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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.10 - Public notice of planned vegetation management activity

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(a) Unless
				specifically stated elsewhere in this subchapter, each EDC shall make a
				diligent attempt to notify all municipal governments, customers, and property
				owners that may be affected by planned vegetation management activity on the
				EDC's distribution or transmission system. This requirement will be satisfied
				if the EDC provides written notice to customers and property owners in
				accordance with (b) and (c) below at least seven days, but not more than 45
				days, prior to performing any vegetation management activity; and provides
				notice to municipal governments in accordance with (f) and (g) below.
(b) For distribution circuits, notice shall
				be provided to the following customers and property owners by separate direct
				mailing, door hanger, or any other Board-approved method:
1. All customers upon whose property runs any
				portion of the right of way or easement that will be maintained; and
2. Any owner of a property that meets both of
				the following:
i. The property is not served
				by the EDC, that is, there is no customer located on the property;
				and
ii. The property includes a
				portion of the right of way or easement that will be maintained.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.11 - Outreach programs

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(a) Each
				EDC shall conduct an annual public education program to inform its customers,
				as well as the municipalities and public agencies in the EDC's service
				territory, of the importance of vegetation management, and of the EDC's role
				and responsibility in managing vegetation near electric lines.
(b) The public education program required
				under this section shall be implemented by direct mail or another method
				approved by the Board.
(c) Each EDC
				shall post its public education materials on its website.
(d) As part of its education program under
				this section, the EDC shall provide on its website illustrations of typical
				configurations of transmission lines and easements, as necessary to comply with
				the requirement in (a) above to inform the public regarding the EDC's
				responsibilities in performing vegetation management under this
				subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 14:5-9.12 - Penalties

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(a) Failure to
				comply with any provision of this subchapter shall subject the violator to
				penalties in accordance with the Board's regulatory and statutory
				authority.
(b) An EDC that violates
				this subchapter may be subject to monetary penalties for each day the violation
				occurs. The Board shall notify the EDC of the violation(s) in writing. Upon
				receipt of the written notice of violation, the EDC shall have five business
				days to correct the violation(s). Any failure to correct the violation shall
				subject the EDC to penalties as determined by the Board per day for each
				violation, calculated from the day such written notice was received by the EDC
				and up to the maximum penalty permitted by law.
(c) Penalties imposed under this subchapter
				are in addition to, not a replacement for, other fines and/or penalties that
				apply under Federal and State laws and regulations.
(d) In determining the appropriate sanction
				for a violation of this subchapter, the Board shall consider the following
				criteria, and any other factors deemed appropriate and material to the electric
				public utility's failure to comply:
1. The
				good faith efforts, if any, of the entity charged in attempting to achieve
				compliance;
2. The gravity of the
				violation or the failure to comply;
3. The number of past violations by the
				entity charged, including violations of this subchapter as well as of other
				standards adopted by the Board;
4.
				The appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the company
				charged;
5. Events judged to be
				beyond the violator's control; and
6. Good faith efforts on the part of the EDC
				to resolve any violations of the requirements contained in this
				subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 14:5A-1.1 - Purpose and scope

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The rules contained in this chapter are designed to provide
				  a mechanism of periodic review of the estimated costs of decommissioning
				  nuclear generating stations owned by New Jersey electric utilities for the
				  purpose of assuring that adequate funds are available at the cessation of
				  commercial operation of each of the facilities to assure completion of
				  decommissioning activities. The rules also set forth decommissioning trust fund
				  reporting requirements for electric utilities and procurement guidelines for
				  the selection of investment managers and trustees, in order to provide the
				  Board timely information related to its oversight of the utilities' management
				  of the funds.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 2 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE › Section 14:5A-2.2 - Update elements

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(a) The Update
				filing shall consist of the following elements, each of which shall be
				accompanied by technical support sufficient to provide the Board with a basis
				to evaluate the filing:
1. For the initial
				filing on January 1, 1996, a generic assessment of the current status and
				developing trends on all activities that affect the costs of nuclear facility
				decommissioning. For each subsequent filing made pursuant to this chapter, an
				update of the current status and trends which have developed concerning all
				activities that affect the cost of nuclear facility decommissioning since the
				latter of the previous Decommissioning Cost Update filing or most recent base
				rate case review. The activities required to be assessed under this paragraph
				shall include, at a minimum, the following:
i. Actual facility decommissioning costs both
				foreign and domestic;
ii.
				Development and use of state of the art equipment and techniques such as
				robotics, heavy duty cutting methods, computer monitoring, remote observation
				systems and chemical cleaning methods which will increase efficiency and/or
				reduce radiation exposures, waste processing methods which reduce the volume of
				decommissioning wastes, and other innovations that will affect the
				decommissioning process and/or related costs which have been developed since
				the last estimate;
iii. Development
				of both high level and low level radioactive waste disposal sites and their
				cost or pricing structures;
iv.
				Transportation methods and hardware for transporting radioactive
				material;
v. Applicable regulatory
				changes undertaken or specific clean up standards adopted by the NRC, DEP, DOH,
				DOTNJ, DOTUS or other appropriate governmental bodies and applicable
				recommendations by industry organizations; and
vi. Insurance cost estimates to cover
				potential liabilities during decommissioning.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 2 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE › Section 14:5A-2.3 - Joint submissions

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(a) For purposes of
				avoiding the filing of duplicative information, the electric public utilities
				subject to this chapter may jointly file information with respect to the
				following:
1. The generic industry activities
				required in
				14:5A-2.2(a)1;
				and
2. In the event of co-ownership
				of a nuclear facility, the information concerning cost estimates pursuant to
				14:5A-2.2(a)2,
				excluding 14:5A-2.2(a)2  v,
				vi and vii which is required to be filed by each public electric utility unless
				such information is identical.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.1 - Public notification

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(a) Concurrent with
				the filing with the Board as required in this chapter, each utility shall
				provide public notice of said filing in newspapers of general circulation in
				its service territory.
(b) A copy
				of the filing shall also be provided to the Rate Counsel, DEP, and the
				municipality in New Jersey where the nuclear facility is located.
(c) Each utility shall make available for
				distribution to members of the public upon request an Executive Summary of the
				filing made pursuant to this chapter. Said Executive Summary shall:
1. Summarize the information supplied
				pursuant to each section of N.J.A.C. 14:5A-1 and 2;
2. Indicate procedures for comment as set
				forth in 14:5A-3.2; and
3. Not exceed 10 pages in length.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.2 - Comment period and Board review

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(a) For a period
				ending 60 days from filing of the Update or as otherwise extended by action of
				the Board, interested parties may submit comments to the Board.
(b) Following receipt and review of comments
				as well as the Update and other related additional information as requested,
				the Board shall issue a Board Order with its findings.
(c) In the event that the Board determines a
				need for a formal proceeding to review the present funding level for any of the
				trusts, said proceeding shall follow the procedures set forth in
				14:5A-3.3 through 3.6.
(d) Within 10 days of the Board's order
				determining the need for a formal proceeding pursuant to (c) above, the utility
				shall file with the Board a proposed form of public notice.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.3 - Party status and intervention

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(a) The Rate
				Counsel and the DEP shall be granted party status.
(b) Any person may make a Motion for
				Intervention to the Board with respect to the Update proceeding. Such Motion
				shall be decided pursuant to rules set forth in N.J.A.C. 1:1-16.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.4 - Discovery

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(a) Any party or
				intervenor as established in
				14:5A-3.3 may propound discovery
				upon any public electric utility regarding its respective filings.
(b) The schedule for the filing of
				supplemental information, or testimony or propounding discovery and for
				responses thereto shall be established by the Board subsequent to its
				determination as to the need for a formal proceeding.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.5 - Public and evidentiary hearings

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(a) Within 90 days
				of the Board order initiating a formal proceeding, the Board shall schedule and
				convene a public hearing, upon proper notice, at which members of the public
				and interested parties shall be provided the opportunity to submit comments
				with respect to the filing.
(b) The
				Board shall convene evidentiary hearings and additional public hearings as
				necessary concerning the filing, and entertain written position papers from the
				parties.
(c) All notices of public
				or evidentiary hearings shall be published by the utility in conformance with
				the requirements set out in
				48:2-32.2 and
				48:2-32.4 and
				14:1-5.1 2(b) through
				(e).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 3 - DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE PROCEDURES › Section 14:5A-3.6 - Findings

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(a) Subsequent to
				the conclusion of hearings, the Board shall issue an order which will address
				the following issues:
1. A summary of the
				state of industry experience and technology concerning nuclear facility
				decommissioning;
2. Findings as to
				the continued efficacy of present decommissioning funding levels for each of
				the nuclear facilities wholly or partly owned by New Jersey electric utilities
				and subject to the formal review; and
3. Methods for revising funding levels where
				deemed appropriate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 4 - DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUND REVIEW › Section 14:5A-4.1 - Investment manager and trustee procurement procedures

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(a) In the
				procurement, by an electric utility, of any new decommissioning fund trustees
				and investment managers, bidding procedures which include public notification
				must be employed.
1. The selection process
				must take into account, but is not necessarily limited to, the following
				considerations:
i. Existing knowledge or
				demonstration of ability to obtain knowledge of Internal Revenue Service Rules
				relating to Nuclear Decommissioning Costs ( 26 CFR parts 1 and 602 SEC 468A
				);
ii. Performance record in their
				investment discipline including the fixed income area;
iii. Cash management capabilities;
iv. Investment manager and trustee fee
				structures;
v. Organizational
				commitment to keep abreast and maintain a presence in issues related to nuclear
				decommissioning trust fund management;
vi. Demonstration of sufficient resources to
				satisfactorily service the fund;
vii. Demonstration of a firm's ability to
				ensure that the assets contained in the Fund are clearly identifiable and
				segregated for the benefit of the nuclear facility and will not be considered
				assets of the managing or trustee institution;
viii. The extent to which a particular firm
				expands the market of existing managers or trustees to include qualified New
				Jersey based firms and small and minority owned firms or otherwise provides a
				unique quality or creates a new and useful niche;
ix. Sufficient assets or evidence of
				creditworthiness to ensure the value of the funds being managed or held in
				trust; and
x. The number of clients
				and the total dollar value of funds currently managed, how long the firm has
				been in business, and the credentials of the fund managers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 4 - DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUND REVIEW › Section 14:5A-4.2 - Decommissioning trust annual reports

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(a) On or before
				April 15 of each year, each electric utility shall file with the Board:
1. An annual decommissioning trust fund
				report which shall provide for each nuclear generating station in which the
				electric utility has an ownership interest:
i. The total end of year market value of the
				qualified and non-qualified trust funds;
ii. The quarterly and annual pretax and after
				tax return earned on each fund for the year as well as the cumulative returns
				from January 1, 1991, through the end of the calendar year for which the
				decommissioning annual report is being issued; from the inception of each fund
				through December 31, 1990, the cumulative annual returns of the funds or other
				cumulative return data as available;
iii. A comparison of the information provided
				in (a)1ii above to an appropriate performance benchmark, as well as description
				and support for the benchmark;
iv.
				The utility's strategy for maximizing return while monitoring and managing
				portfolio risk and specific investment guidelines imposed on fund
				managers;
v. The portfolio's asset
				mix, indicating types of securities, durations and quality ratings where
				appropriate;
vi. A financial
				reconciliation from the beginning of the current 12 month investment period
				through the end of the current 12 month period reflecting each plant's
				qualified and non-qualified funding history listed separately for the year to
				date and from January 1, 1991 to date;
vii. An accounting of all manager and trustee
				fees, commissions and taxes incurred in maintaining the decommissioning trust
				for the year;
viii. A statement of
				the assumed return built into the calculation of the funding annuity built into
				present rates;
ix. For the prior
				calendar year and on a cumulative basis from January 1, 1991, a computation of
				the shortfall or excess between the actual market value of the fund and the
				value of the fund had the rate of return embedded in annual annuities built
				into rates been realized; and
x.
				For jointly-owned stations in which there is shared ownership with one or more
				out-of-State joint owners, the present amount of funds set aside by each
				out-of-State joint owner for decommissioning each station as well as the annual
				level of contribution toward a decommissioning fund; and
xi. Based on the fund balances, earnings
				rates and decommissioning cost updates as of the report date, for each nuclear
				generating station, a projection of the shortfall or excess of the funds
				available for decommissioning as of the date it is expected to occur.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 5A - NUCLEAR PLANT DECOMMISSIONING COST AND TRUST FUND REVIEW › Subchapter 4 - DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUND REVIEW › Section 14:5A-4.3 - Distribution of trust fund report

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A copy of the reports required by
				  14:5A-4.2(a)1 
				  and 2 shall also be provided, by each utility, to Rate Counsel, DEP, and the
				  municipality in New Jersey where the nuclear facility is located.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:6-1.1 - Scope

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(a) This chapter
				shall apply to:
1. Gas public utilities, as
				that term is defined in
				48:2-13;
2. Non-utility operators of gas pipelines and
				underground gas facilities;
3.
				Excavators; and
4. Owners or
				operators of gas master meter systems.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:6-1.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this chapter can be found at
				  14:3-1.1.
"Distribution system" means mains, services, and equipment
				  that carry or control the supply of natural gas from the point of local supply
				  to and including the outlet of the gas meter.
"Insufficient level of odorant" means a level of odorant that
				  does not comply with
				  49 CFR §
										192.625, which is incorporated herein by
				  reference, as amended and supplemented.
"Interruptible" means a classification of energy service from
				  schedules or contracts under which, a seller is not expressly obligated to
				  deliver specific energy units within a given time period, and that anticipates
				  and permits interruption on short notice, or service under schedules or
				  contracts that expressly or impliedly require installation of equipment to
				  allow use of an alternative fuel.
"Operator qualified" means a person who has met the operator
				  qualifications at 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart N.
"Pipeline" shall have the same meaning as in
				  49
				  CFR §
										192.3, incorporated herein by
				  reference and as amended and supplemented.
"Prover" means a device used to measure the quantity of
				  natural gas flowing through a gas meter and to determine the accuracy of the
				  gas meter.
"Renewed service line" means a natural gas service line that
				  exists as of February 20, 2007, which is either partially replaced or replaced
				  in its entirety.
"Service line" shall have the same meaning as in
				  49
				  CFR §
										192.3, incorporated herein by
				  reference and as amended and supplemented.
"Utilization performance" means the performance expected from
				  natural gas appliances supplied with pipeline quality gas.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.1 - Plant construction

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(a) All entities
				that are subject to this chapter shall ensure that construction and
				installation of plants and facilities comply with all of the following:
1.
										14:3-2.1 (Plant
				construction);
2.
										14:3-2.2 (Inspection of work
				performed by contractors);
3. All
				requirements of this subchapter for plant operation, including design,
				maintenance, security requirements, and operator training; and
4. All operator qualification requirements
				detailed in 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart N, which is incorporated by reference
				herein, including all amendments and appendices.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.2 - Tests of service

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Each gas utility shall perform a leak test in accordance
				  with 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart J, on each new or renewed service line that is
				  installed after February 20, 2007, prior to activating or restoring service to
				  a customer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.3 - Inspection of property

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(a) Prompt
				investigation of each reported or suspected gas leak shall be made by each gas
				utility and such corrective action taken as is required by the facts and
				circumstances.
(b) Each gas utility
				shall maintain a sufficient number of reliable portable devices for detecting
				the presence of combustible gas in the atmosphere, as well as a sufficient
				number of reliable devices, which assure a substantially accurate knowledge, at
				all times, of the pressure in the system.
(c) Each gas utility shall inspect and test
				all pressure limiting and regulating stations for proper function in accordance
				with Federal pipeline safety regulations, 49 CFR Part 192. These pressure
				regulating stations shall be inspected and maintained so as to ensure that the
				regulated entity can render safe and adequate service.
(d) A complete record shall be kept by all
				gas utilities of all such inspections, tests, conditions found and the
				corrective measures taken, in accordance with 49 CFR Part 192 and
				14:3-6.2, Plant and operating,
				which shall be made available to Board staff upon request.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.4 - Service line valves

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall install an outside gas shutoff valve at the curb or at the
				outside meter on:
1. Every new service line,
				as of February 20, 2007, and every renewed service line; and
2. Any existing service line that does not
				have such a valve, at the following times:
i.
				When repairs are made that require excavation; and
ii. When the installation can be accomplished
				without further excavation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.5 - Emergency shutdown

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall provide a sufficient number of valves, in addition to inlet and
				outlet valves at regulator stations, in its high-pressure distribution system
				in accordance with
				49 CFR
				192.181 to allow the shut-down of any section
				of its high-pressure distribution system in an emergency and minimize the
				number of customers affected.
(b)
				Each gas utility shall train all operator-qualified employees in the procedures
				to follow when it is necessary to reduce or stop the flow of gas because of an
				emergency. Only operator-qualified employees shall perform these
				procedures.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.6 - Gas detectors

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(a) The gas utility
				shall assign combustible gas detecting instruments to all service and other
				personnel who may be involved in the detection of gas leaks.
(b) The instruments shall be properly
				maintained and periodically calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer's
				specifications. Records shall be kept of such calibrations.
(c) A combustible gas detecting instrument
				shall be used by gas utility personnel, in conjunction with other means of
				detection, in the investigation of any suspected gas leak.
(d) Any employee who may be called upon to
				investigate a suspected gas leak shall have adequate training and be operator
				qualified in the use of gas detection instruments as well as other methods of
				leak detection.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 2 - PLANT › Section 14:6-2.7 - Underground facility protection; 24 inch rule

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(a) Operators of
				gas pipelines and other underground gas facilities and excavators shall comply
				with the Boards rules pertaining to the protection of underground facilities as
				set forth in
				14:2-3.3, Protection of
				Underground Facilities: One-Call Damage Prevention System.
(b) All excavation work shall be done in
				accordance with the requirements in
				48:2-82.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.1 - Service connections; interruptible customers

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Each gas utility shall provide a service connection for an
				  "interruptible" customer in accordance with its filed tariff or special
				  agreement with the customer if special or unusual circumstances exist.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.2 - Heating value

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall file with the Board information as to the heating value of the
				gas (or gases) being distributed.
(b) The heating value shall be maintained
				with as little variation as is practicable.
(c) Each gas utility shall provide itself
				with a standard heating value measurement device constructed and calibrated as
				approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(d) Each gas utility shall conduct periodic
				tests of the gas and may use a recording heating value measurement
				device.
(e) The recording heating
				value measurement device shall be maintained in proper working order and
				checked periodically with a standard heating value measurement device or
				against a standard gas.
(f) The
				equipment required in this section shall be available, at all reasonable times,
				for inspection by and the use of any authorized representative of the
				Board.
(g) The daily average
				heating value may be determined from the record of a recording heating value
				measurement device; or it shall be taken as the average of all individual tests
				made that day using a standard heating value measurement device. The average
				value of all such daily averages shall be taken as the monthly
				average.
(h) Each gas utility shall
				report to Board staff not later than the 15th of each month the daily average
				and the monthly weighted average heating value of the gas (or gases)
				distributed in its system during the previous calendar month.
(i) Heating value tests shall be made at a
				location or locations which will insure a representative sample of the gas
				being sent out to the distribution system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.3 - Purity

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(a) All gas
				distributed to customers by a gas utility shall be pipeline quality gas with
				the characteristics required by this section.
(b) Each gas utility shall ensure that the
				characteristic quality of the gas it delivers permits satisfactory combustion
				in all customers' appliances at all times without repeated adjustments of the
				burners.
(c) Each gas utility shall
				ensure that all gas delivered into the distribution system in New Jersey is
				substantially free of impurities that may cause excessive fumes when burned in
				a properly designed and adjusted burner; and that the quantity of impurities
				such as hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, or other combustible or noncombustible,
				noxious, or toxic gas impurities are within the limits recognized in good
				natural gas utility practice.
(d)
				Each gas utility shall ensure that the gas it delivers into a distribution
				system in New Jersey complies with the requirements in the Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission (FERC)-approved tariffs, as applicable. For gas not
				covered by a FERC-approved tariff, the minimum average heating value of the gas
				delivered to its customers shall be at least 1,000 BTU per cubic foot of gas,
				measured at 14.73 pounds per square inch absolute (psia) and 60 degrees
				Fahrenheit.
(e) When a gas utility
				distributes supplemental or substitute gas (that is, supply provided from
				storage facilities, from LNG facilities, from injection of propane-air facility
				gas, or similar sources), the gas utility shall make every reasonable effort to
				maintain gas characteristics and quality so that utilization performance will
				be satisfactory regardless of the heating value of the gas. For the purpose of
				this subsection, "supplemental or substitute gas" means fuels that are:
1. Used to increase the supply of pipeline
				natural gas during periods of extremely high demand or short supply;
				and
2. Used for non-emergent
				reasons, such as part of the base supply or for personnel training
				purposes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.4 - Pressure requirements

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall ensure that the pressure of the gas measured at the outlet of the
				meter of any customer, sometimes known as normal utilization pressure, shall be
				maintained to that point required to provide safe and efficient utilization of
				the gas in any properly adjusted appliance that is supplied with gas through
				adequately sized facilities.
(b)
				The pressure variations within any 24 hour period shall not exceed 50 percent
				above or 50 percent below the normal utilization pressures set by each local
				distribution company.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.5 - Venting of customer$DQ$s service regulator

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(a) The gas utility
				shall ensure that each gas utility customer's service regulator, if installed
				indoors, shall be vented to the outside atmosphere and shall have a vent pipe
				sized no smaller than the manufacturer's vent connection that is built into the
				regulator.
(b) The venting capacity
				of every service regulator shall be such as to protect the customer's
				appliances from an unsafe operating pressure. As an alternative, a separate
				pressure relief valve with a capacity such as to protect the customer's
				appliances from an unsafe operating pressure may be provided.
(c) Each gas utility shall ensure that the
				maximum pressure of the gas it delivers to residential customers, under both
				normal and service regulator failure modes, is such that the pressure would not
				cause an unsafe condition in any connected and properly adjusted customer
				equipment.
(d) Each gas utility
				shall have an ongoing surveillance program to ensure periodic inspection of
				vents to determine that proper ventilation as specified in (a) above has not
				been compromised by any condition, such as blockage by surrounding soil,
				plants, refuse, or snow; and to ensure that prompt remedial action is taken
				when such conditions are discovered.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.6 - Testing of customer's piping

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A gas utility shall not establish gas service unless a
				  sticker, tag or other evidence is present at the location indicating that the
				  customer's piping has been approved by the local plumbing subcode
				  official.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.7 - Odorization

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(a) All gas
				transmitted and distributed which does not possess a distinctive odor to serve
				as a warning agent to employees and the public in the event of the escape of
				unburned gas shall be odorized with a suitable odorant.
(b) The amount of odorant in the gas shall
				not be less than that which is required to readily permit detection of its
				presence when the gas concentration in mixture with air is 20 percent of the
				lower explosive limit.
(c) Each
				utility shall notify the Board of the type of odorant used and the location of
				the odorization stations.
(d) A
				suitable record shall be maintained for the most current two years showing the
				quantity of the odorant added and the volume of gas odorized.
(e) Sufficiently frequent periodic tests
				shall be made at various points in each system, including the pertinent
				extremities of the system, to determine the adequacy of the odorization of the
				gas, and a suitable record of such tests shall be maintained for seven
				years.
(f) Equipment for
				introduction of the odorant into the gas shall be designed so as to provide a
				reasonably uniform level of odor in the gas.
(g) The equipment and facilities for handling
				the odorant shall be located where the escape of odorant would not be a
				nuisance.
(h) Odorant testing shall
				be performed as frequently as necessary, but not less than once every 30 days.
				The gas utility shall notify Board staff as soon as practical if it finds an
				insufficient level of odorant, and take corrective action to remedy the
				deficiency.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.8 - Customer information

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall, at the time a meter is turned on or a new account is opened,
				supply the customer with printed information concerning the odor of gas and its
				characteristics, and action to be taken if gas is detected (including a
				telephone number for the purpose of reporting such detection).
(b) The printed information required under
				(a) above shall also inform customers of the potential hazards of gas, the
				correct procedures for using gas appliances, and how to keep them in safe
				operating condition. In addition, verbal instructions on the above matters
				shall be offered to the customer, if requested.
(c) The printed information required under
				(a) above shall be such that it can be easily understood and shall also be
				available in languages other than English which are spoken by a substantial
				number of non-English speaking people who reside in the utility's service
				area.
(d) In addition to the other
				requirements in this section, each gas company shall periodically, but no less
				than once a year, inform the general public in its service area, by way of bill
				inserts and other effective methods, of the odor of gas and its hazards, along
				with correct procedures to follow if gas is detected.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.9 - Liaison with public officials

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Each gas utility shall maintain liaison with emergency
				  personnel of each municipality and county in its service area, as well as with
				  Board emergency coordinators, and shall periodically make available information
				  concerning the characteristics and hazards of natural gas that would be useful
				  in handling an emergency in which natural gas may be a factor. A list of the
				  names and phone numbers of the designated Board emergency coordinators shall be
				  prepared and updated by the Board and forwarded to each gas utility to assure
				  compliance with this section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.11 - Analysis and reporting of odor, leak and emergency calls

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall maintain a listed telephone number in appropriate telephone
				directories designated as a 24-hour number at which leak, odor or emergency
				calls may be received. These numbers shall be tended by utility personnel in
				order that such calls can be answered on a 24-hour basis with the assurance
				that appropriate action will be taken as rapidly as possible.
(b) Each gas utility shall maintain a log
				that shows the receipt and handling of each leak, odor or emergency report
				received. Information concerning the time that the report was first received,
				that utility personnel were first dispatched to the scene, that such personnel
				arrived, and that the condition was considered safe should be
				included.
(c) Each gas utility
				shall analyze its performance in responding to the reports required under this
				section. Both the logs and the analysis shall be made available to the Board
				upon request. Summary reports shall be furnished to the Board quarterly in the
				form specified by the Board.
(d)
				The quarterly submittal required under this section shall include information
				for both normal working hours and other than normal working hours, sorted by
				each operating division or district in the gas utility. If the utility failed
				to respond within 60 minutes to any call regarding an odor or leak, the
				submittal shall separately list each such call, the time between the utility
				receiving the call and the arrival on the scene of operator-qualified
				personnel; along with the date, address and actual time the call was received
				and responded to.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.12 - Emergency personnel

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(a) Each gas
				utility shall have available and equipped an adequate number of personnel to
				promptly handle gas emergencies on a 24-hour a day, seven days a week basis.
				Emergency personnel must be able to reach all parts of the company's service
				area as rapidly as possible.
(b)
				Each employee who would respond to a gas emergency shall have adequate training
				in the proper procedures for handling gas emergencies, including but not
				limited to emergency shutdown procedures.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.13 - Training

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Each gas company employee shall be adequately trained for
				  the job to which he or she is assigned and have adequate knowledge of the
				  characteristics and hazards of natural gas. Employees assigned to positions
				  covered by 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart N, shall be operator-qualified in
				  accordance with the requirements therein.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 3 - SERVICE › Section 14:6-3.14 - Drug and alcohol testing; incorporation by reference of Federal regulations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Board
				hereby adopts, by reference, as though set out in full, the current edition
				(and amendments as issued) of Drug and Alcohol Testing, Title 49, Code of
				Federal Regulations, Parts 40 and 199 (Federal Code).
(b) Each gas company employee, as defined in
				Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 40 and 199, shall be tested for
				the presence of prohibited drugs and alcohol and shall be provided with an
				employee assistance program as required by Title 49, Code of Federal
				Regulations, Parts 40 and 199.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:6-4.1 - Testing of gas meters

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each gas
				utility shall provide itself with equipment necessary for testing meters that
				are either in use or in inventory. Utilities may cooperate in arranging for
				such facilities.
(b) A bell type
				prover shall be set up permanently in the location where it is to be used. All
				provers will be calibrated according to ANSI B109, incorporated herein by
				reference, as amended and supplemented, and is available at
www.ansi.org
. Whenever a utility
				calibrates a prover, the calibration shall be witnessed and approved by the
				Board. Whenever a manufacturer calibrates a prover, the calibration shall be
				verified and approved by the Board.
(c) All gas utilities shall ensure that each
				prover is furnished an inspection and approval tag by the Board.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:6-4.2 - Periodic meter testing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No gas utility
				shall allow a gas meter to remain in service for a period longer than 10 years,
				except where a sampling program has been established in accordance with ANSI
				B109 and approved by the Board.
(b)
				Meters shall neither remain in service after testing, nor be placed in service
				if the meters are outside the adjustment limits in accordance with ANSI
				B109.
(c) For any group of meters
				in a sampling program to remain in service, at least 80 percent of the meters
				in the sample tested must be within the accuracy limits of 98 percent (two
				percent error slow) to 102 percent (two percent error fast) at the low flow
				(check) rate, with no more than 10 percent of the meters exceeding 102 percent
				(two percent error fast). If a group of meters does not meet the performance
				standard, then corrective action shall be taken.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 4 - METERS › Section 14:6-4.3 - Determination of gas meter accuracy

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A gas meter shall be considered correct if it, when passing
				  gas at the flow rates of 20 to 35 percent of its rated capacity, shows in
				  comparison with a standard gas prover, an error which is not greater than two
				  percent.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 5 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 14:6-5.1 - Adoption by reference of the Uniform System of Accounts

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Board adopts by reference the Uniform System of Accounts
				  for Classes A and B Gas Utilities that have been promulgated by the Federal
				  Energy Regulatory Commission as well as all present and subsequent amendments,
				  revisions, deletions and corrections which the Federal Energy Regulatory
				  Commission may adopt insofar as they relate to gas utilities subject to the
				  jurisdiction of the Board and are in accordance with the Board's policies and
				  procedures.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 5 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS › Section 14:6-5.2 - Adoption by reference of rules concerning preservation of records; gas utilities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				"Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records of Electric, Gas and Water
				Utilities," promulgated and published in April 1972 by the National Association
				of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and all subsequent amendments thereto, are
				adopted by reference as the rules of the Board governing the preservation and
				destruction of records for all classes of electric, gas and water utilities
				subject to its jurisdiction and as a supplement to its uniform system of
				accounts for all classes of electric, gas and water utilities.
(b) Copies of the full text of these rules
				are available for examination in the Board's offices at 44 South Clinton
				Avenue, 9th Floor, PO Box 350, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0350, and are included
				in the case files in these dockets. Copies of these rules may be purchased at
www.naruc.org
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - GAS SERVICE › Subchapter 6 - MASTER METER SYSTEMS › Section 14:6-6.1 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Unless otherwise ordered or permitted by the Board of Public
				  Utilities, the following rules shall apply to the inspection and operation of
				  all master meter systems.