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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 101 - Underground Electric Facility Construction › Section 101.1 - Definitions

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When used in this Part, the following definitions
					 apply:
(a) Subsurface electric
				  facilities means all underground cable and/or conduit, transformers and other
				  associated equipment, manholes or any other subsurface structures, including
				  poles and anchors, utilized to furnish electric service and owned or operated
				  by any electric utility company under the jurisdiction of the New York State
				  Public Service Commission.
(b) Gas
				  transmission facilities means gas pipelines that:
(1) transport gas from a production or
				  underground storage facility to a distribution center or underground storage
				  facility;
(2) transport gas within
				  a storage field; or
(3) operate at
				  a pressure of 125 psig or more.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 101 - Underground Electric Facility Construction › Section 101.2 - Clearance requirements of new underground electric facilities from gas and liquid petroleum pipelines

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(a) All new subsurface electric facilities
				  shall be constructed with a standard minimum clearance of 12 inches from gas
				  transmission facilities.
(b) All
				  new subsurface electric facilities shall be constructed with a standard minimum
				  clearance of six inches from gas distribution facilities.
(c) All new subsurface electric facilities
				  shall be constructed with a standard minimum clearance of 12 inches from liquid
				  petroleum pipelines.
(d) The
				  standard minimum clearances specified in subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of this
				  section, when not obtainable through practical means, may be reduced to an
				  absolute minimum of four inches, provided that such reduction is agreeable to
				  all companies involved and that protective materials suitable to all companies
				  are placed between the power and gas or liquid petroleum facilities for the
				  entire length of such reduced clearances.
(e) The standard minimum clearance for
				  underground service laterals shall be four inches from the gas service
				  pipeline. If it is not practical to achieve this clearance, it may be reduced
				  to an absolute minimum of two inches provided that all companies involved agree
				  to the reduction and that suitable protective materials are placed between the
				  gas and power facilities for the entire length of the reduced
				  clearances.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 101 - Underground Electric Facility Construction › Section 101.3 - Clearance requirements of subsurface electric facilities constructed to replace existing facilities

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Whenever subsurface electric facilities are replaced for
					 any reason, the new facilities shall be constructed in accordance with section
					 101.2 
					 of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 101 - Underground Electric Facility Construction › Section 101.4 - Standards and practices applicable to the construction and environmental management of subsurface electric facilities

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(a) This section consists of standards and
				  practices which the utilities are expected to follow, to minimize adverse
				  environmental impacts associated with the construction of subsurface electric
				  facilities under Parts 98, 99 and 100 of this Title. In this section, any
				  reference to subsurface electric facilities does not include poles and
				  anchors.
(b) The standards and
				  practices contained in this Part are not intended to supersede the jurisdiction
				  of any Federal, State or municipal agency that has permitting or other
				  regulatory requirements intended to protect environmental resources or values
				  which may be adversely affected by the installation of subsurface electric
				  facilities. To accomplish the objectives set forth in this section, each
				  utility shall stay in contact with directly affected landowners and
				  governmental agencies having jurisdiction.
(c) Each utility shall use its best efforts
				  to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any adverse
				  environmental effects associated with the construction (including clearing and
				  site-restoration activities) of subsurface electric facilities by:
(1) limiting clearing of trees, shrubs and
				  landscaped areas in accordance with safe construction, operating and
				  maintenance practices;
(2)
				  minimizing off R/W impacts by confining construction activities and access to
				  the smallest areas possible consistent with safe and efficient construction and
				  operation practices;
(3) scheduling
				  construction for those times that would minimize damage or disruption to
				  sensitive resources, and agricultural production activities (except as
				  otherwise agreed to by the landowner);
(4) minimizing disturbances to sensitive
				  resources such as streams, wetlands or rare, threatened or endangered species
				  habitats by limiting machinery movement in or near such resources during
				  construction and throughout the life of the facility;
(5) selecting construction and maintenance
				  equipment that minimizes damage to and disruption of soils;
(6) minimizing topsoil damage and soft
				  erosion due to grading and other soft-scarifying activities by promptly
				  stabilizing disturbed soil and employing soil separation as appropriate, and
				  thereby preventing erosion and siltation and minimizing compaction;
				  and
(7) minimizing traffic
				  disruption when construction vehicles travel along or cross highway R/W by
				  providing appropriate traffic controls.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this part, shall
					 have the meaning indicated:
(a)
				  Utility. An "electric corporation" as defined in article 1 of the Public
				  Service Law.
(b) Commission. The
				  Public Service Commission of New York State.
(c) Transmission facilities. Items of
				  electric plant not subject to the commission's jurisdiction under article VII
				  of the Public Service Law used to convey electric energy at 65 kv or higher
				  voltage for distances one mile or longer including: towers, poles and
				  appurtenant fixtures; wire, cable and devices; conduit, tunnel, conductors and
				  devices.
(d) Subdivision. A tract
				  of land divided into lots for residential buildings the plan for which has been
				  approved by governmental authorities having jurisdiction.
(e) Central business district.
(1) The centrally located, prime commercial
				  district of a municipality, the focus of main traffic arteries and mass transit
				  composed of retail trade, offices (including governmental functions), light
				  manufacturing and commercialized recreational activities with few or no
				  dwellings.
(2) Normally, a town or
				  village has only one central business district, but metropolitan districts may
				  have more than one. Commercial areas essentially one lot deep along a
				  thoroughfare are more aptly described as strip developments and not central
				  business districts. Central business districts occupy a relatively small
				  proportion of the urbanized area--not over four percent even in the smallest
				  cities and only 0.4 percent in the largest.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.2 - Applicability

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(a)
(1) After the effective date of this Part,
				  any utility proposing to construct overhead transmission facilities as defined
				  in this Part which are not subject to article VII of the Public Service Law
				  shall promptly report the proposed construction to the commission, but in no
				  event less than 60 days prior to the proposed commencement of construction. The
				  report shall include a description of the proposed transmission facility, and a
				  map of the areas as categorized in section
				  102.3 
				  of this Part. With respect to such transmission lines that are intended to be
				  built overhead through priority areas specified in section
				  102.3(a) 
				  of this Part, the report shall also include the information required by section
				  102.4 
				  of this Part. In cases where construction of the proposed transmission facility
				  has been approved by a governmental agency having jurisdiction the report shall
				  indicate such approval and the basis thereof.
(2) No report is required under this
				  subdivision for upgrading or rebuilding transmission facilities on existing
				  right-of-way provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(i) no additional rights-of-way are
				  required;
(ii) there is no increase
				  in the number of structures on the right-of-way;
(iii) the resulting structures do not carry
				  more than two circuits;
(iv) no
				  substantial modification will be made to existing vegetative cover on the
				  right- of-way; and
(v) the height
				  of a new tower does not exceed the height of a replaced tower by more than 10
				  feet.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.3 - Classes of areas

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(a) For
				  transmission lines in the following areas, the analysis required by section
				  102.4 
				  of this Part must be included in the report of proposed construction:
(1) National and State parks, preserves,
				  reservations, landmarks, and monuments formally so designated and acquired for
				  their natural, scenic or cultural value by appropriate State and Federal
				  agencies. (Included would be historic landmarks, national landmarks, national
				  monuments and trails, and wild and scenic rivers.)
(2) Historic sites formally so designated by
				  National or State agencies but without acquisition of rights or ownership
				  sufficient for the purpose of preservation.
(3) Central business districts in cities and
				  villages.
(4) Developed and partly
				  developed residential areas with an existing density of one or more dwelling
				  units per acre, as shown on approved subdivision maps, occupying a minimum
				  contiguous area of 20 acres, all or a portion of which would be traversed by
				  the proposed transmission facility right-of-way.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.4 - Advantage-disadvantage analysis

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(a)
(1) The advantage-disadvantage analysis
				  required by this section is designed to provide a framework by which the
				  features or facts which support one or another mode of construction can be
				  identified clearly. Particular circumstances which reduce or enhance the
				  benefits or affect the costs of underground construction, identified in the
				  advantage-disadvantage analysis, will provide the basis for decision. Examples
				  of factors which may affect a decision to underground would include the
				  availability of suitable existing corridors, or the likelihood of pronounced
				  visual impact.
(2) The
				  advantage-disadvantage analysis required by this section shall include at a
				  minimum the items enumerated in section 102.4  of this Part. Data and/or all
				  pertinent information for each item must be presented for both the underground
				  and overhead alternative. The analysis of cost should be made on a
				  present-worth basis for both alternatives over a period long enough to allow
				  for appropriate incremental construction. Each submission shall contain an
				  explanation of why the proposed transmission facility or portion thereof should
				  be placed overhead or underground.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.5 - Reports

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In addition to the reports required under section
					 102.3 
					 of this Part, each utility shall also report semiannually transmission
					 facilities constructed in the preceding six months but less than one mile in
					 length. The report shall specify which of said overhead transmission facilities
					 were constructed in areas listed under section
					 102.3(a) 
					 of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 102 - Installation Of Non-article Vii Electric Transmission Facilities › Section 102.6 - Effective date

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The procedures under this Part shall take effect six months
					 after filing in the office of the Department of State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 105 - Electric Utility Emergency Plans › Section 105.1 - Preamble

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These electric utility emergency plans are primarily
					 intended to ensure adequate utility response for storm and storm-like
					 emergencies; however, some aspects of the plans will have application to
					 virtually all electric emergencies (e.g., customer contacts, communication with
					 the media and government officials) and should be used
					 accordingly.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 105 - Electric Utility Emergency Plans › Section 105.2 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this Part, the following definition
					 shall apply:
(a) Storm drill. A storm
				  drill is a training exercise held by an electric utility to test the adequacy
				  and effectiveness of its regularly assigned personnel and personnel performing
				  job functions outside of their normal areas of responsibility in implementing
				  the utility's service restoration procedures in the wake of a storm classified
				  at the highest or next highest level of severity by the utility. Drills shall
				  simulate the involvement of a majority of a utility's customers served by
				  overhead transmission and distribution facilities or individual operating areas
				  on a sequential basis. The purposes of the drill can be achieved through the
				  mobilization of utility personnel with specific storm response, service
				  restoration assignments under simulated storm conditions or through the actual
				  preparation for an advancing storm, [FN*] which may or may not damage the
				  overhead T&D system. However, in either case, to qualify as a drill, the
				  participants must have carried out all of their storm response assignments
				  under either an impending storm scenario or a simulated storm scenario. Also
				  the drill must involve contacts with outside agencies, local governments and
				  others who would normally be included in service restoration responses. For
				  actual preparations, in lieu of a drill, the company shall certify in section
				  105.3 
				  of this Part that all requirements of this definition were met.
[FN*] Classified by the utility at the highest or next
					 highest level of severity.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 105 - Electric Utility Emergency Plans › Section 105.3 - Submission of electric emergency plans

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Each electric corporation shall file, in accordance with
					 the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, with the commission an electric emergency plan [FN15] that
					 addresses storms, as well as other causes of electrical emergencies with
					 storm-like characteristics, and that complies with the requirements of section
					 105.4 
					 of this Part. On or before April 1st of each year or on such other date as the
					 commission may prescribe, each electric corporation shall file, in accordance
					 with the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, such amendments to its emergency plan as it deems necessary, or
					 as the commission may require, to maintain a high level of preparedness, or a
					 statement that no amendments are contemplated. In any event, by April 1st of
					 each year, each electric corporation shall certify in a report filed with the
					 secretary that within the past 12 months, it has taken the following
					 actions:
(a) periodically verified
				  telephone contacts with and updated its lists of names of internal and external
				  contact persons identified in section
				  105.4(b)(5) 
				  of this Part; and
(b) conducted at
				  least one storm drill or emergency exercise involving key company personnel
				  assigned service restoration responsibilities.
Submissions made under this section shall be sent to the
					 Director of the Office of Electric, Gas and Water. Each electric corporation
					 shall make available for public inspection its currently effective system-wide
					 electric emergency plan at its principal corporate headquarters. Those
					 corporations that have developed customized plans for individual operating
					 areas shall make a currently effective customized plan available for public
					 inspection at the principal offices of each operating area.
[FN15] Any corporation that has regional or division plans
					 shall make amendments to such operating area plans as are necessary to have
					 those plans conform with any system-wide plan. However, a corporation that has
					 a corporate plan that meets the requirements of this Part and provides the
					 framework for regional plans may elect to file only the corporate plan with the
					 commission, provided it certify that the regional plans have been updated to
					 comply with the corporate plan and that the requirements of section 105.3(a)
					 and (b)  of this Part have been met for each of the regional
					 plans.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 105 - Electric Utility Emergency Plans › Section 105.5 - Commission review and approval

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Upon receipt and review of emergency plans or amendments
					 filed by an electric corporation under this Part, the commission may require
					 any such corporation to modify such plans or amendments or otherwise prescribe
					 conditions for approval. Approval will be based on compliance with the
					 requirements of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 105 - Electric Utility Emergency Plans › Section 105.6 - Compliance with electric emergency plans

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(a) Each electric corporation shall comply
				  with the guidelines and practices set forth in its effective emergency plans.
				  Each electric corporation shall comply with any additional electric emergency
				  plan requirements that may be imposed by the commission.
(b) Under emergency conditions, an electric
				  corporation may modify its response from that in the filed electric emergency
				  plan to the extent required to restore service in a safe and efficient manner.
				  However, modifications and the circumstances that caused them shall be reported
				  in writing to the secretary of the commission within 60 days from restoration
				  of full service. Minor changes such as telephone numbers, personnel changes,
				  etc., need not be reported, but as soon as practicable should be made to the
				  plans.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter B - Securities › Part 115 - Notice Of Issuance By Electric Corporations Of Stocks, Bonds, Notes, Or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness › Section 115.1 - Contents of notice

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Pursuant to the provisions of section 69  of the Public Service Law, as amended,
					 every electric corporation subject to said section, after the issuance or
					 assumption of stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness,
					 including bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, payable on demand or
					 within less than 12 months, shall file with this commission a notice of such
					 transaction within the time and in the form specified in the following.
(a) Name of reporting utility (indicate
				  whether corporation, partnership, individual, or other party).
(b) Address of reporting utility.
(c) The name of the official responsible for
				  statements submitted and to whom should be addressed any correspondence
				  relating thereto.
(d) Date of the
				  report.
(e) Period covered by the
				  report (both dates inclusive where applicable).
(f) Information regarding securities or
				  obligations issued.
(1) Pursuant to authority
				  granted by order of this commission:
(i)
				  Notice of issuance shall be filed within the period specified in the order
				  approving the issuance of the securities or obligations.
(ii) Issuance of capital stock, in exchange
				  for convertible securities issued pursuant to commission authorization, may be
				  reported annually, not later than 60 days after the end of the calendar year
				  covered by the report; such report to show only the number of shares of such
				  stock issued during such calendar year, the securities retired by reason of the
				  exchange, and the additional consideration realized, if any, by reason of the
				  exchange.
(iii) For each type of
				  security or obligation, include the following information, as appropriate:
(a) Designation of security--classified
				  according to distinguishing characteristics, such as class of stock of par
				  value or no par value and dividend rate of preferred stock, or character of
				  debt obligation and interest rate or maturity date or other distinguishing
				  characteristic.
(b) Date of actual
				  issue or assumption.
(c) Number of
				  shares of each class of stock or principal amount of each debt obligation
				  issued.
(d) Consideration realized
				  from each class or type of security (if consideration is other than cash, give
				  description and basis of value).
(e) Case number and date of order of this
				  commission under which the security issue was authorized.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter B - Securities › Part 115 - Notice Of Issuance By Electric Corporations Of Stocks, Bonds, Notes, Or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness › Section 115.2 - Issuance not heretofore reported

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Every such public utility which has not filed with this
					 commission a notice of the issuance of any stocks, bonds, notes, or other
					 evidences of indebtedness now outstanding and issued with or without the
					 approval of this commission shall, within 30 days from the date of service of a
					 copy of this order, file a notice of each such transaction in the form
					 prescribed herein.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 125 - Reports Of Accidents › Section 125.1 - Definition of employee

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For the purpose of this Part, the term employee shall
					 include all employees and agents of the company.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 125 - Reports Of Accidents › Section 125.2 - Filing requirements

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Every electric corporation and every municipality subject
					 to the commission's jurisdiction providing electric service is required to
					 notify the commission of:
(a) all
				  accidents (other than vehicular accidents on public highways) involving utility
				  facilities directly related to the production, transmission, or distribution of
				  electricity, which result in injury or death to nonemployees; and
(b) all work-related accidents (other than
				  vehicular accidents) involving utility facilities directly related to the
				  production, transmission, or distribution of electricity, which cause injuries
				  to utility company employees that result in hospitalization (inpatient
				  treatment) or death.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 125 - Reports Of Accidents › Section 125.3 - Data requirements

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Electric service accident and injury records to be
					 maintained by electric corporations and municipalities under this Part shall
					 contain at least the following information for each occurrence: the date, time,
					 and location of the accident; the name, address, sex, approximate age, and
					 occupation (if relevant) of the injured party; the nature, extent, and cause of
					 the injury; the status and medical prognosis (if available) of the injured
					 party; follow-up actions proposed; and a description of the accident and its
					 cause.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 125 - Reports Of Accidents › Section 125.4 - Format of reports

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(a) Immediate
				  notification to the commission shall be by telephone for all accidents
				  resulting in inpatient hospitalization or death on the day of the accident,
				  providing information concerning: the location, date, and time of the incident;
				  the name, description, and status of the injured person(s); a description of
				  the incident; and whether or not the injured person is an employee of the
				  utility. Telephone notification of accidents occurring after business hours
				  shall be given the following business morning. By the 10th of each month each
				  corporation or municipality shall file with the commission written reports of
				  all accidents specified by section
				  125.2(a) or
				  (b)  of this Part, providing the information
				  specified on Form A (set forth in subdivision [b] of this section). If
				  insufficient information is available to complete form A within the specified
				  time, a request for an extension on the filing deadline shall be submitted to
				  the secretary by the 10th of each succeeding month. In the event no accidents
				  were experienced in a given month, a form A shall be submitted to the
				  commission by the 10th of the succeeding month with a notation to that
				  effect.
(b) Sample Form--Accident
				  Report.
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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 125 - Reports Of Accidents › Section 125.5 - Retention of records

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Each electric corporation and each municipality providing
					 electric service shall maintain for at least six years a record meeting the
					 requirements of sections
					 125.1 and
					 125.2  of this
					 Part for each accident in any way connected with or growing out of its electric
					 utility operations and resulting in injury to any person. Said corporation or
					 municipality shall make such records available for inspection by the
					 commission's staff and shall, when requested, provide the staff with
					 information on any such accident.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 126 - Electric Power Line Structure Safety Requirements › Section 126.1 - Definitions

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(a) Power line
				  structures. Power line structures as used in this Part shall include both poles
				  and lattice metal towers which support electric lines at 4,000 volts (phase to
				  phase) or higher.
(b) Populated
				  areas. Populated areas as used in this Part shall mean:
(1) all cities, villages and towns in which
				  the population density is greater than 199 persons per square mile;
				  or
(2) all areas within one quarter
				  mile of any school, playground sanctioned by municipal authorities or
				  recognized recreational bodies, or residential housing; or
(3) all public parks except Adirondack and
				  Catskill State parks.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 126 - Electric Power Line Structure Safety Requirements › Section 126.2 - Structure markings

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Power line lattice metal towers in populated areas shall be
					 plainly marked with a warning sign visible from two opposite faces of the
					 tower. Warning signs shall be located at a height that makes them clearly
					 visible to persons on the ground approaching the tower. Warning signs will not
					 be required on poles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 126 - Electric Power Line Structure Safety Requirements › Section 126.3 - Structure access

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(a) Electric
				  utilities shall use fences, barbed wire, or other anti-climbing shields to
				  limit access to lattice tower power line structures adjacent to school property
				  or playgrounds sanctioned by municipal authorities or recognized recreational
				  bodies.
(b) Electric utilities may
				  place anti-climbing shields on lattice tower power line structures not adjacent
				  to school property or designated playgrounds whenever such shields would
				  eliminate a significant hazard or at the request of an authorized official. Any
				  authorized official may petition the commissioner to order an electric utility
				  to place such shields if his request is refused.
(c) No ladder, step, or other intended
				  climbing device shall be allowed less than eight feet above the ground on any
				  power line structure except for those placed on wooden poles prior to July 1,
				  1977.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 126 - Electric Power Line Structure Safety Requirements › Section 126.4 - Safety programs

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(a)
				  Electric utilities shall urge school systems within their service territories
				  to conduct electrical safety education programs and shall cooperate with school
				  officials to develop and present such programs. As a minimum, this shall
				  include the annual transmittal of a notice to all school districts operating in
				  the utilities' franchise areas that speakers and/or films are available from
				  the utilities for the schools' use.
(b) Electric utilities shall distribute a
				  description of the dangers of electric power lines in safety reminders which
				  shall be distributed annually as customer bill inserts.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 127 - Allowable Induced Voltage In Pipelines › Section 127.1 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
After the effective date of this Part, any electric
					 corporation subject to commission jurisdiction constructing overhead electric
					 transmission facilities shall limit the step-and-touch voltages induced by
					 magnetic fields of such facilities under steady state conditions to 15 volts or
					 less at all points on existing pipelines where a person could normally touch
					 the pipeline or a pipeline appurtenance. This does not apply to buried
					 pipelines or to locations where access is limited by use of fences or barriers
					 to personnel that are trained in safe practices regarding step and touch
					 voltages. The short term emergency loading condition of the circuit as defined
					 by the New York Power Pool for the electric facility shall be used in
					 determining the magnitude of such step-and-touch voltages.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 127 - Allowable Induced Voltage In Pipelines › Section 127.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this Part shall
					 have the meaning indicated:
(a) Step
				  voltage means the root mean square voltage difference between any two points on
				  the ground surface separated by one meter (approximately the distance of one
				  step) in the direction of the maximum voltage gradient.
(b) Touch voltage means the root mean square
				  voltage difference between any point on the ground where a person may stand and
				  any point on the pipeline or its appurtenances which can be touched
				  simultaneously by either hand.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 137 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-electric Corporations › Section 137.1 - Late payment charges

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Any corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service may impose a late payment charge, either
					 one-time or continuing interest type, because of the failure of any customer to
					 pay a bill for such service within a specified period therein
					 stated.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 137 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-electric Corporations › Section 137.2 - Contents of bill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If any corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service elects to impose a one-time charge for late
					 payment for such service, it shall show on each bill the amount billed, the
					 amount that will be due, including the late payment charge, when the late
					 payment charge becomes applicable.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 137 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-electric Corporations › Section 137.3 - Amount of late payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If a one-time late payment charge is imposed, it shall not
					 exceed 10 percent on the first $10 (except that a minimum charge may be made of
					 not to exceed 15 cents per bill), plus not to exceed three percent on that
					 portion of the bill over $10.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 137 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-electric Corporations › Section 137.4 - Contents of rate schedules

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In case a one-time late payment charge is imposed, the rate
					 schedules shall show the rates for service, the amount due including the late
					 payment charge when the charge becomes applicable and the period during which
					 the bill may be paid without the imposition of the late payment
					 charge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 137 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-electric Corporations › Section 137.5 - Increase in rates prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service shall so revise or redraft its rate schedules
					 in compliance with this Part as to increase the rates for service applicable to
					 any customer as compared with the rates now in effect without special
					 permission of the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 138 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Electric Utilities › Section 138.1 - Late payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Any municipality furnishing gas, electric or steam service
					 may impose a late payment charge, either one-time or continuing interest type,
					 because of the failure of any customer to pay a bill for such service within a
					 specified period therein stated
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 138 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Electric Utilities › Section 138.2 - Contents of bill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If any municipality furnishing gas, electric or steam
					 service elects to impose a one-time charge for late payment for such service,
					 it shall show on each bill the amount billed, the amount that will be due,
					 including the late payment charge, when the late payment charge becomes
					 applicable.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 138 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Electric Utilities › Section 138.3 - Amount of one-time payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If a one-time payment charge is imposed, it shall not
					 exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the first $10 of any bill, plus three
					 percent of any amount of such bill in excess of $10; provided, however, that a
					 minimum charge may be made of not to exceed 15 cents per bill; and further
					 provided that there may be allowed in any block of a rate schedule a late
					 payment charge of one mill per kilowatt hour of electricity or one mill per 100
					 cubic feet of gas.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 138 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Electric Utilities › Section 138.4 - Contents of rate schedules

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In case a one-time late payment charge is imposed, the rate
					 schedules shall show the rates for service, the amount due including the late
					 payment charge when the charge becomes applicable, and the period during which
					 the bill may be paid without the imposition of the late payment
					 charge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 138 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Electric Utilities › Section 138.5 - Increase in rates prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No municipality furnishing gas, electric or steam service
					 shall, without special permission of this commission, so revise or amend its
					 rate schedules, in compliance with this Part, as to increase the rates for
					 service applicable to any customer as compared with the rates now in
					 effect.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.1 - Service at single location

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Except when multiple meters are provided at the request of
					 a customer, or when provided under the conditions or circumstances set forth in
					 sections
					 139.3,
					 139.4
					 and
					 139.6  of
					 this Part, all service to a customer at a single location shall be rendered
					 through a single meter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.2 - Two or more meters-separate computation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
When a customer is served through two or more meters, as
					 provided for in section
					 139.5 
					 of this Part, the service rendered through such meters shall be computed
					 separately and billed in accordance with the applicable filed rate
					 schedule.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.3 - Two or more meters-in specified metropolitan area

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Within the city of New York, within that part of
					 Westchester County comprising that franchised territory of the Westchester
					 Lighting Company and of the Yonkers Electric Light and Power Company, and
					 within that part of Nassau County comprising the franchised territory of the
					 Queens Borough Gas and Electric Company, under any of the following conditions
					 or circumstances, the reading of two or more meters measuring the service of a
					 single customer at a single location may be combined and the customer billed
					 for such total use, computed as if all service had been rendered through a
					 single meter, provided the filed rate schedule of the utility provides for such
					 service:
(a) when the use of more than
				  one meter is necessary to provide safe service;
(b) where the use of more than one meter is
				  required by a municipal ordinance;
(c) when a single meter cannot correctly
				  measure the total service rendered;
(d) when the characteristics of service of a
				  customer were such that at the time his service connections were installed
				  there was no single meter commercially available to correctly measure such
				  service and multiple meters have been continued in use;
(e) when service is measured through two or
				  more meters and the occupancy by the present customer is temporary;
(f) when two or more service connections are
				  necessary to provide service at the least expense to the utility;
(g) when in order to render proper and
				  reliable service without undue interruptions more than one service connection
				  is necessary and a meter or meters are connected with each service connection;
				  or
(h) when service of different
				  characteristics is supplied and there is no meter commercially available to
				  correctly measure such combined service.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.4 - Petition for combined meter reading and billing

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If a corporation, municipality or interested consumer is of
					 the opinion that combined meter reading and billing should be permitted under
					 any or all the conditions specified in section
					 139.3 
					 of this Part, such party may petition the commission for such authority or
					 order.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.5 - Request of consumer for additional meters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Every electric corporation, gas and electric corporation
					 and municipality shall install upon the request of a customer as many meters as
					 such customer shall desire, provided the circuit or circuits connected to each
					 meter are kept separate from all other circuits.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 139 - Combining Electric Service Rendered At One Location Through Two Or More Meters In Computing Bills › Section 139.6 - Conjunctional billing

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Nothing contained in this Part shall affect the combining
					 of registration of two or more meters for billing purposes under a
					 Conjunctional Billing Rider, Inter-connection Buildings Rider or Service for
					 Construction Purposes Rider when such a rider is contained in the rate schedule
					 of the corporation or municipality.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 140 - Bills For Service-electric Corporations › Section 140.2 - Budget or equal payment billing

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
On either the bill or in an addendum attached to or
					 enclosed with the bill shall be shown:
(a) Identification of the type of budget or
				  equal payment plan if more than one plan is offered.
(b) The total of the year's budget or equal
				  payment amounts billed to the end of the period covered by the current
				  bill.
(c) The dollar amount billed
				  for tariff items during the same period as in subdivision (b) of this
				  section.
(d) Debit or credit
				  balance to be shown as D or C on the bill and defined as follows:
D Amount due company C Amount in customer
					 favor
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 140 - Bills For Service-electric Corporations › Section 140.3 - List of company offices

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each electric company shall provide annually to its
					 customers a list of all company offices at which utility bills may be paid, if
					 such information is not shown on its bill form.