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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 7 - PURCHASED WATER AND WASTEWATER ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES › Section 14:9-7.7 - Determining the customer charge under a PWAC or PSTAC

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(a) This section
				sets forth the procedure by which a water or wastewater utility shall calculate
				the amount the utility is authorized to collect from each customer under its
				PWAC or PSTAC. The utility shall present this calculation to the Board for its
				review and approval as part of a petition submitted under
				14:9-7.6.
(b) To determine the customer charge under a
				PWAC or PSTAC, a utility shall apply the equation in Table B below, for all
				customers charged for service on a flat rate basis, and the equation in Table C
				below for all customers charged on a metered basis.
Table B
Determining PWAC or PSTAC Customer
						  Charge -- Flat Rate Basis
Utility's base cost of purchased
						  water or wastewater at time of
petition submittal
+/-
New cost of purchased water or
						  wastewater
+/-
Rate case expenses
+/-
Amount of costs and expenses compressed or
						  deferred, if any
x
Revenue tax factor, that is, the multiplier
						  applied to recoup
the Gross Receipts and Franchise Taxes at the rate
						  established
in the utility's last base rate or adjustment clause
						  case
=
Total allowable expenses
/
Number of customers by class
=
PWAC or PSTAC charge per customer for the
						  upcoming year
Table C
Determining PWAC or PSTAC Customer
						  Charge -- Metered Basis
Base cost of purchased water or
						  wastewater
+/-
New cost of purchased water or
						  wastewater
+/-
Rate case expenses
+/-
Amount of costs and expenses compressed or
						  deferred, if any
x
Revenue tax factor, that is, the multiplier
						  applied to recoup
the Gross Receipts and Franchise Taxes at the rate
						  established
in the utility's last base rate or adjustment clause
						  case
=
Total allowable expenses
/
Base water consumption or base wastewater
						  treatment
=
PWAC or PSTAC charge per thousand gallons for
						  the upcoming year
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 8 - COMBINED DOMESTIC WATER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SERVICE › Section 14:9-8.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  14:9-1.2 and
				  14:3-1.1.
"Customer's water system" means all water facilities on the
				  customer's side of the meter, or on the customer's side of the water service,
				  which are owned or controlled by the customer.
"DCA" means the Department of Community Affairs.
"Domestic water service" means potable water service supplied
				  by a water utility that meets or exceeds the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water
				  rules, found at N.J.A.C. 7:10.
"Fire suppression service" means potable water supplied for
				  use in a fire suppression system inside a structure, such as an automatic
				  sprinkler system.
"Multi-use service" means water service that is supplied to a
				  structure through one water line extending from the water main to the
				  structure, and which is used inside the structure for both domestic water
				  service and fire suppression service.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 8 - COMBINED DOMESTIC WATER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SERVICE › Section 14:9-8.2 - Required water tariff filings and amendments

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(a) A water utility
				that is required under
				14:3-1.3 to file a tariff with the
				Board after October 16, 2006 shall ensure that the tariff complies with this
				subchapter.
(b) A water utility
				that has filed a tariff prior to October 16, 2006, which is in effect as of
				October 16, 2006, shall submit an amendment to the tariff, or a new tariff
				page(s), that complies with this subchapter. The water utility shall submit the
				amendment or new tariff page(s) by January 14, 2007.
(c) If a residential customer or builder
				requests fire suppression service and that service is provided from a multi-use
				line of two inches or less, the customer's meter may be placed on the domestic
				branch of the customer's service to properly measure domestic water
				use.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 8 - COMBINED DOMESTIC WATER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SERVICE › Section 14:9-8.3 - Multi-use service

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(a) Each water
				utility that provides multi-use service, as defined at
				14:9-8.1, shall include in its
				tariff the language required in this section. The water utility shall place the
				language in the tariff in the location required in this section.
(b) The following language shall be located
				in the tariff in a Terms of Payment section governing multi-use service, or in
				a general Terms of Payment section:
"A water utility may terminate a customer's multi-use service
				  for non-payment of a valid water bill for multi-use service, in accordance with
				  the Board's rules governing discontinuance of service at
				  14:3-3A.4(j)."
(c) The following language shall
				be located in the tariff in a Conditions section that governs multi-use
				service:
"By applying for multi-use service, the customer or builder
				  certifies that:
1. The customer or
				builder has hydraulically calculated the demand for the customer's or builder's
				water system, based on the simultaneous domestic demand and fire sprinkler
				demand. The customer or builder shall make this calculation in accordance with
				the Uniform Construction Code; and
2. The customer or builder will ensure that
				the system is installed in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code at
				N.J.A.C. 5:23; and
3. The customer
				will, prior to installation of the meter, obtain a construction permit in
				accordance with the Uniform Construction Code from the enforcing agency having
				jurisdiction over the system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 9 - CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS › Section 14:9-9.1 - Consumer Confidence Reports

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On or before July 1 of each year, each water utility shall
				  submit to the Board a copy of the Consumer Confidence Report that the utility
				  is required to prepare pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
				  1996," 40 CFR 141.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.1 - Purpose, scope, and general provisions

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(a) This
				subchapter establishes for water utilities in New Jersey, a voluntary
				Distribution System Improvement Charge (DSIC), which is an initiative intended
				to create a regulatory mechanism that enables the accelerated level of
				investment needed to promote the timely rehabilitation and replacement of
				certain non-revenue producing, critical water distribution components that
				enhance safety, reliability, water quality, system flows and pressure, and/or
				conservation. Through a DSIC, after approval of the foundational filing, a
				water utility may charge customers, up to the DSIC cap amount, for the costs of
				rehabilitating, improving, or replacing water distribution infrastructure in
				accordance with this subchapter.
(b) The purpose of a DSIC is to provide a
				rate recovery mechanism that encourages and supports necessary accelerated
				rehabilitation and replacement. As set forth under this subchapter, such
				investment would occur in a systematic and sustained way to advance the
				accelerated rehabilitation and replacement of water distribution infrastructure
				needed for conservation, continued system safety and reliability, improved
				water quality, and sustained economic growth in the State of New
				Jersey.
(c) The Board shall require
				frequent and detailed monitoring and reporting of expenditures during all
				phases of the DSIC, as set forth in this subchapter, in order to ensure prudent
				investment and compliance with this subchapter.
(d) All petitions to the Board regarding DSIC
				activities shall be submitted by the water utility.
(e) A DSIC rate is interim, subject to
				refund, until the subsequent base rate case.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.3 - Investments eligible for recovery under a DSIC

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(a) A water
				utility may seek recovery for any or all of the following costs through a DSIC:
1. Water main replacement and
				rehabilitation;
2. Water main
				cleaning and lining;
3. Valve and
				hydrant replacement;
4. Service
				line replacement (from main to curb or meter pit); and/or
5. Un-reimbursed utility relocation costs
				associated with relocations required by governmental entities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.4 - DSIC Foundational Filing

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(a) The Board shall
				authorize the implementation of a DSIC by a water utility. Under the DSIC, the
				Board shall authorize a water utility to recover costs associated with
				DSIC-eligible projects through an approved DSIC rate.
(b) To obtain authorization to implement a
				DSIC, the water utility shall submit a Foundational Filing to the Board.
				Whether filed separately or concurrently with a base rate case, the water
				utility shall submit with the Foundational Filing, certain information,
				described below:
1. An engineering evaluation
				report of the water utility's distribution system that:
i. Identifies the rationale for the work
				needed to be accelerated for the water utility to properly sustain its water
				distribution network;
ii.
				Demonstrates that the plan proposed to accelerate the renewal of the
				distribution network is the most cost effective plan;
iii. To the extent that elements of the
				distribution network are failing, identifies what mechanisms are causing the
				failures; and
iv. Identifies what
				is being done to extend the life of the water utility's distribution network
				assets;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.5 - DSIC filing requirements

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(a) Each DSIC
				filing made by a water utility shall include the following:
1. A detailed description of all
				DSIC-eligible projects placed in service clearly identifying any projects that
				are carried over from a prior DSIC period or from a prior DSIC recovery period
				and any restoration costs sought for projects placed in-service, as well as the
				in service date of the project associated with the restoration costs;
2. Aggregate information capturing
				blanket-type, DSIC-eligible infrastructure, to be rehabilitated or replaced
				(that is, number of valves, hydrants, or service lines) and the actual annual
				cost of such blanket-type replacement programs.
3. A schedule comparing the:
i. Total spending on DSIC-eligible projects
				to date, during the DSIC recovery period, including the base-project spending
				and DSIC-project spending by Foundational Filing project identification number
				or blanket-project category;
ii.
				Actual cost of completed DSIC-eligible projects for the DSIC recovery period
				with the estimated costs for the projects contained in the most recent
				Foundational Filing or amendment thereto;
iii. In-service date of completed
				DSIC-eligible projects versus estimated in-service date of DSIC-eligible
				projects as set forth in the Foundational Filing; and
iv. Actual revenues collected through the
				DSIC assessment, compared with the actual revenue requirement of the
				DSIC-eligible projects during the DSIC recovery period, and the resultant DSIC
				under- or over-recovery amounts;
4. A proposed DSIC schedule outlining the
				DSIC charge, determined in accordance with this subchapter, and detailed
				information demonstrating that the proposed DSIC charge meets the requirements
				at N.J.A.C. 14:9-10.9. The schedule
				shall include either, a proposed schedule for returning to customers any
				over-recovery in the prior DSIC recovery period, including interest at the
				adjusted weighted average cost of capital or, a proposed schedule for
				recovering from customers any under-recovery in the prior DSIC recovery period.
				The over-recovery, including interest, or under-recovery, shall be credited or
				charged to customers during the next DSIC recovery period. This information
				shall support the DSIC charge calculation, with documentation, detailed
				financial analyses, and other relevant information, showing all assumptions and
				calculations. All supporting financial information shall be presented in such a
				way as to allow the Board to evaluate whether the calculations meet the
				requirements of this subchapter; and
5. Other documentation, as needed, to
				evaluate the DSIC program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.6 - DSIC-eligible plant investments during a base rate case

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(a) In the
				event that DSIC-eligible plant additions are placed in service during the test
				year of a water utility's base rate case, if not recovered as part of a routine
				DSIC filing, those plant additions shall be considered as part of the base rate
				case proceeding, and included in the routine test-year plant additions,
				consistent with existing Board rules.
(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of
				this subchapter, a water utility may continue to make DSIC-eligible investments
				and collect a DSIC charge during a pending rate case filed in accordance with
				existing Board rules.
(c) DSIC
				rates shall be rolled into base rates during a water utility's subsequent base
				rate case and the DSIC rate shall be reset to zero.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.7 - Carry over between DSIC Foundational Filings

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(a) All carry
				over costs permitted by this section and included in a DSIC rate shall be
				included in the calculation of the DSIC cap.
(b) Notwithstanding
				N.J.A.C.
				14:9-10.4(d), a
				DSIC-eligible project begun, but not in-service within one Foundational Filing
				can be considered a valid DSIC project in a subsequent Foundational Filing that
				was filed with the Board prior to the resetting of rates within the
				Foundational Filing where the DSIC-eligible project began.
(c) Costs of projects, authorized by a Board
				Order approving a Foundational Filing and placed in-service by a water utility
				between the close of the test year and the effective date of rates in the base
				rate case may be recovered in the first normally scheduled semi-annual DSIC
				filing under the Board's new Foundational Filing Order and included in the DSIC
				cap.
(d) Unrecovered restoration
				costs of a project that was placed in-service during one Foundational Filing
				may be carried over and recovered in a subsequent Foundational Filing and
				included in a timely semi-annual filing, where the restoration costs would
				otherwise be within the timeframe set forth in
				N.J.A.C.
				14:9-10.3(c).
(e) Notwithstanding (a) through (d) above,
				if, a water utility has not requested approval of a new Foundational Filing
				concurrently with or during the pendency of a base rate case where a prior DSIC
				rate was reset to zero pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				14:9-10.6 or, if the Board does not approve
				such Foundational Filing, no project or restoration costs undertaken by the
				water utility that were not recovered through the resetting of base rates will
				be eligible for DSIC recovery and a water utility must seek recovery in a
				future base rate case.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.8 - Rate limitation

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(a) The water utility shall stop assessing a
				DSIC charge at the earlier of the following:
1. The Board finds, at any time, that a water
				utility is not in compliance with the DSIC as approved;
2. The water utility does not meet the
				requirements of the earnings test calculation pursuant to (b) below;
				or
3. Upon reaching the date upon
				which this chapter has expired, except that a water utility may continue to
				assess the DSIC charge for any DSIC investments included in an approved
				Foundational Filing and made prior to the date this chapter expires.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 10 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-10.10 - DSIC billing

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(a) If a water
				utility has a Board-approved DSIC, the water utility shall identify and list
				the amount owed by the customer, based on the DSIC rate calculated in
				accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				14:9-10.9, separately on customer bills. The
				DSIC rate will be reflected in bills issued on and after the effective date of
				the first DSIC filing and can be adjusted on the basis of subsequent DSIC
				filings no more frequently than every six months, up to an amount not to exceed
				the DSIC cap over the DSIC period.
(b) Customer bills shall reflect the DSIC
				rate calculated as set forth in
				N.J.A.C.
				14:9-10.9(a)3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.1 - Purpose, scope, and general provisions

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(a) This subchapter establishes for
				wastewater (sewer) utilities in New Jersey, a voluntary Wastewater System
				Improvement Charge (WSIC), which is an initiative intended to create a
				regulatory mechanism that enables the accelerated level of investment needed to
				promote the timely rehabilitation and replacement of certain non-revenue
				producing, critical wastewater distribution components that enhance safety,
				reliability, public health, effluent quality, and/or conservation. Through a
				WSIC, after approval of the foundational filing, a wastewater utility may
				charge customers, up to the WSIC cap amount, for the costs of rehabilitating,
				improving, or replacing wastewater infrastructure in accordance with this
				subchapter.
(b) The purpose of a
				WSIC is to provide a rate recovery mechanism that encourages and supports
				necessary accelerated rehabilitation and replacement. As set forth under this
				subchapter, such investment would occur in a systematic and sustained way to
				advance the accelerated rehabilitation and replacement of wastewater
				infrastructure needed for conservation, continued system safety and
				reliability, improved effluent quality, and sustained economic growth in the
				State of New Jersey.
(c) The Board
				shall require frequent and detailed monitoring and reporting of expenditures
				during all phases of the WSIC, as set forth in this subchapter, in order to
				ensure prudent investment and compliance with this subchapter.
(d) All petitions to the Board regarding WSIC
				activities shall be submitted by the wastewater utility.
(e) A WSIC rate is interim, subject to
				refund, until the subsequent base rate case.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.3 - Investments eligible for recovery under a WSIC

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(a) A wastewater utility may seek recovery
				for any or all of the following costs through a WSIC:
1. Sewer main replacement and
				rehabilitation;
2. Structural and
				non-structural lining projects;
3.
				Grouting and sealing of sewer line joints;
4. Replacement or rehabilitation of sewer
				laterals, manholes, and force mains; and
5. Reline or relocation of sewer lines,
				manholes, and sewer laterals (or other utility owned sewer assets) stemming
				from coordination with government entities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.4 - WSIC Foundational Filing

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(a)
				The Board shall authorize the implementation of a WSIC by a wastewater utility.
				Under the WSIC, the Board shall authorize a wastewater utility to recover costs
				associated with WSIC-eligible projects through an approved WSIC rate.
(b) To obtain authorization to implement a
				WSIC, the wastewater utility shall submit a Foundational Filing to the Board.
				Whether filed separately or concurrently with a base rate case, the wastewater
				utility shall submit with the Foundational Filing certain information as
				described below:
1. An engineering evaluation
				report of the wastewater utility's sewer system that:
i. Identifies the rationale for the work
				needed to be accelerated for the wastewater utility to properly sustain its
				wastewater infrastructure;
ii.
				Demonstrates that the plan proposed to accelerate the renewal of the wastewater
				infrastructure is the most cost-effective plan;
iii. To the extent that elements of the
				wastewater infrastructure are failing, identifies what mechanisms are causing
				the failures; and
iv. Identifies
				what is being done to extend the life of the wastewater utility's wastewater
				infrastructure assets.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.5 - WSIC filing requirements

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(a) Each
				WSIC filing made by a wastewater utility shall include the following:
1. A detailed description of all
				WSIC-eligible in-service projects clearly identifying any projects that are
				carried over from a prior WSIC period or from a prior WSIC recovery period and
				any restoration costs sought for in-service projects, as well as the in-service
				date of the project associated with the restoration costs.
2. Aggregate information capturing
				blanket-type, WSIC-eligible infrastructure, to be rehabilitated or replaced
				(that is, service laterals, manholes, etc.) and the actual annual cost of such
				blanket-type replacement programs.
3. A schedule comparing the:
i. Total spending on WSIC-eligible projects
				to date, during the WSIC recovery period, including the base-project spending
				and WSIC-project spending by Foundational Filing project identification number
				or blanket-project category;
ii.
				Actual cost of completed WSIC-eligible projects for the WSIC recovery period
				with the estimated costs for the projects contained in the most recent
				Foundational Filing or amendment thereto;
iii. In-service date of completed
				WSIC-eligible projects versus estimated in-service date of WSIC-eligible
				projects as set forth in the Foundational Filing; and
iv. Actual revenues collected through the
				WSIC assessment, compared with the actual revenue requirement of the
				WSIC-eligible projects during the WSIC recovery period, and the resultant WSIC
				under- or over-recovery amounts.
4. A proposed WSIC schedule outlining the
				WSIC charge, determined in accordance with this subchapter, and detailed
				information demonstrating that the proposed WSIC charge meets the requirements
				at N.J.A.C. 14:9-11.9. The schedule shall include either a proposed schedule
				for returning to customers any over-recovery in the prior WSIC recovery period,
				including interest at the adjusted weighted average cost of capital, or a
				proposed schedule for recovering from customers any under-recovery in the prior
				WSIC recovery period. The over-recovery, including interest, or under-recovery,
				shall be credited or charged to customers during the next WSIC recovery period.
				This information shall support the WSIC charge calculation, with documentation,
				detailed financial analyses, and other relevant information, showing all
				assumptions and calculations. All supporting financial information shall be
				presented in such a way as to allow the Board to evaluate whether the
				calculations meet the requirements of this subchapter.
5. Other documentation, as needed, to
				evaluate the WSIC program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.6 - WSIC-eligible plant investments during a base rate case

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(a) In the event that WSIC-eligible plant
				additions are placed in service during the test year of a wastewater utility's
				base rate case, if not recovered as part of a routine WSIC filing, those plant
				additions shall be considered as part of the base rate case proceeding, and
				included in the routine test-year plant additions, consistent with existing
				Board rules.
(b) Notwithstanding
				the other provisions of this subchapter, a wastewater utility may continue to
				make WSIC-eligible investments and collect a WSIC charge during a pending rate
				case filed in accordance with existing Board rules.
(c) WSIC rates shall be rolled into base
				rates during a wastewater utility's subsequent base rate case and the WSIC rate
				shall be reset to zero.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.7 - Carry over between WSIC Foundational Filings

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(a) All carry over costs permitted by this
				section and included in a WSIC rate shall be included in the calculation of the
				WSIC cap.
(b) Notwithstanding
				N.J.A.C. 14:9-11.4(d), a WSIC-eligible project begun, but not in-service within
				one Foundational Filing, can be considered a valid WSIC project in a subsequent
				Foundational Filing that was filed with the Board prior to the resetting of
				rates within the Foundational Filing where the WSIC-eligible project
				began.
(c) Costs of projects,
				authorized by a Board Order approving a Foundational Filing and placed in
				service by a wastewater utility between the close of the test year and the
				effective date of rates in the base rate case, may be recovered in the first
				normally scheduled semi-annual WSIC filing under the Board's new Foundational
				Filing Order and included in the WSIC cap.
(d) Unrecovered restoration costs of a
				project that was in-service during one Foundational Filing may be carried over
				and recovered in a subsequent Foundational Filing and included in a timely
				semi-annual filing, where the restoration costs would otherwise be within the
				timeframe set forth at N.J.A.C. 14:9-11.3(c).
(e) Notwithstanding (a) through (d) above,
				if, a wastewater utility has not requested approval of a new Foundational
				Filing concurrently with, or during the pendency of, a base rate case where a
				prior WSIC rate was reset to zero pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:9-11.6 or, if the
				Board does not approve such Foundational Filing, no project or restoration
				costs undertaken by the wastewater utility that were not recovered through the
				resetting of base rates will be eligible for WSIC recovery and a wastewater
				utility must seek recovery in a future base rate case.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.8 - Rate limitation

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(a) The
				wastewater utility shall stop assessing a WSIC charge at the earlier of the
				following:
1. The Board finds, at any time,
				that a wastewater utility is not in compliance with the WSIC as
				approved;
2. The wastewater utility
				does not meet the requirements of the earnings test calculation pursuant to (b)
				below; or
3. Upon reaching the date
				upon which this chapter has expired, except that a wastewater utility may
				continue to assess the WSIC charge for any WSIC investments included in an
				approved Foundational Filing and made prior to the date this chapter
				expires.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 11 - WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT CHARGE › Section 14:9-11.10 - WSIC billing

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(a) If a
				wastewater utility has a Board-approved WSIC, the wastewater utility shall
				identify and list the amount owed by the customer, based on the WSIC rate
				calculated in accordance with N. J.A.C. 14:9-11.9, separately on customer
				bills. The WSIC rate will be reflected in bills issued on and after the
				effective date of the first WSIC filing and can be adjusted on the basis of
				subsequent WSIC filings no more frequently than every six months, up to an
				amount not to exceed the WSIC cap over the WSIC period.
(b) Customer bills shall reflect the WSIC
				rate calculated as set forth at N.J.A.C. 14:9-11.9(a)3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 12 - WATER UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 14:9-12.1 - Adoption by reference of the Water Uniform System of Accounts

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(a) The Board
				adopts by reference the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) for Class A, Class B,
				and Class C Water Utilities that have been promulgated by the National
				Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), as amended and
				supplemented, that NARUC may adopt, insofar as they relate to water utilities
				subject to the jurisdiction of the Board.
1.
				Class A Water Utilities are those water utilities that have water operating
				revenues of $ 1,000,000 or more.
2.
				Class B Water Utilities are those water utilities that have water operating
				revenues of $ 200,000 or more, but less than $ 1,000,000.
3. Class C Water Utilities are those water
				utilities that have water operating revenues of less than $ 200,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 13 - WASTEWATER (SEWER) UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 14:9-13.1 - Adoption by reference of the Wastewater (sewer) Uniform System of Accounts

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(a) The Board
				adopts by reference the Uniform System of Accounts for Wastewater (Sewer)
				Utilities (USOA) that have been promulgated by the National Association of
				Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), as amended and supplemented, that
				NARUC may adopt, insofar as they relate to wastewater (sewer) utilities subject
				to the jurisdiction of the Board.
1. Class A
				Wastewater Utilities are those wastewater (sewer) utilities that have water
				operating revenues of $ 1,000,000 or more.
2. Class B Wastewater Utilities are those
				wastewater (sewer) utilities that have water operating revenues of $ 200,000 or
				more, but less than $ 1,000,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:10-1.1 - Applicability

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(a) This chapter applies to all of the
				following entities:
1. A public utility, as
				defined at
48:2-13
.a;
2. A
				telecommunications carrier;
3. An
				aggregator; and
4. Providers of
				adult-oriented information access telephone service.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:10-1.3 - Recordkeeping, general provisions

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(a) Notwithstanding
				N.J.A.C. 14:3, all records that a telecommunications carrier is required to
				keep pursuant to this chapter shall be preserved for the following minimum
				periods, as applicable:
1. Eighteen months if
				the record relates to wholesale customers, unless the carrier has negotiated a
				contract with the customer that provides otherwise;
2. Six years if the record is necessary to
				ensure compliance with requirements for back billing of retail customers at
				14:10-2.2,
				unless the carrier has negotiated a contract with the customer that provides
				otherwise;
3. Eighteen months if
				the record is required under
				14:10-1A.1 1,
				service quality reporting; and
4.
				Two years if the record is of a verification of a TSP switch authorization in
				accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:10-11.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.2 - General provisions

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(a) In addition to the requirements in this
				chapter, telephone utilities are subject to all applicable requirements of the
				Board's rules for all utilities at N.J.A.C. 14:3.
(b) A telephone utility shall, when
				requested, furnish appropriate information concerning location of underground
				facilities, as necessary to comply with the Board's rules for protection of
				underground facilities at N.J.A.C. 14:2.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.3 - Rate and special charges information

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Upon the request of any customer or applicant, each telephone
				  utility shall provide an explanation of all rates, charges, and provisions
				  applicable to the service furnished, including any special charges not
				  specifically set forth in a telephone utility's listing of its rates, terms,
				  and conditions in its tariff or product guide.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.4 - Directories

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(a) ILECs shall provide subscribers with
				access to electronic telephone directories listing the name, location, and
				telephone number of all customers whose numbers are provided to the ILEC,
				except information not provided at customers' request.
(b) Upon request of a subscriber, the ILEC
				may provide a printed paper copy of a directory to a customer.
(c) Data pertaining to emergency numbers
				shall be conspicuously listed in the front part of the directory
				pages.
(d) Data pertaining to
				emergency numbers shall be conspicuously listed in the front part of the
				directory pages which shall include space for the customer to list emergency
				numbers, including those of gas, electric and water companies.
(e) The directory shall contain instructions
				concerning placing calls to repair.
(f) The directory shall contain instructions
				concerning placing local and long distance calls, calls to repair and directory
				assistance services.
(g) The
				informational consumer pages in the front of each local telephone directory
				shall include information regarding restrictions on access to adult-oriented
				services, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:10-7.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.5 - Held applications

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(a) When, because
				of shortage of facilities, a telephone utility is unable to supply telephone
				service on dates requested by applicants, priority shall be given to furnishing
				those services which are essential to public health and safety.
(b) Where a previously provided date for
				service installation cannot be met by the telephone utility, every reasonable
				effort shall be made to advise the customer of the reason for the delay, any
				interim service available, and the probable date the requested service will be
				provided.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.6 - Customer complaints and trouble reports

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Each telephone utility shall provide for the receipt of
				  customer trouble reports at all hours and make a full and prompt investigation
				  of all complaints. In addition, provisions at N.J.A.C. 14:3 governing receipt
				  and investigation of complaints may apply. Except in instances beyond the
				  company's control, all commitments to customers shall be kept. Every reasonable
				  effort shall be made to notify customers of unavoidable changes requiring
				  rescheduling or cancellation of scheduled service calls in resolution of the
				  complaint.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.7 - Adequacy of service

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(a) Each telephone utility shall maintain
				equipment and facilities as necessary to ensure the provision of safe,
				adequate, and proper service at all times.
(b) Maintenance and infrastructure
				improvement plans shall be filed with the Board annually.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.8 - Service quality standards

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(a) This section
				establishes service quality standards that a telephone utility shall meet.
				These standards apply without exception, regardless of seasonality, weather,
				work stoppage, accident, sabotage, acts of God or nature, or any other reason.
				The Board may, however, after investigation, suspend application of any
				provision of this chapter for periods of emergency, catastrophe, natural
				disaster, severe storm or other extraordinary events beyond the control of a
				utility.
(b) A telephone utility
				shall meet the following minimum service quality standards regarding
				installations of service:
1. Seventy-five
				percent of regular service installations shall be completed within five working
				days after the utility receives the request for service, unless a later date is
				requested by the applicant;
2.
				Eighty-eight percent of the commitments made to customers, as to the date of
				installation of regular service, shall be met, unless the customer causes a
				delay; and
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.9 - Service quality reporting

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(a) Each telephone
				utility shall take measurements of its performance in relation to the standards
				in
14:10-1A.8
,
				and shall compile summaries of the measurements.
(b) Each telephone utility shall retain
				records of the measurements and summaries required under this section for 18
				months, and shall provide the measurements and summaries in a report to Board
				staff as follows:
1. Upon request of Board
				staff; or
2. If a telephone utility
				fails to meet a service standard in this chapter for three consecutive
				months.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.10 - Inspections, tests, and maintenance

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Each telephone utility shall perform inspections of its plant
				  on a regular basis, and file with the Board the inspection schedule(s) on an
				  annual basis. Routine maintenance shall be conducted on all utility plant,
				  poles, and equipment, with any necessary repairs conducted promptly, consistent
				  with safety and adequate service performance, and in compliance with any
				  inspection and/or maintenance requirements at N.J.A.C. 14:3 and pursuant to any
				  Board Order. If repairs are not feasible due to weather, or other causes beyond
				  the reasonable control of the utility, repairs shall be completed as soon as
				  practical after the condition blocking the repair is eliminated. Such
				  conditions may include the presence of equipment owned by one or more other
				  entities that must act prior to the telephone utility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.11 - Prevention and reporting of service interruptions

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(a) Each telephone
				utility shall take all appropriate measures to minimize service interruptions.
				Each telephone utility shall make provisions to meet emergencies resulting from
				failure of power, sudden and prolonged increases in traffic, absences of
				employees or from fire, storm, natural disasters, attacks or similar
				contingencies. Each telephone utility shall inform its employees as to
				procedures to be followed in the event of such contingencies in order to
				prevent or mitigate interruption or impairment of service.
(b) Each central office, and each remote
				central office that carries inter-community calls without routing them to the
				main central office, shall contain sufficient battery reserve to keep the
				office operational until auxiliary power can be placed into service.
(c) In exchanges exceeding 5,000 lines, the
				telephone utility shall install a source of permanent auxiliary
				power.
(d) A utility shall inform
				Board staff on the same business day or if the outage occurs outside the
				Board's normal business hours, at the beginning of the next business day, of
				any major service interruption, by telephone at a telephone number posted for
				that purpose on the Board's website. The utility contact person shall:
1. Explain what it believes to be the cause
				of the service interruption;
2.
				Describe the measures the utility is taking to remedy the problem;
				and
3. Provide Board staff with the
				telephone number of a utility contact that Board staff can reach at all times
				in order to monitor the situation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.12 - Construction

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Each telephone utility shall ensure that all of its plant
				  and facilities are designed, constructed, maintained, and operated in
				  accordance with provisions of the current National Electrical Safety Code, the
				  National Electrical Code, and other applicable laws and standards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 1A - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section 14:10-1A.13 - Adoption by reference of the Uniform System of Accounts

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All carriers that are required by the FCC to use the Uniform
				  System of Accounts for Telephone Companies found in 47 CFR Part 32 shall use
				  that system of accounts for intrastate reporting purposes. The FCC Uniform
				  System of Accounts for Telephone Companies is incorporated herein by reference,
				  as amended and supplemented.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 2 - PAYMENTS FOR SERVICE › Section 14:10-2.1 - Applicability

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(a) This subchapter
				applies to a bill for telecommunications service, whether presented to a
				customer by a telephone utility or a reseller, absent an individually
				negotiated contract provision to the contrary.
(b) In addition to the requirements of this
				subchapter, a telephone utility is subject to requirements for billing set
				forth in the Board's rules for all utilities at N.J.A.C. 14:3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 2 - PAYMENTS FOR SERVICE › Section 14:10-2.2 - Contents of bills; back billing

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(a) The customer's
				bill shall include the items listed in (a)1-12 below, except if the customer's
				calling plan or package of services makes an item inapplicable:
1. The telephone number or other numerical or
				alphabetical designation;
2. The
				date of the assigned billing period;
3. Clear identification of each service
				provider;
4. The toll-free number
				the customer can call with questions;
5. Total recurring charges for service and
				equipment, and the number and total charge for message units, if any, supported
				by statement which reflects amounts due and payable before and after
				application of payment;
6. A
				separate line item, calculated on a monthly basis, for basic residential local
				telephone service (BRLTS), as defined at
				14:3-3A.8(a), and
				a separate line item, calculated on a monthly basis, for nonbasic residential
				telephone service, as defined at
				14:3-3A.8(a), if
				any. Each line item shall be supported by a statement, which reflects amounts
				due and payable before and after application of payment;
7. Total charges for intraLATA and interLATA
				toll calls, supported by an itemized list of the calls;
8. Total nonrecurring charges for service and
				equipment;
9. Total United States
				Federal Excise Tax;
10. Total New
				Jersey Sales Tax;
11. Total
				Subscriber Line Charge, Universal Service Fund, Lifeline, Link-Up America or
				similar charges or credits; and
12.
				Total charge for advertising in telephone directories.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 2 - PAYMENTS FOR SERVICE › Section 14:10-2.3 - Out of service refund

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In the event the customer's service is interrupted other than
				  by the negligence or willful act of the customer and it remains out of service
				  for a period of 24 hours or more after being reported to be out of service,
				  appropriate adjustments or refunds shall be made by the telecommunications
				  provider upon request of the customer. If the customer's service is interrupted
				  for more than 72 hours after being reported or discovered, the telephone
				  utility shall adjust the customer's bill or provide a refund, regardless of
				  whether the customer makes such a request. However, the Board may, in
				  accordance with
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:10-1A.10(a), suspend
				  application of this provision. Any adjustments or credits shall appear on the
				  customer's bill within two billing cycles from the date on which the outage
				  occurred.