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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.7 - Rules for testing steam meters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All meters shall be adjusted to register
				  accurately with a tolerance of not more than two percent.
(b) Steam flow meters--area and velocity
				  types.
(1) Steam flow meters of the area and
				  velocity types shall be tested using air or steam as the testing medium except
				  as provided in section
				  400.4(b) 
				  of this Part.
(2) In tests
				  employing steam as the testing medium, the steam used shall in no case contain
				  more than one percent moisture and may be slightly superheated.
(3) In tests employing either air or steam as
				  the testing medium and flow tubes with orifices as the reference standards, the
				  test equipment and test procedure shall conform with the applicable provisions
				  set forth in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standards, covering
				  flow measurement (presently designated PTC 19.5; 4-1959), in effect at the time
				  of test.
(4) In tests conducted in
				  accordance with paragraph (3) of this subdivision, meters shall be tested at
				  the load points specified below:
(i) Area type
				  meters. One test shall be made at each of six load points starting at
				  approximately one-sixth load and continuing in equal steps to 100 percent of
				  meter rating.
(ii) Velocity type
				  meters. Two tests shall be made at each of three load points approximately
				  equal to 50 percent, 60 percent and 70 percent of meter rating.
(5) In tests employing steam as
				  the testing medium and a condensate weighing scale as the reference standard,
				  meters shall be tested at the load points specified below:
(i) Area type meters. Two tests shall be made
				  at each of six load points starting at approximately one-sixth load and
				  continuing in equal steps to 100 percent of meter rating.
(ii) Velocity type meters. Two tests shall be
				  made at each of three load points approximately equal to 50 percent, 75 percent
				  and 100 percent of meter rating.
(6) Each main line metering orifice plate
				  used in conjunction with a steam flow meter of the velocity type shall be
				  inspected and its diameter measured for conformity with the original
				  installation at least once every five years.
(7) The diameter of each main line metering
				  orifice plate removed from service shall be measured and entered on a record
				  which shall be retained for a period of at least one year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.8 - Determination of steam meter performance

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) When the results of two tests at a given
				  load fail to agree within two percent, additional tests up to a total of four,
				  shall be made at that load until agreement within two percent is obtained on
				  any two tests. If such agreement is not obtained the meter registration shall
				  be reported as "Indeterminate".
(b)
				  The percentage registration shall be reported as "Indeterminate" when for any
				  reason there is doubt as to whether the accuracy of registration can be
				  determined. See subdivision (c) of this section.
(c) The percentage registration shall be
				  reported as "Non-registering" if for any reason a meter is found not
				  registering at the specified test points. See subdivision (b) of this
				  section.
(d) The percentage
				  registration of the meter shall be determined by arithmetically averaging the
				  results obtained at the specified test points, except that for condensate
				  meters the percentage registration shall be obtained by multiplying the average
				  of the test results at 50 percent of meter rating by two, adding the average of
				  the test results of 100 percent of meter rating and dividing the total by
				  three.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.9 - Reporting of tests of steam meters

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(a) Reports of of complaint, periodic and
				  office tests of steam meters shall be made each month and filed with the
				  commission not later than the 15th day of the following month on forms 81/2 x
				  11 inches in size as shown in section
				  400.10 
				  of this Part.
(b) If no complaint,
				  periodic or office tests are made, the form shown in section
				  400.10 
				  of this Part shall be filed regularly bearing the statement "NO TESTS
				  MADE."
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.10 - Form for reporting complaint, periodic and office tests

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The reports of complaint, periodic and office tests of
					 steam meter shall be made in the form designated "Complaint, Periodic and
					 Office Tests." [See Appendix 8-A.]
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.11 - Quality of steam

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(a) The quality
				  of steam furnished to the customer shall not fall below 95 percent (steam shall
				  not contain more than five percent condensate by weight) except under abnormal
				  conditions that cannot be foreseen nor guarded against.
(b) A test to determine the quality of steam
				  supplied at a customer's premises shall be made by the utility when requested
				  by the commission.
(c) Tests of
				  steam quality shall be made by a throttling type or a separating type of
				  calorimeter in conformance with the applicable provisions set forth in the
				  American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standards, covering quality of steam
				  in effect at the time the test is made (presently designated at PTC
				  19.11-1959). The utility shall record the findings of such test on the form
				  hereinafter prescribed.
(d) When a
				  throttling calorimeter is used, three tests shall be made at intervals of not
				  less than 15 minutes. When a separating calorimeter is used, two runs of 10
				  minutes each, spaced not less than 15 minutes apart shall be made.
(e) Calorimeter sets to be used in steam
				  quality tests shall be calibrated within 48 hours prior to such
				  tests.
(f) Reports of steam quality
				  tests shall be made on forms 81/2 x 11 inches in size as shown in section
				  400.12 
				  of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.12 - Form for reporting steam quality tests

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The report of steam quality tests shall be made in the form
					 designated "Steam Quality Test Record." [See Appendix 8-B.]
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.13 - Schedule for testing of pressure compensated counters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Counters of the pressure compensated type are to be tested
					 before being placed in service and at least once each year
					 thereafter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.14 - Testing of pressure compensated counters

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(a) The counter
				  shall be tested by applying pressure to the compensating mechanism and rotating
				  the "following" magnet a fixed number of turns as shown in the following table
				  with two readings being taken at each of the test pressures. Should the results
				  of the two tests at any of the test pressures, one taken with the pressure
				  being increased to the test point and the other with the pressure being
				  decreased, vary by more than one percent, additional pairs of tests shall be
				  taken until such agreement is reached. The average of the readings obtained
				  shall be deemed to be the condition of the counter.
(b) If more than four additional pairs of
				  tests are required, the test shall be considered "indeterminate."
(c) The accuracy at each test point shall be
				  determined by the following formula:
Percent Registration =Observed Revs. of
						Counter * 100/4
Pressure in
								  Psig.
No. of Magnet
								Turns
Correct No. of Counter
								Turns
871/2
29
4
125
25
4
186
21
4
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.15 - Referee tests of pressure compensated counters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Pressure compensated counters shall not be removed from
					 Shuntflo meters undergoing referee tests and shall be tested in the presence
					 and under the direction of a representative of the
					 commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.16 - Adjustments on pressure compensated counters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Counters found to be registering with an error exceeding
					 plus or minus one percent shall be adjusted to register accurately with a
					 tolerance of plus or minus one percent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom › Section 400.17 - Reports of tests of pressure compensated counters

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A report of all installation tests, office tests, periodic
					 tests, and complaint tests made during each year shall be prepared as of
					 December 31st of that year. Such report shall be made in a form satisfactory to
					 the commission and shall be filed with the commission not later than January
					 31st following the date of the report.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.1 - Records

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Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall keep such records as will show, with respect to each deposit:
(a) the name of the consumer making the
				  deposit;
(b) the address (including
				  street and number) of each depositor, if known;
(c) the date of receipt of the
				  deposit;
(d) the amount of the
				  deposit;
(e) the interest accrued
				  upon the deposit to be entered biennially or more frequently;
(f) all credits of interest made in reduction
				  of amounts billed for service rendered, and the dates of such
				  credits;
(g) all payments of
				  interest made on each deposit, and the dates of such payments;
(h) deductions representing sums due and
				  unpaid to the corporation when depositor ceased to be a consumer, and the date
				  thereof, together with such other information as any such corporation may deem
				  necessary to make a complete record of each deposit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.2 - Index of consumers

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Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall keep, in addition to the records prescribed in section
					 402.1  of this
					 Part, an index or indices, alphabetically or geographically arranged, which
					 shall show at all times the name of each consumer from whom a deposit has been
					 exacted, and whose said deposit or any part thereof remains unpaid, with
					 appropriate reference in such index to the consumer's
					 account.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.3 - Interest

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Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall allow to each depositor simple interest on the amount deposited. The
					 interest rate to be applied to the amount deposited shall be a composite yield
					 of intermediate term, A-rated corporate bonds, as reported in financial
					 publications, less costs of administering deposits of 1.75 per centum per
					 annum. The rate shall be updated effective January 1st each year, based upon
					 yield information available on the first Friday of October of the preceding
					 year. The commission will issue an advisory letter which publicizes the
					 information to assure consistency. Each corporation shall credit such interest
					 to each depositor whose deposit shall have been held for one year by paying
					 such interest in cash or deducting it from the amount of a bill for steam
					 service rendered such depositor thereafter, but not later than the next bill
					 rendered after the next succeeding first day of October, and at each one-year
					 interval thereafter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.4 - Application of deposit to unpaid bill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall render to each depositor, when and as his deposit is applied to an unpaid
					 bill or bills, a statement showing:
(a) the bill or bills then due and
				  unpaid;
(b) the amount
				  thereof;
(c) the amount of the
				  deposit, together with the interest accrued thereon and the period covered
				  thereby; and
(d) the balance of the
				  bill or bills remaining unpaid or the balance of the deposit and interest
				  thereon remaining to the credit of the depositor.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.5 - Refund

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall render to each depositor, when his deposit is refunded, a statement
					 showing the amount of the deposit and the date thereof; the amount of unpaid
					 interest accrued thereon to date of the refund and the period covered thereby;
					 and the amount of deposit and interest refunded. Each depositor upon becoming
					 entitled thereto, either by reason of nondelinquency for one year or upon
					 ceasing to be a consumer, may withdraw his deposit and all interest thereon
					 which has not been refunded or credited against bills for service upon
					 surrendering his deposit certificate (or submitting satisfactory proof of
					 ownership of the deposit or of the right to receive the same) and the payment
					 of all bills for which Such deposit is security. The "prudent" period of
					 deposit retention, referred to in Public Service Law, section
					 117, may not exceed two years of
					 nondelinquency in the payment of bills rendered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.6 - Certificate of deposit

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall issue to every consumer from whom a deposit may be exacted a certificate
					 of deposit, for which shall be used a good quality of paper and on which
					 certificate there shall be printed, in addition to the receipt for the moneys
					 deposited, the substance of the following:
THIS RECEIPT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE OR TRANSFERABLE
Interest will be allowed on this deposit so long as it
					 shall remain with the corporation. When this deposit has been held for one
					 year, interest thereon will be paid in cash or credited on a bill for service
					 rendered the depositor thereafter, but not later than the first bill rendered
					 after the next succeeding first day of October, and at the expiration of each
					 succeeding one-year period.
Preserve this receipt to be surrendered when deposit is
					 returned.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.7 - Refund without certificate of deposit

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall provide reasonable ways and means, in such manner as such corporation may
					 elect, whereby a depositor who makes application for the return of his deposit
					 and is entitled to the return thereof, but who is unable to produce the
					 original certificate of deposit or receipt, may not be deprived of his
					 rights.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.8 - Circular containing terms of deposit

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Each and every steam corporation holding consumer deposits
					 shall keep on hand for distribution to its consumers printed circulars, over
					 its corporate or business name, which circulars shall be entitled "TERMS AND
					 CONDITIONS UPON WHICH CONSUMERS' DEPOSITS ARE COLLECTED, HELD, AND MAY BE
					 WITHDRAWN" and which shall contain a copy of this Part, a copy of Public
					 Service Law, section
					 117 (as added by L. 1976, ch. 557) and such
					 other pertinent information as the corporation may elect. Every such
					 corporation, prior to or upon exacting a deposit, shall furnish a copy of said
					 circular to the consumer or applicant for service from whom a deposit is
					 demanded.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter A - Service › Part 402 - Consumer Deposits-steam Corporations › Section 402.9 - Special rule for residential customers who transfer dwelling units

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No steam corporation may require a deposit of a residential
					 customer where such customer transfers residences within such corporation's
					 service territory and continues service with such corporation if the
					 residential customer was not required to post a security deposit or had a
					 security deposit returned pursuant to section 117  of the Public Service
					 Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter B - Securities › Part 410 - Notice Of Issuance By Steam Corporations Of Stocks, Bonds, Notes, Or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness › Section 410.1 - Contents of notice

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Pursuant to the provisions of section 82  of the Public Service Law, as amended,
					 every steam corporation subject to said section, after the issuance or
					 assumption of stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness,
					 including bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, payable on demand or
					 within less than 12 months, shall file with this commission a notice of such
					 transaction within the time and in the form specified in the following:
(a) Name of reporting utility (indicate
				  whether corporation, partnership, individual, or other party).
(b) Address of reporting utility.
(c) The name of the official responsible for
				  statements submitted and to whom should be addressed any correspondence
				  relating thereto.
(d) Date of the
				  report.
(e) Period covered by the
				  report (both dates inclusive where applicable).
(f) Information regarding securities and
				  obligations issued.
(1) Pursuant to authority
				  granted by order of this commission:
(i)
				  Notice of issuance shall be filed within the period specified in the order
				  approving the issuance of the securities or obligations.
(ii) Issuance of capital stock, in exchange
				  for convertible securities issued pursuant to commission authorization, may be
				  reported annually, not later than 60 days after the end of the calendar year
				  covered by the report; such report to show only the number of shares of such
				  stock issued during such calendar year, the securities retired by reason of the
				  exchange, and the additional consideration realized, if any, by reason of the
				  exchange.
(iii) For each type of
				  security or obligation, include the following information, as appropriate:
(a) Designation of security--classified
				  according to distinguishing characteristics, such as class of stock of par
				  value or no par value and dividend rate of preferred stock, or character of
				  debt obligation and interest rate or maturity date or other distinguishing
				  characteristic.
(b) Date of actual
				  issue or assumption.
(c) Number of
				  shares of each class of stock or principal amount of each debt obligation
				  issued.
(d) Consideration realized
				  from each class or type of security (if consideration is other than cash, give
				  description and basis of value).
(e) Case number and date of order of this
				  commission under which the security issue was authorized.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter B - Securities › Part 410 - Notice Of Issuance By Steam Corporations Of Stocks, Bonds, Notes, Or Other Evidences Of Indebtedness › Section 410.2 - Issuance not heretofore reported

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Every such public utility which has not filed with this
					 commission a notice of the issuance of any stocks, bonds, notes, or other
					 evidences of indebtedness now outstanding and issued with or without the
					 approval of this commission shall, within 30 days from the date of service of a
					 copy of this order, file a notice of each such transaction in the form
					 prescribed herein.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.1 - Scope

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(a) This Part
				  prescribes minimum safety requirements for the design, fabrication,
				  installation, inspection, testing, operation, and maintenance of steam
				  distribution systems.
(b) Every
				  steam corporation, as defined in section 2 (22)  of the Public Service
				  Law, engaged in the distribution of steam via pipeline within the State of New
				  York shall comply with the rules set forth in this Part. As used in this Part,
				  the term "steam corporation" refers only to those entities required to comply
				  with this Part.
(c) This Part does
				  not apply to:
(1) piping and facilities used
				  for or in connection with the generation or production of steam; and
(2) the design, fabrication, and installation
				  of piping downstream of the customer's property line.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.2 - Compliance with standard code

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
All steam distribution pipeline facilities shall be
					 designed, constructed, tested, operated and maintained, except as otherwise
					 provided in this Part, in accordance with "Power Piping, ASME B31.1-1989" (as
					 set forth in section
					 10.3 
					 of this Title.)
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.3 - Notification of construction

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At least 10 days prior to the start of construction or
					 reconstruction of any steam pipeline 100 feet or more in length, each steam
					 corporation shall file with the Albany office of the Gas Division of the New
					 York State Department of Public Service a letter of intent providing details of
					 the proposed construction.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.4 - Operating and maintenance plan

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(a)
				  Each steam corporation subject to this Part shall establish and file with the
				  Albany office of the Gas Division of the New York State Department of Public
				  Service a detailed written operating and maintenance plan for complying with
				  all the provisions of this Part. Revisions to these written procedures shall be
				  submitted to the Gas Division in Albany at least 30 days prior to the effective
				  date thereof.
(b) The operating and
				  maintenance plan shall include, as a minimum, the following:
(1) detailed instructions for employees
				  covering operating and maintenance procedures during normal operations and
				  repairs;
(2) procedures for
				  welding, brazing, and welder qualifications;
(3) procedures for reporting, investigating,
				  classifying, handling, and monitoring steam leaks;
(4) procedures to correct, within specified
				  timeframes, deficiencies found during inspections, evaluations, tests, etc.
				  required by this Part;
(5)
				  procedures for continuing surveillance of steam facilities to determine and
				  take appropriate action concerning failures, leakage history, and other unusual
				  operating and maintenance conditions;
(6) an established list of qualified persons
				  who exclusively may approve the turn-on of any section of the steam
				  distribution system; and
(7)
				  procedures to insure that the turn-on of any section of the steam distribution
				  system is accomplished only by persons specifically trained, qualified, and
				  approved for such purpose.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.5 - Emergency plans

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(a) Each steam
				  corporation shall establish written procedures to minimize the hazards
				  resulting from a steam pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the procedures must
				  provide for the following:
(1) receiving,
				  identifying, and classifying notices of events which require immediate
				  response;
(2) establishing and
				  maintaining adequate means of communication with fire, police, and other public
				  officials;
(3) establishing and
				  maintaining continuous communication between field crews and dispatching
				  personnel;
(4) the availability of
				  personnel, equipment, tools, and materials, as needed at the scene of an
				  emergency;
(5) actions directed
				  toward protecting people first, and then property;
(6) emergency shutdown in any section of the
				  pipeline system necessary to minimize hazards to life or property;
(7) making safe any actual or potential
				  hazard to life or property; and
(8)
				  safely restoring any main or service outage.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.6 - Customer education and information program

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(a) Each steam corporation shall initiate and
				  maintain on a continuing basis a satisfactory program for customer education
				  and information designed to assist its customers, and appropriate government
				  organizations, in the recognition of steam emergency conditions and situations,
				  and to impress upon them the need for, and means by which, the steam
				  corporation can be given notification of such situations.
(b) The program and the media used must be as
				  comprehensive as necessary to reach all areas in which steam is
				  distributed.
(c) During January of
				  each year, each steam corporation shall file with the secretary, in accordance
				  with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, a current description of its customer education and information
				  program, including a detailed statement of the means of its implementation and
				  samples of all descriptive literature and other educational aids.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.7 - Employee training

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(a) Each
				  employee involved in the operation, maintenance, or testing of steam pipelines
				  and related facilities shall satisfactorily complete training at all
				  progression levels to insure effective and safe implementation of the
				  procedures required by this Part. Additionally, each such employee, including
				  supervisors, shall be tested annually to determine proficiency at his/her
				  current progression level and shall satisfactorily complete refresher training
				  as testing results deem necessary.
(b) Each new employee shall receive basic
				  classroom training prior to on-the- job training in field operations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.8 - Periodic inspections

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(a) Steam
				  traps and trap piping assemblies shall be inspected for general condition and
				  proper operation at least six times each calendar year at intervals not
				  exceeding ten weeks.
(b) Blow-off
				  valves and by-pass valves shall be checked for operability immediately prior to
				  closing each associated main valve during a scheduled shut down of a section of
				  the steam distribution pipeline system. Removal of condensate from a shut down
				  section of pipeline must be accomplished prior to re-opening main
				  valves.
(c) Accessible expansion
				  slip joints shall be inspected at least twice each calendar year at intervals
				  not exceeding 30 weeks. The inspection shall include checks for leakage, proper
				  alignment, and traverse measurement.
(d) Inside service line valves shall be
				  inspected at the time of periodic meter reading. Valve seals, and warning tags
				  stating that the opening of the service valve must be made only by authorized
				  steam corporation personnel, shall be affixed to each inside service valve.
				  Missing or illegible tags and broken seals must be replaced as soon as
				  possible, but no later than one week, after the condition was discovered.
				  Broken seals, indicating possible unauthorized operation of the valve, shall be
				  investigated to determine cause.
(e) Manholes containing steam facilities
				  shall be inspected for general conditions and adequacy of insulation at least
				  once each calendar year at intervals not exceeding 15 months and shall be
				  inspected for structural integrity at least once each ten calendar
				  years.
(f) System pressure
				  telemetering recording devices shall be inspected and tested for accuracy at
				  least twice each calendar year at intervals not exceeding 30 weeks. At a
				  minimum, pressure recording gauges shall be installed at the interface between
				  portions of the system which are designed for different operating
				  pressures.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.9 - Welding-qualification and nondestructive testing

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(a) Welding must be performed by qualified
				  welders employing qualified welding procedures. Welders and welding procedures
				  shall be qualified in accordance with API Standard 1104 (as set forth in
				  section
				  10.3 
				  of this Title) or section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (as
				  set forth in section
				  10.3 
				  of this Title).
(b) Notwithstanding
				  the pressure and temperature limitations contained in ASME B31.1-1989, welds
				  subjected to temperatures over 350° F (175° C) shall be subject to
				  nondestructive testing by radiographic inspection in accordance with
				  subdivisions (c) and (d) of this section.
(c) All field welds in new steam pipeline
				  installations and all prefabricated shop welds shall be nondestructively
				  tested.
(d) Field welds made on
				  existing steam pipeline facilities shall be subject to a program of random
				  unannounced nondestructive testing to assess the quality of welding and test
				  the work of each welder. The required minimum testing rate shall be 10 percent
				  of all welds made during a calendar month. If 10 percent or more of the welds
				  tested in a calendar month are found to be unacceptable, the test rate shall
				  increase by five percent for the ensuing calendar month. If fewer than 10
				  percent of the welds are found to be unacceptable in a month where the required
				  test rate was greater than 10 percent, the test rate may be decreased by five
				  percent for the ensuing calendar month.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.10 - Records

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(a) Each steam
				  corporation shall maintain records documenting all inspections, maintenance,
				  tests, etc., required by this Part.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Part
				  292 or Appendix 4-A of this Title, the minimum period of retention of records
				  required by this Part shall be three years. Longer periods of retention may be
				  mandated by Part 292 and Appendix 4-A of this Title.
(c) All records, or copies thereof, shall be
				  kept on file in the State of New York and shall be readily accessible to the
				  staff of the New York State Department of Public Service.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.11 - Leaks

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(a) Any
				  notification of a steam leak, or any notification of damage to facilities by
				  contractors or other outside sources shall constitute the need for prompt
				  action.
(b) Each steam corporation
				  shall be responsible for the investigation, prioritization, and repair of each
				  leak found on its system.
(c)
				  Emergency leaks require an immediate response to protect life and property and
				  must be worked continuously until repairs are completed or until the condition
				  is no longer hazardous. Emergency leaks include, but are not limited to:
(1) any leak on the bellows of an expansion
				  joint;
(2) any leak which could
				  cause property damage or personal injury or any leak which, in the judgment of
				  the operating personnel at the scene, is regarded as potentially hazardous;
				  or
(3) any leak resulting from
				  damage by contractors or other outside forces.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.12 - Reports of incidents and interruptions

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(a) Each steam corporation shall report all
				  incidents involving steam facilities which cause injury or death to any persons
				  or damage to property, which result in an airborne release of asbestos, or
				  which could cause concern because of coverage by news media.
(b) Any unscheduled interruption of service
				  affecting two or more customers or any other interruption which could cause
				  public concern because of coverage by the news media, shall also be
				  reported.
(c) All such incidents
				  and service interruptions shall be immediately reported by telephone to the Gas
				  Division of the New York State Department of Public Service through its
				  emergency notification system.
(d)
				  A written report of each incident in which steam facilities were involved shall
				  be submitted to the Albany office of the Gas Division of the New York State
				  Department of Public Service within 30 days. The report shall set forth a
				  chronological sequence of events including a detailed description of the:
(1) incident or interruption;
(2) response, action, and investigation by
				  the steam corporation; and
(3)
				  results and findings of the investigations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.13 - Logging and analysis of steam emergency reports

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(a) Each steam corporation shall record each
				  report of a steam leak or emergency received on a suitably numbered service
				  record.
(b) A daily log shall be
				  kept and maintained on file recording the receipt and handling of each such
				  report and shall contain the following information:
(1) cross reference to the related service
				  record number;
(2) location of leak
				  or emergency;
(3) time report first
				  received;
(4) description as to
				  type of leak or emergency;
(5) time
				  personnel first dispatched to location;
(6) time of arrival of personnel at location;
				  and
(7) times of dispatch and
				  arrival of any additional personnel called to the location.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.14 - Facility failure investigation

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(a) Each steam corporation shall establish
				  procedures to analyze each failure or incident for the purpose of determining
				  its cause and to minimize the possibility of a recurrence. This shall include a
				  procedure to select samples of the failed facility or equipment for laboratory
				  examination when necessary.
(b) The
				  procedures shall also provide for complete cooperation with the staff of the
				  Gas Division of the New York State Department of Public Service, in testing or
				  surveying, including using independent consultants, any equipment or systems
				  deemed necessary by staff for the investigation and analysis of any failure or
				  accident to determine its cause and to minimize the possibility of a
				  recurrence.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter C - Safety › Part 420 - Distribution Of Steam › Section 420.15 - Asbestos control

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Each steam
				  corporation shall have procedures to eliminate asbestos materials from all
				  accessible manholes, vaults, etc. which contain steam facilities.
(b) Each steam corporation shall have
				  emergency procedures to control and eliminate asbestos-contaminated debris
				  resulting from the failure of any steam pipeline or facility.
(c) Each steam corporation shall have a
				  program to eliminate asbestos materials from all exposed piping and fittings
				  and from bellows type expansion joints in the steam distribution
				  system.
(d) The procedures shall
				  comply with applicable rules and regulations regarding the removal, handling
				  and disposal of asbestos materials.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 431 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-steam Corporations › Section 431.1 - Late payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Any corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service may impose a late payment charge, either
					 one-time or continuing interest type, because of the failure of any customer to
					 pay a bill for such service within a specified period therein
					 stated.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 431 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-steam Corporations › Section 431.2 - Contents of bill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If any corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service elects to impose a one-time charge for late
					 payment for such service, it shall show on each bill the amount billed, the
					 amount that will be due, including the late payment charge, when the late
					 payment charge becomes applicable.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 431 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-steam Corporations › Section 431.3 - Amount of late payment charge

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If a one-time late payment charge is imposed, it shall not
					 exceed 10 percent on the first $10 (except that a minimum charge may be made of
					 not to exceed 15 cents per bill), plus not to exceed three percent on that
					 portion of the bill over $10.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 431 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-steam Corporations › Section 431.4 - Contents of rate schedules

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In case a one-time late payment charge is imposed, the rate
					 schedules shall show the rates for service, the amount due including the late
					 payment charge when the charge becomes applicable and the period during which
					 the bill may be paid without the imposition of the late payment
					 charge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 431 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-steam Corporations › Section 431.5 - Increase in rates prohibited

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No corporation, partnership or person furnishing gas,
					 electric, steam or water service shall so revise or redraft its rate schedules
					 in compliance with this Part as to increase the rates for service applicable to
					 any customer as compared with the rates now in effect without special
					 permission of the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 432 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Steam Utilities › Section 432.1 - Late payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Any municipality furnishing gas, electric or steam service
					 may impose a late payment charge, either one-time or continuing interest type,
					 because of the failure of any customer to pay a bill for such service within a
					 specified period therein stated.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 432 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Steam Utilities › Section 432.2 - Contents of bill

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If any municipality furnishing gas, electric or steam
					 service elects to impose a one-time charge for late payment for such service,
					 it shall show on each bill the amount billed, the amount that will be due,
					 including the late payment charge, when the late payment charge becomes
					 applicable.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 432 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Steam Utilities › Section 432.3 - Amount of late payment charge

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If a one-time late payment charge is imposed, it shall not
					 exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the first $10 of any bill, plus three
					 percent of any amount of such bill in excess of $10; provided, however, that a
					 minimum charge may be made of not to exceed 15 cents per bill, and further
					 provided that there may be allowed in any block of a rate schedule a late
					 payment charge of one mill per kilowatt hour of electricity or one mill per 100
					 cubic feet of gas.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter D - Rates And Charges › Part 432 - Penalties And Discounts-consumers' Bills-municipal Steam Utilities › Section 432.4 - Contents of rate schedules

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In case a one-time late payment charge is imposed, the rate
					 schedules shall show the rates for service, the amount due including the late
					 payment charge when the charge becomes applicable, and the period during which
					 the bill may be paid without the imposition of the late payment
					 charge.