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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 216 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plants › Section 216.1 - Filing of proposed contract

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(a) Every public utility company subject to
				  the jurisdiction of this commission shall file, in accordance with the
				  requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, with this commission one copy of every proposed cost-plus
				  contract or agreement, including those contracts or agreements in which the
				  payment to be made by the utility is based on time and material consumed
				  regardless of the number of units completed, for the construction, improvement
				  or extension of its plant, works or system exceeding in amount $100,000 in any
				  calendar year, and a list of any other offers received, and such contract or
				  agreement shall not become effective until it has been on file with this
				  commission for 30 days, or until the commission has notified the utility that
				  such contract or agreement may be made effective immediately. If during the 30
				  day period, the commission determines that it is in the public interest for the
				  contract or agreement for the work proposed to be performed to be let after
				  public bidding, the commission will notify the public utility company, and the
				  filed contract or agreement will not become effective. In such circumstances
				  the public utility shall proceed to make a public offering of the proposed work
				  in accordance with the direction of the commission.
(b) When the accumulated amount of all other
				  such contracts or agreements awarded to a single contractor in any calendar
				  year has exceeded $100,000, a list of such contracts, including any other
				  offers received, shall be filed, in accordance with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, with the commission by March 1st of the succeeding
				  year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 216 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plants › Section 216.2 - Subcontract on cost-plus basis

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In view of the fact that a so-called subcontract covering
					 any part of the work to be performed under a cost-plus contract or agreement
					 entered into by a public utility company is, in effect, the contract or
					 agreement of the public utility company within the meaning of section 115  of the Public Service Law, every such
					 subcontract on a cost-plus basis, proposed to be let under a principal contract
					 or agreement which is subject to section
					 216.1 
					 hereof, shall be filed, in accordance with the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, with the commission in accordance with the requirements of
					 provisions of such section. All such contracts or agreements shall contain
					 suitable provisions to give effect to the provisions of this Part. This section
					 shall not apply to a subcontract which provides by its terms that the maximum
					 payment thereunder shall not exceed the sum of $5,000.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 216 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plants › Section 216.3 - Emergency contract

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In case a storm, flood, accident or similar emergency
					 requires that a contract or agreement be made without complying with the
					 foregoing provisions of this Part in order to maintain or restore the company's
					 service, immediate notice shall be given to the commission by telephone of the
					 making of such contract or agreement, and a copy thereof shall be filed, in
					 accordance with the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, as soon as possible, but not later than 10 days after the making
					 thereof, and such contract or agreement shall be exempted from the other
					 provisions of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 216 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plants › Section 216.4 - Quarterly filing of contract

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Every public utility company subject to the jurisdiction of
					 this commission shall file with this commission quarterly, one copy of every
					 contract or agreement for the construction, improvement, extension or
					 maintenance of its plant, works or system exceeding in amount $1,000,000 in any
					 calendar year, and a list of any other offers received.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 216 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plants › Section 216.5 - Waiver of rule

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Any public utility company may apply to this commission for
					 a waiver or modification of all or part of the requirements of this Part upon a
					 showing that compliance therewith would be impracticable or unduly burdensome
					 in connection with a particular project, contract or
					 agreement.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 217 - Numbering Poles Or Structures For Carrying Overhead Wires › Section 217.1 - (first district) marking or numbering poles or structures for carrying overhead wires

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(a) Prior to
				  January 1, 1915 each and every electrical corporation, railroad corporation and
				  street railroad corporation within the First District owning or using poles,
				  pillars or other structures for carrying overhead wires or for the support of
				  overhead tracks shall mark the same with the initial of its name, or other
				  distinguishing mark of ownership, and also with a number, such numbers to be
				  consecutive along each street, avenue, highway or private right of
				  way.
(b) In case two or more of
				  said corporations jointly own such a structure, such distinguishing mark of
				  ownership of each corporation shall be placed thereon.
(c) This section shall apply to all said
				  structures as are now or may be hereafter erected and also to all changes in
				  the ownership thereof.
(d) Said
				  marks and numbers shall be of such size and so spaced as to be easily read from
				  the ground at a distance of six feet; and that on or before July 1, 1914 said
				  corporations shall file with the commission a sketch or drawing showing both
				  the design and size of said marks and numbers.
(e)
(1) This
				  section shall not apply to poles, pillars or other structures in railroad
				  stations.
(2) Poles, pillars or
				  other structures supporting or forming a part of elevated or subsurface
				  railroads need not be marked to designate ownership.
(3) If any of said poles, pillars or other
				  structures are now marked with stenciled numbers they need not be marked as to
				  ownership until such numbers require repainting.
(4) Where there is a double line of said
				  poles, pillars or other structures owned or used by the same corporation in any
				  street, avenue, highway or private right of way, only one pole, pillar or other
				  structure supporting the same cross girder or span need be marked and
				  numbered.
(5) If for any reason it
				  shall be found impracticable for any of said corporations to number its poles,
				  pillars or other structures consecutively on any street, avenue, highway or
				  private right of way, such corporation shall not be required so to do,
				  provided, however, that if there are or will be any duplicate numbers on any
				  such street, avenue, highway or private right of way such corporation shall
				  file a plan or schedule showing how such poles, pillars or other structures are
				  now or will be numbered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 217 - Numbering Poles Or Structures For Carrying Overhead Wires › Section 217.2 - (second district) stenciling and numbering poles and structures for carrying overhead wire

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(a) Each and
				  every electrical corporation, municipality, telephone corporation, telegraph
				  corporation, railroad corporation, and street railroad corporation owning
				  poles, towers, or frames, hereinafter termed structures, in streets, highways,
				  or public places, or on private rights of way, for supporting and carrying
				  overhead electric wire system for the transmission or distribution of electric
				  energy for light, heat, or power, or for the operation of electric cars or
				  trains, or for telephoning or telegraphing, or for supporting electric lamps or
				  fixtures, shall on or before January 1, 1913, stencil each such structure,
				  except as hereinafter provided, as follows: to wit,
(1) with the initials of its name,
				  abbreviation of its name, corporate symbol, or other distinguishing mark by
				  which the owner of each such structure readily and definitely may be
				  determined;
(2) with a number by
				  which the location of each such structure may be described.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 218 - Limitation Of Liability Clauses-electric Corporations › Section 218.1 - Prohibition of certain limitation of liability provisions

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Every gas corporation, electric corporation and gas and
					 electric corporation shall, where necessary, amend its filed tariff schedules
					 by eliminating therefrom:
(a)
				  Provision attempting to relieve such corporation from liability arising from
				  the gross negligence or willful misconduct of its officers, agents or
				  servants.
(b) Provisions limiting
				  the liability of the corporation for damages resulting from its own negligence
				  in connection with the property owned, installed or maintained by a customer or
				  leased by a customer from a third party.
(c) Provisions limiting the liability of the
				  company for any damages resulting from the negligence of the company in
				  connection with the supplying or use of electricity or gas or from the presence
				  or operation of the company's structures, equipment, wires, pipes, appliances
				  or devices on the consumer's premises.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.1 - Records

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall keep such records as will show,
					 with respect to each deposit:
(a) the
				  name of the consumer making the deposit;
(b) the address (including street and number)
				  of each depositor, if known;
(c)
				  the date of receipt of the deposit;
(d) the amount of the deposit;
(e) the interest accrued upon the deposit to
				  be entered biennially or more frequently;
(f) all credits of interest made in reduction
				  of amounts billed for service rendered, and the dates of such
				  credits;
(g) all payments of
				  interest made on each deposit, and the dates of such payments; and
(h) deductions representing sums due and
				  unpaid to the corporation when depositor ceased to be a consumer, and the date
				  thereof, together with such other information as any such corporation may deem
				  necessary to make a complete record of each deposit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.2 - Index of consumers

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall keep, in addition to the records
					 prescribed in section
					 225.1  of this
					 Part, an index or indices, alphabetically or geographically arranged, which
					 shall show at all times the name of each consumer from whom a deposit has been
					 exacted, and whose said deposit or any part thereof remains unpaid, with
					 appropriate reference in such index to the consumer' s
					 account.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.3 - Interest

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall allow to each depositor simple
					 interest on the amount deposited. The interest rate to be applied to the amount
					 deposited shall be a composite yield of intermediate term, A-rated corporate
					 bonds, as reported in financial publications, less costs of administering
					 deposits of 1.75 per centum per annum. The rate shall be updated effective
					 January 1st each year, based upon yield information available on the first
					 Friday of October of the preceding year. The commission will issue an advisory
					 letter which publicizes the information to assure consistency. Each corporation
					 shall credit such interest to each depositor whose deposit shall have been held
					 for one year by paying such interest in cash or deducting it from the amount of
					 a bill for gas service rendered such depositor thereafter, but not later than
					 the next bill rendered after the next succeeding first day of October, and at
					 each one-year interval thereafter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.4 - Application of deposit to unpaid bill

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall render to each depositor, when and
					 as his deposit is applied to an unpaid bill or bills, a statement
					 showing:
(a) the bill or bills then
				  due and unpaid;
(b) the amount
				  thereof;
(c) the amount of the
				  deposit, together with the interest accrued thereon and the period covered
				  thereby; and
(d) the balance of the
				  bill or bills remaining unpaid or the balance of the deposit and interest
				  thereon remaining to the credit of the depositor.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.5 - Special provision for residential customers

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(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this
				  section, and when used in section
				  225.6  of this
				  Part, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Existing residential customer is a
				  customer who receives gas service to a dwelling unit which such customer uses
				  for his residential purposes and where business rates do not apply to the
				  service. An existing residential customer includes an applicant for gas service
				  who has transferred dwelling units within a utility's service territory and for
				  whom there is a recent payment history.
(2) New residential customer is an applicant
				  for gas service to a dwelling unit which such customer uses for his residential
				  purposes and where business rates do not apply to the service, and who does not
				  qualify as an existing residential customer.
(3) Delinquent in payment means, unless a
				  more liberal standard is adopted by the utility, that a residential customer
				  has not paid in full a duly rendered bill, or an agreed-upon partial payment,
				  for gas service 25 days after the "to date" of the bill or within a longer
				  period agreed to by the utility. A residential customer who has not paid in
				  full a bill, or an agreed-upon partial payment, for gas service in
				  circumstances where disconnection for nonpayment is precluded under utility
				  complaint procedures established under section
				  275.8 
				  of this Title or commission complaint procedures under Part 11 of this Title,
				  shall not be considered delinquent in payment;
(4) Payment shall be considered accomplished
				  on the date when the full amount of the bill or an agreed-upon partial payment
				  is received by the gas corporation or gas and electric corporation or by any of
				  such corporation's agents; provided, however, that if payment is mailed to such
				  corporation or its agents, payment shall be considered accomplished as of the
				  mailing by the consumer.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.6 - Refunds

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(a) Each gas
				  corporation and gas and electric corporation holding consumer deposits shall
				  render to each depositor, when and as his deposit is refunded, a statement
				  showing the amount of the deposit, together with the amount of unpaid interest
				  accrued thereon to the date of refund and the period covered thereby; and the
				  amount of deposit and interest refunded. Any refund may be credited to the
				  customer's account only to the extent of the current charges and the charges
				  for the next succeeding month and any balance, or, at the election of such
				  corporation, the full refund shall be made to the depositor. Each depositor,
				  upon becoming entitled thereto by reason of nondelinquency for one year, upon
				  ceasing to be a consumer or as provided by subdivision (b) of this section, may
				  withdraw his deposit and all interest thereon which has not been refunded or
				  credited against bills for service upon surrendering his deposit certificate
				  (or submitting satisfactory proof of ownership of the deposit or of the right
				  to receive the same) and the payment of all bills for which such deposit is
				  security. The "prudent" period of deposit retention, referred to in Public
				  Service Law section 117, may not exceed two years of nondelinquency in payment
				  of bills rendered.
(b) Each gas
				  corporation and gas and electric corporation shall, before April 1, 1976,
				  review the accounts of all existing residential customers who have made
				  deposits. Thereafter, each corporation shall review, on not less than an annual
				  basis, the accounts of all existing residential customers who have made
				  deposits. If a residential customer is not a bad credit risk, as defined in
				  section
				  225.5(b)(1) 
				  of this Part, the utility shall promptly refund to such customer the amount of
				  the deposit and the interest thereon.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.7 - Certificate of deposit

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall issue to every consumer from whom a
					 deposit may be exacted a certificate of deposit, for which shall be used a good
					 quality of paper and on which certificate there shall be printed, in addition
					 to the receipt for the money deposited, the substance of the following:
THIS RECEIPT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE OR TRANSFERABLE
Interest will be allowed on this deposit so long as it
					 shall remain with the corporation. When this deposit has been held for one
					 year, interest thereon will be paid in cash or credited on a bill for service
					 rendered the depositor thereafter, but not later than the first bill rendered
					 after the next succeeding first day of October, and at the expiration of each
					 succeeding one-year period. Preserve this receipt to be surrendered when
					 deposit is returned.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.8 - Refund without certificate of deposit

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall provide reasonable ways and means,
					 in such manner as such corporation may elect, whereby a depositor who makes
					 application for the return of his deposit and is entitled to the return
					 thereof, but who is unable to produce the original certificate of deposit or
					 receipt, may not be deprived of his rights.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.9 - Circular containing terms of deposit

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation holding consumer deposits shall keep on hand for distribution to
					 its consumers printed circulars, over its corporate or business name, which
					 circulars shall be entitled "TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH CONSUMERS'
					 DEPOSITS ARE COLLECTED, HELD, AND MAY BE WITHDRAWN", and which shall contain a
					 copy of this Part, a copy of Public Service Law section 117 (as added by L.
					 1976, ch. 557) and such other pertinent information as the corporation may
					 elect. In lieu of providing a copy of section 117  of the Public Service Law and a copy of
					 this Part, every such corporation may provide a circular approved by the
					 commission containing the pertinent features of these requirements. Every such
					 corporation shall furnish a copy of said circular or a summary of the pertinent
					 features of these requirements to the consumer or applicant for service from
					 whom a deposit is demanded when such corporation first informs said consumer
					 that a deposit is required. Every such corporation shall post copies of such
					 circular or summary in prominent places in each business office requested by
					 consumers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 225 - Consumer Deposits-gas Corporations › Section 225.10 - Extension of service when deposit is disputed

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Each and every gas corporation and gas and electric
					 corporation shall extend service to any new applicant for service who has
					 initiated a complaint on a deposit requested by such corporation and shall
					 continue to supply service during the pendency of such complaint, provided that
					 such applicant keep current on bills for service rendered and pay a reasonable
					 amount as a deposit if the complaint challenges only the amount
					 requested.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.1 - General provisions

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This Part contains the requirements for testing and
					 maintaining the accuracy of gas meters and related devices used either for
					 customer billing applications or to measure gas that affects a utility revenue
					 stream required to be reported to the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.2 - Definitions

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The following definitions shall apply wherever the defined
					 terms are used in Parts 226, 227, and 228 of this Title:
(a) Accessory. Any meter reading device,
				  which is mechanically attached to a meter and could affect its accuracy, used
				  to display or transmit meter information to a remote location or any associated
				  meter correction device, either remote or attached, used to adjust the reading
				  of a meter index.
(b) Bell prover.
				  A test-standard using a calibrated cylindrical container or bell in which a
				  quantity of air is collected using oil as a sealing medium. The bell prover is
				  connected to a meter under test and the quantity of air that passes through the
				  meter, as measured by the meter, is compared with the change in the quantity of
				  air within the bell to determine the meter's accuracy.
(c) Certification. The verification of a
				  test-standard's accuracy by this commission, by its designee, or by commission
				  approved procedures, conducted with standards or equipment that trace their
				  accuracy to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(d) Correction device. An accessory used to
				  adjust the measured volume to a volume at standard conditions.
(e) Cubic foot bottle. A specially
				  constructed and calibrated bottle that can measure exactly one cubic foot of
				  air. The calibration of the bottle is certified by the National Institute of
				  Standards and Technology.
(f)
(1) Cubic foot, metered. The quantity of gas
				  that occupies one cubic foot when under pressure and temperature conditions
				  existing in the meter.
(2) Cubic
				  foot, standard. The quantity of gas that under a pressure of 14.73 pounds per
				  square inch absolute and at a temperature of 60° F occupies a volume of one
				  cubic foot.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.3 - Gas meter and accessory requirements-general

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Gas meters and accessories shall conform to the
					 following:
(a) Approved type. Meters
				  and accessories shall be of types approved by this commission in accordance
				  with Part 227 of this Title.
(b)
				  Meter identification. Each meter purchased after August 19, 1995 shall bear the
				  following information in a permanent form on the meter before installation:
Name of utility or logo
Manufacturer's name or trademark
Meter serial number
Type designation/model number
Meter class and/or rated capacity
Year of manufacture
Indication if remanufactured
Maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP)
If a gas meter is temperature compensating, a durable red
					 indicator shall be visible on the meter stating that the meter is "temperature
					 compensating".
(c)
				  Correction device identification. Each meter correction device purchased after
				  August 19, 1995 shall bear the following information in a durable form:
Name of utility or logo (if correction device remotely
					 located from meter)
Manufacturer's name or trademark
Equipment serial number
Type designation/model number
Year of manufacture
(d) Labeling. Each gas meter found to conform
				  to this commission's requirements shall have affixed to it a label or tag
				  indicating the year of its most recent out-test. Each meter which has been
				  repaired shall have the type of repair indicated. This repair identification
				  may be indicated on the label or with other adequate marking.
(e) In lieu of the requirements in
				  subdivisions (b) and (d) of this section, indication of remanufacture and type
				  of repair need not be labeled on the meter if such is maintained by the utility
				  in readily available computerized meter history records.
(f) Tampering devices. Each gas meter placed
				  in service after August 19, 1995, to the extent possible, shall have devices or
				  incorporate processes to indicate evidence of tampering.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.4 - Testing facilities-general

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(a) Minimum facilities. Each utility shall
				  have meter testing facilities that are adequately maintained, are provided with
				  suitable equipment and kept in proper condition for testing gas meters and
				  auxiliary devices, and include at least one bell prover with a capacity not
				  under five cubic feet.
(b)
				  Notification. Each utility shall keep the department staff informed of the
				  location of each test facility where its meters and accessories are tested, any
				  change in the facility which may affect the accuracy of its testing, and the
				  number, type, and the most recent certification date of each test-standard at
				  that location.
(c) Temperature.
				  Each meter test location shall be maintained to minimize temperature
				  fluctuations and assure temperature equilibrium between the room air, the
				  testing equipment including the prover(s), the sealing medium in each bell
				  prover and the air or other testing medium supplied to each bell prover and the
				  meters under test. Any temperature variation shall be limited to 1° F or
				  less between the items listed above.
(d) Temperature test conditions for testing
				  temperature compensating gas meters:
(1)
				  Ambient temperature. The ambient temperature test condition is the existing
				  temperature that the gas meter is exposed to at the time of a meter test. With
				  utility shop testing, the ambient temperature is the normal proving room
				  temperature.
(2) Average winter
				  temperature. The average winter temperature test is an approved gas meter test
				  condition that represents the average temperature environment that an outdoor
				  gas meter is expected to be exposed to during the winter. This temperature is
				  specified as 20° F for all utilities.
(3) Extreme temperature. The extreme
				  temperature test condition for winter and summer are specified gas meter test
				  conditions of 0° F and 100° F, respectively.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.5 - Test-standards

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(a) All meter
				  test-standards shall be of types approved by this commission in accordance with
				  Part 227 of this Title or, if not required to be approved in accordance with
				  Part 227, whose accuracy is traceable to the National Institute of Standards
				  and Technology. Certification will be conducted by this commission, by its
				  designee, or by commission approved procedures conducted with standards or
				  equipment that trace their accuracy to the National Institute of Standards and
				  Technology.
(b) Test-standard
				  certification frequency.
(1) Bell provers
				  shall be certified initially and at least once every two years.
(2) Transfer provers shall be certified
				  initially and at least once every two years. This certification requirement may
				  be extended to once every five years provided that an annual comparison test
				  between the transfer prover meter and a non-working reference standard agree to
				  within +- 0.25 percent proof at no less than 16 points between 10 and 120
				  percent of the rated capacity of the transfer prover.
(3) Sonic nozzle provers shall be certified
				  initially and at least once every two years. This certification requirement may
				  be extended to once every five years provided that an annual comparison test
				  between the sonic nozzle prover and a nonworking reference standard agree to
				  within +- 0.25 percent proof of the most recently certified sonic nozzle
				  calibration proof.
(4) A
				  non-working reference standard meter shall be certified initially and at least
				  once every five years. Its accuracy should be established at no less than 16
				  points between 10 and 120 percent of its rated capacity.
(5) Temperature and pressure test-standards
				  shall be certified initially and at least once every five years.
(6) Auxiliary equipment. Any type of
				  auxiliary equipment connected to a test-standard shall be installed and tested
				  in accordance with manufacturers' instructions or in a manner acceptable to the
				  commission or its designee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.6 - Gas meters and accessories-test flow rates, out-test accuracy standards and test requirements

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Gas meters and related accessories utilized by a utility
					 shall conform to the following out-test accuracy standards and test
					 requirements at the specified flow rates. Only meters determined to be free of
					 leaks and found upon test to comply with the following, where the test results
					 are expressed to the nearest 0.1 percent proof, shall be labelled as out-tested
					 and placed in service at a customer's premises:
(a) Test flow rates.
(1) The check rate test for diaphragm, rotary
				  and turbine meters is conducted at a flow rate not less than 10 percent nor
				  more than 40 percent of rated capacity.
(2) The open rate test is conducted at a flow
				  rate as follows:
(i) Diaphragm meters - not
				  less than 80 percent nor more than 120 percent of rated capacity.
(ii) Rotary and turbine meters - not less
				  than 60 nor more than 100 percent of the rated capacity.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.7 - Gas meters-customer installations

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(a) Pressure and temperature corrections. At
				  each meter location where the metered volume of gas is corrected to standard
				  conditions, the correction shall be made by use of an appropriate approved type
				  meter and/or correction device. For this purpose, standard conditions shall be
				  14.73 pounds per square inch absolute and 60° F. All meter installations
				  measuring at delivery pressures in excess of 30 pounds per square inch gauge
				  shall have their measurement recordings corrected for supercompressibility or
				  assure the same accuracy as specified for meters with correction devices in
				  section
				  226.6(b)
				  (4)  of this Part.
(b) Installation of temperature correcting
				  equipment. At each outdoor meter location or location where the meter is
				  exposed to temperatures equivalent to an outdoor environment, an appropriate
				  approved type meter or accessory that corrects the metered volume of gas to a
				  standard temperature of 60° F, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of this
				  section, shall be installed.
(c) A
				  meter with an index reading other than zero may be placed in service, provided
				  that meter and billing records are kept in a manner permitting verification of
				  the readings as of the time of removal from the prior premises and installation
				  at the succeeding premises.
(d)
				  Operating pressure.
(1) Gas meters shall not
				  be used at an operating pressure that exceeds the manufacturer's maximum
				  allowable operating pressure for the meter.
(2) Rebuilt or repaired tinned case meters
				  shall not be used at a pressure greater than 50 percent of the pressure used to
				  test the meter after rebuilding.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.10 - Orifice meters-general conditions and accuracy maintenance requirements

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(a) General
				  conditions. Orifice meters shall be installed to comply with American Gas
				  Association Report No. 3, Orifice Metering of Natural Gas and Other Related
				  Hydrocarbon Fluids, Third Edition, Part 1 General Equations and Uncertainty
				  Guidelines (1990), Part 2 Specification and Installation Requirements (1991),
				  Part 3 Natural Gas Applications (1992), and Part 4 Background, Development,
				  Implementation Procedure, and Subroutine Documentation for Empirical
				  Flange-Tapped Discharge Coefficient Equation (1992), available from American
				  Gas Association, 1515 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209-2470.
(b) Test and inspection programs.
(1) The differential, static pressure and
				  temperature recording gauges, integrating mechanism, and other pertinent
				  components shall be tested annually.
(2) Periodic inspections of meter tubes and
				  orifice plates, no less frequent than annually, shall be scheduled to insure
				  compliance with original installation specifications.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.11 - Fixed pressure factor measurement installations-general conditions and installation and accuracy maintenance requirements

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For customers receiving gas at pressures higher than the
					 normal delivery pressure, the utility may apply to department staff for
					 approval to utilize the fixed pressure factor measurement method of determining
					 corrected actual gas usage. The fixed pressure factor measurement method, where
					 a constant elevated pressure is supplied to a meter, is a means of correcting
					 volume indicated on the meter index to base pressure conditions as specified in
					 the utility's tariff schedule.
(a)
				  Fixed pressure factor measurement methodology. Where fixed pressure factor
				  measurement is used, the amount of gas consumption shall be multiplied either
				  mechanically or by a calculated factor derived from the following formula:
Billing multiplier = ((Pb+Pm)/P
					 B)
Where Pb is the average barometric pressure for the
					 utility's service area(s), measured in PSI. Pm is the delivery or metering
					 pressure measured in PSIG and P Bis the base condition
					 pressure defined in the utility's tariff schedule.
(b) Correction for average barometric
				  pressure. Where the average barometric pressure varies by more than 0.10 PSIA
				  within the utility's franchise territory, the average barometric pressure for
				  that geographic location shall be calculated based on that location's elevation
				  above sea level.
(c) Fixed pressure
				  measurement installation requirements. At each installation where fixed
				  pressure factor measurement is utilized, the following installation
				  requirements must be met:
(1) The outlet set
				  pressure to the customer's meter will be maintained under operating conditions
				  to within +- 1.0 percent of the absolute set pressure.
(2) Each pressure regulator shall be
				  protected in a manner that would clearly indicate any unauthorized tampering
				  with the outlet pressure adjustment screw.
(3) All fixed pressure factor measurement
				  installations shall be clearly identified with the pressure regulation outlet
				  set pressure and the billing multiplier.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 226 - Gas Meters And Accessories-testing And Reporting › Section 226.12 - Periodic reports and records

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(a) Periodic reports.
(1) In-tests made pursuant to sections
				  226.8
				  and
				  226.9 
				  of this Part shall be reported quarterly. Each such report shall be filed with
				  this commission not later than 30 days following the end of the respective
				  reporting period on sheets similar to Form B for domestic meters and Form E for
				  large meters of Appendix 7-A of this Title, infra.
(2) The annual summary report of domestic and
				  large gas meters in-tested during the preceding year or years shall be filed
				  with the commission not later than 60 days following the end of the respective
				  reporting period on sheets similar to Forms C, D and F of Appendix 7-A of this
				  Title, infra. The reports are to be submitted identifying manufacturer, case,
				  and size and any other factor which affects performance.
(3) Each utility shall keep a record of
				  inspections, repairs and tests made to all correction devices. Such records
				  will be made available to the commission or its designee upon
				  request.
(4) Where a utility elects
				  to transmit the above required data through electronic or computer discs, it
				  must first obtain approval from the department staff that the system will be
				  compatible with data processing equipment available to staff.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 227 - Approval Of Types Of Gas Meters And Accessories › Section 227.1 - Definitions

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Unless the specific context otherwise requires, as used in
					 this Part:
(a) The term meter means
				  any meter or meter testing device used for the determination of the units of
				  gas furnished.
(b) The term
				  accessory means any remote meter reading device or any associated metering
				  device, either remote or attached, used to display, transmit or adjust the
				  reading of a meter index.
(c) The
				  term acceptable devices means those types of meters or accessories, eligible to
				  be submitted for approval, that shall be capable of conforming to requirements
				  intended to determine their reliability and acceptable accuracy insofar as they
				  can be demonstrated by tests; displacement meters shall meet or exceed the
				  requirements specified in the appropriate American National Standards Institute
				  (ANSI) B109.1 - 1986 - Diaphragm Type Gas Displacement Meters (500 cubic feet
				  per hour capacity and under), ANSI B109.2 - 1986 Diaphragm Type Gas
				  Displacement Meters (over 500 cubic feet per hour capacity) or ANSI B109.3 -
				  1986 - Rotary Type Gas Displacement Meters. Those standards are available as
				  described in section
				  10.3(g) 
				  of this Title.
(d) The term
				  approved devices means those types of meters or accessories which have been
				  approved by the commission for use in customer billing and in connection with
				  measuring gas that affects a utility revenue stream required to be reported to
				  the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 227 - Approval Of Types Of Gas Meters And Accessories › Section 227.2 - Selection of devices for approval

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One or more units of equipment covered by the application,
					 as determined by staff, shall be made available for testing and may be retained
					 for such purpose by the commission. Such units shall be intended for actual use
					 and not include experimental models.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 227 - Approval Of Types Of Gas Meters And Accessories › Section 227.3 - Application for approval

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(a) An
				  application for approval shall be filed by the first utility intending to use
				  the meter or accessory in New York with the secretary to the commission, in
				  accordance with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title.
(b) An application
				  for approval shall contain:
(1) name and
				  address of applicant;
(2) name and
				  address of manufacturer;
(3)
				  manufacturer's type designation;
(4) complete technical description covering
				  construction details, materials and principles of operation;
(5) test data observed and/or prepared by the
				  applicant;
(6) test data certified
				  by the manufacturer;
(7)
				  photographs (8 x 10 inches, exploded view) and/or manufacturer's
				  drawings;
(8) the general customer
				  category or specific application for which the utility intends to use the meter
				  or accessory; and
(9) the
				  approximate cost per unit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 227 - Approval Of Types Of Gas Meters And Accessories › Section 227.4 - Modification of approved devices

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(a)
				  Permission to use an approved device is effective only for those types which
				  are of the same design and construction as the type approved. If the
				  manufacturer of an approved device changes its materials, construction, or
				  design in a manner that may affect its operation, accuracy or safety, the
				  sponsoring utility or the utility intending to use the modified device shall
				  notify the commission staff, specifying the changes.
(b) The commission will evaluate the effects
				  of the modification and determine whether the device remains acceptable, and if
				  so, whether the existing approval is adequate or should be amended, and will so
				  notify the utility.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 228 - Testing Gas Meters On Complaint Of Customers › Section 228.1 - Restriction against removing meter

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If a customer shall have made a complaint involving the
					 accuracy of a meter to the utility, said meter shall not be removed
					 unless:
(a) the meter shall have
				  failed to provide safe and adequate service;
(b) said customer shall have made request to
				  the utility for a complaint test; or
(c) a warrant of this commission, directing
				  that said meter be removed for a referee test, shall have been received by said
				  utility.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter III - GAS UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 228 - Testing Gas Meters On Complaint Of Customers › Section 228.2 - Requirements for referee test

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Whenever any utility receives notice from this commission
					 that a customer has requested a referee test of his/her gas meter, the utility
					 shall replace the meter within 10 days unless it is of a type usually tested in
					 the field. In the latter case, the utility shall provide appropriate personnel
					 and equipment to assist in the field-testing of the accuracy of the meter by
					 this commission. If a meter cannot be made available for a referee test within
					 the time specified, written notice shall be sent to this commission giving the
					 causes for the delay.