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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 21 - UTILITY REGULATION › Section 860-021-0610 - Telephone Solicitation Notices by Large Telecommunications Utilities

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Each large telecommunications utility shall notify its
				residential customers of the provisions of ORS
				646.561, ORS
				646.563, ORS
				646.567 through
				646.578, and ORS
				646.608. The notice shall
				include a statement that a customer not wishing to be solicited may file a
				request, together with the required fees, with the telephone solicitation
				program administrator contracted by the State Attorney General. The notice
				shall include the address and the telephone number for the customer to contact
				the telephone solicitation program administrator. The notice shall be provided
				in the following manner and a copy shall be forwarded to the Commission:
(a) Annual inserts in the billing statements
			 mailed to parties; or
(b)
			 Conspicuous publication of the notice in the consumer information pages of
			 local telephone directories.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 646 & ORS 756
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  646.578 & ORS
				  756.040
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 21 - UTILITY REGULATION › Section 860-021-0620 - Customer Notification and Information Delivery Services for Large Telecommunications Utilities

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(1) As
			 used in this rule:
(a) "Information provider"
			 means any person, company, or corporation that operates an information delivery
			 service on a pay-per-call basis;
(b) "Information delivery service" means any
			 telephone-recorded messages, interactive programs, or other information
			 services provided for a charge to a caller through an exclusive telephone
			 number prefix or service access code. When a preexisting written contract
			 exists between the customer and the information provider, this definition does
			 not apply.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0000 - Applicability of Division 22

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(1) The
			 rules contained in this Division apply to energy utilities and large
			 telecommunications utilities, as defined in OAR 860-022-0001.
(2) Upon request or its own motion, the
			 Commission may waive any of the Division 022 rules for good cause shown. A
			 request for waiver must be made in writing, unless otherwise allowed by the
			 Commission.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040,
				  759.030,
				  759.040 &
				  759.045
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0001 - Definitions for Utility Rates

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For purposes of this Division, except when a different scope is
				explicitly stated:
(1) "Consumer-owned
			 utility" has the meaning given to the term under ORS
			 757.270(2).
(2) "Energy utility" means a public utility
			 as defined in ORS 757.005 except a water utility
			 or wastewater utility. An energy utility can be an "electric company," "gas
			 utility," or "steam heat utility."
(3) "Large telecommunications utility" means
			 any telecommunications utility, as defined in ORS
			 759.005 that is not partially
			 exempt from regulation under
			 759.040.
(4) "Non-energy attributes" means the
			 environmental, economic, and social benefits of generation from renewable
			 energy facilities. These attributes are normally transacted in the form of
			 Tradable Renewable Certificates.
(5) "Utility" means all energy utilities and
			 large telecommunications utilities, as defined in sections (2) and (3) of this
			 rule.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  759.005
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0003 - Through Service

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"Through service" means an Oregon intrastate telecommunications
				service the provision of which involves the facilities, equipment, or services
				of two or more telecommunications utilities and/or cooperatives. Examples of
				"through services" may include, but are not limited to, intrastate toll/access
				service, extended area service, and E 9-1-1 service. Whether a service is a
				"through service" is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  759.220
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0005 - Tariff Specifications for Energy Utilities and Large Telecommunications Utilities

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(1) Form
			 and style of tariffs:
(a) Each energy or
			 large telecommunications utility must designate the initial tariff as PUC
			 Oregon No. 1, and designate successive tariffs with the next number in
			 consecutive numerical order. Supplemental information not otherwise provided by
			 the tariff must be inserted in the most appropriate location and denoted by the
			 previous sheet numbers plus a letter, for example, 3A, 3B, etc. Revisions to
			 tariffs must be denoted by 1st Revised Sheet No. 3, 2nd Revised Sheet No. 3,
			 etc.;
(b) The title page should be
			 uniform. Rates, rules, and regulations must be written only on one side of a
			 sheet. If a single sheet is insufficient, two or more pages should be used; and
(c) Separate tariffs must be filed
			 for electric, telecommunications, telegraph, gas, heat, or for any other
			 service entered.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0010 - Tariff Contents for Energy Utilities and Large Telecommunications Utilities

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(1) The
			 tariffs of each energy utility and large telecommunications utility must
			 explicitly state the utility rates and charges for each class of service
			 rendered, designating the area or district to which they apply.
(2) The energy or large telecommunications
			 utility's rules and regulations that in any manner affect the rates charged or
			 to be charged or define the extent or character of the service to be given
			 shall be included with each tariff.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.205 &
				  759.175
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0015 - Tariff Changes by Energy Utilities and Large Telecommunications Utilities Require 30 Days' Notice to the Commission

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Except as hereinafter provided in this Division, energy
				utilities and large telecommunications utilities must file with the Commission
				all tariffs, rate schedules, or supplements thereto containing any change in
				rates, tolls, charges, rules, or regulations at least 30 days before the
				effective date of such changes. The Commission will reject tariffs or schedules
				not conforming with the rules in this Division.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.007,
				  757.220 &
				  759.190
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0017 - Announcement of Utility Tariff Changes

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(1) Within 15 days of filing with the
			 Commission new or revised tariff schedules which constitute a general rate
			 revision, an energy or large telecommunications utility shall inform its
			 customers of the filing. A "general rate revision" is a filing by an energy or
			 large telecommunications utility which affects all or most of a utility's rate
			 schedules. "General rate revision" excludes changes in an automatic adjustment
			 clause under ORS 757.210(1),
			 changes in the credit reflected on certain electric company rate schedules
			 relating to Section 5(c) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and
			 Conservation Act of 1980, or similar changes in one rate schedule, such as for
			 an amortization, that affects other rate schedules.
(2) The energy or large telecommunications
			 utility shall inform its customers by:
(a)
			 Inserting a display announcement, not less than a three column standard
			 advertising unit (SAU) by ten-inch advertisement, at least once in a newspaper
			 of general circulation in the communities served by the energy or large
			 telecommunications utility;
(b)
			 Inserting an announcement in the energy or large telecommunications utility's
			 regular billing to its customers; or
(c) Mailing an announcement to each
			 customer.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0019 - General Rate Revisions

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(1) Any
			 utility filing new or revised tariff schedules that constitute a general rate
			 revision must include supporting testimony and exhibits, work papers, and an
			 executive summary. A general rate revision is a filing by a utility that
			 affects all or most of the utility's rate schedules. The term "general rate
			 revision" does not include the exclusions in OAR 860-022-0017(1). The executive
			 summary must contain an exhibit showing in summary form the following
			 information:
(a) The dollar amount of total
			 revenues that would be collected under the proposed rates;
(b) The dollar amount of revenue change
			 requested, total revenues, and revenues net of any credits from federal
			 agencies;
(c) The percentage change
			 in revenues requested, total revenues, and revenues net of any credits from
			 federal agencies;
(d) The test
			 period;
(e) The requested return on
			 capital and return on equity;
(f)
			 The rate base proposed in the filing;
(g) The results of operations before and
			 after the proposed rate change; and
(h) The proposed effect of the rate change on
			 each class of customers.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0020 - Applications to Make Tariffs or Rate Schedules Effective on Less Than Statutory Notice

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An energy or large telecommunications utility seeking authority
				to make tariffs or rate schedules effective on less than statutory notice must
				use application forms approved by the Commission.
Forms referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757, 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.220,
				  759.190
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0025 - Requirements for Filing Tariffs or Schedules Changing Rates

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(1) An energy or
			 large telecommunications utility may make tariff changes by filing an entirely
			 new tariff or by filing revised sheets which shall refer to the tariff sheets
			 on file. Additions to the tariff on file may be made by filing additional
			 sheets.
(2) Each energy or large
			 telecommunications utility filing tariffs or schedules changing existing
			 tariffs or schedules shall submit therewith the following information:
(a) A statement plainly indicating the
			 increase, decrease, or other change thereby made in existin g rates, charges,
			 tolls, or rules and regulations;
(b) A statement setting forth the number of
			 customers affected by the proposed change and the resulting change in annual
			 revenue; and
(c) A detailed
			 statement setting forth the reasons or grounds relied upon in support of the
			 proposed change.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0026 - Requests to Abandon, Exempt from Regulation, or Price-List Regulated Telecommunications Services

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A large telecommunications utility is subject to the
				requirements set forth in OAR 860-032-0020, 860-032-0023, 860-032-0025, and
				860-032-0035.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040,
				  759.020,
				  759.030,
				  759.035,
				  759.050,
				  759.190 &
				  759.195
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0030 - Requirements for Filing Tariffs or Schedules Naming Increased Rates

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(1) Each energy or
			 large telecommunications utility filing tariffs or schedules which name
			 increased rates shall submit therewith, in addition to requirements of OAR
			 860-022-0025, the following information:
(a) A
			 statement setting forth for each separate schedule the total number of
			 customers affected, the total annual revenue derived under the existing
			 schedule, and the amount of estimated revenue which will be derived from
			 applying the proposed schedule;
(b)
			 A statement setting forth for each separate schedule the average monthly use
			 and resulting bills under both the existing rates and the proposed rates for
			 characteristic customers, which will fairly represent the application of the
			 proposed tariff or schedules; and
(c) A detailed statement setting forth the
			 reasons or grounds relied upon in support of the proposed increase.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0032 - Tariff Changes Effective With Service Rendered by an Energy or Large Telecommunications Utility

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An energy or large telecommunications utility shall make all
				tariff changes applicable with service rendered on and after the effective date
				of the changes, unless the Commission by order provides otherwise. As used in
				this rule, "service rendered" means units of energy consumed, toll calls
				connected, basic service provided, or likewise as the context
				requires
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.007,
				  757.220 &
				  759.190
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0035 - Special Contracts

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(1) Energy
			 and telecommunications utilities within Oregon entering into special contracts
			 with certain customers prescribing and providing rates, services, and practices
			 not covered by or permitted in the general tariffs, schedules, and rules filed
			 by such utilities are in legal effect tariffs and are subject to supervision,
			 regulation, and control as such.
(2) All special agreements designating
			 service to be furnished at rates other than those shown in tariffs now on file
			 in the Commission's office shall be classified as rate schedules. True and
			 certified copies shall be filed subject to review and approval pursuant to the
			 requirements of OARs 860-022-0005  through 860-022-0030.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.007 &
				  759.250
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0038 - Notice to Interested Persons of Tariffs Filed Under ORS 757.205 or 759.175

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(1) This
			 rule applies to any tariff filed by an energy utility under ORS
			 757.205 or by a
			 telecommunications utility under ORS
			 759.175.
(2) Any person who requests of the
			 Commission, in writing, to be notified of utility tariff filings covered under
			 section (1) of this rule must be included on a notice list.
(3) The Commission must notify all persons on
			 the notice list referred to in section (2) of this rule of any applicable
			 tariff filing. The notice will be given within ten days of any tariff filing
			 under section (1) of this rule that complies with OARs 860-022-0025  through
			 860-022-0035.
(4) The Commission
			 may periodically delete persons' names from the notice list who do not
			 demonstrate a continued interest in receiving the notices in section (2) of
			 this rule. No person's name may be deleted from the list without 20 days'
			 notice before deletion.
(5) The
			 notice must include the following information:
(a) Name of the filing utility;
(b) Subject;
(c) Advice number;
(d) Filing date;
(e) Effective date;
(f) Date of the public meeting when the
			 tariff will be considered (when the information is available);
(g) Customer classes affected, if readily
			 ascertainable from the utility's advice letter; and
(h) Whether the tariff schedule is primarily
			 related to price competition or a service alternative, if readily ascertainable
			 from the utility's advice letter.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0042 - Relating to City Privilege Taxes, Fees, and Other Assessments Imposed Upon a Large Telecommunications Utility

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(1) The aggregate amount of all privilege
			 taxes and fees and other assessments imposed upon a large telecommunications
			 utility by any city in Oregon for engaging in business within such city or for
			 use and occupancy of city streets and public ways, whether applied to regulated
			 revenues, net income, or other bases, shall be allowed as operating expenses of
			 the large telecommunications utility for rate-making purposes, subject to
			 sections (2) through (4) of this rule.
(2) As used in this rule:
(a) "Fees and other assessments" means
			 business or occupation taxes or licenses; franchise or operating permit fees;
			 sales, use, net income, gross receipts, and payroll taxes, levies, or charges;
			 and other similar exactions imposed by cities, other than ad valorem taxes,
			 upon revenues or income received from regulated telecommunications services by
			 a large telecommunications utility;
(b) "Local access revenues" means those
			 revenues derived from exchange access services within the city, as defined in
			 ORS 401.710, less related net
			 uncollectibles;
(c) "Privilege
			 taxes" means taxes levied and collected by cities from a large
			 telecommunications utility for use and occupancy of city streets, alleys, or
			 highways, as provided under ORS
			 221.515;
(d) "Regulated revenues" means those revenues
			 derived from regulated telecommunications services within the city less related
			 net uncollectibles. Regulated revenues include, but are not limited to, local
			 access revenues.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0045 - Relating to Local Government Fees, Taxes, and Other Assessments Imposed Upon an Energy or Large Telecommunications Utility

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(1) If any county in Oregon, other than a
			 city-county, imposes upon an energy or large telecommunications utility any new
			 taxes or license, franchise, or operating permit fees, or increases any such
			 taxes or fees, the utility required to pay such taxes or fees shall collect
			 from its customers within the county imposing such taxes or fees the amount of
			 the taxes or fees, or the amount of increase in such taxes or fees. However, if
			 the taxes or fees cover the operations of an energy or large telecommunications
			 utility in only a portion of a county, then the affected utility shall recover
			 the amount of the taxes or fees or increase in the amount thereof from
			 customers in the portion of the county which is subject to the taxes or fees.
			 "Taxes," as used in this rule, means sales, use, net income, gross receipts,
			 payroll, business or occupation taxes, levies, fees, or charges other than ad
			 valorem taxes.
(2) The amount
			 collected from each utility customer pursuant to section (1) of this rule shall
			 be separately stated and identified in all customer billings.
(3) This rule applies to new or increased
			 taxes imposed on and after December 16, 1971, including new or increased taxes
			 imposed retroactively after that date.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.110 &
				  759.115
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0047 - Recovery of Certain Facility Relocation Costs

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(1) This rule provides a means for a utility
			 to recover from its customers the unreimbursed costs of facility relocation
			 activities required by a public body, as provided in ORS
			 758.025.
(2) As used in this rule:
(a) "Facility" or "facilities" refers to a
			 utility's tangible plant which ordinarily has a service life of more than one
			 year that provides utility service, and is included in the utility's books of
			 account as Telecommunications Plant in Service (account 2001.   47 C.F.R. 32).
(b) "Facility costs" represent the
			 cost of materials installed because of a facility relocation required by a
			 public body.
(c) "Nonfacility
			 costs" are those non-material costs (e.g. labor) incurred to place or move
			 utility facilities and which are authorized for recovery by the utility under
			 this rule.
(d) "Public body" has
			 the meaning given that term in ORS
			 174.109.
(e) "Recoverable relocation costs" has the
			 meaning given in ORS 758.025(5)(a).
(f) "Undepreciated value of
			 facilities replaced" represents the net book value (original cost minus
			 accumulated depreciation) of the facilities removed or retired.
(g) "Utility" means a telecommunications
			 utility or competitive telecommunications provider, as those terms are defined
			 in ORS 759.005.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0065 - Attachments to Poles and Conduits Owned by Public, Telecommunications, and Consumer-Owned Utilities

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Pole and conduit attachments shall comply with the rules set
				forth in OAR chapter 860, division 028.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757, 758 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.035,
				  757.542 -
				  757.562,
				  758.215,
				  759.045 &
				  759.650 -
				  759.675
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 22 - RATES › Section 860-022-0075 - Ownership of Non-Energy Attributes of Generation from Renewable Energy Facilities

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(1) This
			 rule applies to non-energy attributes associated with energy generated and sold
			 under an applicable contract, as identified in section (2) of this rule, that
			 is executed on or after the effective date of this rule.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed to by separate
			 contract, the owner of the renewable energy facility retains ownership of the
			 non-energy attributes associated with electricity the facility generates and
			 sells to an electric company pursuant to:
(a)
			 The provisions of a net metering tariff;
(b) An Oregon contract with the electric
			 company entered into pursuant to Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory
			 Policies Act of 1978; or
(c)
			 Another retail power production tariff.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0000 - Applicability of Division 23

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(1) The
			 rules contained in this Division apply to energy utilities, large
			 telecommunications utilities, telecommunications carriers, and intrastate toll
			 service providers, as defined in OAR 860-023-0001.
(2) Upon request or its own motion, the
			 Commission may waive any of the Division 023 rules for good cause shown. A
			 request for waiver must be made in writing, unless otherwise allowed by the
			 Commission.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040,
				  759.030,
				  759.040 &
				  759.045
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0001 - Definitions for Service Standards

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For purposes of this Division, except when a different scope is
				explicitly stated:
(1) "Customer"
			 means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative
			 organization, governmental agency, or other legal entity that has applied for,
			 been accepted for, or is currently receiving service from an energy utility,
			 large telecommunications utility, or intrastate toll service
			 provider.
(2) "Energy utility"
			 means a public utility as defined in ORS
			 757.005 except a water utility
			 or wastewater utility. An energy utility can be an "electric utility, "gas
			 utility," or "steam heat utility."
(3) "Intrastate" means telecommunications
			 service that originates and terminates in Oregon.
(4) "Intrastate toll service provider" means
			 a telecommunications carrier that provides intrastate toll services to retail
			 customers.
(5) "Large
			 telecommunications utility" means any telecommunications utility, as defined in
			 ORS 759.005, that is not partially
			 exempt from regulation under
			 759.040.
(6) "Local exchange service" has the meaning
			 given to "local exchange telecommunications service" in ORS
			 759.005(3).
(7) "Telecommunications carrier" has the
			 meaning provided in ORS
			 759.400(3).
(8) "Toll" has the meaning provided in ORS
			 759.005(10).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183 & 756
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  759.005
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0005 - Maintenance of Plant and Equipment by Energy Utilities, Large Telecommunications Utilities, and Intrastate Toll Service Providers

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Each energy utility, large telecommunications utility, and
				intrastate toll service provider must have and maintain its entire plant and
				system in such condition that it will furnish safe, adequate, and reasonably
				continuous service. Each energy utility, large telecommunications utility, and
				intrastate toll service provider must inspect its plant distribution system and
				facilities in such manner, and with such frequency, as may be needed to ensure
				a reasonably complete knowledge about its condition and adequacy at all times.
				Each energy utility, large telecommunications utility, and intrastate toll
				service provider must keep such records of the conditions found as the utility
				considers necessary to properly maintain its system, unless in special cases
				the Commission specifies a more complete record.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756, 757 & 759
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.020 &
				  759.035
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0010 - Use of Gas and Electric Meters

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(1) Electrical energy sold by a utility shall
			 be charged for by meter measurements, unless otherwise authorized by the
			 Commission. All meter measurements for gas service shall be converted to a
			 therm basis for billing purposes.
(2) Unless otherwise authorized by the
			 Commission, each energy utility shall continue to own, maintain, and operate
			 all equipment needed to regulate and measure electricity and gas to its
			 customers. When the energy utility furnishes additional meters or relocates
			 meters for the customer's convenience, the energy utility may make a reasonable
			 charge for such meters in accordance with a schedule approved by the
			 Commission.
(3) No energy utility
			 shall charge for furnishing, installing, or maintaining any meter or other
			 appliance for measurement purposes except by the Commission's permission, or as
			 provided in OARs 860-021-0050(1)  and 860-021-0055. The amount so paid shall be
			 refunded to the customer by allowing him/her a credit of one-half of the
			 monthly bill until the amount has been paid, provided such refund payments do
			 not run for more than three years from the date when the refund
			 began.
(4) No rental shall be
			 charged by any energy utility for any meter or appliance installed by it, which
			 the energy utility uses as a basis for the rendering of bills, except when an
			 additional meter or appliance may be requested by the customer for his/her
			 convenience.
(5) The energy utility
			 shall have the right to set meters or other devices for detecting and
			 preventing fraud or waste, without notifying the customer.
(6) No energy utility shall use prepayment
			 meters except in special cases or for clearly defined special classes of
			 service authorized by the Commission.
(7) If damage results to the meter from
			 molesting or willful neglect by the customer, the energy utility shall repair
			 or replace the meter and it may bill the customer for the cost.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.250
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0015 - Testing Gas and Electric Meters

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(1) All meters shall be tested before
			 installation, or within 30 days thereafter. No meter will be placed in service
			 or be allowed to remain in service which has an error in registration in excess
			 of two percent under conditions of normal operation. These requirements may be
			 waived by written agreement if the energy utility provides an approved random
			 sampling technique for testing new meters.
(2) New meters, repaired meters, and meters
			 that have been removed from service shall be correct to within two percent fast
			 or slow before being installed or reinstalled.
(3) Each energy utility shall adopt schedules
			 for periodic tests and repairs of meters. The length of time meters shall be
			 allowed to remain in service before receiving periodic tests and repairs is to
			 be determined from periodic analysis of the accuracy of meters tested. The
			 schedules adopted shall be subject to the Commission's approval.
(4) Whenever any meter is tested, the energy
			 utility shall prepare a test record, including the information needed for
			 identifying the meter, the reason for making the test, the reading of the
			 meter, the result of the test, and all data taken at the time of the test in
			 sufficiently complete form to permit the convenient checking of methods
			 employed. The energy utility shall retain the current and immediately prior
			 test records for all meters tested.
(5) Each energy utility shall, unless
			 specifically excluded by the Commission, provide such laboratory meter-testing
			 equipment and other equipment and facilities as needed to make the tests
			 required of it by these rules or other orders of the Commission. The apparatus
			 and equipment so provided shall be subject to the Commission's
			 approval.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.250
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0020 - Quality of Electric Service

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Every electric company shall adopt a set of normal standard voltages at the
			 point of delivery for the different classes of service in its service areas.
			 The nominal standard voltages applicable to residential and commercial
			 customers shall be specified in the tariffs filed by the electric company.
			 Except as may be caused by the customer's operation of apparatus in violation
			 of the electric company's rules, or by conditions beyond the electric company's
			 control, every electric company shall maintain the adopted standard secondary
			 voltages so the same shall not normally vary more than plus or minus 5 percent
			 of the standard at the service entrance.
(2) Each electric company shall make a
			 sufficient number of voltage surveys to indicate the service furnished is in
			 compliance with the standard as indicated under section (1) of this
			 rule.
(3) Each electric company
			 shall keep a complete record of each test of voltage and service conditions, as
			 made under these rules, and this record shall be accessible to the Commission
			 or its authorized representatives. Each record of tests of voltage or service
			 conditions so kept shall contain complete information concerning the test,
			 including such items as the Commission may from time to time require.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0025 - Purity of Gas

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All gas
			 supplied to customers shall contain no more than .25 of one grain of hydrogen
			 sulfide in each 100 cubic feet; 20 grains of sulphur in each 100 cubic feet (30
			 grains of sulphur in 100 cubic feet may be permitted if the gas utility shall
			 show cause for such an exception in advance or immediately upon the discovery
			 of exceptional conditions that warrant it); five grains of ammonia in each 100
			 cubic feet. No gas shall contain impurities which may cause excessive corrosion
			 of mains or piping or form corrosive or harmful fumes when burned in a properly
			 designed and adjusted burner.
(2)
			 Tests:
(a) Each utility distributing
			 manufactured gas, or a mixture of manufactured and other gas, shall test the
			 gas for the presence of hydrogen sulfide at least once each day. Each utility
			 distributing natural gas shall make hydrogen sulfide tests at such intervals as
			 needed.
(b) Records of all tests
			 shall be properly filed and shall be reported to the Commission for such
			 periods and at such times as the Commission shall request.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0030 - Change in Character of Service

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any change in the heating value or the
			 characteristics of the gas service which may impair the safe, efficient use of
			 the gas in the customer's appliances shall not be made without the Commission's
			 approval and without adequate notice to the customers. In such event, the gas
			 utility shall make any necessary adjustments to the customer's appliances
			 without charge and shall conduct the adjustment program with a minimum of
			 inconvenience to the customers.
(2)
			 No changes of standard shall take effect and no expenditure shall be incurred
			 to alter plant or equipment for the purpose of supplying gas under the proposed
			 standard until the Commission has approved the change of standard or until 30
			 days after notification, data, and schedules required by this rule have been
			 transmitted to the Commission. The provisions of this rule shall not be
			 interpreted as forbidding expenditure for engineering services or experimental
			 or development work needed to determine the character and cost of the proposed
			 changes.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0035 - Pressure Testing and Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each gas utility shall make every
			 reasonable effort needed to maintain adequate gas pressure. Each gas utility
			 shall make such determinations and keep such records of pressures as will
			 enable it to have at all times a substantially accurate knowledge of the
			 pressure existing in every part of its distributing system. The pressure
			 records shall be properly identified, dated and filed.
(2) All recording pressure gauges shall be
			 tested periodically and maintained in an accurate condition.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0040 - Testing Equipment and Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each gas utility shall own and maintain
			 or have access to all testing equipment needed to make all tests of the gas
			 required by the Commission. The Commission may approve arrangements for the gas
			 utility to have any part of its testing done by another utility or competent
			 party.
(2) All testing equipment
			 shall be of an approved type, properly maintained, and subject to the
			 Commission's inspection and approval. All equipment shall be open to use of
			 qualified representatives of the Commission at any time for testing the gas
			 distributed by the utility.
(3)
			 Testing equipment shall be so located and used that the sample of gas tested
			 shall typify the gas being distributed in the system.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.250
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0045 - Heating Value

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each gas
			 utility shall file with the Commission, as part of its schedules of rates or
			 rules and regulations, the average total heating value of the gas and the
			 indicated maximum expected fluctuation above and below the average total
			 heating value which may be expected of a gas supplied by it in each district,
			 division, or community served.
(2)
			 In maintaining the established heating value, the chemical composition, and
			 specific gravity shall be such as to attain satisfactory combustion in the
			 customer's appliances at all times without repeated readjustment of the
			 burners.
(3) When supplemental or
			 substitute gas is distributed by a utility, the gas quality shall be such that
			 the usage performance will be satisfactory, regardless of the heating value of
			 the gas.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0050 - Heating Value Tests - Records and Reports

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each gas utility shall test the heating
			 value of manufactured or mixed gas being furnished to the distribution system
			 at least once a day except Sundays and holidays. Original test data shall be
			 recorded on the gas utility's standard forms and preserved for at least three
			 years.
(2) Each gas utility
			 supplying natural gas shall make sufficient tests, or have access to such tests
			 made by its suppliers, to maintain the established heating value.
(3) These tests shall be made at a location,
			 or locations, which will ensure a representative sampling of gas being sent out
			 to the distribution systems. A monthly summary shall be made from these
			 tests.
(4) The variation permitted
			 from the established total heating value shall not exceed an amount consistent
			 with normal satisfactory appliance operation.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 & ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0054 - Retail Intrastate Toll Service Provider Service Standards

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Every intrastate toll service provider must adhere to the
				following standards:
(1) Measurement
			 and Reporting Requirement. Each intrastate toll service provider must take the
			 measurements required by this rule and report them to the Commission as
			 specified.
(2) Additional Reporting
			 Requirements. The Commission may require a telecommunications carrier to
			 provide additional reports on any item covered by this rule.
(3) Blocked Calls. An intrastate toll service
			 provider must engineer and maintain all intraoffice, interoffice, and access
			 trunking and associated switching components to allow completion of all
			 properly dialed calls made during the average busy season busy hour without
			 encountering blockage or equipment irregularities in excess of the
			 Commission-approved service levels listed in subsection (b) of this section, or
			 alternatively, provide the level of service specified by the intrastate toll
			 service provider in accordance with ORS
			 759.020(6).
(a) Measurement:
(A) An intrastate toll service provider must
			 collect traffic data; that is, peg counts and usage data generated by
			 individual components of equipment or by the wire center as a whole, and
			 calculate blockage levels of the interoffice final trunk groups;
(B) System blockage will be determined by
			 special testing at the wire center. Commission Staff or a carrier technician
			 will place test calls to a predetermined test number, and the total number of
			 attempted calls and the number of completed calls will be counted. The percent
			 of completion of the calls shall be calculated.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0081 - Definitions and Terms for Electric Service Reliability

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Effective beginning January 1, 2012, the
			 definitions in IEEE 1366, as defined in subsection (2)(b) of this rule, are
			 adopted unless otherwise expressly modified by this rule. If there is a
			 conflict between the definitions in IEEE 1366 and this rule, the definitions in
			 this rule govern.
(2) The
			 following definitions apply to the Electric Service Reliability Rules, OAR
			 860-023-0081  through 860-023-0161:
(a)
			 "Electric company" means a public utility, as defined in ORS
			 757.005, that supplies
			 electricity.
(b) "IEEE 1366" means
			 the Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Standard 1366 entitled
			 "IEEE Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices" (the 2012
			 edition), approved on May 14, 2012 by IEEE-SA Standards Board.
(c) "Loss of Supply - Substation" or "Power
			 Supply - Substation" means an interruption cause category related to an outage
			 of a distribution substation component.
(d) "Loss of Supply - Transmission" or "Power
			 Supply - Transmission" means an interruption cause category related to the
			 interruption of the electrical supply by the electric company's transmission
			 system or by another electrical utility or operator.
(e) "Reliability reporting area" means a
			 grouping of one or more operating areas, for which the electric company
			 calculates major event thresholds.
(f) "Reporting Period" means the 12-month
			 period, based on a calendar year, for which the electric company is reporting
			 reliability performance.
(g)
			 "System-wide" means pertaining to and limited to the electric company's
			 customers in Oregon.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0084 - General Provisions and Applicability of Electric Service Reliability Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
1. Unless
			 otherwise noted, OAR 860-023-0081  through 860-023-0161  apply to every electric
			 company, effective beginning January 1, 2012.
2. A person may apply for waiver of any
			 provision of the Electric Service Reliability Rules. The Commission may grant a
			 waiver upon showing of good cause.
3. An electric company must comply with IEEE
			 1366 in the collecting and analyzing of interruption data and in the
			 calculation and reporting of reliability indices as required by Electric
			 Service Reliability Rules. If there is a conflict between any provision in IEEE
			 1366 and the Electric Service Reliability Rules, OAR 860-023-0081  through
			 860-023-0161  govern.
4. An electric
			 company must include both "distribution system" interruptions and
			 "interruptions caused by events outside of the distribution system" as defined
			 in IEEE 1366 in the electric company's record keeping, calculations, reporting,
			 and filing as required by OAR 860-023-0081  through 860-023-0161, effective
			 beginning January 1, 2012.
Publications: Publications referenced in this rule are
				  available for review at the agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0091 - Electric Service Continuity

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 An electric company must use reasonable means in design, operation, and
			 maintenance to ensure reliable service to each customer. Such means include,
			 but are not limited to, programs to minimize service interruptions.
(2) An electric company must have documented
			 programs to maintain appropriate reliability levels.
(3) When an interruption occurs, each
			 electric company must reestablish service with the shortest possible delay
			 consistent with the safety of its employees, customers, and the
			 public.
(4) An electric company
			 must have recordkeeping systems in place to determine, and track interruptions,
			 facilitate interruption restoration, and collect and analyze interruption
			 data.
(5) This rule is effective
			 beginning January 1, 2012.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.020
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0101 - Electric Interruption Records

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Except as provided in sections (3) and
			 (4) of this rule, an electric company must keep an accurate record of each
			 interruption of service that affects one or more customers. Each record must
			 contain at least the following information:
(a) The operating area where the interruption
			 occurred;
(b) The name of the
			 substation involved;
(c) The name
			 of the distribution circuit or distribution sub-circuit involved;
(d) The date and time the interruption
			 occurred (if the exact time is unknown, the beginning of an interruption is
			 recorded as the earlier of an automatic alarm or the reported initiation
			 time);
(e) The date and time
			 service was restored;
(f) The
			 number of customers affected by the interruption;
(g) The cause of the interruption;
(h) The protective device that made the
			 interruption; and
(i) The element
			 involved (e.g., transmission, distribution substation, overhead primary main,
			 underground primary main, transformer, etc.).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 23 - SERVICE STANDARDS › Section 860-023-0111 - Electric Reliability Calculations

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Using records collected per OAR
			 860-023-0101, each electric company must perform annual reliability index
			 calculations required by this rule in compliance with IEEE 1366. Each electric
			 company must report the results of the calculations in the company's annual
			 report as set forth in OAR 860-023-0151  and in the company's major event
			 filings as set forth in OAR 860-023-0161.
(2) After December 31 of each year an
			 electric company must calculate the SAIDI, SAIFI, and
			 MAIFIE indices for the previous reporting period. These
			 indices are to be calculated both with all interruptions included and
			 separately with major event interruptions excluded:
(a) On a system-wide basis;
(b) For each reliability reporting area;
			 and
(c) For each circuit.