervisory
				control and data acquisition (EMS/SCADA).
(c) The ADMS or OMS shall be able to
				digitally map the entire electric distribution system, group customers who are
				out of service to the most probable interrupting device that operated,
				associate customers with distribution facilities, generate street-map
				indicating EDC outage locations, improve the management of resources during a
				storm, improve the accuracy of identifying the number of customers without
				electric service, accurately communicate the number of customers without
				electric service and improve the ability to estimate their expected restoration
				time, accurately communicate the number and when customers were restored, and
				dispatch crews and/or troubleshooters through computer (mobile data
				terminals).
(d) As part of the
				advanced distribution management system or outage management system, each EDC
				shall use appropriate cost benefit analysis for the purpose of adopting smart
				grid technology to improve reliability. The implementation of smart grid
				technology shall be reported in the Annual System Performance Report.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 14:5-8.13 - Penalties

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(a) Civil
				administrative penalties for violations of the reporting and planning and
				program submission requirements set out in
				14:5-8.3 through 8.9 and 8.11
				shall be assessed as follows:
1. For failure
				to submit complete required reports, programs and plans on the due date set by
				rule, the EDC may be liable for a penalty of up to $ 5,000 for each day beyond
				the due date that the report, program or plan is not submitted, up to a maximum
				of $ 25,000 in total penalties for each violation; provided, however, that upon
				timely written request to Board staff demonstrating the need for an extension
				of time, the time for submitting required reports, plans and programs may be
				extended in appropriate cases.
2. A
				second or any subsequent failure to submit any required report, plan or
				program, the EDC may be liable for a penalty of up to $ 50,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.1 - Purpose and scope

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This subchapter sets forth requirements that EDCs shall
				  follow in managing vegetation in proximity to an energized conductor in order
				  to ensure public safety and the efficient and reliable supply of electric power
				  using integrated vegetation management and sound arboricultural
				  practices.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.4 - Maintenance cycle

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(a) An EDC shall perform an annual visual
				inspection of all energized conductors that are associated with a transmission
				line, to determine whether vegetation management is needed. The visual
				inspection may be performed from the ground except in cases where the conductor
				is not visible from the ground. The EDC shall take into account the height of
				the vegetation and the distance of the vegetation from the energized conductor,
				in determining whether vegetation management is needed.
(b) An EDC shall perform vegetation
				management on vegetation that is close enough to pose a threat to its energized
				conductors at least once every four years.
(c) In addition to the maintenance required
				in (b) above, if an EDC becomes aware of any vegetation, including hazard
				trees, close enough to its energized conductors to affect reliability or safety
				prior to the next required vegetation management activity the electric utility
				shall ensure that necessary vegetation management is promptly performed as
				required under
				14:5-9.6 and 9.7 or 9.8, as
				applicable.
(d) If the EDC
				determines that vegetation described under (c) above poses an immediate safety
				hazard, the EDC shall not be subject to the notice requirements at
				14:5-9.10. However, the EDC shall,
				to the extent practicable, make a reasonable effort to notify the customers and
				property owners described at
				14:5-9.10(b)1 
				and 2 prior to performing the vegetation management.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.5 - Hazard trees

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(a) If the EDC's VM determines that a tree
				meets the definition of a hazard tree, the EDC shall determine if it is
				permitted (for example, by easement, tariff, or law) to remove or mitigate the
				hazard tree. If the EDC determines that it is not permitted to remove or
				mitigate the hazard tree, the EDC shall attempt to obtain permission to remove
				or mitigate the hazard tree.
(b) If
				permission is granted or it is determined that permission is not necessary
				under (a) above, the EDC shall arrange to remove or mitigate the hazard tree as
				part of the scheduled vegetation management work to be performed during the
				current year, unless the VM determines that the condition of the hazard tree
				poses an imminent risk of failure, in which case, the EDC shall remove or
				mitigate the hazard tree as soon as practicable.
(c) The EDC is required to comply with the
				recording and reporting requirements of this subchapter as set forth at
				14:5-9.9(d)2.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.6 - Technical standards for vegetation management

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(a) Each
				EDC shall ensure that vegetation management conducted on its energized
				conductors is performed in accordance with the standards and accepted
				procedures set forth in the following publications, which are incorporated
				herein by reference, as amended and supplemented:
1. Part 1 of the document entitled Tree,
				Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance-Standard Practices (Pruning). This
				document, also known as ANSI A300, is published by the American National
				Standards Institute, and may be obtained at
www.ansi.org
;
2. Part 7 of the document entitled for Tree
				Care Operations-Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance -Standard
				Practices (Integrated Vegetation Management A. Utility Rights-Of-Way). This
				document, also known as ANSI A300, is published by the American National
				Standards Institute, and may be obtained at
www.ansi.org
;
3. Part 9 of the document entitled for Tree
				Care Operations - Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance -Standard
				Practices (Tree Risk Assessment). This document, also known as ANSI A300, is
				published by the American National Standards Institute, and may be obtained at
www.ansi.org
;
4. Best Management Practices, Utility Pruning
				of Trees, 2004. This title is published by the International Society of
				Arboriculture and may be obtained at
http://www.isa-arbor.com/store/product/65/
;
5. Pruning, Trimming, Repairing,
				Maintaining, and Removing Trees, and Cutting Brush--Safety Requirements, 2012.
				This document, also known as ANSI Z133.1, is published by the American National
				Standards Institute, and may be obtained at
www.ansi.org
;
6. Native Trees, Shrubs And Vines For Urban
				And Rural America: A Planting Design Manual for Environmental Designers, by
				Hightshoe, G.L., 1987, is published by John Wiley and Sons and may be obtained
				from various resellers;
7. Manual
				of woody landscape plants 5th Ed., by Michael A. Dirr. Stipes Publishing, LLC;
				5th edition (August, 1998), and may be obtained from various
				resellers;
8. Hortus Third: A
				concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada, by
				L.H. Bailey Hortorium, 1976, and may be obtained from various resellers;
				and
9. National Electric Safety
				Code C2-2012. ISBN: 9780738165882 is published by the Institute of Electrical
				and Electronics Engineers, Inc., and may be purchased at
www.ieee.org
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.7 - Transmission line vegetation management

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(a) In
				addition to the other requirements of this subchapter, transmission lines, as
				defined at
				14:5-1.2, are subject to the
				requirements in this section.
(b)
				At a minimum, each EDC shall meet the requirements for minimum clearances
				between any transmission line and the closest vegetation, which are set forth
				in the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) FAC-003-4, which
				is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented and available
				at
www.nerc.com
.
(c) Except as provided at (f) below, the
				following shall apply in the wire zone:
1. An
				EDC shall allow woody plants that are agricultural crops that naturally mature
				at 12 feet or less;
2. Other than
				as provided at (c)1 above, the EDC shall not allow woody plants that mature
				above three feet tall to grow in the wire zone, and the preferred growth shall
				be grasses or a low-growing, compatible, scrub-shrub plant community to obtain
				a meadow effect where possible.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.8 - Distribution line vegetation management

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(a) In
				addition to the other requirements of this subchapter, distribution lines are
				subject to the requirements in this section.
(b) Distribution lines shall be inspected and
				trimmed to maintain the horizontal clearance distance appropriate for the
				operating voltage and other factors as specified by the EDC's vegetation
				management standards as required by
				14:5-9.6.
1. Starting on January 1, 2016, vegetation
				management practices shall include removal of all overhanging vegetation from
				the lock out zone on the distribution circuit. For circuits that do not have a
				protective device, the EDC's engineering department and VM will designate the
				area referred to as the lock out zone.
2. Mature trees may be exempt from the above
				requirements at the reasonable discretion of the EDC's VM as it pertains to the
				lock out zone.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.9 - Training, recordkeeping, and reporting

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(a) Each
				EDC shall ensure that:
1. Qualified OSHA and
				ANSI Z133 line clearance employees or contractors perform vegetation management
				for the EDC;
2. All such employees
				or contractors are trained in the proper care of trees and other woody plants
				in order to provide safe, reliable electric service; and
3. All such employees or contractors are
				knowledgeable regarding safety practices and line clearance
				techniques.