New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 3 - ALL UTILITIES › Subchapter 8 - EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE REGULATED SERVICES › Section 14:3-8.9 - Suggested formulae for allocating extension costs-general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) (Reserved)
(b) If a regulated entity or applicant
				petitions the Board to apply the suggested formula in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.5(a), to an extension
				to serve any type of development other than a single residential customer,
				Board staff shall apply the formula at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.10. If a regulated entity or applicant
				requests that Board staff apply the suggested formula to an extension to serve
				only a single residential customer, Board staff shall apply the formula in
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.11.
(c) For both types of formulae (single
				residential customer and other), the regulated entity may require the applicant
				to provide a deposit. The amount of the deposit shall be determined according
				to the provisions for multi-unit developments at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.10 or for single residential customers
				at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.11, as applicable. The regulated
				entity shall then construct the extension, and shall refund the portions of the
				deposit that are refundable under (g) below according to the formula set forth
				at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.10 or 8.11, as applicable.
(d) For purposes of determining the amount of
				the deposit and applying the suggested formula, the following shall apply:
1. The regulated entity shall estimate the
				cost of the extension in accordance with the applicable tariff, and shall add
				the tax consequences incurred by the regulated entity *pursuant to* the
				Internal Revenue Code as a result of receiving the deposit, as detailed at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:3-8.6;
2. The regulated entity shall assume that the
				electric service connection to each building will be at the nearest corner of
				the building to the point at which the service enters the property;
3. If an applicant requests service that
				costs more than that which is standard under the regulated entity's and/or the
				industry's system design standards, or if an extension presents an unusual
				situation in which providing standard service is substantially more expensive
				than usual, the regulated entity may charge the applicant or the customer for
				the extra expense. In accordance with (h) below, this charge is not refundable.
				For example, for an underground extension, costs of pavement cutting and
				restoration, rock removal, blasting, or unusual or difficult digging conditions
				requiring equipment and methods not generally used may be charged to the
				applicant. In such a case, the regulated entity shall not charge the applicant
				more than the actual cost for the extra work required; and
4. If the extension requires a regulated
				entity to pay an attachment charge for the use of utility poles located on
				private property and not owned by the regulated entity, the regulated entity
				may include the cost of the attachment charge when calculating the cost of the
				extension.