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Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 042 - REPORTING OF ENERGY INFORMATION › Section 30 000 042 - REPORTING OF ENERGY INFORMATION

Current through June, 2024
Section
			 2.1 Scope
The Director has determined that:
(1) Certain petroleum inventories,
			 storage capacities or product receipts information are necessary to
			 assist in the formulation of policy or to carry out the purpose of
			 the Energy Emergency Petroleum Set-aside Act or the emergency powers
			 of the Governor.
(2) As
			 such energy information is not available from the Department of
			 Energy or any other source known to the Vermont State Energy Office,
			 then such energy information shall be collected by this office.
(a) The Director requires such
			 reports from any prime supplier by methods to be developed by the
			 VSEO. The Director may change the reporting requirements from time to
			 time.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 045 - SELECTION OF PRIMARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER › Section 30 000 045 - SELECTION OF PRIMARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER

Current through June, 2024
SUBCHAPTER
			 4.700 SELECTION OF PRIMARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER
4.701 Definitions
For purposes
				of this rule, the following definitions apply:
(A) "Interexchange carrier"
			 ("IXC"): a provider of interLATA or intraLATA long distance
			 telecommunications services. Facilities-based carriers of long
			 distance service, resellers of long distance service, and local
			 exchange carriers providing long distance service are included in
			 this definition.
(B)
			 "Letter of Agency" ("LOA"): a customer's written statement that
			 authorizes a change to that customer's primary interexchange carrier
			 or local exchange carrier and bears the customer's
			 signature.
(C) "Local
			 Exchange Carrier" ("LEC"): a provider of switched telecommunications
			 service that carries calls originating and terminating within the
			 local calling area.
(D)
			 "Long Distance Telecommunications Service": service that carries
			 calls to exchanges that are not within the local calling area of the
			 originating number.
(E)
			 "Primary Interexchange Carrier" ("PIC"): a carrier to which a
			 customer has presubscribed for either interLATA or intraLATA long
			 distance service.
(F)
			 "Primary Local Exchange Carrier" ("PLEC"): a carrier to which a
			 customer has presubscribed for local exchange service.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 046 - UNIVERSAL SERVICE SUPPORT FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES › Section 30 000 046 - UNIVERSAL SERVICE SUPPORT FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Current through June, 2024
SUBCHAPTER
			 7.200 Universal Service Support for Schools, Libraries,
			 and Health Care Facilities
7.210
			 Discounts
7.211
			 Establishment of Discount
(A)
			 Schools and libraries in Vermont shall be eligible to receive
			 discounts on telecommunications services.
(B) It is the purpose and intent of
			 this rule to conform with the discount for schools and libraries
			 created by the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) in its May
			 8, 1997, Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, as amended.
(C) Unless otherwise specifically
			 stated otherwise, the definitions of terms, the eligibility of
			 entities for discounts, and the applicability of discounts to
			 services are all controlled by the federal program.
7.212 Amount of Discount
(A) Schools and libraries qualify
			 for the following discounts on intrastate telecommunications
			 services, but only if the federal rule provides the same discount
			 levels for interstate telecommunications services:
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES DISCOUNT
						  MATRIX
DISCOUNT LEVEL
HOW
						  DISADVANTAGED?
urban discount
rural discount
% of students eligible for national
						  school lunch program
(%)
(%)
< 1
20
25
1-19
40
50
20-34
50
60
35-49
60
70
50-74
80
80
75-100
90
90
(B) Eligibility and qualification
			 shall be governed by the federal rule.
7.213 Lowest Corresponding Price
The FCC program requires that telecommunications
				services be offered at the "lowest corresponding price," that is, the
				lowest price that a service provider charges to non-residential
				customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library,
				or consortium for similar services. It is this price that is
				discounted under the program.
7.220 Rate Disputes
7.221 Schools and Libraries
Rate relief to schools, libraries, consortia, as well
				as service providers, may be sought in three particular
				situations:
(A) where the
			 lowest corresponding price is unfairly high or low;
(B) where the rate offered by the
			 provider does not represent the lowest corresponding price;
			 and
(C) where the lowest
			 corresponding price is not compensatory because the relevant entity
			 is not similarly situated to and subscribing to a similar set of
			 services to the customer paying the lowest corresponding
			 price.
7.222
			 Rural Health Providers
For rural health providers, if there are no tariffed
				or publicly available rates for supported services, or if the carrier
				believes the rate calculated by the FCC's methodology is unfair, the
				carrier may submit a cost-based rate. The filing by the carrier must
				be supported by a justification that includes an itemization of the
				costs of providing the service.
7.223 Procedure
Requests for relief by a school, library, or
				consortium will be processed by the Board using the procedures for a
				consumer complaint.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 049 - 7.100-CONTINUOUS EMERGENCY ACCESS (CEA) › Section 30 000 049 - 7.100-CONTINUOUS EMERGENCY ACCESS (CEA)

Current through June, 2024
Section
			 7.101 Definitions
For purposes of this rule, the
				following definitions apply:
(A) ALI - Automatic Location
			 Identification: The system capability to identify automatically the
			 service address of the telephone being used by the caller and to
			 provide a display of that location information at any public safety
			 answering point.
(B)
			 Board - Vermont Public Service Board.
(C) CEA - Continuous Emergency
			 Access: The provision at the customer's network interface of
			 continuous access to emergency law enforcement, fire and emergency
			 medical services via 911. CEA does not include provision of any
			 customer premises equipment or any services on the customer's side of
			 the network interface device.
(D) CEA Provider - The service
			 provider responsible for fulfilling the CEA obligations under these
			 rules.
(E) Department -
			 Vermont Department of Public Service.
(F) Primary Residential Line - An
			 access line carrying a residential local exchange class of service
			 under applicable tariffs to a residential dwelling. When a
			 residential dwelling is served by more than one line providing a
			 residential local exchange class of service, the line that had
			 residential service established earliest is the primary residential
			 line.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 050 - TELEPHONE NUMBER RESOURCE USE AND ADMINISTRATION (7.300) › Section 30 000 050 - TELEPHONE NUMBER RESOURCE USE AND ADMINISTRATION (7.300)

Current through June, 2024
Section
			 7.301 Definitions
A.
			 End user: a person or entity who initiates a telephone
			 call.
B. N11 code: any
			 one of the three-digit dialing codes in the form N11 unavailable
			 under the North American Numbering Plan for assignment as area codes
			 or central office codes and used to connect end users to special
			 services where N is a digit between 2 and 9, inclusive.
C. N11 service manager: an entity,
			 other than a telephone company, responsible for operational oversight
			 of a service to which end users connect when calling an N11
			 code.
D. Telephone
			 company: a person or company offering a telecommunications service as
			 defined in Title 30 V.S.A. that uses telephone numbers.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 052 - NONDOMINANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (7.500) › Section 30 000 052 - NONDOMINANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (7.500)

Current through June, 2024
Section 7.501 Purpose
The
				purpose of this rule is to define the obligations of various kinds of
				telecommunications carriers under Title 30 of Vermont Statutes, and
				especially
				30 V.S.A. §
											227c, relating to nondominant
				carriers.
Section
			 7.502 Authority
(A) In
			 accordance with
			 30 V.S.A. §
											227c, this rule modifies, reduces
			 and suspends various requirements under Title 30 of Vermont statutes
			 that would otherwise apply to nondominant providers of
			 telecommunications service. In determining what modifications,
			 reductions or suspensions of Title 30 requirements should be included
			 in this rule, the Public Service Board has determined that
			 competition in the relevant markets, combined with the remaining
			 regulatory requirements of Title 30:
(1) will be sufficient to ensure
			 that the charges, practices, classifications or regulations related
			 to the service are just and reasonable, and are not unjustly or
			 unreasonably discriminatory; and
(2) will afford the public at least
			 as much protection as the applicable regulatory requirements that are
			 modified, reduced or suspended.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 053 - STANDARDS FOR BILLING, CREDIT AND COLLECTIONS, AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (7.600) › Section 30 000 053 - STANDARDS FOR BILLING, CREDIT AND COLLECTIONS, AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (7.600)

Current through June, 2024
Section 7.601 Purpose
The
				purpose of this Rule is to:
(A) Inform consumers by ensuring
			 that customers and applicants for service receive adequate and timely
			 information from telecommunications carriers about service offerings,
			 account status, and anticipated actions involving
			 disconnections.
(B)
			 Prevent discrimination by ensuring reasonable access to service and
			 ensuring that all customers and applicants for telecommunication
			 services are not subject to unjust discrimination and are not
			 unreasonably denied or disconnected from telecommunications
			 service.
(C) Protect
			 consumers by prohibiting unfair or deceptive practices and
			 establishing minimum mandatory consumer protection standards,
			 including minimum standards for disconnection.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 058 - REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AESTHETIC MITIGATION MEASURES (5.800) › Section 30 000 058 - REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AESTHETIC MITIGATION MEASURES (5.800)

Current through June, 2024
Section 5.801 Purpose
			 and Applicability
The purpose of this rule is to ensure that all
				required aesthetic mitigation measures are implemented and maintained
				for the life of all facilities constructed pursuant to a certificate
				of public good issued under
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248. This includes
				net-metering facilities permitted under the procedures authorized by
				30 V.S.A. §
											8010. This rule shall apply to all
				facilities for which a petition or application for a certificate of
				public good under
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted
				after the effective date of this rule.
Section 5.802 Definitions
(A) Final aesthetic mitigation
			 plan: a plan submitted by a petitioner and approved by the Commission
			 pursuant to the requirements of this rule.
(B) Commission: the Vermont Public
			 Utility Commission.
(C)
			 Completion of construction: Completion of construction shall mean
			 complete installation of all infrastructure necessary to allow for
			 the interconnection and intended generation or transmission use of a
			 facility that is subject to this rule. The completion of aesthetic
			 mitigation measures required for a particular facility is excluded
			 from this definition for the purposes of this rule.
(D) CPG: a certificate of public
			 good issued by the Commission pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248.
(E) CPG holder: a person or company
			 who holds a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 to construct
			 and/or operate an electric generation, electric transmission, or
			 natural gas facility.
(F)
			 Facility: an electric generation, electric transmission, or natural
			 gas facility for which a petition or application for a CPG pursuant
			 to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted to
			 the Commission after the effective date of this rule.
(G) Petitioner: a person or company
			 seeking a CPG for approval to construct an electric generation,
			 electric transmission, or natural gas facility pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 059 - DECOMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED PURSUANT TO 30 V.S.A. Section 248 (5.900) › Section 30 000 059 - DECOMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED PURSUANT TO 30 V.S.A. Section 248 (5.900)

Current through June, 2024
Section 5.901 Purpose
			 and Applicability
This rule establishes the standard
				requirements for the decommissioning of electric generation, electric
				transmission, and natural gas facilities pursuant to
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248(a)(5). This
				rule applies to all electric generation, electric transmission, and
				natural gas facilities that are or become subject to the jurisdiction
				of the Vermont Public Utility Commission pursuant to
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248. This includes
				net-metering facilities permitted under the procedures authorized by
				30 V.S.A. §
											8010. This rule shall apply to all
				facilities for which a petition or application for a certificate of
				public good under
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted
				after the effective date of this rule.
Section 5.902 Definitions
(A) Commission: The Vermont Public
			 Utility Commission.
(B)
			 CPG: certificate of public good.
(C) CPG holder: a person or company
			 who holds a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 to construct and
			 operate an electric generation, electric transmission, or natural gas
			 facility.
(D) Facility:
			 an electric generation, electric transmission, or natural gas
			 facility for which a petition for a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted to
			 the Commission after the effective date of this rule.
(E) Plant capacity: The term plant
			 capacity shall have the same meaning as defined in
			 30 V.S.A. §
											8002.
(F) Utility: for purposes of this
			 rule, a person or entity engaged in the distribution of electricity
			 or natural gas for retail sale, or the Vermont Electric Power
			 Company, Inc. and Vermont Transco, LLC and any successor
			 thereof.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 1000 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30 000 1000 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Current through June, 2024
Section 1.100
			 Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
				definitions apply throughout the Rules of the Public Utility
				Commission:
(A)
Commission
: the Public Utility
			 Commission of the State of Vermont.
(B)
Person
: any individual, group,
			 corporation, cooperative, partnership, firm, association or other
			 entity or organization.
(C)
Ratepayer
: any person receiving
			 or entitled to receive service from a utility.
(D)
Utility
: any person subject to
			 the general jurisdiction of the Commission and owning or operating
			 any public service business or any facility used in the manufacture,
			 transmission or distribution of a utility service.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 2000 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Section 30 000 2000 - RULES OF PRACTICE

Current through June, 2024
2.100 SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION OF RULES
2.101 Applicability.
These rules shall apply in all proceedings before the Commission.
2.102 Definitions.
(A) Commission: the Vermont Public Utility Commission and any Commissioner, hearing officer, clerk, or other Commission employee or agent authorized to act on behalf of the Commission.
(B) Contested case: a proceeding, including ratemaking and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing.
(C) ePUC: the Commission's electronic case management filing system.
(D) Filing (when used as a noun): any petition, application, complaint, motion, exhibit, report, or any other document required or permitted to be filed with the Commission in connection with any proceeding within the Commission's jurisdiction. This includes any ePUC submission. This does not include other electronic communications with the Commission that are not part of a proceeding within the Commission's jurisdiction. A filing is not part of the evidentiary record unless it is admitted into evidence.
(E) Final order: an order from which an appeal lies. Unless the Commission specifies that an order is final (as to the entire matter or as to certain parties), an order is not final if there will be additional proceedings (other than compliance filings) in the same matter.
(F) Order: any decision by the Commission, whether in writing or orally.
(G) Person: any individual, group, corporation, cooperative, partnership, firm, association, or other entity or organization.
(H) Proceeding: any case, docket, rulemaking, or other matter that is before the Commission.
(I) Reply: a filing made in reply to another party's response.
(J) Response: a filing made in response to another party's motion or other filing.
(K) State: the State of Vermont.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3100 - REPORTS › Section 30 000 3100 - REPORTS

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.101 Annual
			 Reports
Each utility shall file with the Commission one copy of
				the annual report which it is required to submit to the Department of
				Public Service. The copy shall be filed with the Commission at the
				same time the report is submitted to the Department.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
Statutory authority not
				  provided.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3200 - RATEPAYER DEPOSITS FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER, TELEPHONE, AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE › Section 30 000 3200 - RATEPAYER DEPOSITS FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER, TELEPHONE, AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.201
			 Definitions
Primary residence
-- For
				purposes of this rule, "primary residence" shall refer to the sole
				residence of the occupant or occupants, or, if the occupant or
				occupants have more than one residence, a residence in which the
				occupant(s) lives or expects to live for more than six months per
				year. A company may require an applicant to produce, upon request of
				the utility or cable television company, one of the following to
				prove primary residence: Vermont driver's licence or state
				identification card, proof of voter registration, library card, state
				income tax return, lease or property interests, welfare department
				proof of residence or similar documents. A primary residence shall
				not be considered as including the residence of a "seasonal
				customer."
Seasonal customer
-- A
				customer who expects to live in a residence for less than six months
				per year or who is determined to be residing in a residence which is
				not their primary residence.
Deposit
-- Any sum held by a
				utility or cable television company as security to ensure future
				payment.
Section
			 3.202 Conditions for Taking of Deposits
(A) Any utility or cable television
			 company which requires a deposit from a ratepayer as a precondition
			 of initiating or continuing utility or cable television service,
			 shall:
(1) establish the deposit
			 amount based on the guidelines set forth in Section 3.204;
(2) pay interest on the deposit, as
			 required under subsection (B);
(3) refund the deposit promptly as
			 provided in Section 3.205.
(4) advise any ratepayer required
			 to make a deposit of the reasons for the requirements, of the right
			 to pay it in installments, and of the calculations which the utility
			 or cable television company has used to support the amount of the
			 deposit;
(5) for an
			 account which serves a primary residence, offer the ratepayer for
			 whom the payment presents a burden the opportunity to pay a deposit,
			 at a minimum, in three equal payments with one third due immediately,
			 one third due within thirty days, and the final third due within
			 sixty days; and
(6)
			 inform the ratepayer that the necessity for a deposit or its amount
			 may be disputed by making a complaint to the Consumer Affairs and
			 Public Information Division of the Department of Public Service. The
			 ratepayer shall be informed of the Division's address and telephone
			 numbers, including its toll-free telephone number.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3300 - DISCONNECTION OF RESIDENTIAL GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER SERVICE › Section 30 000 3300 - DISCONNECTION OF RESIDENTIAL GAS, ELECTRIC, AND WATER SERVICE

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.301
			 Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the following
				definitions apply:
(A)
Disconnection:
deliberate
			 interruption, limitation, or disconnection of utility service to a
			 ratepayer by the serving utility, not including disconnection at the
			 request of or with the permission of the ratepayer.
(B)
Delinquency:
failure of the
			 ratepayer to tender payment for a valid bill or charge (1) within
			 thirty days of the postmark date of that bill or charge, or (2) by a
			 "due date" at least thirty days after mailing, which date shall be
			 printed on the bill.
(C)
Notice :
except where otherwise
			 provided or where the context otherwise requires, notice shall mean
			 written notice on a form approved by the Commission, mailed or
			 delivered within forty days after delinquency but not more than
			 twenty days, nor less than fourteen days prior to the first date on
			 which disconnection of service may occur. Where payment has been made
			 by a check or other instrument which is subsequently dishonored, then
			 the number of days between delivery to the utility of the dishonored
			 instrument and receipt by the utility of notice of dishonor may be
			 deducted from the minimum number of days prior to disconnection that
			 notice must be sent, but in no event may that minimum number of days
			 be less than four.
(D)
Physician's Certificate:
a
			 written statement by a duly licensed physician certifying that a
			 ratepayer or resident within the ratepayer's household would suffer
			 an immediate and serious health hazard by the disconnection of the
			 company's service, or by failure to reconnect service, to that
			 household. The certificate will be valid for thirty days, or the
			 duration of the hazard, whichever is less, and may be renewed once.
			 Use of a physician's certificate by a customer to prevent
			 disconnection or to cause a reconnection is limited to two
			 consecutive 30-day periods and shall not exceed three 30-day periods
			 in any calendar year, except upon written order of the
			 Commission.
(E)
Payment of a bill:
receipt at
			 the company's business office or authorized payment agency of cash or
			 of a check or other instrument which is subsequently
			 honored.
(F)
Business Days:
Monday through
			 Thursday, excluding Vermont legal holidays and any other day, when
			 the company's business offices are not open to the public, and any
			 day preceding the day the company's business offices are not open to
			 the public.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3400 - DISCONNECTION OF CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE AND NON-RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC, GAS, AND WATER SERVICE › Section 30 000 3400 - DISCONNECTION OF CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE AND NON-RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC, GAS, AND WATER SERVICE

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.401
			 Definitions
The following definitions apply to Rule
				3.400:
(A)
Disconnection
: deliberate
			 interruption or disconnection of utility service to a ratepayer by
			 the serving utility, not including disconnection at the request of or
			 with the permission of the ratepayer.
(B)
Delinquency
: failure of the
			 ratepayer to tender payment for a valid bill or charge (1) within
			 thirty days of the postmark date of that bill or charge, or (2) by a
			 "due date" at least thirty days after mailing, which shall be printed
			 on the bill and which shall control in the absence of a
			 postmark.
(C)
Notice
: except where otherwise
			 provided or where the context otherwise requires, notice shall mean
			 written notice on a form approved by the Commission, mailed or
			 delivered within forty days after delinquency, but not more than
			 twenty days, nor less than fourteen days -- seven if the ratepayer
			 has failed to abide by the terms of an extended repayment plan
			 --prior to the disconnection of service. Where payment has been made
			 by a check or other instrument which is subsequently dishonored, then
			 the number of days between delivery to the utility of the dishonored
			 instrument and receipt by the utility of notice of dishonor may be
			 deducted from the minimum number of days prior to disconnection that
			 notice must be sent, but in no event may that minimum number of days
			 be less than four.
(D)
Payment of Bill
: receipt at the
			 company's business office or authorized payment agency of cash or of
			 a check or other instrument which is subsequently honored.
(E)
Business
			 Days
: Monday through Thursday, excluding Vermont
			 legal holidays and any other time, or the day before such time, when
			 the Company's business offices are not open to the public.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3500 - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS › Section 30 000 3500 - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS

Current through June, 2024
All construction and maintenance of electric,
				telephone, telegraph and cable television systems and facilities in
				all locations within Vermont shall conform to the standards contained
				in the 1981 edition of the National Electrical Safety Code or in any
				subsequent or revised edition thereof
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
Statutory authority not
				  provided.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3600 - MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY › Section 30 000 3600 - MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.610
			 Accounting
Section 3.611
			 Separate Accounts
Each company shall keep a separate account of
				all expenses incurred in maintaining transmission or distribution
				rights of way. The accounts shall be kept in such a way that the
				following information can readily be extracted:
(A) Transmission maintenance costs
			 can be segregated from distribution maintenance costs and expressed
			 in dollars per brush-acre; transmission and distribution shall be
			 defined for these rules the same as for FERC Form I
			 reporting.
(B) Estimates
			 of the average per acre costs for foliar stem treatment, and hand
			 cutting, expressed in dollars per brush-acre.
This information shall be filed with the Commission
				and the Department of Public Service at the same time as the FERC
				Form 1 or the Department of Public Service annual report is
				filed.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3700 - POLE ATTACHMENTS › Section 30 000 3700 - POLE ATTACHMENTS

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.701
			 Applicability and General Provisions
(A) This Rule governs the
			 attachment of lines, wires, cables, or other facilities by any
			 Attaching Entity seeking to attach to a pole owned by a Pole-Owning
			 Utility, at rates, terms, and conditions that are just and
			 reasonable. This Rule applies to poles used in the distribution
			 system used to serve customers, and not to poles used as part of a
			 company's transmission system. In applying this Rule, the Commission
			 shall consider the interests of entities seeking or having
			 attachments, Pole-Owning Utilities, and the customers of each.
(B) Except as
			 specifically provided herein, nothing in this Rule shall be construed
			 to confer a right upon any Attaching Entity to alter, move, or
			 otherwise perform work upon facilities owned by another Attaching
			 Entity or by a Pole-Owning Utility.
(C) Except as specifically
			 provided, nothing in this Rule shall be construed to supersede,
			 overrule, or replace any applicable safety code (including the
			 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) or safety rules, VOSHA
			 regulations, any other law or regulation, tariffs, and protocols
			 approved by the Commission, nor the reasonable engineering standards
			 and good-faith work practices of any Attaching Entity or Pole-Owning
			 Utility.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 3800 - UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION › Section 30 000 3800 - UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.801
			 Definitions
For the purpose of interpreting Chapter 86 of Title
				30, the following definitions shall apply:
(A) "Underground utility easement"
			 shall include:
(1) Rights of way,
			 whether by deed, oral license, or otherwise, for transmission and
			 distribution lines.
(2)
			 Service drops which are owned by the utility.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 4100 - SMALL POWER PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION › Section 30 000 4100 - SMALL POWER PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION

Current through June, 2024
Section 4.101
			 Purpose
The purpose of this Rule is to implement the provisions
				of
				30 V.S.A §
											209(a)(8),
				16 U.S.C. §
											824a-3, and
				18 C.F.R
				Part 292.
Section
			 4.102 Scope
(A) This
			 Rule applies to Vermont electric distribution utilities and to those
			 Qualifying Facilities that fall within the definitions contained in
			 30 V.S.A. §
											209(a)(8) or
			 18
			 C.F.R Part 292.
(B) This
			 Rule shall not be construed as prohibiting voluntary contracts with
			 terms different from the terms contained herein.
(C) This Rule applies to all
			 contracts and obligations formed pursuant to the provisions of
			 30 V.S.A. §
											209(a)(8),
			 16 U.S.C. §
											824a-3, and
			 18 C.F.R
			 Part 292, except standard-offer contracts formed pursuant to
			 30 V.S.A. §
											8005a. For contracts and
			 obligations or extensions of prior contracts or obligations formed
			 subsequent to the effective date of this Rule, the rules and
			 procedures set forth herein shall apply. For contracts and
			 obligations in existence prior to the effective date of this Rule,
			 nothing herein shall cause them to be changed. Any previous
			 designation of a Purchasing Agent pursuant to prior versions of Rule
			 4.100, as well as the rules and obligations attendant thereto, shall
			 remain in full force and effect unless and until specifically
			 modified by the Commission on a prospective basis with respect to
			 contracts and obligations formed prior to the effective date of this
			 Rule.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 4200 - ELECTRIC BILL INFORMATION › Section 30 000 4200 - ELECTRIC BILL INFORMATION

Current through June, 2024
Section 4.201
			 Requirement
Every company selling electricity at retail shall
				provide to each customer a listing of the price components of that
				customer's rate or rates. The listing need not show the actual usage
				of the customer, but shall identify the customer charge, the rate or
				rates per KW and KWH, and whatever additional information may be
				necessary to calculate an actual bill. The price components of
				electricity provided by the Vermont Department of Public Service
				shall be identified as such.
Section 4.202 Frequency
The
				listing shall be sent to each customer on at least the following
				occasions:
(A) No more than
			 sixty days nor less than fifteen days prior to the start of any
			 peak-season rate period.
(B) As soon as practicable after
			 the company knows that it will put a rate change into
			 effect.
(C) During
			 January of any year when neither of the above events has occurred
			 within the previous twelve months.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 4700 - SELECTION OF PRIMARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER › Section 30 000 4700 - SELECTION OF PRIMARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER

Current through June, 2024
Section 4.701
			 Definitions
For purposes of this rule, the following definitions
				apply:
(A)
"Interexchange carrier"
			 ("IXC")
: a provider of interLATA or intraLATA
			 long distance telecommunications services. Facilities-based carriers
			 of long distance service, resellers of long distance service, and
			 local exchange carriers providing long distance service are included
			 in this definition.
(B)
"Letter of Agency" ("LOA")
: a
			 customer's written statement that authorizes a change to that
			 customer's primary interexchange carrier or local exchange carrier
			 and bears the customer's signature.
(C)
"Local
			 Exchange Carrier" ("LEC")
: a provider of switched
			 telecommunications service that carries calls originating and
			 terminating within the local calling area.
(D)
"Long
			 Distance Telecommunications Service"
: service
			 that carries calls to exchanges that are not within the local calling
			 area of the originating number.
(E)
"Primary
			 Interexchange Carrier" ("PIC")
: a carrier to
			 which a customer has presubscribed for either interLATA or intraLATA
			 long distance service.
(F)
"Primary
			 Local Exchange Carrier" ("PLEC")
: a carrier to
			 which a customer has presubscribed for local exchange
			 service.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 4800 - CAMPGROUND SUBMETERING › Section 30 000 4800 - CAMPGROUND SUBMETERING

Current through June, 2024
Section 4.801
			 Authority
Vermont Statutes Annotated, Title 30, section
				249a
				authorizes a recreational campground to provide submetered electric
				service to campground users on a nonprofit basis. Such service must
				be provided in accordance with rules adopted by the Public Utility
				Commission. This rule establishes the standards for such submetered
				service in campgrounds.
Section 4.802 Definitions
(1) "Campground" means a tract or
			 parcel of land occupied by more than three campers for a brief period
			 for vacational or recreational purposes, whether or not as part of a
			 commercial operation. A camper may camp in an automobile trailer, a
			 recreational vehicle, a tent or a temporary cabin, but not in a
			 mobile home that is used as a residence.
(2) "Customer" means the ultimate
			 customer of a campground who rents or uses space at a campground and
			 whose electricity is submetered.
(3) "Average cost per KWH" for a
			 campground means the bill for electric power delivered to the
			 campground's master meter (excluding charges for disconnection, late
			 payment, or other similar service charges) divided by the KWH so
			 delivered, and rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent per
			 KWH.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 4900 - ELECTRICITY OUTAGE REPORTING › Section 30 000 4900 - ELECTRICITY OUTAGE REPORTING

Current through June, 2024
Section 4.901
			 Definitions
For purposes of this rule, the following definitions
				apply:
(A)
Outage
: a zero-voltage event,
			 exceeding five minutes, to one or more customers. All such events are
			 included as Outages, regardless of underlying cause (except for the
			 interruption of power to a customer in accordance with the terms of a
			 special contract, approved by the Public Utility Commission, where
			 such contract explicitly envisions that such interruptions may
			 occur). Outage causes include, but are not limited to, company
			 initiated Outages, transmission Outages, power supplier Outages, and
			 Outages resulting from severe weather events.
(B)
Customers
			 Out
: the number of retail customer meters
			 affected by an Outage net of voltage and current meters, station
			 service meters, interchange meters, and any meters at a retail
			 customer's premises beyond or in addition to the first meter at such
			 customer's premises.
(C)
Customers Served
: the number of
			 retail customer meters, net of voltage and current meters, station
			 service meters, interchange meters, and any meters at a retail
			 customer's premises beyond or in addition to the first meter at such
			 customer's premises for the system, district, or circuit being
			 evaluated.
(D)
Outage Duration
: the time
			 between either the first customer call to report an Outage, or the
			 first system data indication of an Outage, until the customer's
			 service is returned.
(E)
Customer Hours Out
: the
			 summation of Customers Out multiplied by their respective Outage
			 Durations.
(F)
System Average Interruption Frequency Index
			 ("SAIFI")
: Customers Out Customers Served SAIFI
			 is a measure of the average number of times that the average customer
			 experienced an Outage.
(G)
Customer
			 Average Interruption Duration Index ("CAIDI")
:
			 Customer Hours Out Customers Out CAIDI is a measure of the average
			 length of time, in hours, that was required to restore service to
			 customers who experienced an Outage.
(H)
Non-Utility
			 Power Supplier
: any power supplier not holding a
			 certificate of public good to provide retail distribution
			 service.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 5100 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF NET METERING SYSTEMS › Section 30 000 5100 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF NET METERING SYSTEMS

Current through June, 2024
PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.101 Purpose and Scope.
(A) This Rule governs the terms upon which any electric company offers net-metering service within its service territory. In addition, this Rule governs the application for and issuance, amendment, transfer, and revocation of a certificate of public good for net-metering systems under the provisions of 30 V.S.A §§
											248,  8002, and 8010.
(B) Except as modified by Section  5.125   (Pre-Existing Net-Metering Systems), this Rule applies to all net-metering systems in Vermont and applies to every person, firm, company, corporation, and municipality engaged in the site preparation, construction, ownership, or operation of any net-metering system that is subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission.
(C) No person may commence site preparation for or construction of a net-metering system or convert an existing plant into a net-metering system without first obtaining a CPG under this Rule.
(D) In the event that any portion of this Rule is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or void, the remainder is unaffected and continues in full force and effect.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 5200 - NOTIFICATION OF POWER SUPPLY TRANSACTIONS › Section 30 000 5200 - NOTIFICATION OF POWER SUPPLY TRANSACTIONS

Current through June, 2024
Section 5.201
			 Purpose
Purpose.
The
				purpose of this Rule is to require private, municipal, and
				cooperative electric utilities to notify the Public Utility
				Commission and the Department of Public Service of power supply
				transactions. This shall be accomplished by notification to the
				Commission and Department of power supply contracts entered into by
				Vermont's electric utilities and through the filing of quarterly and
				annual reports detailing past and proposed power supply transactions
				of Vermont's electric utilities.
Additionally, all Vermont electric utilities are
				required to notify the Commission and Department of certain
				contracts, as specified in section 5.202, entered into by an electric
				utility for the purpose of purchasing or leasing electrical
				generation or transmission facilities within Vermont.
Section 5.202
			 Notification to the Public Utility Commission and Department of
			 Public Service
Each private, municipal, and cooperative electric
				utility is required to give the Public Utility Commission and the
				Department of Public Service notice in writing, at least ninety (90)
				days in advance unless the period of advance notice is reduced under
				section 5.204, of any of the following events:
(A) the execution of any contract
			 which is more than five years in duration with any party for the
			 purchase or lease of any electrical generation facility within the
			 State of Vermont;
(B) the
			 execution of any contract which is more than five years in duration
			 with any party for the purchase or lease of any electrical
			 transmission facility within the State of Vermont which is designed
			 for immediate or eventual operation at any voltage equal to or in
			 excess of 46 kV;
(C) the
			 execution of any contract for the purchase or sale of capacity in, or
			 energy from, any electrical generation or transmission facility
			 located within the State of Vermont provided that such contracts are
			 more than five years in duration;
(D) the execution of any contract
			 for the purchase or sale of capacity in, or energy from, any
			 electrical generation or transmission facility, provided that such
			 contract is more than six months in duration and:
(1) for a utility with a peak load,
			 within the previous calender year, greater than 100 MW, represents
			 more than 25% of the utility's peak load; or
(2) for a utility with a peak load,
			 within the previous calender year, of 100 MW or less, represents more
			 than 50% of the utility's peak load.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 5500 - INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ELECTRIC GENERATION RESOURCES › Section 30 000 5500 - INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ELECTRIC GENERATION RESOURCES

Current through June, 2024
5.500 INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ELECTRIC GENERATION RESOURCES
5.501 Applicability.
(A) This Rule applies to all proposed interconnections of Projects within the State of Vermont that are not lawfully subject to ISO-NE interconnection rules or successor rules approved by FERC. This Rule applies to all Applications filed on or after the effective date of this Rule.
(B) This rule establishes minimum requirements. The Commission may adopt additional requirements for the interconnection of Projects by order pursuant to Public Act No. 61. §
										7   (2006 Vt., Adj. Sess.).
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 5800 - REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AESTHETIC MITIGATION MEASURES › Section 30 000 5800 - REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AESTHETIC MITIGATION MEASURES

Current through June, 2024
Section 5.801 Purpose
			 and Applicability
The purpose of this rule is to ensure that all
				required aesthetic mitigation measures are implemented and maintained
				for the life of all facilities constructed pursuant to a certificate
				of public good issued under
				30
				V.S.A §
											248. This includes
				net-metering facilities permitted under the procedures authorized by
				30 V.S.A. §
											8010. This rule shall apply to all
				facilities for which a petition or application for a certificate of
				public good under
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted
				after the effective date of this rule.
Section 5.802 Definitions
(A)
Final
			 aesthetic mitigation plan:
a plan submitted by a
			 petitioner and approved by the Commission pursuant to the
			 requirements of this rule.
(B)
Commission:
the Vermont Public
			 Utility Commission.
(C)
Completion of construction:
Completion of construction shall mean complete installation of all
			 infrastructure necessary to allow for the interconnection and
			 intended generation or transmission use of a facility that is subject
			 to this rule. The completion of aesthetic mitigation measures
			 required for a particular facility is excluded from this definition
			 for the purposes of this rule.
(D)
CPG:
a certificate of public
			 good issued by the Commission pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248.
(E)
CPG
			 holder:
a person or company who holds a CPG
			 pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 to construct
			 and/or operate an electric generation, electric transmission, or
			 natural gas facility.
(F)
Facility:
an electric
			 generation, electric transmission, or natural gas facility for which
			 a petition or application for a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted to
			 the Commission after the effective date of this rule.
(G)
Petitioner:
a person or company
			 seeking a CPG for approval to construct an electric generation,
			 electric transmission, or natural gas facility pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248.
Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 30 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 5900 - DECOMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED › Section 30 000 5900 - DECOMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED

Current through June, 2024
Section 5.901 Purpose
			 and Applicability
This rule establishes the standard
				requirements for the decommissioning of electric generation, electric
				transmission, and natural gas facilities pursuant to
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248(a)(5). This
				rule applies to all electric generation, electric transmission, and
				natural gas facilities that are or become subject to the jurisdiction
				of the Vermont Public Utility Commission pursuant to
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248. This includes
				net-metering facilities permitted under the procedures authorized by
				30 V.S.A. §
											8010. This rule shall apply to all
				facilities for which a petition or application for a certificate of
				public good under
				30
				V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted
				after the effective date of this rule.
Section 5.902 Definitions
(A)
Commission:
The Vermont Public
			 Utility Commission.
(B)
CPG:
certificate of public
			 good.
(C)
CPG holder:
a person or company
			 who holds a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 to construct and
			 operate an electric generation, electric transmission, or natural gas
			 facility.
(D)
Facility:
an electric
			 generation, electric transmission, or natural gas facility for which
			 a petition for a CPG pursuant to
			 30
			 V.S.A. §
											248 is submitted to
			 the Commission after the effective date of this rule.
(E)
Plant
			 capacity:
The term plant capacity shall have the
			 same meaning as defined in
			 30 V.S.A. §
											8002.
(F)
Utility:
for purposes of this
			 rule, a person or entity engaged in the distribution of electricity
			 or natural gas for retail sale, or the Vermont Electric Power
			 Company, Inc. and Vermont Transco, LLC and any successor
			 thereof