Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.18 - Meter, regulator and service line location

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General requirements for meter
					 and regulator location.
(1) Unless
					 otherwise allowed or required in this section, meters and regulators must be
					 located outside and aboveground.
(2) Except in the case of an emergency, a
					 utility shall provide written notice to a utility customer by first class mail
					 or by personal delivery at least 30 days prior to relocating and subsequently
					 installing a meter or regulator outside the customer's building. The notice
					 must request that if the customer is not the owner of the building, the
					 customer shall forward the written notice to the owner of the building. If the
					 utility knows the current address of the owner of the building, notice shall
					 also be mailed or delivered to that address.
(3) The written notice must inform the
					 customer and building owner of the equipment that the utility proposes to
					 relocate, the planned new location and how to contact the utility to provide
					 supplemental information that the utility may not have, such as the building's
					 historic status. The written notice must include contact information for the
					 Commission's Bureau of Consumer Services.
(4) When necessary to install meters at
					 multiple locations on a premises, a utility shall provide a tag or other means
					 to indicate there are multiple meter locations.
(5) When selecting a meter or service
					 regulator location, a utility shall consider potential damage by outside
					 forces.
(6) The meter location must
					 accommodate access for meter reading, inspection, repairs, testing, changing
					 and operation of the gas shut-off valve.
(7) When feasible and practical to do so, the
					 meter location must accommodate the installation of the service line in a
					 straight line perpendicular to the main.
(8) Meters and service regulators may not be
					 installed in the following locations:
(i)
					 Beneath or in front of windows or other building openings that may directly
					 obstruct emergency fire exits.
(ii)
					 Under interior stairways.
(iii)
					 Under exterior stairways, unless an alternate means of egress exists and the
					 meter and service regulator are installed in a well-vented location under
					 stairs constructed of noncombustible material.
(iv) A crawl space.
(v) Near building air intakes under local or
					 State building codes.
(vi) In
					 contact with soil or other potentially corrosive materials.
(9) Unless caused by a customer's
					 or building owner's violation of applicable gas safety or tariff rules, a
					 utility shall pay the costs of relocating a meter or regulator when the
					 relocation is performed to meet utility or Commission safety
					 requirements.
(10) Unless caused by
					 a customer's or building owner's violation of applicable gas safety or tariff
					 rules, a utility shall pay the cost of extending customer-owned facilities to
					 the new meter or regulator location when the relocation is performed to meet
					 utility or Commission safety requirements.
(11) A customer or building owner requesting
					 that a meter or regulator be moved shall pay the costs associated with
					 relocation when the meter and regulator are currently situated in a suitable
					 location under State and Federal regulations.
(12) Utilities shall address meter, regulator
					 and service line location regulations in their tariffs.