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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-01 - DEFINITION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
These tariff rules supersede rules and regulations adopted
				  July 1, 1961.
Rule R4-1. Definition.
Rule R4-2. Requirements as to size, form, identification and
				  filing of tariffs.
Rule R4-3. Filing and posting.
Rule R4-4. Notice of changes; special permission;
				  symbols.
Rule R4-5. Filing supplements on suspension matters.
Rule R4-6. Adoption notices.
Rule R4-7. [Repealed.]
Rule R4-8. Rates to intermediate intrastate
				  destinations.
Rule R4-9. Alternate application of combination rates.
Rule R4-10. Computation of time.
Rule R4-11. Embargoes.
Rule R4-12. Uniform rates, procedure for approval of joint
				  rate agreements among carriers. Repealed eff. 01/09/04.
R4-1 Definition.
(a)
				The term "tariff" as used herein means a publication containing the fares,
				charges, rules and regulations of a common carrier of persons and baggage, or
				the fares, charges, rules and regulations of intracity bus passenger
				carriers.
(b) Repealed.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 75, 10/27/77; Docket No. T-100, Sub 32, 8/25/95; NCUC Docket No. T-100, Sub
				  49, 01/09/04; 02/02/04.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-03 - FILING AND POSTING

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(a) Except as
				provided by Rule R4-4(b), all tariffs and supplements shall be filed with the
				Commission at least 30 days before the date upon which they are to become
				effective.
(b) A carrier shall post
				and file in a place accessible to the public, at each of its stations or
				offices which is in charge of a person employed exclusively by such carrier or
				by it jointly with one or more other carriers and at which persons or property
				is received for transportation, all of the tariffs containing fares, rates,
				charges, classifications, and rules or other provisions applying from, or at,
				such station or office. Each carrier shall also maintain at its principal
				office in North Carolina a complete file of all tariffs issued by it or by its
				agents in a place accessible to the public, and employees of the carrier shall
				be required to give any desired information contained in such tariffs, to lend
				assistance to seekers of information therefrom, and to afford inquirers
				opportunity to examine any of such tariffs without requiring the inquirer to
				assign any reason for such desire.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Repealed.
(e) Repealed.
(f) Repealed.
NCUC Docket No. T-100,
				  Sub 15, 1/24/92 and 3/6/92, effective 2/23/92; NCUC Docket No. T-100, Sub 32,
				  8/23/95.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-04 - NOTICE OF CHANGES; SPECIAL PERMISSION; SYMBOLS

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(a) Written
				notice, in triplicate, containing a brief explanation of the character of and
				reason for any intended changes in tariff schedules shall be filed with the
				Commission not later than the date said schedule is filed.
(b) Applications for permission to change or
				establish rates, rules, or other provisions on less than statutory notice, or
				for waiver of the provisions of these rules must be made by the carrier holding
				authority to file the proposed publication.
(c) Six (6) copies of applications (including
				amendments thereto and exhibits made a part thereof) shall be sent to the
				Public Staff North Carolina Utilities Commission, Transportation Rates
				Division, 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4326. The application
				should set forth full grounds for the relief sought. If the authority granted
				by special permission is used, it must be used in its entirety.
(d) All tariffs, supplements and revised
				pages shall indicate changes from preceding issues by a printer's tear drop
				symbol or (R) to denote reductions, a symbol in the shape of a diamond or (A)
				to denote increases or a symbol in shape of a triangle or (C) to denote changes
				resulting in neither increases nor reductions. The proper symbol must be shown
				directly in connection with each change.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 75, 10/27/77; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 128, 04/10/00; NCUC Docket No.
				  T-100, Sub 49, 01/09/04.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-06 - ADOPTION NOTICES

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(a) When the name
				of a carrier is changed, or when its operating control is transferred to
				another carrier, the carrier which will thereafter operate the properties shall
				file with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Transportation Rates
				Division, and post as required in Rule R4-3 (b) an adoption notice in the form
				of a tariff numbered in its N.C.U.C. series and containing substantially the
				following:
(Name, also trade name, if any, of adopting carrier) hereby
				  adopts, ratifies, and makes its own, in every respect as if the same had been
				  originally filed and posted by it, all tariffs, classifications, rules,
				  notices, traffic agreements, statements of divisions, powers of attorney,
				  concurrences, or other instruments whatsoever, including supplements or
				  amendments thereto, filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission by, or
				  heretofore adopted by (name and trade name, if any, of former carrier.)
(b) In addition to the above
				adoption notice the adopting carrier shall immediately file, with the North
				Carolina Utilities Commission, Transportation Rates Division, and post as
				required in Rule R4-3 (b), a consecutively numbered supplement to each of the
				effective tariffs issued or adopted by its predecessor, reading as follows:
Effective (Here insert date shown in the adoption notice)
				  this tariff, or as amended, became the tariff of (name and trade name, if any,
				  of the adopting carrier) as stated in its adoption notice N.C.U.C. No. .
				  ..
(c) Notices of adoption
				shall be filed and posted immediately and if possible on or before the date
				shown therein. Copies shall be sent to each carrier to which power of attorney
				or concurrence has been given the adopted carrier. The effective date shall be
				the date (as shown in the body of the notice) on which the change in name or
				operation occurs, except that if prior approval of such change by the North
				Carolina Utilities Commission is required, the effective date shown shall not
				antedate that approval.
(d)
				Adoption notices issued under the authority of this rule shall contain no other
				matter.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 75, 10/27/77; NCUC Docket No. T-100, Sub 49,
				  01/09/04.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-07 - [Repealed]

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Repealed by NCUC Docket
				  No. T-100, Sub 32, 8/23/95.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-08 - RATES TO INTERMEDIATE INTRASTATE DESTINATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
In applying rates from points of origin in North Carolina to
				  destinations within the State, on intrastate traffic, rates shall in no case
				  exceed commodity rates on like traffic from or to more distant interstate
				  points from or to which there are published through commodity rates and from or
				  to which the intrastate origin or destination is directly intermediate via the
				  rate making line or lines from or to the more distant interstate
				  points.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-09 - ALTERNATE APPLICATION OF COMBINATION RATES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
If the charge based on the aggregate of intermediate local,
				  joint or proportional rates approved or prescribed by the Commission, is lower
				  than the charge accruing under the through rates approved or prescribed from
				  origin to destination, such lower charge will be the legal charge to
				  apply.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-10 - COMPUTATION OF TIME

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Transportation tariffs received by and filed with the
				  Transportation Rates Division not later than noon of a workday will be stamped
				  as received on the last preceding workday provided such workday does not
				  precede in time the issuance date of the publication. Such publications
				  received by or filed with the Commission on an afternoon of a workday will be
				  stamped as received the day on which filed. The date tariffs are stamped as
				  received shall be counted as a day of notice but the effective date of said
				  tariffs shall not be counted.
				  G.S.
				  62-134 and such orders issued thereunder will
				  be considered complied with when such publications are on file with the
				  Commission for the authorized period of time.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 3, 7/30/64; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 75, 10/27/77; NCUC Docket No. T-100,
				  Sub 32, 8/23/95.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-11 - EMBARGOES

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(a) No carrier
				holding a franchise certificate has the right to issue an embargo on intrastate
				traffic against any carrier or any goods except upon application to, and
				approval by, the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
(b) A franchise certificate grants certain
				rights and the rights so granted therein presuppose a service to be rendered,
				and any embargo establishes a condition which the carrier does not have the
				right to impose; therefore, where the carrier desires to embargo any shipments,
				application must be made to the Commission for approval, and then the
				Commission will pass upon the necessity therefor.
(c) The procedure to be followed in
				connection with an embargo will be for the carrier desiring to establish same
				to notify the Commission in a letter, sending a copy of said letter to any and
				all carriers affected, after which the carriers receiving such notice shall
				have three days within which to advise the proponent and the Commission of
				their attitude thereon, after which the Commission will notify all parties to
				the proceeding if it desires to hold a public hearing thereon.
(SOURCE: N.C.U.C. Report 1943-44, p. 16.)
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Section 11 R04-12 - UNIFORM RATES, PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL OF JOINT RATE AGREEMENTS AMONG CARRIERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Repealed by NCUC Docket
				  No. T-100, Sub 49, 01/09/04.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - FILING OF TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS › Appendix 11 R04-APP - APPENDIX

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Repealed by NCUC Docket
				  No. T-100, Sub 32, 8/23/95.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-01 - APPLICATION OF RULES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
These rules apply to any gas utility operating within the
				  State of North Carolina under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Utilities
				  Commission and also to interstate natural gas companies having pipeline
				  facilities located in North Carolina insofar as safety is concerned.
(1) These rules are intended to promote safe
				and adequate service to the public, to provide standards for uniform and
				reasonable practices by utilities, and to establish a basis for determining the
				reasonableness of such demands as may be made by the public upon the
				utilities.
(2) If unreasonable
				hardship to a utility or to a customer results from the application of any rule
				herein prescribed, application may be made to the Commission for the
				modification of the rule or for temporary or permanent exemption from its
				requirements.
(3) The adoption of
				these rules shall in no way preclude the Commission from altering or amending
				them, or from making such modifications with respect to their application as
				may be found necessary to meet exceptional conditions.
(4) These regulations shall in no way relieve
				any utility from any of its duties under the laws of this State.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 9, 7/26/67.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-02 - DEFINITIONS

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(a) "Utility" means
				any gas company operating under the jurisdiction of the Commission, including
				in the case of safety rules and regulations, any interstate pipeline company
				subject to the safety jurisdiction of the Commission pursuant to G.S. 62
				50.
(b) "Customer" means any
				person, firm, association, or corporation, or any agency of the federal, State,
				or local government, being supplied with gas service by a gas
				utility.
(c) "Premises" means a
				piece of land or real estate, including buildings and other appurtenances
				thereon.
(d) "Gas plant" means all
				facilities owned by a gas utility for the production, storage, transmission,
				and distribution of gas.
(e) "Main"
				means a gas pipe, owned, operated, or maintained by a utility, which is used
				for the purpose of transmission or distribution of gas, but does not include
				"gas service line."
(f) "Gas
				service line" is the pipe that runs between a main or a pipeline and a
				customer's meter.
(g) "Meter,"
				without other qualification, shall mean any device, or instrument which is used
				by a utility in measuring a quantity of gas.
(h) "Check flow" means a flow at
				approximately 20% of the rated capacity of a meter at a pressure of 1-1/2"
				water column on prover.
(i) "Full
				rated flow" means a flow of 100% of the rated capacity of meter at a pressure
				of 1-1/2" water column on prover.
(j) "Open rated flow" means a flow with meter
				outlet unrestricted at a pressure of 1-1/2" water column on prover.
(k) "Cubic foot" of gas as used in these
				rules shall have the following meanings:
(1)
				Where gas is supplied and metered to customers at the pressure normally used
				for domestic customers' appliances, a cubic foot of gas shall be that quantity
				of gas which, at the temperature and pressure existing in the meter, occupies
				one cubic foot.
(2) When gas is
				supplied to customers at other than the pressure in (1) above, a cubic foot of
				gas shall be that quantity of gas which, at a temperature of 60° F. and a base
				pressure of 14.73 pounds per square inch absolute, occupies one cubic foot,
				atmospheric pressure assumed to be 14.73.
(3) The standard cubic foot of gas for
				testing the gas itself for heating value shall be that quantity of gas,
				saturated with water vapor, which at a temperature of 60° F. and a pressure of
				30 inches of mercury, occupies one cubic foot. (Temperature of mercury = 32° F.
				acceleration due to gravity = 32.17 feet per second; density 13.595 grams per
				cubic centimeter).
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-03 - LOCATION OF RECORDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
All records required by these rules, or necessary for the
				  administration thereof, shall be kept within this State, unless otherwise
				  authorized by the Commission. These records shall be available for examination
				  by the Commission, the Public Staff, or their authorized representatives at all
				  reasonable hours.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 75, 10/27/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-04 - RETENTION OF RECORDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Unless otherwise specified by the Commission, all records
				  required by these rules shall be preserved for the period of time specified in
				  the current edition of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
				  Commissioners' publication "Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records
				  of Gas, Electric and Water Utilities."
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 74, 12/4/97.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-05-01 - NOTICE OF TARIFF CHANGES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Each tariff filing involving any change in any existing
				  tariff, whether made in the context of a general rate case or any other type of
				  proceeding, shall include a copy of the existing tariff showing by cross-outs
				  and italicized inserts all proposed changes in rates, charges, terms and
				  conditions, service rules and regulations, and other text.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 46, 1/21/87.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-06 - DISPOSITION OF GAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All gas sold by
				a utility shall be on the basis of meter measurement unless otherwise
				authorized by the Commission.
(b)
				Wherever practicable, consumption of gas within the utility itself, or by
				administrative units associated with it, shall be metered.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-07 - METER READING SHEETS, CARDS OR DATA

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The meter reading sheets, cards or data shall show:
(1) Customer's name, address, and rate
				schedule.
(2) Identifying number
				and/or description of the meter(s).
(3) Meter readings.
(4) If the reading has been
				estimated.
(5) Multiplier or
				constants should be shown if applicable.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 74, 12/4/97.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-08 - METER READING INTERVAL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Meters shall be read monthly, except that authority may be
				  obtained from the Commission for reading the meters at other than monthly
				  intervals. As nearly as practicable, utilities shall avoid sending a customer
				  two successive estimated bills.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-09 - CONDITION OF METER

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
No meter shall be installed which is mechanically defective,
				  has an incorrect correction factor or has not been tested and adjusted in
				  accordance with Rule R6-26. The capacity of the meter and the index mechanism
				  should be consistent with the gas requirements of the
				  customer.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-10 - TEMPORARY SERVICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
When the utility renders temporary service to a customer, it
				  may require that the customer bear all the cost of installing and removing the
				  service in excess of any salvage realized.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-11 - EXTENSION PLAN

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Each utility shall develop a plan, acceptable to the
				  Commission, for the installation of extensions of main and service lines where
				  such facilities are in excess of those included in the regular rates for
				  service and for which the customer shall be required to pay all or part of the
				  cost. This plan must be related to the investment that prudently can be made
				  for the probable revenue.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-12 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION

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Each utility shall:
(1) Maintain up-to-date maps, plans, or
				records of its entire transmission and distribution systems, with such other
				information as may be necessary to enable the utility to advise prospective
				customers, and others entitled to the information, as to the facilities
				available for serving any locality.
(2) Assist the customer or prospective
				customer in selecting the most economical rate schedule.
(3) Notify customers, as required by the
				Commission, affected by a change in rates or schedule classification.
(4) Post a notice in a conspicuous place in
				each office of the utility where applications for service are received,
				informing the public that copies of the rate schedules and rules relating to
				the service of the utility, as filed with the Commission, are available for
				inspection.
(5) Upon request,
				inform its customers as to the method of reading meters.
(6) Furnish such additional information as
				the customer may reasonably request.
(7) During July and August of each year,
				consumption for each customer for the twelve-months ending June 30 of such year
				and the prior year shall be reviewed. If it is found that the customer has
				either increased or decreased his annual consumption based on the two prior
				years' consumption to the point it would place him on a different rate
				schedule, the customer shall be automatically reclassified to the proper rate
				schedule effective the following September 1. In determining consumption,
				periods of involuntary curtailment shall be excluded.
Each customer reclassified under this rule shall be notified
				  of the change in rate schedule, along with a copy of the tariff sheets
				  applicable to his old and new rate schedules, at least twenty-one days prior to
				  the effective date of the change.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 48, 2/22/91.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-14 - CUSTOMER BILL FORMS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The utility shall bill each customer as promptly as possible
				  following the reading of his meter. The bill shall show:
(1) The reading of the meter at the beginning
				and at the end of the period for which the bill is rendered.
(2) The date on which the meter was read at
				the end of the billing period.
(3)
				The number of units metered.
(4)
				Identification of the applicable rate schedule.
(5) The gross and/or net amount of the
				bill.
(6) The date by which the
				customer must pay the bill in order to benefit from any discount or to avoid
				any penalty.
(7) A distinct marking
				to identify an estimated bill.
(8)
				Any conversion from meter reading units to billing units, or any calculations
				to determine billing units from recording or other devices, or any other
				factors, such as purchased gas or fuel adjustments, used in determining the
				bill. In lieu of such information on the bill, a statement must be on the bill
				advising that such information can be obtained by contacting the utility's
				principal office.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-15 - ADJUSTMENT OF BILLS DUE TO INACCURATE METERS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Bills which are incorrect due to meter errors where the
				  meters in question have not been tampered with by the customer are to be
				  adjusted as follows:
(1) Meter
				Accuracy. - Whenever a meter in service is tested and found to be accurate
				within 2%, there shall be no adjustment to the customer's bill.
(2) Billing Adjustments. - Billing
				adjustments due to fast or slow meters shall be calculated on the basis that
				the meter should be 100% accurate. The actual accuracy shall be the accuracy
				determined by averaging the results at the check and open rated flow.
(a) Fast Meters. - Whenever a meter in
				service is tested and found to have overregistered more than 2%, the utility
				shall adjust the customer's bill for the excess amount paid as determined
				below, except that the utility need not adjust the customer's bill if the
				excess amount paid is less than $5.00.
(i) If
				the time at which the error first developed or occurred can reasonably be
				determined, the estimated amount of overcharge is to be based on the actual
				period of the overcharge but not to exceed a maximum of three (3) years from
				the discovery of the error.
(ii) If
				the time at which the error first developed or occurred cannot reasonably be
				determined, the estimated amount of overcharge is to be based on the most
				recent twelve (12) month period from the discovery of the overcharge.
(iii) No part of the minimum bill or
				facilities charge shall be refunded.
(iv) The utility shall not be required to
				make refunds to more than the last two customers who purchased gas through a
				fast meter as defined in the rule.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-16 - REASONS FOR DENYING SERVICE

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Service may be refused or discontinued for any of the reasons
				  listed below. Unless otherwise stated, the customer shall be allowed a
				  reasonable time in which to comply with the rule before service is
				  discontinued.
(1) Without notice in
				the event of a condition determined by the utility to be hazardous.
(2) Without notice in the event of customer
				use of equipment in such a manner as to adversely affect the utility's
				equipment or the utility's service to others.
(3) Without notice in the event of tampering
				with the equipment furnished and owned by the utility.
(4) Without notice in the event of
				unauthorized use.
(5) For violation
				of and/or noncompliance with these rules and regulations.
(6) For failure of the customer to fulfill
				his contractual obligations for service and/or facilities subject to regulation
				by the Commission.
(7) For failure
				of the customer to permit the utility reasonable access to its
				equipment.
(8) Repealed by NCUC
				Docket No. M-100, Sub 28, 5/6/70, effective July 1, 1970.
(9) Repealed by NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub
				28, 5/6/70, effective July 1, 1970.
(10) For failure of the customer to furnish
				such service equipment, permits, certificates, and/or rights-of-way, as shall
				have been specified by the utility as a condition to obtaining service, or in
				the event such equipment or permissions are withdrawn or terminated.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 28, 5/16/70.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-17 - INSUFFICIENT REASONS FOR DENYING SERVICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following shall not constitute sufficient cause for
				  refusal of service to a present or prospective customer:
(1) Delinquency in payment for service by a
				previous occupant of the premises to be served.
(2) Failure to pay for merchandise purchased
				from utility.
(3) Failure to pay
				for a different type or class of public utility service.
(4) Failure to pay the bill of another
				customer as guarantor thereof.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-19 - CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS

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(a) Complaints
				concerning the charges, practices, facilities or service of the utility shall
				be investigated promptly and thoroughly. The utility shall keep such records of
				customer complaints as will enable it to review and analyze its procedures and
				actions.
(b) A report of
				incorrectly adjusted appliances shall be given prompt attention.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-19-01 - PRIORITIES FOR LIMITATIONS ON NEW SERVICE

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(a) Any natural
				gas company in North Carolina placing any limitations on sales of gas to new
				customers shall file within thirty (30) days with this Commission a program for
				sales to new customers and additional sales to existing customers as may be
				required because of insufficient gas supply, which program shall provide the
				following order of priorities for such service:
(1) Gas service to all residential customers
				requesting service who can be feasibly served, including multiple
				housing.
(2) Gas service to small
				commercial and small industrial users whose requirements do not exceed 20 Mcf
				per day.
(3) Industrial customers
				utilizing natural gas as a raw material or in direct application of gas flame
				where no other heat is usable.
(4)
				Large commercial customers whose requirements exceed 20 Mcf per day.
(5) Large industrial customers whose
				requirements exceed 20 Mcf per day.
(6) Preferred interruptible
				customers.
(7) Interruptible
				customers.
(8) Dump schedule
				customers.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-19-03 - USE OF NATURAL GAS IN TORCHES REPEALED

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NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 25, 6/3/75; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 25, 3/11/88; NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 25A, 07/20/04
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-20 - REQUIREMENT FOR GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICE

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The gas plant of the utility shall be constructed, installed,
				  maintained and operated in accordance with accepted good engineering practice
				  in the gas industry to assure, as far as reasonably possible, continuity of
				  service, uniformity in the quality of service furnished, and the safety of
				  persons and property.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-21 - ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS

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Unless otherwise specified by the Commission, the utility
				  shall use the applicable provisions in the publications listed below as
				  standards of accepted good practice.
(1) The ASME Guide for Gas Piping Systems -
				Appendix G-K (Leakage Classification).
(2) The latest edition of the American
				Standards Association pamphlet, ASA Z21.30, "Installation of Gas Appliances and
				Gas Piping in Buildings," or the latest edition of the National Board of Fire
				Underwriters publication, NFPA No. 54, "Piping, Appliances and Fittings for
				City Gas."
(3) The current edition
				of the NFPA No. 59, "The Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases at
				Utility Gas Plants."
(4) "Standard
				Methods of Gas Testing," Circular No. 48, National Bureau of Standards, 1961.
				(The applicable portions of this circular have been substantially reproduced in
				the American Meter Company Handbook E-4, covering the testing of positive
				displacement meters.)
(5) "Testing
				Large Capacity Rotary Gas Meters," Research Paper No. 1741, National Bureau of
				Standards Journal of Research, September, 1946.
(6) "Standard Method of Test for Calorific
				Value of Gaseous Fuels by Water-Flow Calorimeter," American Society for Testing
				Materials, Standard D 900-55.
(7)
				"Purging Principles and Practices," American Gas Association.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 7, 5/31/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 7, 3/20/68; NCUC Docket No. G-100,
				  Sub 34, 10/5/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-22 - ACCEPTABLE REFERENCES

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The following publications have not been designated as
				  standards but they may be used as guides to acceptable practice:
(1) "Accuracy of the Recording Gas
				Calorimeter When Used with Gases of High BTU Content," by John H. Eiseman,
				National Bureau of Standards, and Elwin A. Potter, Gas Inspection Bureau of the
				District of Columbia, AGA Publication No. CEP-55-13.
(2) "Orifice Metering of Natural Gas," Report
				No. 3 of the AGA Gas Measurement Committee.
(3) Reports prepared by the Practical Methods
				Committee of the Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course, West Virginia
				University, as follows:
a. Report No. 1,
				"Methods of Testing Large Capacity Displacement Meters."
b. Report No. 2, "Testing Orifice
				Meters."
c. Report No. 3,
				"Designing and Installing Measuring and Regulating Stations."
d. Report No. 4, "Useful Tables for Gas
				Men."
e. Report No. 5, "Prover Room
				Practices."
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-23 - ADEQUACY OF SUPPLY

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The production and/or storage capacity of the utility's
				  plant, supplemented by the gas supply regularly available from other sources,
				  must be sufficiently large to meet all reasonably expectable demands for firm
				  service.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Section 11 R06-24 - INSPECTION OF GAS PLANT

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Each utility must adopt a program of inspection of its gas
				  plant in order to determine the necessity for replacement and repair. The
				  frequency of the various inspections shall be based on the utility's experience
				  and accepted good practice. Each utility shall keep sufficient records to give
				  evidence of compliance with its inspection program.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-25 - UTILITY INSPECTIONS AND TESTS

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Each utility shall make inspections and tests of meters and
					 associated metering devices as follows:
(1) Pre-installation Inspections and Tests.
a. Every meter and/or associated metering
				  device shall be inspected, tested and sealed in the meter shop of the utility
				  before being placed in service, and the accuracy of each meter shall be within
				  the tolerances permitted by Rule R6-26.
b. New or reconditioned meters which have
				  been sealed at the factory need not be resealed in the meter shop of the
				  utility.
c. No meter shall be
				  installed if it has been tested as required in subdivision (1)a and held for a
				  period longer than 30 months without retesting.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-26 - TEST PROCEDURES AND ACCURACIES

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(a) Meters
				  and/or associated metering devices shall be tested at the points and adjusted
				  to the tolerances prescribed below. The test of any unit of metering equipment
				  shall consist of a comparison of its accuracy with the accuracy of a standard.
				  The Commission will use the applicable provisions of the standards listed in
				  Rule R6-21 as criteria of accepted good practice in testing meters.
(b) Positive Displacement Meters.
(1) Accuracy at Test Points.
Flow
Adjusted to
								within
Check flow
98.5%-100.5%
Not less than full rated flow
98.5%-100.5%
(2) Overall
				  Accuracy. - The accuracy at check flow and the accuracy at not less than open
				  rated flow shall agree within one percent.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-27 - FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR METER TESTING

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(a) Each
				  utility shall maintain or designate a meter shop for the purpose of inspecting,
				  testing and repairing meters. The shop shall be open for inspection by
				  authorized representatives of the Commission or the Public Staff at all
				  reasonable times, and the facilities and equipment, as well as the methods of
				  measurements and testing employed, shall be subject to the approval of the
				  Commission.
(b) The area within the
				  meter shop used for the testing of meters shall be designed so that the meters
				  and meter testing equipment are protected from drafts and excessive changes of
				  temperature.
(1) The calorimetric equipment
				  shall be installed in a suitably located testing station acceptable to the
				  Commission and subject to inspection by the Commission Staff or the Public
				  Staff.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-28 - RECORDS OF METERS AND ASSOCIATED METERING DEVICES

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Each utility shall maintain records of the following data,
					 where applicable, for each meter and/or associated metering device until
					 retirement:
(1) The complete
				  identification - manufacturer, number, type, capacity, multiplier, constants,
				  and pressure rating.
(2) The dates
				  of installation and removal from service, together with the location.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-29 - METER TEST RECORDS

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Each utility shall maintain records of at least the last
					 two tests made of any meter. The record of the meter test made at the time of
					 the meter's retirement shall be maintained for a minimum of 3 years. Test
					 records shall include the following:
(1) The date and reason for the
				  test.
(2) The reading of the meter
				  before making any test.
(3) The
				  accuracy "as found" at check and open rated flow.
(4) The accuracy "as left" at check and open
				  rated flow.
(5) In the event test
				  of the meter is made by using a test meter or a flow prover, the utility shall
				  retain all data taken at the time of the test in sufficiently complete form to
				  permit the convenient checking of the test methods and the
				  calculations.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-30 - PURITY REQUIREMENTS

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All gas supplied to customers shall be substantially free
					 of impurities which may cause corrosion of mains or piping, or form corrosive
					 or harmful fumes when burned in a properly designed and adjusted
					 burner.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-31 - REPEALED BY NCUC

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Repealed by NCUC
					 Docket No. G-100, Sub 34, 10/5/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-32 - PRESSURE SURVEYS AND RECORDS

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(a) Each
				  utility shall make a sufficient number of pressure measurements on its mains
				  and at the customer's meter so that it will have a substantially accurate
				  knowledge of the pressures in the low, intermediate and high pressure systems
				  in each district, division, or community served by its distribution
				  mains.
(b) All pressure records
				  obtained under this rule shall be retained by the utility for at least 2 years
				  and shall be available for inspection by the Commission's representatives.
				  Notations on each record shall indicate the following:
(1) The location where the pressure check was
				  made.
(2) The time and date of the
				  check.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-33 - STANDARDS FOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

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(a)
				  Secondary Standards. - Each utility shall own or have access to a dead weight
				  tester. This instrument must be maintained in an accurate condition.
(b) Working Standards. - Each utility must
				  have water manometers, mercury manometers, laboratory quality indicating
				  pressure gauges and field type dead weight pressure gauges as necessary for the
				  proper testing of the indicating and recording pressure gauges used in
				  determining the pressure on the utility's system.
(c) Periodic Checks. - Working standards must
				  be checked periodically (see Rule R6-25(5)) by comparison with a secondary
				  standard.
(d) Handling of
				  Standards. - Extreme care must be exercised in the handling of standards to
				  assure that their accuracy is not disturbed.
(e) Certificates or Calibration Cards. - Each
				  standard shall be accompanied at all times by a certificate or calibration
				  card, duly signed, and dated, on which are recorded the corrections required to
				  compensate for errors found at the customary test points at the time of the
				  last previous test.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-34 - HEATING VALUE

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(a) Manufactured
				  and Mixed Gas. - The heating value of manufactured gas and mixed gas, including
				  LP Gas mixed with air, shall be considered as being under the control of the
				  utility, except that natural gas when mixed with manufactured or LP Gas for
				  peak shaving or emergency purposes shall not be considered a mixed gas.
(1) The average heating value on any one day
				  shall not exceed or fall below the standard total heating value (see Rule
				  R6-5(1)(a)) by more than five percent.
(2) The monthly average heating value shall
				  be not less than the standard total heating value.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-35 - HEATING VALUE DETERMINATION AND RECORDS

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(a) The utility
				  may not be required to determine the heating value of the gas sold if its gas
				  supply is purchased from pipeline companies which determine the heating value
				  in a manner acceptable to the Commission; however, if the utility sells any of
				  its gas on a BTU basis, it shall determine the heating value and install a
				  calorimeter in the manner provided in Subsection (b)(1), (2), (3) of this
				  rule.
(b) The utility, if required
				  to determine heating value under subsection (a) of this rule, shall provide and
				  maintain a calorimeter of a type acceptable to the Commission for the regular
				  determination of the heating value of the gas sold.
(1) The calorimetric equipment shall be
				  installed in a suitably located testing station acceptable to the Commission
				  and subject to its inspection.
(2)
				  The accuracy of all calorimeters, as well as the method of making heating value
				  tests, shall be acceptable to the Commission. Recording calorimeters shall be
				  tested with a standard gas at least once each month.
(3) Heating value test records shall be
				  preserved for at least 3 years.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-36 - INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE

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(a) Each
				  utility, except where interruptions are permitted by tariff or contract, shall
				  make reasonable efforts to avoid interruptions of service; but when
				  interruptions occur, service shall be reestablished within the shortest time
				  practicable, consistent with safety.
(b) Each utility shall keep records of
				  interruptions of service on its system and shall make an analysis of the
				  records for the purpose of determining steps to be taken to prevent recurrence
				  of such interruptions. Such records should include the following concerning the
				  interruptions:
(1) Cause.
(2) Date and time.
(3) Duration.
(4) Location affected.
(5) Number of customers affected.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-37 - ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
As criteria of accepted good safety practice, the
					 Commission will use the applicable provisions of the standards listed in Rule
					 R6-21.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-38 - PROTECTIVE MEASURES

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(a) Each utility
				  shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which its employees,
				  its customers, and the general public may be subjected.
(b) The utility shall give reasonable
				  assistance to the Commission in the investigation of the cause of accidents and
				  in the determination of suitable means of preventing accidents.
(c) Each utility shall maintain a summary of
				  all reportable accidents arising from its operations.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-39 - SAFETY PROGRAM

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(a) Each utility
				  shall adopt and execute a safety program, fitted to the size and type of its
				  operations. As a minimum, the safety program should:
(1) Require employees to use suitable tools
				  and equipment in order that they may perform their work in a safe
				  manner.
(2) Instruct employees in
				  safe methods of performing their work.
(3) Instruct employees who, in the course of
				  their work, are subject to the hazard of electrical shock, asphyxiation or
				  drowning, in accepted methods of artificial respiration.