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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-40 - CUSTOMER'S PIPING

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Each customer's piping system shall be tested for leaks
					 before service is turned on.
(1)
				  Pressure Test. - If local authorities do not require the pressure test of
				  customer's piping, as set forth in section 2.12, "Test of Piping for
				  Tightness," NFPA Standard No. 54, the utility shall advise the customer of the
				  desirability of having his plumber conduct such a test.
(2) Leakage Test. - Before turning on a gas
				  meter at any location, the piping system supplied shall be tested for leaks by
				  a method at least equal to that described in section 2.13, "Leakage Check after
				  Gas Turn-On," in the latest edition of the American Standard Installation of
				  Gas Appliances and Gas Piping in Buildings, ASA Z21.30.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
					 Sub 75, 10/27/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-41 - GAS LEAKS AND ANNUAL REPORTS

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(a) A report of
				  a gas leak shall be considered as an emergency requiring immediate
				  attention.
(b) The reporting rules
				  and requirements regarding transportation of natural gas and other gas by
				  pipeline as adopted in 49 CFR Part 191 in effect on June 4, 1984, and any
				  subsequent amendments thereto, are adopted with the following modifications:
(1) Section 191.3(1)(ii) - Change "$50,000"
				  to "$5,000"
(2) Section 191.9(c) -
				  Delete
(3) Section 191.11(b)(2) -
				  Delete
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-42-46 - REPEALED BY NCUC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Repealed by NCUC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 R06-60 - EXTENSION OF FACILITIES INTO CONTIGUOUS OCCUPIED TERRITORY

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No natural gas utility shall construct or operate natural
					 gas facilities in territory occupied by and receiving similar service from
					 another natural gas utility except upon written notice to the Commission and to
					 the company occupying and serving the territory, opportunity for public
					 hearing, and written approval by the Commission. Territory which has been
					 assigned to a natural gas utility by the Commission shall be presumed occupied
					 by it and receiving similar service from it, subject to a finding by the
					 Commission that the authorized natural gas utility has waived or disclaimed its
					 right to serve, or that it is not feasible for the authorized company to serve,
					 or that service by the authorized company would be less feasible than for the
					 applicant, or that existing service by the authorized company is inadequate or
					 inferior and that the authorized company reasonably will not or cannot render
					 adequate service or that the natural gas utility has forfeited its exclusive
					 franchise rights pursuant to a finding and order of the Commission issued under
					 Rule R6-63.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 6, 5/23/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 70,
					 3/19/96.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-61 - CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE FACILITIES

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No natural gas utility under the jurisdiction of the
					 Commission shall construct or operate a natural gas pipeline facility outside
					 its designated territory to which the utility has exclusive franchise rights or
					 to be connected to an interstate pipeline, including looping of present
					 facilities, from an interstate supplier without having first applied in writing
					 to, and obtained the written approval of the Commission. Such application shall
					 clearly show that the construction proposed is economically and financially
					 feasible, and will not be wastefully duplicative of existing or proposed
					 construction by any other supplier of natural gas in the State, will not
					 constitute an unfair burden upon applicant's customers in the State, and is in
					 the public interest generally.
If the proposed pipeline facility is within a company's
					 designated territory to which the company has exclusive franchise rights and is
					 to a community for initial service, the natural gas utility shall notify the
					 Commission in writing before entering upon construction or operation of the
					 facility.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 6, 5/23/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 70,
					 3/19/96.)
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-62 - SERVICE FROM FACILITIES IN ANOTHER GAS UTILITY'S TERRITORY

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Where a natural gas pipeline constructed, owned, or
					 operated by a natural gas utility subject to jurisdiction of the Commission
					 traverses territory or area designated by the Commission as the authorized
					 territory or service area to which another natural gas utility regulated by the
					 Commission has exclusive franchise rights, and either of said companies finds
					 it necessary or desirable to furnish natural gas for domestic, commercial,
					 industrial, or farm use within an area adjacent to said pipeline and within the
					 boundaries of the territory traversed by the pipeline, the owner of the
					 pipeline shall install the meters, regulators, and taps necessary to furnish
					 the service and shall deliver the natural gas to the company in whose territory
					 or area the pipeline is located at rates and under regulations from time to
					 time filed with and approved by the Commission, and the gas utility having
					 authority to serve in the designated area shall have opportunity to sell and to
					 service said domestic, commercial, industrial, or farm customers.
NCUC Docket No. E-100,
					 Sub 6, 5/23/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 70,
					 3/19/96.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-63 - FORFEITURE OF EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE RIGHTS

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(a) Purpose. -
				  The purpose of this Rule is to implement the portion of
				  G.S.
				  62-36A(b) which provides for
				  expansion of service by each franchised natural gas local distribution company
				  to all areas of its franchise territory within three years, and which further
				  provides that any local distribution company that the Commission determines is
				  not providing adequate service to at least some portion of each county within
				  its franchise territory by July 1, 1998 or within three years of the time the
				  franchise territory is awarded, whichever is later, shall forfeit its exclusive
				  franchise rights to that portion of its territory not being served.
(b) Forfeiture For Failure To Provide
				  Service. - Each natural gas utility shall provide for the expansion of natural
				  gas service to at least some portion of each county within its certificated
				  service territory, as established by the Commission, on or before the following
				  date:
(i) July 1, 1998 for certificated
				  service territories existing on July 1, 1995, or
(ii) three years after the date a certificate
				  of public convenience and necessity is awarded for newly certificated service
				  territories, or the natural gas utility shall be subject to forfeiture of its
				  exclusive franchise rights to each such unserved county located within its
				  service territory upon a finding by the Commission that the natural gas utility
				  is not providing adequate service to at least some portion of that county on
				  the applicable date set forth above.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-70 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS

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For utilities with annual accounting and reporting periods
					 based on the calendar year, effective January 1, 2002, and for utilities with
					 fiscal year accounting and reporting periods, effective with fiscal years
					 beginning in 2002, the Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas
					 Companies Subject to the Provisions of the Natural Gas Act, as currently
					 embodied in the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 201,
					 and as revised periodically, is hereby adopted by this Commission as its
					 accounting rules for natural gas utilities and is prescribed for the use of all
					 natural gas utilities under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Utilities
					 Commission, subject to the following exceptions and conditions unless otherwise
					 ordered by the Commission:
(1) All
				  orders and practices of the Commission in effect as of the effective date of
				  this Rule with any accounting impacts that conflict with provisions of the
				  Uniform System of Accounts shall remain in effect, and future such orders and
				  practices with such impacts shall supersede the provisions of the Uniform
				  System of Accounts for North Carolina retail jurisdictional purposes.
(2) All references to federal statutes,
				  federal regulations, and other federal documents are to be ignored or deleted
				  where they are not applicable to the jurisdiction exercised by this
				  Commission.
(3) Instead of natural
				  gas companies being divided into Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D
				  categories, all companies shall be treated as Class A companies.
SOURCE: Administrative
					 Order issued in Docket No. G-100, Sub 1, February 18, 1960; NCUC Docket No.
					 G-100, Sub 7, 5/31/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 10, 7/26/67; NCUC Docket No.
					 G-100, Sub 20, 5/24/74; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 83,
					 10/12/01.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-80 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPRECIATION STUDIES

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Each natural gas utility shall make a depreciation study at
					 least once every five years. All such studies, including any proposed changes
					 in depreciation rates, shall be submitted to the Commission for
					 approval.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 8, 3/23/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100, Sub 10, 7/26/67; NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 62, 10/15/92.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-81 - GENERAL

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(a) Purpose. The
				  purpose of these rules is to implement
				  G.S.
				  62-158 and
				  G.S.
				  62-2(9) by providing for the
				  establishment, funding, operation and administration of natural gas expansion
				  funds to promote the public welfare throughout the State. Any such fund is to
				  be used by the franchised natural gas local distribution company for which it
				  is approved for the construction of facilities in its franchised territory to
				  extend natural gas service to areas of the State where natural gas service is
				  not available.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Economically infeasible: The Project has
				  a negative net present value.
(2)
				  LDC: Natural gas local distribution company.
(3) Net present value: The present value of
				  expected future net cash inflows over the useful life of a Project minus the
				  present value of net cash outflows.
(4) Project: The scope of the construction of
				  facilities to extend service into unserved areas.
(5) Unserved areas: Counties, cities or towns
				  of which a high percentage is unserved.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-82 - ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPANSION FUNDS

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(a) Upon
				  petition by an LDC, the Commission may, after a hearing, order the
				  establishment of a special Natural Gas Expansion Fund (Fund) to be used by the
				  petitioning LDC to construct facilities into unserved areas in that LDC's
				  franchised territory that otherwise would be economically infeasible.
(b) Any petition for the establishment of a
				  Fund shall include a showing that there are unserved areas in the LDC's
				  franchised territory and that expansion of natural gas facilities to such areas
				  is economically infeasible. In its petition for the establishment of a Fund, an
				  LDC shall request the Commission to authorize appropriate funding and show the
				  following:
(1) If approval for the application
				  of supplier refunds to the Fund is sought, the amount of the refunds the LDC
				  has received or which it expects to receive and when it expects to receive
				  them, to the extent then known or reasonably capable of estimation.
(2) If an expansion surcharge is requested,
				  the amount which the LDC estimates the requested surcharge will generate over
				  periods of one year and three years.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-83 - STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF EXPANSION FUNDS

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(a)
				  Upon the establishment of a fund for a petitioning LDC, a special fund in an
				  interest-bearing account shall be created in the office of the State Treasurer
				  to be funded as provided in
				  G.S.
				  62-158. Any interest or other income derived
				  from the fund shall be credited to the Fund.
(b) After public notice and hearing as
				  provided in Rule R6-82, the Commission may, for an LDC for which a Fund is
				  being or has been established,
(1) order that
				  refunds from the LDC's suppliers of natural gas and transportation services be
				  placed in the Fund;
(2) approve an
				  expansion surcharge in accordance with
				  G.S.
				  62-158(b) to be charged, by
				  separate line item on bills, to all customers purchasing natural gas or
				  transportation service throughout that LDC's franchised territory for service
				  rendered after approval, such surcharge to remain in effect until further order
				  of the Commission, and order the LDC to deposit proceeds collected from such
				  surcharge in the Fund; or
(3)
				  approve other sources of funding proposed by the LDC in its petition.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-84 - APPROVAL OF EXPANSION PROJECTS

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(a) Each LDC
				  that has an established Fund shall, on at least an annual basis, file a request
				  for approval of any Project(s) which previously have not been approved and
				  which it proposes to undertake within the next year and for which it proposes
				  to use expansion funds. The request shall include an analysis of each proposed
				  Project. For each proposed Project, the LDC's analysis shall contain the
				  following:
(1) A precise geographic
				  description, a map, a detailed description of the physical facilities,
				  including their projected operating parameters, and the arrangements that have
				  been or are proposed to be made to obtain right-of-ways;
(2) The date when construction is proposed to
				  begin and end, specific construction budgets and a timetable for disbursements
				  from the Fund; and
(3) A net
				  present value analysis calculated in a generally accepted manner. The net
				  present value calculation shall reflect only the income tax benefits to be
				  realized by the LDC.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-85 - DISBURSEMENTS

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(a) Monies from a
				  fund shall be disbursed to the LDC for which the fund was established only as
				  ordered by the Commission. All disbursements shall be used only for the
				  specific Projects for which they were approved. The LDC shall not be required
				  to commence or continue construction of any Project if it appears that the
				  funds available in its Fund will be inadequate to complete
				  construction.
(b) Progress
				  Payments. - Disbursements shall be in the form of reimbursements for actual
				  amounts paid by the LDC. The LDC shall submit a Request for Reimbursement for
				  each approved Project not more often than once a month. Such Requests shall
				  specify the work performed and materials and equipment delivered to the Project
				  during the period covered by the request for reimbursement and be accompanied
				  by the Project Status Report and the Summary of Construction Cost Reimbursement
				  Report described in Rule R6-87. Requests shall also contain a certification
				  that the amounts sought by the LDC have been paid for work completed on and
				  materials provided to the Project. If the request for disbursement complies
				  with these rules and the Commission's order approving the Project for which
				  reimbursement is sought, the request for disbursement shall not be subject to
				  any further proceedings or orders and shall be paid within fifteen (15) days of
				  receipt. If the request raises issues of material fact as to whether such a
				  disbursement is appropriate, the Commission may set the matter for hearing or
				  otherwise resolve any issues as to the appropriateness of the disbursement. The
				  maximum amount of each reimbursement shall be 75% of total expenditures during
				  the period covered by the request. Cumulative reimbursements for the Project
				  shall not exceed the approved negative net present value.
(c) Final Accounting. - Within three years
				  from the date of the Commission's order approving a Project, a final accounting
				  shall be filed showing the actual expenditures to date, disbursements to date,
				  the negative net present value determined by the Commission for the Project,
				  and the balance of funds requested to be disbursed, if any. This information
				  shall be provided in the formats approved by the Commission. Unless the
				  Commission specifically orders otherwise, disbursements for a Project will not
				  be approved after the date the final accounting is approved by the Commission.
				  If the total amount of the approved negative net present value has not been
				  disbursed by the time the final accounting is approved, the Commission shall,
				  upon motion of the LDC and notice to all parties, approve a further
				  disbursement up to the lesser of the approved negative net present value or the
				  actual expenditures to date.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 57, 4/9/92.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-86 - BUY BACK

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In determining whether or not a buy back of a Project shall
					 be allowed or required, the Commission shall consider:
(1) whether the Project in question has
				  become economically feasible and the facilities used and useful as required by
				  G.S.
				  62-133(b)(1);
(2) the impact on the LDC's
				  customers;
(3) whether the LDC has
				  or can obtain on reasonable terms the necessary funds; and
(4) any other factors relevant to a
				  determination of whether the buy back is in the public interest. No buy back
				  shall be approved unless the records required to be kept by these rules are
				  provided. No buy back will be required unless the LDC has, or can obtain on
				  reasonable terms, funds for remittance on a project financing
				  basis.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 57, 4/9/92.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-87 - REPORTING

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(a) A Surcharge
				  Deposit Report shall be filed by an LDC with an approved surcharge on a monthly
				  basis concurrent with each deposit into the Fund. This report shall include, by
				  rate schedule, the information required by the Commission in the format
				  approved by the Commission.
(b)
				  Whenever an LDC with an established Fund seeks to deposit funds from sources
				  other than surcharges, it shall file a Request to Deposit Funds from Other
				  Sources. This report shall contain a description of the source of the funds,
				  the total dollar amount, and the docket number at the Federal Energy Regulatory
				  Commission, if any.
(c) The
				  Commission shall determine the status of each LDC's Fund on a monthly basis and
				  prepare a monthly Expansion Fund Financial Statement for each LDC with an
				  established Fund.
(d) Each LDC with
				  an established Fund shall file reports with each Request for Reimbursement or
				  at least quarterly. These reports shall be filed in the formats approved by the
				  Commission, and these reports are as follows:
(1) A Summary of Construction Cost
				  Reimbursements and
(2) A separate
				  Project Status Report for each Project containing three separate sections:
(a) Budget Versus Actual Cost Data,
(b)  Construction Cost Summary, and
(c) Current Reimbursement
				  Requested.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-88 - ACCOUNTING AND RATEMAKING

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(a) The gas
				  plant accounts shall not include monies disbursed from a Fund. Plant
				  constructed from these monies shall be shown as a reduction to gross plant
				  constructed when assembling cost data in work orders for posting to the plant
				  ledger of accounts. Disbursements from a Fund shall be credited to the accounts
				  charged with the cost of such construction.
(b) Monies disbursed from a fund shall be
				  credited first against transmission main costs, secondly against distribution
				  main costs, and finally to other plant.
(c) No depreciation expense on the portion of
				  the plant cost financed by disbursements from the Fund shall be included in the
				  LDC's cost of service.
(d) Any
				  remittance of monies in order to buy back facilities constructed with monies
				  disbursed from a Fund shall be considered by the Commission only in the context
				  of a general rate case. Any amounts remitted shall be included in rate base in
				  such general rate case. The Commission shall order that any such remittance of
				  monies either be deposited in the LDC's Fund or be refunded to the customer
				  rate classes that contributed the monies, and the Commission may order interest
				  in a reasonable amount to be determined by the Commission.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 57, 4/9/92.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-90 - APPLICATION PROCESS

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(a) Purpose. The
				  purpose of these Rules is to implement
				  G.S.
				  62-2(a)(9) and
				  G.S.
				  62-159 by providing a process pursuant to
				  which funding from the proceeds of the general obligation natural gas bonds
				  approved by referendum in November 1998 can be made available to:
(i) existing North Carolina local
				  distribution companies (LDCs) or
(ii) a person awarded a new franchise or a
				  regional gas district for the construction of natural gas facilities in
				  unserved areas that would otherwise not be economically feasible to construct
				  (hereinafter collectively referred to as "eligible recipients" or
				  "applicants"). For purposes of these Rules, a "project" is defined as all of
				  the natural gas facilities, including but not limited to, transmission and
				  distribution lines, metering facilities, and compressors, and all of the
				  activities necessary to extend and provide natural gas service to an unserved
				  area that is eligible under the statutes for funding from the natural gas
				  bonds.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-91 - APPROVAL OF PROJECTS AND USE OF NATURAL GAS BOND FUNDS

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(a) Eligible recipients applying for bond
				  funds pursuant to Commission Rule R6-90 shall publish a notice of the
				  application at the direction of and in a form approved by the
				  Commission.
(b) The Commission
				  shall consider the following in determining whether to approve the use of bond
				  funds: the scope of the proposed project, including the number of unserved
				  counties and the number of anticipated customers by class that would be served;
				  the total cost of the proposed project; the extent to which the proposed
				  project is feasible; and other relevant factors affecting the public
				  interest.
(c) The Commission shall
				  enter an order approving or denying the use of natural gas bond funds on a
				  project-specific basis. Natural gas bond funds shall be used only pursuant to
				  an order of the Commission after a public hearing. Such an order shall
				  specifically find the negative NPV of the approved project and shall limit the
				  bond funding pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  62-159 to that negative NPV.
(d) As soon as practicable after an order
				  approving funding of a project becomes final, the Commission shall notify the
				  State Treasurer of such approval and the amount of bond funding that has been
				  approved.
(e) If construction has
				  not begun on a project for which bond funding has been approved within one year
				  after the date on which the order granting approval became final, the
				  Commission shall require the recipient to show cause why the approval should
				  not be rescinded; why its franchise should not be revoked, if appropriate; and
				  why it should not be required to reimburse bond monies paid to it, if
				  any.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 75, 03/08/99.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-93 - REPORTS

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(a) Each eligible
				  recipient awarded the right to use bond funds shall file a Project Status
				  Report in the format approved by the Commission for each approved project with
				  each request for reimbursement, or at least quarterly. This report shall
				  contain four separate sections:
(1) budgeted
				  versus actual cost data;
(2)
				  construction cost summary;
(3)
				  summary of construction cost reimbursements already received; and
(4) current reimbursement requested. To the
				  extent extraordinary delays have occurred, a report on such delays and expected
				  progress shall be included in this report.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 6 - INSPECTIONS AND TESTS › Section 11 R06-94 - ACCOUNTING AND RATEMAKING FOR REGULATED RECIPIENTS

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(a)
				  The gas plant accounts for recipients of bond funds regulated by the Commission
				  shall be reduced by the amount of bond funds utilized to construct such plant,
				  except to the extent such funds have been remitted by the company pursuant to
				  order of the Commission.
(b) No
				  depreciation expense on the portion of the plant cost financed by disbursements
				  of bond funds shall be included in the cost of service of recipients regulated
				  by the Commission, except to the extent such funds have been remitted by the
				  company pursuant to order of the Commission.
NCUC Docket No. G-100,
					 Sub 75, 03/08/99.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 14 - INCENTIVE PROGRAMS › Section 11 R06-95 - INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR NATURAL GAS UTILITIES

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(a)
				  Purpose. - The purpose of this rule is to establish guidelines for the
				  application of
				  G.S.
				  62-140(c) to natural gas
				  utilities that are consistent with the directives of that statute and
				  consistent with the public policy of this State set forth in
				  G.S.
				  62-2.
(b) Definitions. - As used in this rule, the
				  following definitions shall apply:
(1)
				  "Consideration" means anything of economic value paid, given or offered to any
				  person by a natural gas utility (regardless of the source of the
				  "consideration") including, but not limited to: payments to manufacturers,
				  builders, equipment dealers, contractors including HVAC contractors,
				  electricians, plumbers, engineers, architects, and/or homeowners or owners of
				  multiple housing units or commercial establishments; cash rebates or discounts
				  on equipment/appliance sales, leases, or service installation;
				  equipment/appliances sold below fair market value or below their cost to the
				  natural gas utility; low interest loans, defined as loans at an interest rate
				  lower than that available to the person to whom the proceeds of the loan are
				  made available; studies on energy usage; model homes; and payment of trade show
				  or advertising costs. Excepted from the definition of "consideration" are
				  favors and promotional activities that are de minimis and nominal in value and
				  that are not directed at influencing fuel choice decisions for specific
				  applications or locations.
(2)
				  "Program" means any natural gas utility action or planned action that involves
				  offering Consideration.
(3)
				  "Person" means the same as defined in
				  G.S.
				  62-3(21).
(4) "Natural gas utility" means, for purposes
				  of this rule, a person, whether organized under the laws of this State or under
				  the laws of any other state or country, that owns or operates in the State
				  equipment or facilities for producing, transporting, distributing, or
				  furnishing piped gas to or for the public for consumption.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 6 › Article 15 - ECONOMIC DEVEOLOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE COST RECOVERY › Section 11 R06-96 - NATURAL GAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE COST RECOVERY

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(a) Purpose. - The purpose of this rule is to
				  establish guidelines for applications of an LDC seeking cost recovery for the
				  construction of natural gas development infrastructure under
				  G.S.
				  62-133.15.
(b) Definitions. - As used in this section:
1. "Commission" means the North Carolina
				  Utilities Commission.
2. "Economic
				  development infrastructure" is the natural gas infrastructure placed in service
				  to serve an eligible project.
3.
				  "Economically infeasible" refers to that portion of investment in economic
				  development infrastructure that has a negative net present value.
4. "Eligible economic development
				  infrastructure costs" are the economically infeasible portion of an economic
				  development infrastructure project investment.
5. "Eligible project" means a project that
				  the Department of Commerce has designated as eligible under
				  G.S.
				  143B-437.021.
6. "LDC" means a natural gas local
				  distribution company.
7. "Net cash
				  inflows" are the expected margin revenues, exclusive of gas costs recovered
				  under G.S. 62-133.4, generated from the
				  provision of natural gas service to Eligible Projects.
8. "Net cash outflows" are reasonable and
				  prudent economic development infrastructure costs. Such costs include, but are
				  not limited to, the following:
(a) planning
				  costs;
(b) development
				  costs;
(c) construction costs and an
				  allowance for funds used during construction and a return on investment once
				  the project is completed, calculated using the pretax overall rate of return
				  approved by the Commission in the LDC's most recent general rate
				  case;
(d) a revenue retention
				  factor;
(e) depreciation;
				  and
(f) property
				  taxes.
9. "Net present
				  value (NPV)" means the present value of expected future net cash inflows over
				  the useful life of economic development infrastructure, minus the present value
				  of net cash outflows.
10. "Rate
				  adjustment surcharge (RAS)" is a yearly surcharge that allows an LDC to charge
				  a Commission approved rate to recover the eligible economic development
				  infrastructure costs.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-01 - APPLICATION OF RULES

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These rules apply to public water utilities as defined in
				  G.S.
				  62-3.
NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 75, 10/27/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-02 - DEFINITIONS

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(a) Utility. - The
				term "utility" when used in these rules and regulations includes persons and
				corporations, or their lessees, trustees, and receivers, now or hereafter,
				distributing or furnishing water to the public for compensation as defined in
				G.S.
				62-3.
(b) Customers. - The word "customers" as used
				in these rules shall be construed to mean any person, group of persons, firm,
				corporation, institution, or other service body furnished water service by a
				water utility.
(c) Municipality. -
				The term "municipality" when used in these rules includes a city, a county, a
				village, a town, and any other public body existing, created, or organized as a
				government under the Constitution or laws of the State.
(d) Accidents. - Accidents as used herein are
				defined as other than motor vehicle accidents which do not create a service
				interruption that result in one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) Death of a person.
(2) Serious disabling to persons including
				employees of a company.
(3) Damage
				to the property of the company materially affecting its service to the
				public.
(4) Damage to the property
				of others amounting to more than $1,000.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-03 - RECORDS AND REPORTS

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(a) Location and
				Preservation of Records. - All records shall be kept at the office or offices
				of the utility in North Carolina and shall be available during regular business
				hours for examination by the Commission, Public Staff or their duly authorized
				representatives.
(b) Reports to
				Commission. - Each utility shall prepare and file an annual report to the
				Commission with copies to the Public Staff in prescribed form, giving required
				information respecting its general operations. Special reports shall also be
				made concerning any particular matter upon request by the Commission or Public
				Staff.
(c) Accident Reports and
				Interruption of Service Reports. - Each utility shall file a report with the
				Commission with a copy to the Public Staff describing any accident or
				interruption of service in connection with the utility's operation. The report
				shall be filed within the intervals specified by the Commission from time to
				time, and shall contain the information required on the reporting forms
				furnished by the Commission for that purpose.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 2, 8/21/69; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 75,
				  10/27/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-04 - APPROVAL OF RATE SCHEDULES, RULES AND REGULATIONS

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(a)
				Approval Required. - Rates, schedules, rules, regulations, special contracts,
				and other charges for the purchase, sale, or distribution of water shall not
				become effective until filed with and approved by the Commission.
(b) Manner of Filing. - Tariffs containing
				all the rates, rules, and regulations of each utility shall be filed in the
				manner prescribed by the Commission.
(c) Utility's Special Rules.
(1) A utility desiring to establish any rule
				or requirement affecting its customers shall first make application to the
				Commission for approval of the same, clearly stating in its application the
				reason for such establishment.
(2)
				On or after ninety days from the effective date of these rules and regulations
				any utility's special rules and regulations now on file with the Commission
				which conflict with these rules will become null and void unless they have been
				refiled and approved by the Commission.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-05 - MAPS AND RECORDS

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Each utility shall keep on file in its office suitable maps,
				  plans, and records showing the entire layout of every pumping station, filter
				  plant, reservoir, transmission and distribution system, with the location, size
				  and capacity of each plant, size of each transmission and distribution line,
				  fire hydrant, value and customer's service reservoirs, tanks, and other
				  facilities used in the production and delivery of water.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-06 - ACCESS TO PROPERTY

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A utility shall at all reasonable times have access to
				  meters, service connections, and other property owned by it on customer's
				  premises for purposes of maintenance and operation, including cutting off
				  customer's supply of water for any of the causes provided for in these rules
				  and regulations or the rules and regulations of the utility.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-07 - ADEQUACY OF FACILITIES

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All water production, treatment, storage, and distribution
				  facilities shall comply with the rules of the North Carolina Department of
				  Environment, Health and Natural Resources and the rules of other state and
				  local governmental agencies governing public water systems.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 2, 8/21/69; NCUC Docket No. W-100, Sub 24,
				  2/22/94.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-08 - SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

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(a) Record. - Each
				utility shall keep a record of all interruptions of service of more than two
				(2) hours' duration, whether scheduled or unscheduled, affecting ten (10) or
				more customers and shall be maintained for three (3) years. A report of such
				interruptions shall be filed each month in the Office of the Chief Clerk with a
				copy to the Public Staff by the 15th day of the month following the month for
				which the report is required to be filed.
(b) Notice Required. - Insofar as practical
				every customer affected shall be notified in advance of any contemplated work
				which will result in interruption of service of any long duration, but such
				notice shall not be required in case of interruption due to accident, the
				elements, public enemies, strikes, which are beyond the control of the
				utility.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 2, 8/21/69; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 75,
				  10/27/77.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-09 - DEAD ENDS

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Dead ends in the distribution mains should be avoided so far
				  as possible. If such dead ends exist the utility should provide facilities for
				  flushing if conditions so require.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-10 - CROSS CONNECTIONS

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No physical connections between the distribution system of a
				  public potable water supply and that of any other water supply shall be
				  permitted unless such other water supply is of safe, sanitary quality and has
				  been approved by the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and
				  Natural Resources and other state or local governmental agencies with rules
				  pertaining to cross connection.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 24, 2/22/94.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-11 - RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS

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Each utility shall keep a record of each accident happening
				  in connection with the operation of its plant, station, property, and
				  equipment, whereby any person shall have been killed or seriously injured, or
				  any substantial amount of property damaged or destroyed, which report shall be
				  made available to the Commission upon request.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-12 - QUALITY OF WATER

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(a) Every water
				utility shall comply with the rules of the North Carolina Department of
				Environment and Natural Resources and the rules of other state and local
				governmental agencies governing purity of water, testing of water, operation of
				filter plant, and such other lawful rules as those agencies
				prescribe.
(b) All water being
				supplied by water utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the North Carolina
				Utilities Commission is required, as a minimum, to meet the standards of water
				quality as set forth in the United States Safe Drinking Water Act enacted in
				1974 and as amended in 1986; provided, that upon application in writing to the
				Commission and approval of the Commission in writing, a water utility may have
				a specified deviation or tolerance from the mineral content requirements of
				said United States Safe Drinking Water Act enacted in 1974 and as amended in
				1986, based upon regional water characteristics or conditions and upon the
				economic feasibility of providing treatment to the water or of locating
				alternate sources of water.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 2, 8/21/69; NCUC Docket No. W-100, Sub 24, 2/22/94; NCUC Docket No. M-100,
				  Sub 140, 12/03/13.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-13 - PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS

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Each water utility shall maintain an adequate pressure for
				  its distribution system as required by the North Carolina Department of
				  Environment and Natural Resources and any other state or local governmental
				  agencies with rules pertaining to pressure requirements.
NCUC Docket No. W-100,
				  Sub 24, 2/22/94; NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 140,
				  12/03/13.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-14 - PRESSURE GAUGES

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(a) A utility shall
				provide itself with one or more portable pressure gauges or have available one
				or more graphic recording pressure gauges, these instruments to be of a type
				and capacity suited to the pressure of the system.
(b) A utility shall make a sufficient number
				of pressure surveys each year to indicate the service furnished and to satisfy
				the Commission of its compliance with the pressure requirements.
(c) All utilities having graphic recording
				gauges shall keep at least one of these gauges in continuous service at the
				plant office or elsewhere on the premises. All pressure records are to be kept
				in compliance with the regulations of the Utilities Commission.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 7 › Section 11 R07-15 - SERVICE CONNECTIONS

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(a) Each water
				utility shall adopt a standard method for installing a service connection or
				meter installation, which is included in the "connection charge." Such method
				shall be set out with a written description and drawings, together with a
				schedule of connection charges, to the extent necessary for a clear
				understanding of the requirements and shall be submitted to the Commission for
				its approval.
(b) The term "service
				connection" shall mean, viz., the pipe between its main and the nearest
				property line, a curb cock and curb box or other standard equipment and
				connections. The curb cock may be installed at a convenient place between the
				property line and the curb.
(c)
				Temporary service shall be installed by mutual agreement.
(d) The customer shall furnish and lay the
				necessary pipe to make the connection from the property line nearest the
				utility's water main, and shall keep the service line from the property line to
				the place of consumption in good repair. The customer shall not make any change
				in or rebuild such service line without giving written notice to the utility.
				All of the foregoing shall be designated as "customer's service
				line."
(e) In the installation of a
				service line, the customer must not install any tees or branch connection ahead
				of the meter location and must leave the trench open and pipe uncovered until
				it is examined by an inspector of the utility and shown to be free from any
				irregularity or defect.
(f) In any
				case where a reasonable doubt exists as to the proper location and size for
				"customer's service line," the utility shall be consulted and its approval of
				the location and size of line be secured in writing.