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Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.21 - Meter tests

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(a)
Test schedule for other than Class A, B and C meters
. Each
					 public utility shall make and record tests of orifice, rotary displacement and
					 turbine type service meters as follows:
(1)
					 Orifice meters shall have their differential and static recording gauges tested
					 at least once every 2 months, the diameter and condition of the orifice plate
					 checked at least once every year, and the specific gravity of the gas
					 determined at least once every 6 months; however, where previous or subsequent
					 test records show that the specific gravity has not varied by an amount which
					 would make an error in the measurement greater than is consistent with accepted
					 engineering practice, the specific gravity of the gas may be determined at
					 longer intervals not to exceed 1 year.
(2) Rotary displacement meters shall be
					 tested and calibrated at the factory in accordance with recognized and accepted
					 practices and shall be correct to within 1.0% when passing gas at their rated
					 capacities. A record of the test shall be made available to and retained by the
					 utility for the life of the meter. At least once every 10 years' a
					 differential-rate test shall be made and the results checked against the
					 original test recorded at the time of installation. At least every 5 years' the
					 meter shall be inspected to observe the condition of the meter bearings noise,
					 vibration, and the like, and the level and condition of the oil in the
					 reservoirs, except that those meters installed before January 1, 1990, shall be
					 inspected every 2 years. An observed problem shall be promptly corrected. A
					 record of the results of these 5 year tests or 2 year tests for the pre 1990
					 installed meters shall be maintained by the utility for 5 years. In lieu of a
					 differential-rate test, a test method approved by the Commission may be
					 used.
(3) Turbine meters shall be
					 tested and calibrated at the factory in accordance with recognized and accepted
					 practices and shall be correct to within 1.0% when passing gas at their rated
					 capacities. A record of the test shall be made available to and retained by the
					 utility for the life of the meter. At least once every 2 years, a spin test
					 shall be made and the results checked against the minimum spin test time
					 specified by the manufacturer for the size meter being tested. If the spin time
					 is not up to standard value, corrective measures shall be taken. In lieu of a
					 spin test, a test method approved by the Commission may be
					 used.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.22 - Adjustment of bills for meter error

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(a)
Fast meters.
If, upon
					 test of a meter, it is found to have an average error of more than 2.0% fast,
					 the public utility shall refund to or credit the customer for the overcharge,
					 based upon what the meter would have registered had it not been fast or slow
					 for a period equal to 1/2 the time elapsed since the last previous test, but
					 not to exceed 12 months or 1/2 the period of occupancy of the premises by the
					 customer, whichever is less. If the period of registration error may be
					 definitely fixed, the overcharge shall be computed for the period. If the meter
					 has not been tested under §
											59.21 (relating to meter tests),
					 the period for which it has been in service beyond the regular test period
					 shall be included in computing the refund.
(b)
Slow meters.
If, upon
					 test of a gas meter it is found to have an average error of more than 2.0%
					 slow, the public utility may render a bill for the gas consumed but not covered
					 by bills previously rendered, for a period equal to 1/2 of the time elapsed
					 since the last previous test, but not to exceed 3 months. If the period of
					 registration error may be definitely fixed, the charge may be computed for the
					 period.
(c)
Nonregistering
					 meters.
If a meter has failed to register for a period, the public
					 utility may compute the gas used by taking the average of the gas used for the
					 nearest meter-reading period preceding and the meter-reading period immediately
					 following the date when the meter was found to be not registering, which amount
					 shall be assumed to be the amount of gas used by the customer during the
					 billing period in which the meter was found not to have registered. Exceptions
					 will be made only if the facts clearly show that the stated method does not
					 give the correct consumption for the period.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.23 - Disputed bills

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In the event of a dispute between a customer and a public
						utility respecting a bill, the utility shall immediately make the investigation
						required by the particular case and report the result of the investigation to
						the customer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.24 - Access to meters and discontinuance of service

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(a)
Access to meters.
Each
					 public utility shall at reasonable times have access to meters, service
					 connections and other property owned by it on the premises of customers, for
					 purposes of maintenance, operation and meter reading. Neglect or refusal on the
					 part of customers to provide reasonable access to their premises for the
					 purposes shall constitute sufficient cause for discontinuance of
					 service.
(b)
Notice of
					 discontinuance.
No public utility shall discontinue service to a
					 customer for violation of its rules and regulations or for nonpayment of bills
					 without a diligent attempt to induce the customer to comply with the rules and
					 regulations, or to pay the bills when due. Service may not be discontinued
					 until after at least 24-hour written notice has been given by the utility that
					 bills are 5 or more days delinquent, or that the violation of rules shall
					 cease. If fraudulent use of gas is detected, or if the regulating or measuring
					 equipment of the utility has been tampered with, or if a dangerous condition is
					 found to exist on the premises of customers, the gas may be shut off without
					 advance notice.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.25 - Notice of desire to have service discontinued

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A customer who is about to vacate premises supplied with
						service by a public utility, or who wishes to have service discontinued, shall
						give at least 24-hour notice to the utility, specifying the date on which it is
						desired that service be discontinued. In the absence of notice, the customer
						shall be responsible for services rendered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.26 - Refusal to serve applicants or customers

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(a) A public utility may initially decline to
					 serve an applicant if, in the judgment of the utility, any of the following
					 conditions are present:
(1) The applicant has
					 not complied with Commonwealth and municipal regulations governing gas service,
					 and with the rules and regulations of the utility.
(2) The installation of piping or gas
					 equipment of the applicant is hazardous or improper.
(3) The service requested by the applicant is
					 unreasonable and improper under the circumstances.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.27 - Extension of facilities

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Each public utility shall file with the Commission, as
						part of its tariff, a rule setting forth the conditions under which facilities
						will be extended to supply service to an applicant within all, or designated
						portions, of its service area. The utility may, upon proper cause shown, refuse
						or condition the acceptance of a particular application of extension of
						facilities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.28 - Installation

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(a)
Displacement meters.
Each public utility shall adopt standard
					 methods for installing meters.
(b)
Orifice meters.
All orifice meter settings shall be
					 constructed and maintained in accordance with accepted good practice, which is
					 best indicated by the American Gas Association; 1515 Wilson Boulevard;
					 Arlington, Virginia 22209:
Orifice Metering of Natural Gas,
"Gas Measurement Committee Report No. 3," ANSI/API 2530 1978.
(c)
Service connection.
When
					 connecting the premises of the customer with public utility distribution mains,
					 the public utility shall furnish, install and maintain the service line or
					 connection according to the rules and regulations of its filed
					 tariff.
The provisions of this §
													59.28 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1301,
						  1304,
						  1501,
						  1502 and
						  1507.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.29 - Gas pressure requirements for low-pressure distribution systems

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(a)
Maximum
					 pressure
. The maximum pressure specified for a low pressure system may
					 not be greater than a pressure which will not cause the unsafe operation of
					 connected and properly adjusted gas utilization equipment or 14 inches of water
					 column (8.1 ounces), whichever is less, at the outlet of the service meter of a
					 low pressure customer.
(b)
Minimum pressure
. The minimum pressure at the outlet of a
					 service meter of a low pressure customer may not be less than a pressure which
					 will not cause the unsafe or inadequate operation of a connected and properly
					 adjusted gas utilization equipment or 2 inches of water column (1.2 ounces),
					 whichever is greater, unless due to insufficient capacity of the service line
					 owned by the customer.
(c)
Changing pressure
. A public utility may change the
					 distribution pressure for any system, but if a change is made, all appliances
					 of a customer located within the system shall, if necessary, be readjusted by
					 and at the expense of the utility.
(d)
Pressure gauges
. A
					 public utility shall maintain and operate on the outlet side of the system
					 regulator station, at least one recording gas pressure gauge of suitable range.
					 If more than one regulator station is used to serve a single pressure system,
					 recording pressure gauges need not be installed for each regulator station. A
					 sufficient number of recording pressure gauges shall be installed and operated
					 in each distribution system to furnish a continuous record of the pressure
					 prevailing in all parts of the system.
The provisions of this §
													59.29 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.1 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.31 - Service from production or transmission lines

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(a)
Conditions of service.
Service to applicants directly from production or transmission lines which are
					 not part of the distribution system from which customers are normally supplied
					 shall be furnished under conditions stated in the tariff rules and regulations
					 of the utility.
(b)
Excess
					 pressure protection.
If the pressure from lines governed by this
					 section is reduced to standard service pressure for use by the customer, the
					 installation shall be provided with adequate over-pressure protection to
					 prevent the pressure from exceeding two pounds per square inch in the event of
					 regulator failure.
(c)
Cost
					 of equipment.
The utility may require a customer served directly from
					 a line governed by this section to provide and install the regulator and excess
					 pressure protective device necessary to render service, or the utility may
					 provide such equipment and make a reasonable charge for the equipment and its
					 installation.
(d)
Location
					 of equipment.
If a customer is served directly from a line governed by
					 this section, the regulator and meter shall be located as closely as possible
					 to the point where the line is tapped.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.17 (relating to furnishing of
						  meters and regulations).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.32 - Temporary service

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In the case of temporary service for short-term use, a
						public utility may either require the customer to pay the costs of marking the
						service connection and removing the material after the service has been
						discontinued, or to pay a fixed amount in advance to cover the expenses.
						However, if the material is removed the customer shall be credited with the
						reasonable salvage which the public utility will receive on discontinuance of
						service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.34 - Leakage surveys of customer-owned service lines

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(a)
Plan.
A public utility
					 shall establish and execute a plan by which it will periodically survey each
					 customer-owned service line for leakage. The plan shall conform with or exceed
					 the standards estalbished in 49 CFR 192.723 (relating to
					 distributuion systems; leakages and procedures) as of May 1, 1986 and
					 subsequent amendments thereto which have been ratified by the Commission under
					 §
											59.33 (relating to safety). The
					 public utility shall file with the Commission a copy of the plan required by
					 this subsection including statements of the type of survey it will use and of
					 the frequency of the survey. As used in this section, the term "customer-owned
					 service line" includes that piping serving a residential or commercial customer
					 which is between the main, pipeline or other source of supply and whichever is
					 the more remote of either the meter set assembly, or the wall of the residence
					 or commercial building if the customer owns part of the piping.
(b)
Access to customer
					 premises.
If the leakage survey prescribed by subsection (a) requires
					 access to the premises of a customer and the customer refuses access, or if the
					 public utility requires a customer to inform it of the location of a service
					 line and he fails to provide the information, the public utility may shut off
					 gas service until access is permitted or the information is provided. If
					 subsection (a) requires a leakage survey to a meter set assembly inside the
					 wall of a residence or commercial building, and the public utility cannot gain
					 access to the building because of absence of the occupants, the public utility
					 shall leave a notice at the premises, instructing the customer to designate to
					 the public utility a day and time during normal working hours when access may
					 be had. The public utility may defer the leakage survey to the day and time so
					 designated.
(c)
Procedure
					 after survey.
Upon completion of a survey of a customer-owned service
					 line, the public utility shall make a record showing the date and method of the
					 survey, and the result found. If the result shows that a leak exists in the
					 service line, the public utility shall require the customer to repair or renew
					 the line, and may shut off gas service until repair or renewal has been
					 effected. The public utility shall retain the record of the two most recent
					 surveys made under this section.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.35 - Increasing pressure in distribution facilities and transmission facilities

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A significant increase in the normal operating pressure
						of a distribution or transmission pipeline shall be made in accordance with 49
						CFR Part 192 , Subpart K (relating to uprating) as of May 1, 1986, and
						subsequent amendments thereto which have been ratified by the Commission under
						§
											59.33 (relating to safety). A leak
						survey of mains and services shall be made prior to increasing the pressure
						initially and also following each incremental increase in pressure. Structures
						abutting or adjacent to the gas mains shall be inspected to confirm the
						utility's records as to the presence or absence of a gas service line on each
						property.
The provisions of this §
													59.35 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.37 - Maps, plans and records

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Each public utility shall keep complete maps, plans, and
						records of its entire distribution and other system showing the size,
						character, and location of each main, district regulator, street valve and
						drip, and each service connection, together with such other information as may
						be necessary. The maps, plans, and records required by the provisions of this
						section shall be kept up to date so that the utility may promptly and
						accurately furnish any information regarding its facilities, or copies of its
						maps, upon request by the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.38 - Filing of major construction reports

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A public utility shall notify the Commission of proposed
						major construction, reconstruction or maintenance of plant at least 30 days
						prior to the commencement of work. Major construction, reconstruction or
						maintenance is defined for this reporting as a single project involving an
						expenditure in excess of $300,000 or 10% of the cost of the utility's plant in
						service, whichever is less, production well drilling to be excluded. This
						notification of proposed construction shall include the following:
(1) Description and location (city, township,
					 county) of proposed work.
(2) Type
					 of facility (distribution main, transmission pipeline, compressor station, and
					 the like).
(3) Estimated starting
					 date.
(4) Estimated completion
					 date.
(5) Design
					 pressure.
(6) Estimated
					 cost.
(7) Name and address of
					 reporting gas company.
(8) Name,
					 address and telephone number of person to be contacted regarding the
					 project.
(9) Notification to the
					 Commission of the completion date.
The provisions of this §
													59.38 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.41 - Classification of gas public utilities

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For accounting and reporting purposes, gas public
						utilities are classified as follows:
(1)
Major
. Public utilities
					 having annual gas operating revenues of $1 million or more.
(2)
Nonmajor
. Public
					 utilities having annual gas operating revenues of less than $1
					 million.
The provisions of this §
													59.41 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.42 - Systems of accounts

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(a) Each
					 major gas public utility shall keep its accounts in conformity with the
					 "Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas Companies (Major)" by
					 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( 18 CFR Part 201 ).
(b) Each nonmajor gas public utility shall
					 keep its accounts in conformity with the "Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed
					 for Natural Gas Companies (Non-Major)" by the Federal Energy Regulatory
					 Commission ( 19 CFR Part 201 ).
(c)
					 A gas public utility with annual gas operating revenue of less than $25,000
					 shall keep the accounts as will be adequately informative for reasonable and
					 foreseeable regulatory purposes.
(d) This section applies to manufactured gas
					 public utilities.
The provisions of this §
													59.42 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.43 (relating to accounting for
						  merchandising, jobbing and contract work); 52 Pa. Code §
													59.46 (relating to
						  reclassification of gas plant accounts); and 52 Pa. Code §
													59.47 (relating to continuing
						  property records).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.43 - Accounting for merchandising, jobbing and contract work

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(a) All revenues from and costs and expenses
					 pertaining to merchandising, jobbing and contract work shall be recorded
					 appropriately in Accounts 914 and 915, in the case of Class A, Class B and
					 Class C companies and appropriately in Accounts 780 and 781 in the case of
					 Class D companies in the unified system of accounts prescribed in §
											59.42 (relating to systems of
					 accounts).
(b) The provisions of
					 this section apply to manufactured gas public utilities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.44 - Retirement unit for gas plant

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Each public utility having gas operating revenues of
						$100,000 or more shall, in accounting for plant retirements, conform its
						accounting to the "Units of Property for Use in Accounting for Additions and
						Retirements of Gas Plant," prescribed by Federal Power Commission Order No.
						236, dated October 16, 1961 ( 18 CFR Part 216 ).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.47 - Continuing property records

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(a)
					 Each public utility having annual gas operating revenue of $100,000 or more
					 shall maintain a continuing property record of its gas plant the cost of which
					 is recorded in Accounts 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105 of the uniform accounting
					 system prescribed by §
											59.42 (relating to systems of
					 accounts).
(b) An outline of the
					 plan of the company for the establishment and maintenance of its continuing
					 property record shall be submitted to the Commission within 2 years after the
					 effective date of its change of revenue classification for approval.
					 Thereafter, a proposed major changes in the plan shall be submitted to the
					 Commission for approval.
(c)
					 Continuing property records shall contain detailed description and
					 classification of property record units which meet the following objectives:
(1) An inventory of plant by property-record
					 units which may be readily checked for proof of existence.
(2) The association of costs with the units,
					 to assure accurate retirement accounting.
(3) The dates of installation and removal of
					 property-record units, to provide age and life data for use in depreciation
					 studies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.48 - Filing of annual financial reports

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Under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												§
												504 and
						3301 (relating to reports
						by public utilities; and civil penalties for violations), the Commission may
						require a public utility to file certain reports, and invoke penalties for
						failure to file the reports. In this regard, the following apply:
(1) Unless prior permission to do otherwise
					 is granted, a public utility, other than transportation subject to the
					 jurisdiction of the Commission, shall file with the Commission annual financial
					 reports by April 30 immediately following the reporting year, for reports based
					 upon the calendar year, and by July 31 immediately following the reporting
					 year, for reports permitted to be based upon the fiscal year ending May 31. A
					 request for an extension of time for filing an annual report shall be submitted
					 to the Commission prior to the filing dates specified in this
					 paragraph.
(2) If a public utility
					 other than transportation fails to file its annual report in compliance with
					 paragraph (1), the public utility may be subject to a penalty as provided under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												3301.
					 Continued failure to file annual reports may result in additional
					 penalties.
The provisions of this §
													59.48 amended under Public Utility
						  Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501 and
						  504.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													101.2 (relating to definitions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													101.4 (relating to reporting
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS › Section 59.51 - Reserved

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The provisions of these §
													§
													59.61-59.67 issued under Public Utility
						  Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501 and
						  1504, unless otherwise
						  noted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › REPORTING AND CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE › Section 59.61 - Reserved

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This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.64 (relating to notice of
						  curtailment or nonperformance of supply); and 52 Pa. Code §
													59.65 (relating to sales policies
						  filed with the Commission).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › REPORTING AND CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE › Section 59.63 - Natural gas emergency plans

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As part of its officially filed tariff, each
						jurisdictional gas utility shall have on file with the Commission natural gas
						emergency plans. The plans shall be under Commission requirements §
											§
											59.71-59.75 (relating to gas emergency
						plans).
The provisions of this §
													59.63 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  2203(12) and
						  2208.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › REPORTING AND CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE › Section 59.64 - Notice of curtailment or nonperformance of supply

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(a) Each major jurisdictional utility, as
					 defined in §
											59.61(Reserved),
					 shall inform the Commission, in writing, of any curtailment, breach of
					 performance, suspension of performance or nonperformance by a gas supplier,
					 transportation utility or major shipper (defined as any shipper utilizing
					 transportation tariffs whose monthly demand is in excess of 5% of the
					 jurisdictional utility's monthly throughput in any given month) within 48 hours
					 after the action becomes known to the jurisdictional utility. Notice to the
					 Commission shall include a statement as to the estimated effect on the utility
					 and its customers, including any resulting curtailments, penalties or
					 additional costs.
(b) Each major
					 jurisdictional utility, as defined in §
											59.61, shall contemporaneously
					 notify its customers and the Commission whenever curtailments are instituted or
					 changed. The notice shall be provided as soon as practicable.
The provisions of this §
													59.64 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504,
						  1301,
						  1304,
						  1307,
						  1317 and
						  1318.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › REPORTING AND CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE › Section 59.65 - Sales policies filed with the Commission

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Each major jurisdictional utility, as defined in §
											59.61(Reserved),
						shall file with the Commission a statement of its gas sales policy. When the
						policy is changed, supplements shall be filed with the Commission indicating
						the nature and date of the change as well as the justification for
						it.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › GAS EMERGENCY PLANS › Section 59.71 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and in §
											§
											59.72-59.75, have the following
						meanings, unless the text clearly indicates otherwise:
Alternate fuel
-Any fuel other than
						natural gas.
Alternate fuel capability
-The installed
						and operable ability to use any fuel other than natural gas on a time sensitive
						basis.
Commercial use
-Gas usage by customers
						engaged primarily in the sale of goods and services including consumption by
						office buildings, institutions and government agencies.
Essential human needs use
-Gas usage in
						any building where persons normally dwell including residences, apartment
						houses, dormitories, hotels, hospitals and nursing homes.
Firm service
-Natural gas service offered
						to consumers under tariffs or contracts that anticipate no interruption.
Industrial use
-Gas usage by customers
						engaged primarily in a process which creates or changes raw or unfinished
						materials into another form or product including the generation of electric
						power.
Interruptible service
-Natural gas
						services that can be temporarily discontinued under terms and conditions
						specified by tariff or contract.
NGDC
-Natural gas distribution
						company.
NGS
-Natural gas supplier.
Plant protection use
-Minimum usage of
						natural gas required to prevent physical harm to an industrial or commercial
						consumer's facility, or danger to personnel at the facility, when the
						protection cannot be afforded through the use of an alternate fuel. Plant
						protection use includes usage necessary for the protection of the material in
						process as would otherwise be destroyed, but does not include deliveries
						required to maintain production.
Residential use
-Gas usage in a
						residential dwelling or unit for space heating, air conditioning, cooking,
						water heating or other domestic purpose.
The provisions of this §
													59.71 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  2203(15) and
						  2208.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.74 (relating to utility
						  liability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › GAS EMERGENCY PLANS › Section 59.72 - Natural gas emergency planning

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(a)
					 By March 15, 2002, each NGDC shall file with the Commission a natural gas
					 emergency plan reflecting its unique operational characteristics and design
					 criteria. Each plan shall contain simplified and understandable rules and
					 regulations so that all of the NGDC's customers and all NGSs licensed to
					 provide services to their customers can have a responsive action plan in place
					 to protect themselves and their property in the event of a crisis. NGDCs shall
					 file revisions to their plans when and as appropriate, or as directed by the
					 Commission.
(b) As part of their
					 emergency planning, NGDCs shall attempt to make every reasonable effort to make
					 contractual or informal arrangements with their transportation customers, sales
					 customers and others to obtain supplies or, as an alternative, to implement
					 usage reductions, so that resorting to firm service reductions under §
											59.73 (relating to emergency
					 action) can be avoided, or the severity of supply or capacity disruption can be
					 mitigated. The purpose of these arrangements is to provide a means to minimize
					 the potential of supply shortfalls that threaten public health and safety, and
					 not to make up for inadequate performance by individual parties.
(c) Each natural gas emergency plan shall
					 include provisions addressing:
(1) Emergency
					 load shedding.
(2) Voluntary usage
					 reductions, for example, reducing space or water heating temperatures to levels
					 specified by the NGDC.
(3)
					 Mandatory usage reductions for certain customers consistent with §
												59.73 (c).
(4) Issuance of periodic reports to the media
					 concerning the existing natural gas emergency.
(5) Notice to affected customers and NGSs of
					 the expected initiation of emergency actions under § 59.73.
(6) Customer and NGS delivery requirements
					 that apply during the term of emergency action under § 59.73, regardless
					 of customer-specific usage reductions that arise or may arise from end-use
					 curtailments.
(7) A procedure for
					 focusing emergency measures to confined geographic or operational portions,
					 segments or zones of the NGDC system where a natural gas emergency
					 exists.
(8) Procedures for
					 establishing communications with electric system control area operators, if the
					 NGDC provides gas service to electric generation stations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › GAS EMERGENCY PLANS › Section 59.73 - Emergency action

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(a) An
					 emergency exists whenever the aggregate demand of firm service customers on an
					 NGDC's system or confined segment of the system exceeds or threatens to exceed
					 the gas supply or capacity that is actually and lawfully available to the NGDC
					 to meet the demands, and the actual or threatened excess creates an immediate
					 threat to the NGDC's system operating integrity with respect to Priority 1
					 customers as defined in subsection (i).
(b) If, in the sole judgement of the NGDC,
					 there is sufficient time, the NGDC shall use reasonable business and
					 operational efforts to: interrupt all interruptible services, issue operational
					 flow orders, and call for voluntary usage reductions by all customers before
					 taking any action under subsection (c). The NGDC shall take these three actions
					 sequentially to the extent feasible.
(c) In the event of an emergency under
					 subsection (a), the NGDC may require each commercial and industrial retail and
					 transportation customer that is not a Priority 1 customer under subsection (i)
					 to reduce its consumption of gas.
(1) The
					 reduction required shall be determined by the utility without regard to
					 priorities of use, as necessary to minimize the potential threat to public
					 health and safety.
(2) The minimum
					 authorized usage may not be lower than the minimum usage of firm service
					 necessary for plant protection use.
(3) When all other service has been curtailed
					 except for Priority 1 service and the NGDC continues to be unable to meet
					 Priority 1 requirements, the NGDC shall exercise its judgment as to any further
					 curtailment that may be necessary and shall utilize measures designed to
					 minimize harm to customers if curtailments to plant protection use are found to
					 be necessary.
(4) Consistent with
					 its responsibility to maintain system integrity at all times, the NGDC shall
					 restore service as soon as practicable to any gas-fired electric generation
					 facility that is deemed critical to electric system reliability by the
					 electrical system's control area operator.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › GAS EMERGENCY PLANS › Section 59.74 - Utility liability

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(a) Each
					 NGDC may restrict or discontinue service in accordance with this section and
					 §
											§
											59.71-59.73 and
					 59.75 without thereby incurring
					 any penalty or liability for any loss, injury or expense that may be sustained
					 by the customer except when the restriction or discontinuation of service is as
					 a result of the NGDC's willful or wanton misconduct.
(b) NGDC liability for actions taken under
					 §
											59.73 (relating to emergency
					 action), or to a regulation, policy statement, directive or order issued by the
					 Commission or an emergency order issued by the Governor shall be governed by
					 the following principles:
(1) If an NGDC
					 appropriates natural gas during an emergency action, the NGDC shall compensate
					 the applicable entity, whether the customer or the customer's NGS, for the cost
					 of lost, firm gas service. The compensation, in the aggregate, shall equal but
					 not exceed the greater of: the city gate cost of the appropriated natural gas,
					 including transportation charges up to the NGDC's city gate, or the reasonable
					 cost actually paid by the customer for delivered substitute energy, as
					 documented to the NGDC. NGDCs may provide compensation in kind only at the
					 discretion of the affected customer or NGS.
(2) The NGDC may discontinue service, for the
					 duration of an emergency, to a customer that continues to take gas in violation
					 of the rules found in this subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › GAS EMERGENCY PLANS › Section 59.75 - Penalties for unauthorized takes

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The tariff, operating practices, and billing periods of
						the NGDCs and their suppliers differ significantly. Therefore, each NGDC is
						permitted to utilize its own appropriate billing periods for calculating
						pipeline transportation, storage service, and balancing or other penalties and
						its own tariffed procedure for imposing those penalties on customers who take
						gas service and NGSs who operate in a manner that is contrary to the rules and
						regulations of this chapter.
The provisions of this §
													59.75 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  2203(15) and
						  2208.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.71 (relating to definitions);
						  and 52 Pa. Code §
													59.74 (relating to utility
						  liability).
ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING
						REPORT
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 59.81 - Periodic reporting requirements for major gas utilities

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(a) For the
					 purposes of this subchapter, each jurisdictional public utility with sales of 8
					 billion cubic feet per year or more including transportation volume shall
					 submit to the Commission an annual integrated resource planning report. Except
					 for Form 1A/2A, whose filing date is March 1, an original copy of the report
					 shall be submitted on or before June 1, 1996, and June 1 of successive years.
					 This report shall include a plan that includes the past year's historical data,
					 program changes, and the next 3-year forecast. One copy of the report shall
					 also be submitted to the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small
					 Business Advocate and the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement. The
					 information contained within the report shall conform to the following
					 requirements:
(1) The name and telephone
					 number of persons having knowledge of the matters, and to whom inquiries should
					 be addressed.
(2) A forecast of
					 annual and peak day energy demand requirements in million cubic feet displayed
					 by component parts, as indicated in Form-IRP-Gas-1A and Form-IRP-Gas-lB. The
					 load growth projections shall reflect the effects of price elasticity,
					 market-induced conservation, building and appliance efficiency standards and
					 the effects of the utility's existing and planned conservation and load
					 management activities.
(3) A
					 forecast of annual and peak day energy supply resources in million cubic feet
					 indicating sources of presently available and new supplies which the utility
					 estimates will become available displayed by component parts, as indicated in
					 Form-IRP-Gas-2A, a list of contracts for gas transportation, to the reporting
					 utility's city gate, upstream of the city gate and related to transportation as
					 indicated in Form-IRP-Gas-2B and a list of contracts for gas storage services
					 provided to the reporting utility, as indicated in Form-IRP-Gas-2C.
(4) A forecast of the number of customers
					 (year end) displayed by component parts, as indicated in
					 Form-IRP-Gas-3.
(5) A summary
					 forecast of annual and peak day energy supply resources and demand requirements
					 in million cubic feet, as indicated in Form-IRP-Gas-4A and
					 Form-IRP-Gas-4B.
(6) The data
					 required under paragraphs (1)-(5) shall consist of the past 2 years actual
					 historical data, the current year (both actual and projected) and a 3-year
					 forecast. For the purpose of this section, the term "current year refers to the
					 year in which the filing is being made.
(7) A detailed discussion of the
					 methodologies, data sources and assumptions used in preparing the information
					 required by this section shall be included.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 59.82 - Annual Conservation Report

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(a)
					 For purposes of this subchapter, each jurisdictional gas utility with sales of
					 8 billion cubic feet per year or more including transportation volume, shall
					 submit its Annual Conservation Activities Report and incorporate it with the
					 reporting requirements found at §
											59.81(a)
					 (relating to periodic reporting requirements for major gas utilities) on or
					 before June 1 of each year except for Form 1 which is due March 1. The report
					 shall contain a description of conservation and load management programs
					 implemented or operational during the past calendar year and programs which are
					 proposed to be implemented within 1 year following the filing of the report.
(1) A conservation program shall include a
					 method designed to produce a reduction in total annual energy use, regardless
					 of its effect on peak demand.
(2) A
					 load management program shall include a method to reduce the peak or maximum
					 load or demand, with little or no change in total annual energy
					 use.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › ANNUAL RESOURCE PLANNING REPORT › Section 59.83 - Evaluation methodology

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For purposes of this subchapter, each jurisdictional
						utility with sales of 8 billion cubic feet per year or more including
						transportation volume, shall utilize benefit-cost methodologies as prescribed
						by the Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning to evaluate the
						costs and benefits of conservation and load management programs, and
						demand-side management programs. The cost-benefit methodologies shall be
						utilized by the utility during the next program year after they are
						prescribed.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.82 (relating to Annual
						  Conservation Report).