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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 3 - METERS, METER TESTS AND RECORDS › Section 11 R08-12 - METER ACCURACY

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) No watt hour
				  meter that registers on "no load" as defined by ANSI C12.1 (voltage circuits
				  energized and zero current), shall be placed in service or allowed to remain in
				  service.
(b) No watt hour meter
				  shall be placed in service that is in any way defective or has incorrect
				  constants, nor shall any watt hour meter be maintained in service that does not
				  meet the following performance requirements: Average percent registration not
				  less than 98% or more than 102%.
(c) All meters shall be accuracy tested by
				  the manufacturer. Test results shall be provided to the utility and stored by
				  the utility for the life of the meter and at least three years after the
				  retirement of the meter.
(d)
				  Acceptance testing shall be performed on a statistically valid sample of each
				  shipment of new meters. The statistical sampling plan used shall conform to the
				  accepted principles of statistical sampling as set forth in ANSI Z1.4 -
				  Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes, ANSI Z1.9 -
				  Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables for Percent
				  Nonconforming, or other generally accepted statistical methodology. If the
				  total number of failures exceeds the level allowed under the sample plan, the
				  entire shipment will be rejected and returned to the manufacturer or corrected
				  on site.
(e) Whenever a test made
				  by the utility or Commission on a service watt hour meter connected in its
				  permanent position in place of service shows an average percent registration
				  less than 98% or more than 102%, the meter shall be replaced.
(f) A service watt hour meter having an
				  average percent registration not less than 98% or more than 102% may be
				  considered as correct, and no adjustment of charges shall be entailed by such
				  an error.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 29, 11/29/77; NCUC Docket No. E-100, Sub 153,
					 11/27/2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 3 - METERS, METER TESTS AND RECORDS › Section 11 R08-14 - METER TESTING AT REQUEST OF CONSUMERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon
				  reasonable notice, when requested in writing by the customer, each utility
				  shall test the accuracy of the meter in use by the customer.
(b) No deposit or payment shall be required
				  from the customer for a meter test, except when the customer has requested,
				  within the previous twelve months, that the same meter be tested, in which case
				  the customer shall be required by the utility to deposit with it an amount as
				  determined by the Commission to cover the reasonable cost of such
				  test.
(c) A schedule of deposits or
				  fees for testing various classifications of meters shall be filed with, and
				  approved by, the Commission.
(d)
				  The amount so deposited with the utility shall be refunded or credited to the
				  customer (as a part of the settlement in the case of a disputed account) if the
				  meter is found, when tested, to register more than two percent (2%) fast;
				  otherwise the deposit shall be retained by the utility.
(e) The customer may, if customer so
				  requests, be present when the utility conducts the test on customer's meter, or
				  if the customer desires, may provide (at customer's expense) an expert, or
				  other representative appointed by customer, to be present at the time of the
				  meter test.
(f) A report of the
				  results of the meter test shall be made within a reasonable time after the
				  completion of the test. This report shall give the name of the customer
				  requesting the test, the date of the request, the location of the premises
				  where the meter is installed, the type, make, size, and serial number of the
				  meter, the date of removal, the date tested, and the results of the test, a
				  copy of which shall be supplied to the customer upon request. The utility shall
				  inform the customer that the customer has a right to request such written copy
				  of the report of the meter test.
(g) Any meter tested pursuant to this rule
				  that fails the following performance requirements shall be removed from service
				  and remain out of service until it is determined to be in compliance: Average
				  percent registration not less than 98% or more than 102%.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 29, 11/29/77; NCUC Docket No. E-100, Sub 72, 6/22/94; NCUC Docket No.
					 E-100, Sub 153, 11/27/2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 3 - METERS, METER TESTS AND RECORDS › Section 11 R08-15

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Repealed by NCUC
					 Docket No. E-100, Sub 29, 11/29/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-16 - STANDARD FREQUENCY [Repealed.]

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NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 153, 11/27/2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-17 - STANDARD VOLTAGE

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(a) Each electric
				  supplier shall adopt and file with the Commission standard average service
				  voltages available from its distribution class facilities. The filing shall
				  contain the nominal voltage, base voltage, lower limit, and upper limit. The
				  voltage maintained at the point of delivery shall be reasonably constant and
				  variations therein should not normally exceed the limits set forth in this
				  rule.
(1) The standard nominal voltage
				  adopted by the electric supplier shall be a voltage indicated by the version of
				  ANSI Standard C84.1, Electric Power Systems and Equipment-Voltage Ratings (60
				  Hz), or equivalent ANSI standard as later amended, in effect at the time of
				  adoption of nominal voltages. The following standard nominal service voltages
				  are hereby adopted by the Commission as the preferred standard nominal service
				  voltages:
NOMINAL SYSTEM VOLTAGE****
Two-wire
Three-wire
Four-wire
Single-Phase Systems
120
*
120/240
*
Three-Phase Systems
208Y/120
***
240/120
240
480Y/277
480
600**
2400
4160
4160Y/2400
4800
6900
8320Y/4800
12000Y/6930
12470Y/7200
13200Y/7620
13800
13800Y/7970
20780Y/12000
23000
22860Y/13200
24940Y/14400
34500
34500Y/19920
*see (a)(2) below
**This classification covers the range of nominal voltages
					 from 550 to 600 volts.
***A modification of this three-phase, four-wire system is
					 available as a 120/208YV service for single-phase, three-wire, open-wye
					 applications.
****Preferred system voltages are in bold-face type.
(2) An electric supplier may adopt
				  different nominal voltages to serve specific customers if such action does not
				  compromise prudent transmission and distribution system operation.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-18 - VOLTAGE SURVEYS AND RECORDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Each utility shall provide itself with suitable indicating
					 or recording voltmeters, and shall make a sufficient number of voltage tests
					 periodically so as to insure compliance with the voltage requirements cited
					 above. These tests shall be made at appropriate points upon the utility's
					 distribution lines.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-19 - RESCINDED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Rescinded by NCUC
					 Docket Nos. M-100, Sub 86; M-100, Sub 28; M-100, Sub 61,
					 10/1/80.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-20 - DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE FOR VIOLATION OF RULES OR NONPAYMENT OF BILLS

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(a) No utility shall discontinue the service
				  to any consumer for violation of its rules or regulations, or for nonpayment of
				  bills without having first tried to induce the consumer to comply with its
				  rules and regulations or to pay his bills.
(b) Service shall actually be discontinued
				  only after at least 24 hours' written notice of such intention shall have been
				  given to the consumer by the utility; provided, however, that where fraudulent
				  use of current is detected, or where a dangerous condition is found to exist on
				  the consumer's premises, the service may be shut off without notice in
				  advance.
(c) Said notice herein
				  prescribed may be given by leaving a copy thereof with such consumer at the
				  premises where such service is rendered, or by mailing same through the United
				  States mail to the consumer's last known post-office address.
(d) Consumer shall have the privilege of
				  paying delinquent bill at any time prior to actual disconnection of service
				  lines supplying him; provided, that where the utility dispatches an employee to
				  the premises of any consumer for the purpose of disconnecting service lines, a
				  fee not to exceed one dollar may be added to consumer's delinquent bill to
				  cover cost to utility of dispatching such employee to consumer's premises,
				  which fee must be paid as a part of consumer's delinquent account.
(e) Whenever the service is turned off for
				  violation of rules or regulations, or fraudulent use of current, the utility
				  may make a reasonable charge for the cost of renewing it.
(f) Where a consumer has been required to
				  make a guarantee deposit this shall not relieve consumer of the obligation to
				  pay the service bills when due, but where such deposit has been made and
				  service has been discontinued on account of nonpayment of bill, then in such
				  event unless consumer shall, within forty-eight hours after service has been
				  discontinued, apply for reconnection of service and pay the account, then in
				  such event the utility shall apply the deposit of such consumer toward the
				  discharge of such account and shall as soon thereafter as practicable, refund
				  the consumer any excess of the deposit.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-21 - INSTALLATION OR REPLACEMENT OF METERS AND CHANGES IN LOCATION OF SERVICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) A customer's request for electric utility
				  service grants the utility permission to install any metering device that meets
				  the requirements of Rules R8-8, -9, -11, and -12, as deemed appropriate by the
				  utility and in compliance with Commission orders.
(b) Whenever a customer requests the
				  replacement of the service meter on the customer's premises, such request shall
				  be treated as a request for the test of such meter, and as such, shall fall
				  under the provisions of Rule R8-14.
(c) Whenever a customer moves from the
				  location where electric service is used by the customer, and thereby requires
				  the disconnecting and/or connecting at a new location of the electric supplier,
				  or information is required from the metering infrastructure to complete the
				  transfer of service, and the same work has been done for the customer within
				  one year preceding, the utility may make a charge, subject to such charge
				  having been approved by the Commission.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 153, 11/27/2019.)
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-22 - UTILITY MAY WITHHOLD SERVICE UNTIL CUSTOMER COMPLIES WITH

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Any utility may decline to serve a customer or prospective
					 customer until he has complied with the State and municipal regulations on
					 electric service, and the rules and regulations of the utility furnishing the
					 service, provided such rules and regulations have been approved by the
					 Commission.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-23 - EXTENT OF SYSTEM ON WHICH UTILITY MUST MAINTAIN SERVICE

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Each electric utility, unless specifically relieved in any
					 case by the Commission from such obligation, shall operate and maintain in
					 safe, efficient and proper condition, all the facilities and instrumentalities
					 used in connection with the regulation, measurement and delivery of electric
					 current to any consumer up to and including the point of delivery into the
					 wiring owned by the consumer.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-24 - EXTENSIONS

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Each utility shall adopt rules, subject to the approval of
					 the Commission, under which it will, upon written request for service by a
					 prospective consumer or a group of prospective consumers, located in the same
					 neighborhood, make the extension necessary to give service and furnish service
					 connection or connections.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-25 - RATE SCHEDULE, RULES AND REGULATIONS

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(a) Copies
				  of all schedules of rates for service, forms of contracts, charges for service
				  connections and extensions of circuits, and of all rules and regulations
				  covering the relations of consumer and utility, shall be filed by each utility
				  in the office of the Commission. Copies of such rates, rules and regulations
				  shall be furnished consumers or prospective consumers upon request.
(b) Consumers applying for more than one
				  class of service on the same premises shall so arrange their wiring that each
				  class of service can be metered separately (unless utility has schedules on
				  file covering service to a combination of classes on one meter), and consumers
				  purchasing any particular class of service shall confine the use of current
				  supplied thereunder to the purposes set forth in the rate scheduled for such
				  class. Separate meters will be required for each building on the same premises
				  except outhouses and for each separate class of service in the same building
				  except when a commercial lighting consumer occupies the same building in part
				  for residential purposes the utility may supply both the commercial and
				  residential lighting through one meter at the commercial lighting rate, or on
				  rural lines at the rural rate.
(c)
				  Consumers desiring service in excess of 25 HP may be required to enter into
				  term contracts with the utility supplying service, for the period established
				  in the schedule of rates filed with the Commission. Failure to enter into
				  contract for the period specified in the rate schedule will entitle the utility
				  to impose a surcharge of five percent on all bills rendered to such consumers.
				  The utility shall not be required to supply service for a period of less than
				  one year except under rate schedules designed expressly for short-term service.
				  In case of initial contracts for service where the investment required of the
				  utility is large, the Commission may require contracts of sufficiently long
				  term to justify the investment, regardless of the provisions of the rate
				  schedule filed for such service.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 16, 2/9/73.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-26 - SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS

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The current rules and regulations of the American National
					 Standards Institute (ANSI) entitled "National Electrical Safety Code" are
					 hereby adopted by reference as the electric safety rules of this Commission and
					 shall apply to all electric utilities which operate in North Carolina under the
					 jurisdiction of the Commission.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
					 Sub 5, 7/15/65; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 6, 11/4/68; NCUC Docket No. M-100,
					 Sub 89, 12/8/81; 4/9/84; 6/23/87; 12/5/89; 12/8/92; 1/7/97;
					 04/02/02.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-27 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS

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(a) For
				  utilities with annual accounting and reporting periods based on the calendar
				  year, effective January 1, 2002, and for utilities with fiscal year accounting
				  and reporting periods, effective with fiscal years beginning in 2002, the
				  Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees
				  Subject to the Provisions of the Federal Power Act, as currently embodied in
				  the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 101, and as
				  revised periodically, is hereby adopted by this Commission as its accounting
				  rules for electric utilities and is prescribed for the use of all electric
				  utilities under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Utilities Commission,
				  subject to the following exceptions and conditions unless otherwise ordered by
				  the Commission:
(1) All orders and practices
				  of the Commission in effect as of the effective date of this Rule with any
				  accounting impacts that conflict with provisions of the Uniform System of
				  Accounts shall remain in effect, and future such orders and practices with such
				  impacts shall supersede the provisions of the Uniform System of Accounts for
				  North Carolina retail jurisdictional purposes.
(2) The electric utilities under the
				  jurisdiction of the Commission must apply to the Commission for any North
				  Carolina retail jurisdictional use of the following accounts:
a. Account 182.1 - Extraordinary Property
				  Losses.
b. Account 182.2 -
				  Unrecovered Plant and Regulatory Study Costs.
c. Account 182.3 - Other Regulatory
				  Assets.
d. Account 254 - Other
				  Regulatory Liabilities.
e. Account
				  407 - Amortization of Property Losses, Unrecovered Plant and Regulatory Study
				  Costs.
f. Account 407.3 -
				  Regulatory Debits.
g. Account 407.4
				  - Regulatory Credits.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-28 - RETENTION OF RECORDS

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Unless otherwise specified by the Commission, all records
					 required by these rules shall be preserved for the period of time specified in
					 the current edition of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
					 Commissioners' publication "Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records
					 of Electric, Gas and Water Utilities."
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
					 Sub 128, 10/27/99.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-29 - APPLICATION FOR SERVICE AREA BY ELECTRIC SUPPLIER; PUBLICATION OF NOTICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Whenever there is filed with the Commission an application
					 by an electric supplier for the assignment of a service area, as provided in
					 G.S.
					 62-110.2(c), the applicant
					 will publish a notice thereof in form approved by the Commission once a week
					 for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
					 or counties where such area is situated.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 3, 1/28/66; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 22,
					 9/15/69.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-30 - PETITION TO INTERVENE BY OTHER SUPPLIERS; CONSOLIDATION OF

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
A petition for intervention by another electric supplier
					 may contain an application for assignment to the intervenor of the same area
					 applied for by the applicant or any portion thereof, but may not contain
					 application for any area not applied for by the applicant. The Commission may,
					 however, in its discretion, consolidate two or more applications for
					 hearing.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 3, 1/28/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-31 - HEARING AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION

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A hearing upon any application will not be commenced before
					 the expiration of at least sixty days after the last day of publication of
					 notice by the applicant.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 3, 1/28/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-32 - ASSIGNMENT OF SERVICE AREAS ON COMMISSION'S MOTION

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The Commission may on its own motion set for hearing the
					 assignment of any service area which the Commission deems should be assigned
					 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 62-110.2(c) notwithstanding
					 there is no application to have such area assigned by any electrical supplier,
					 and any hearing set on the Commission's own motion shall be subject to the
					 provisions of this article relating to the notice to electrical suppliers in
					 the adjoining territory and to the time for hearing.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 3, 1/28/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-33 - RATE SCHEDULES, RULES AND REGULATIONS, UNDERGROUND WIRING, PROMOTIONAL PAYMENTS

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(a) Copies of all schedules of rates,
				  charges, service regulations and forms of service contracts used or to be used
				  within the State by any electric membership corporation doing business in North
				  Carolina shall be filed with the Utilities Commission for information purposes
				  and each such electric membership corporation shall keep a copy of such
				  schedule, rates, charges, service regulations and contracts open to public
				  inspection, which shall be furnished to members or prospective members upon
				  request, as provided in
				  G.S.
				  62-138(f).
(b) For the purposes of this article, the
				  rates, charges and service regulations of electric membership corporations
				  shall be deemed to include the provisions of
				  G.S.
				  62-3(24) defining "rate" to
				  mean every compensation, charge, fare, tariff, schedule, toll, rental and
				  classification or any of them demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any
				  electric membership corporation for any service, product or commodity offered
				  by it to their members and any rules, regulations, practices or contracts
				  affecting any such compensation, charge, fare, tariff, schedule, toll, rental
				  or classification.
(c) The schedule
				  of rates, charges and service regulations under this article shall specifically
				  include any provisions of rates, charges or service regulations or any other
				  source relating to underground wiring to members' premises.
(d) In addition to filing such schedules of
				  rates, charges and service regulations under this article, any electric
				  membership corporation proposing to pay any compensation or consideration or to
				  furnish any equipment to secure the installation or adoption of electric
				  service shall first file with the Commission a schedule of such compensation or
				  consideration or equipment to be furnished and received approval thereof by the
				  Commission as provided by
				  G.S.
				  62-140(c) as amended in
				  1965.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-34 - TITLE AND DOCKET ASSIGNMENTS FOR RATES AND REGULATIONS OF ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Electric membership corporations (including electric
					 "cooperatives" domesticated in North Carolina, both hereafter called "EMCs")
					 will carry the designation "EC" in all of their filings with the Commission,
					 whether under
					 G.S.
					 62-138(f) or otherwise,
					 together with their respective number designations by the United States Rural
					 Electrification Administration. (Out-of-state EMCs domesticated in North
					 Carolina will also carry immediately following their REA number designation,
					 the letter (s) denoting their respective states, since in several instances the
					 numbers are the same as assigned to North Carolina EMCs.) For example, Randolph
					 Electric Membership Corporation, Asheboro, North Carolina, was originally
					 assigned the REA number 36; Randolph's filings will therefore carry the
					 designation "EC-36"; in like manner, each of the other EMCs will be designated
					 and permanently identified.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-35 - REQUIREMENTS AS TO SIZE AND FORM OF RATE FILINGS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Information filed pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 62-138(f) will ordinarily be
					 on 8-1/2" by 11" bond paper.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-36 - FILINGS TO REFLECT EFFECTIVE DATE, CHANGES AND PREVIOUS FILINGS SUPERSEDED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Each filing pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 62-138(f) will reflect (a)
					 the original date of the matter filed and the effective date thereof, (b) the
					 subject number thereof (EMC filing of all kinds to begin with Sub 1 and to
					 continue as Sub 2, Sub 3, etc., as is the Commission's present practice), and
					 (c) any other information appropriate in clearly identifying the filing, i.e.,
					 what it is superseding that has been previously filed, if anything.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-37 - COPIES REQUIRED

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
At least five (5) copies of each filing will be forwarded
					 to the Commission.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-38 - TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR FILINGS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Matter will be filed within at least thirty (30) days after
					 its effective date, and may be filed earlier or in advance of the effective
					 date.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 4 - OPERATION › Section 11 R08-39 - TRANSMISSION OF FILINGS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Filings may be effectuated by transmission of the matter
					 filed via covering letter, addressed to the Chief Clerk of the
					 Commission.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 5, 6/16/66; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 140,
					 12/03/13.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 7 - POWER RELIABILITY › Section 11 R08-40 - REPORT OF IMPENDING EMERGENCIES, LOAD REDUCTIONS AND SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS IN BULK

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Definitions. - For the purpose of this
				  rule, a bulk electric power supply interruption shall be any interruption or
				  loss of service to customers of any public electric utility, or electric
				  membership corporation engaged in the generation or transmission of electric
				  energy caused by or involving an outage of any generating unit or of electric
				  facilities operating at a nominal voltage of 69 kV or higher. In determining
				  the aggregate of loads which are interrupted, any load which is interrupted in
				  accordance with the provisions of contracts permitting interruptions in service
				  shall not be included.
(b)
				  Telephonic Reports. - Every public electric utility and electric membership
				  corporation engaged in the generation or transmission of electric energy shall
				  report promptly (Monday - Friday, during regular work hours) to the Operations
				  Division of the Commission Staff and the Electric Division of the Public Staff
				  of the North Carolina Utilities Commission by telephone any event as described
				  below:
(1) Any decision to issue a public
				  request for reduction in use of electricity.
(2) Any action to reduce firm customer loads
				  by reduction of voltage for reasons of maintaining adequacy of bulk electric
				  power supply.
(3) Any action to
				  reduce firm customer loads by manual switching, operation of automatic
				  loadshedding devices, or any other means for reasons of maintaining adequacy of
				  bulk electric power supply.
(4) Any
				  loss in service for 15 minutes or more of bulk electric power supply to
				  aggregate loads in excess of 200,000 kW.
(5) Any outage in bulk power supply
				  facilities, accident to system facilities, delays in construction, or
				  substantial delays in making repairs following unscheduled outages that are of
				  consequence on a subregional or State basis, or which may constitute an unusual
				  hazard to the reliability of electric service.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 7 - POWER RELIABILITY › Section 11 R08-40A - SERVICE RELIABILITY INDEX REPORTING

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(a)
				  Purpose. The purpose of this Rule is to establish standards for measuring and
				  reporting distribution service reliability by electric public utilities that
				  own and operate electric power distribution systems in North
				  Carolina.
(b) Applicability. This
				  Rule applies to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Duke Energy Progress, Inc.; and
				  Dominion North Carolina Power.
(c)
				  Definitions. Unless otherwise provided for in this Rule, all terms used are as
				  defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the
				  most current IEEE Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices
				  1366 (IEEE Standard 1366).
(d)
				  Quarterly Reports.
(1) Each electric public
				  utility shall report service reliability data to the Commission on a quarterly
				  basis. The data reported shall be submitted within 30 days of the end of each
				  quarter and shall reflect SAIDI and SAIFI results for the preceding 12
				  months.
(2) SAIDI and SAIFI shall
				  be calculated in accordance with IEEE Standard 1366.
(3) The reports shall include: SAIDI, with
				  and without Major Event Days, and SAIFI, with and without Major Event
				  Days.
(4) Interruptions reported
				  shall include all sustained interruptions, except those for Major Event
				  Days.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 7 - POWER RELIABILITY › Section 11 R08-41 - FILING OF EMERGENCY LOAD REDUCTION PLANS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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(a) All certificated public electric utility
				  companies, electric membership corporations and municipal corporations engaged
				  in the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy, shall
				  design and adopt a set of load-reducing plans and emergency procedures that
				  will provide judicious treatment to all affected customers in the event that
				  emergency load reduction is required, provided that compliance with the
				  requirements of this subsection by any municipal corporation shall be
				  voluntary. Furthermore, the plans and procedures of each such electric supplier
				  or participating municipal corporation shall be coordinated with the plans and
				  procedures of its natural gas suppliers, natural gas distribution utilities,
				  gas pipelines, wholesale suppliers and/or wholesale-for-resale customers to the
				  extent reasonably practicable.
(b)
				  A detailed copy of emergency load reduction plans and emergency procedures in
				  effect shall be filed by each electric supplier or municipal corporation in the
				  office of the Commission in Docket No. E-100, Sub 10A and shall be updated
				  annually not later than May 15. Each filing shall contain a certification that
				  such plans and procedures have been coordinated with the electric utilities'
				  natural gas suppliers, natural gas distribution utilities, and gas pipelines,
				  as well as wholesale power suppliers or wholesale-for-resale customers as
				  applicable.
(c) In its annual
				  filing, each electric public utility and electric membership corporation shall
				  include a verified statement by an officer stating that:
(1) the utility had identified all the
				  gas-electric dependencies and inter-dependencies that could threaten electric
				  operations or customer service during extreme cold weather or other
				  emergencies;
(2) the electric
				  utility had discussed those dependencies and inter-dependencies with the
				  appropriate gas utility(ies) and pipeline(s);
(3)
				   the electric utility had, in cooperation with the gas
				  utility(ies) and/or pipeline(s), established a plan for managing the
				  dependencies and inter-dependencies during extreme cold weather events and
				  other emergencies; and
(4) the
				  electric utility had within the last 12 months demonstrated its ability to
				  start its black start generators from a cold shutdown state during cold
				  weather.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 7 - POWER RELIABILITY › Section 11 R08-42 - RESCINDED

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Rescinded by NCUC
					 Docket No. E-100, Sub 54, 12/8/88.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 7 - POWER RELIABILITY › Section 11 R08-43 - RESCINDED

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Rescinded by NCUC
					 Docket No. E-100, Sub 54, 12/8/88.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 9 - OVERCHARGES AND UNDERCHARGES › Section 11 R08-44 - METHOD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR RATES VARYING FROM SCHEDULE OR FOR OTHER BILLING ERRORS

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If it is found that a utility has directly or indirectly,
					 by any device whatsoever, charged, demanded, collected or received from any
					 consumer a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be
					 rendered by such utility than that prescribed in the schedules of such utility
					 applicable thereto then filed in the manner provided in Chapter 62 of the North
					 Carolina General Statutes; or if it is found that any consumer has received or
					 accepted any service from a utility for a compensation greater or less than
					 that prescribed in such schedules; or if, for any reason, billing error has
					 resulted in a greater or lesser charge than that incurred by the consumer for
					 the actual service rendered, then the method of adjustment for such overcharge
					 or undercharge shall be as provided by the following:
(1) If the utility has willfully overcharged
				  any consumer, then the method of adjustment shall be as provided in
				  G.S.
				  62-139(b).
(2) If the utility has inadvertently
				  overcharged a consumer as a result of a misapplied schedule, an error in
				  reading the meter, a skipped meter reading, or any other human, machine, or
				  meter error, the utility shall at the customer's option, refund the excess
				  amount paid by that consumer or credit the amount billed as provided by the
				  following:
a. If the interval during which the
				  consumer was overcharged can be determined, then the utility shall credit or
				  refund the excess amount charged during that entire interval provided that the
				  applicable statute of limitations shall not be exceeded.
b. If the interval during which the consumer
				  was overcharged cannot be determined, then the utility shall credit or refund
				  the excess amount charged during the 12 month period preceding the date when
				  the billing error was discovered.
c. If the exact usage and/or demand incurred
				  by that consumer during the billing periods subject to adjustment cannot be
				  determined, then the refund shall be based on an appropriate estimated usage
				  and/or demand.
d. If an overcharged
				  consumer owes a past due electric balance for the same type of service on which
				  an overcharge occurred, the utility may deduct the past due amount from any
				  refund or credit.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 9 - OVERCHARGES AND UNDERCHARGES › Section 11 R08-45-46 - RESCINDED

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Rescinded by NCUC
					 Docket No. E-100, Sub 47, 5/1/84.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 9 - OVERCHARGES AND UNDERCHARGES › Section 11 R08-47 - REQUIREMENTS OF MINIMUM STANDARD OFFERINGS OF LIGHTING LUMINAIRES

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(a) Utilities are urged to investigate new,
				  more efficient lighting systems as they are developed and, where such systems
				  are efficient and economical to the consumer, to request approval of newer
				  systems as standard tariff items.
(b) Luminaires with less than 33,000 lamp
				  lumens
(1) When new lighting systems of less
				  than 33,000 lamp lumens are offered, at least one unit must be offered in each
				  of the following standard lumen ranges before offerings may be made in other
				  ranges.
STANDARD RANGES
(Nominal Lamp Lumen Ratings)
Area Lighting
Street Lighting
6,000 - 8,700
6,000 - 8,700
20,000 - 30,000
10,000 - 14,500
19,000 - 25,000
(2) If a standard unit of the new type is not
				  available in a lumen output range required in R8-47(b)(1), the standard unit
				  most closely meeting the lumen requirements of that range may be
				  substituted.
(3) The lumen ranges
				  required for street lighting by R8-47(b)(1) are based upon the light
				  distributions on roadway and sidewalk areas resulting from the refractive
				  characteristics of standard mercury vapor and high pressure sodium vapor point
				  source luminaires. In order to qualify as meeting Rule R8-47(b)(1), luminaire
				  systems with other light distributions will require a corresponding adjustment
				  of lamp lumen levels in order to equal the roadway and sidewalk illumination
				  from these standard luminaires.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 10 - FUEL BASED RATE CHANGES › Section 11 R08-48 - INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO NEW CONSUMERS

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(a) Each
				  utility shall provide to each of its new consumers within sixty (60) days after
				  commencement of service a clear and concise explanation of the rate schedule(s)
				  applicable to such consumer. This can be accomplished in one of the following
				  manners at the option of the utility:
(1) A
				  description of the rate schedules, special clauses, and riders which are
				  reasonably available to the consumer with respect to the customer's particular
				  rate classification or usage pattern (e.g., residential, small commercial,
				  general service, large power).
(2)
				  A copy of applicable rate schedules or similar documents on file with the
				  Commission which contain such information.
(3) A combination of items (1) and (2) above
				  to inform the customer of rate schedules available to that particular
				  service.
(4) The information stated
				  in (1) and (2) above may also be provided to a new consumer prior to
				  commencement of service at the utility's option if such is normally provided in
				  the course of routine service negotiation.
(5) In addition to the above, each new
				  consumer is to be furnished either a summary description of the current
				  procedures whereby the utility, pursuant to provisions of
				  G.S.
				  62-134(e), is permitted to
				  increase or decrease its rates based solely upon the cost of fuel used in
				  generation or production of power, or a copy of the Commission rule setting
				  forth such procedures.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 10 - FUEL BASED RATE CHANGES › Section 11 R08-49 - NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMERS OF TARIFF CHANGES

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(a) Unless
				  otherwise ordered by the Commission, each utility that files an application
				  with the Commission seeking to change its rate tariffs, excluding adjustments
				  of base rates for fuel costs, shall publish notice of such application in the
				  local news media within thirty (30) days of the date of the Commission's order
				  requiring such notice to be filed relative to the subject application. In
				  addition, each utility will provide a bill insert notifying its consumers of
				  such application within sixty (60) days of the Commission's order. The form of
				  such notices will be supplied to the utility by the Commission and will
				  normally contain the following information:
(1) a description of the overall amount of
				  the increase applied for in terms of dollars and in terms of percentage
				  increase over current levels, and any proposed changes in tariff designs or
				  tariff availability clauses;
(2) a
				  brief comparison of present versus proposed billings for the major rate
				  categories for specified usage levels;
(3) a schedule of times, dates, and locations
				  of public hearings to be held with respect to the application;
(4) a schedule of filing deadlines for
				  persons interested in intervening in the case and a reference to Commission
				  rules specifying the procedures for intervening;
(5) a specification of a location where
				  interested parties can review the documentation filed in support of the rate
				  application and where copies of the proposed rate tariffs and pleadings filed
				  in the case can be obtained by the general public; and
(6) any other information deemed appropriate
				  by the Commission with regard to the utility's application.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 10 - FUEL BASED RATE CHANGES › Section 11 R08-50 - NOTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE RATE SCHEDULES AND BREAKDOWN OF COMPANY OPERATING EXPENSES

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(a) At least once
				  each calendar year, each electric utility shall notify its consumers of the
				  rate schedules that are available within the rate classification in which such
				  consumer falls. Such notice should contain brief summaries of all rate
				  schedules within a consumer's rate classification. In addition, the notice
				  shall contain a statement that "Complete Rate Schedules are available upon
				  request." Each utility shall annually notify the Commission of the completion
				  date of this notification.
(b) Each
				  electric utility shall annually provide to each of its consumers a breakdown of
				  its operating expenses for the most recent available twelve (12) month period
				  expressed as a percent of each dollar of revenue. This information may be
				  communicated graphically as part of a regular bill insert, or if the utility
				  does not include inserts with its bills, in a special mailing.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 36, 1/5/81.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 10 - FUEL BASED RATE CHANGES › Section 11 R08-51 - PROVISION OF PAST BILLING HISTORY UPON CONSUMER REQUEST

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Each utility, upon the request of one of its consumers,
					 shall provide the past billing information of such consumer as provided in this
					 rule. The minimum information which shall be provided shall include the
					 following in an easily understood format: the name of the rate schedule under
					 which such consumer is served; a clear specification of the months and years of
					 data supplied (twelve month minimum); and a clear itemization of the demand
					 billing units, basic facilities charge, kilowatt-hour usage, and dollar amount
					 of bills for each bill rendered during the period to which the data relates.
					 The utility may charge up to $5.00 for all subsequent requests for a past
					 billing history made by the same consumer for the same service location within
					 a twelve (12) month period.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 36, 1/5/81; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 140,
					 12/03/13.