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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 59.84 - Formats

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In preparing the annual integrated resource planning
						reports required by §
											59.81(a)
						(relating to periodic reporting requirements for major gas utilities), each
						jurisdictional utility shall use the forms and schedules specified by the
						Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning, which shall include the
						following:
(1) Form-IRP-Gas-lA-Annual
					 Gas Demand Requirements; Form-IRP-Gas-1B-Peak Day Gas Requirements.
(2) Form-IRP-Gas-2A-Natural Gas Supply;
					 Form-IRP-Gas-2B-Natural Gas Transportation; Form-IRP-Gas-2C-Natural Gas
					 Storage.
(3) Form-IRP-Gas-3-Number
					 of Customers (Year End).
(4)
					 Form-IRP-Gas-4A-Annual Supply and Demand Requirements Summary;
					 Form-IRP-Gas-4B-Peak Day Supply and Demand Requirements Summary.
(5) Form-IRP-Gas-5-Program
					 Description.
(6)
					 Form-IRP-Gas-6-Energy Users.
(7)
					 Form-IRP-Gas-7-Program Summary.
(8)
					 Form-IRP-Gas-8-Cost-Benefit Analysis Inputs.
(9) Form-IRP-Gas-9-Cost-Benefit Analysis
					 Results.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.81 (relating to periodic
						  reporting requirements for major gas
						  utilities).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.91 - 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 §
													59.91 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.92 - Customer contacts with the NGDC

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When a customer orally contacts the NGDC to request a
						change of NGS, the NGDC shall notify the customer that the selected NGS shall
						be contacted directly to initiate the change.
The provisions of this §
													59.92 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.93 - Customer contacts with NGSs

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When a contact occurs between a customer and an NGS to
						request a change of the NGS, upon receiving direct oral confirmation or written
						authorization from the customer to change the NGS, the customer's new NGS
						shall:
(1) Notify the NGDC of the
					 customer's NGS selection by the end of the next business day following
					 completion of the application process. The NGDC shall verify the accuracy of
					 the information provided by the NGS by matching at least two data elements such
					 as name and account number, or address and account number, with NGDC
					 records.
(2) Upon receipt of this
					 notification, the NGDC shall send the NGDC ratepayer of record a confirmation
					 letter noting the proposed change of NGS. This letter shall include notice of a
					 10-day waiting period in which the order may be canceled before the change of
					 the NGS takes place. The notice shall include the date service with the new NGS
					 will begin unless the customer contacts the NGDC to cancel the change. The
					 10-day waiting period shall begin on the day the letter is mailed. The letter
					 shall be mailed by the end of the next business day following the receipt of
					 the notification of the customer's selection of a NGS.
The provisions of this §
													59.93 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.94 - Time frame requirement

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When a customer has provided the NGS with oral
						confirmation or written authorization to change NGSs, the NGDC shall make the
						change at the beginning of the first feasible billing period following the
						10-day waiting period, as prescribed in §
											59.93 (relating to customer
						contacts with NGSs).
The provisions of this §
													59.94 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.95 - Persons authorized to act on behalf of a customer

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A customer may identify persons authorized to make
						changes to the customer's account. To accomplish this, the customer shall
						provide the NGDC with a signed document identifying by name those persons who
						have the authority to initiate a change of the customer's
						NGS.
The provisions of this §
													59.95 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.96 - Valid written authorization

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A document signed by the customer whose sole purpose is
						to obtain the customer's consent to change NGSs shall be accepted as valid and
						result in the initiation of the customer's request. Documents not considered as
						valid include canceled checks, signed entries into contests and documents used
						to claim prizes won in contests.
The provisions of this §
													59.96 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.97 - Customer Dispute Procedures

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(a) When a
					 customer contacts an NGDC or an NGS and alleges that the customer's NGS has
					 been changed without consent, the company contacted shall:
(1) Consider the matter a customer registered
					 dispute.
(2) Investigate and
					 respond to the dispute consistent with the requirements in §
												§
												56.151 and
					 56.152 (relating to utility
					 company dispute procedures).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.98 - Provider of last resort

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Sections
						59.91-59.99 do not apply in instances
						when the customer's service is discontinued by the NGS and subsequently
						provided by the provider of last resort because no other NGS is willing to
						provide service to the customer.
The provisions of this §
													59.98 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › STANDARDS FOR CHANGING A CUSTOMER'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER › Section 59.99 - Record maintenance

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Each NGDC and each NGS shall preserve all records
						relating to unauthorized change of NGS disputes for 3 years from the date the
						customers filed the disputes. These records shall be made available to the
						Commission or its staff upon request.
The provisions of this §
													59.99 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504-506,
						  1301 and
						  1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													111.6 (relating to
						  discipline).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.1 - General

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The transportation of natural gas by jurisdictional gas
					 utilities is in the public interest. Transportation service should be provided
					 under terms, conditions and rates which minimize the shifting of costs to
					 retail customers and provide the natural gas utility with an opportunity to
					 recover the fixed costs incurred to serve the transportation service customers.
					 The development of Pennsylvania natural gas should be promoted, because it will
					 achieve benefits that accrue to gas utilities and their
					 customers.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.3 - Eligibility for natural gas transportation service

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(a) Transportation service shall be provided
				  without discrimination as to type and location of customer. A natural gas
				  utility shall state in its tariff the minimum volume of transported natural gas
				  that entitles a customer to transportation service. These volumes shall be set
				  at a level which maximizes the number of customers that can receive
				  transportation service while permitting the natural gas utility to effectively
				  and efficiently manage its natural gas distribution system. The minimum volume
				  of transported natural gas that entitles a customer to transportation service
				  may not be greater than 5,000 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) per customer or buyer
				  group per year.
(b) The tariff
				  shall permit individual customers or groups containing no more than ten
				  customers to be eligible for transportation service. Larger groups shall be
				  permitted if the utility and the customers agree.
(c) Gas injected into the natural gas
				  utility's system shall be of a quality and pressure that is reasonably
				  acceptable to the utility.
(d) A
				  customer classified as a Priority 1 customer under §
										69.21(a)(1)
				  (Reserved) or a group of customers containing
				  such a customer, shall purchase standby sales service as described in §
										60.5 (relating to standby sales
				  service) before it may be eligible for natural gas transportation service. This
				  requirement does not apply to a customer which can demonstrate that the
				  facility for which it seeks to transport gas possesses adequate installed
				  alternative fuel capability.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.4 - Rebuttable presumptions

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(a) There
				  shall be a rebuttable presumption in the rate proceeding of a natural gas
				  utility governed by
				  66 Pa.C.S. §
											1308
				  (relating to voluntary changes in rates) that additional fixed costs may not be
				  recovered from remaining retail customers due to retail customers' use of
				  transportation service.
(b) There
				  shall be a rebuttable presumption in a proceeding governed by
				  66 Pa.C.S. §
											1307
				  (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments) that natural gas supply fixed
				  costs relating to transportation customers may not be recovered from sale
				  customers.
(c) In determining the
				  natural gas utility's ability to serve a transportation customer, there is a
				  rebuttable presumption that sufficient capacity in the utility system
				  exists.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.5 - Standby sales service

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Standby retail service shall entitle a transportation
					 service customer to purchase natural gas at tariffed retail rates and shall be
					 made available to a transportation service customer subject to the following
					 conditions:
(1) The transportation
				  customer and the natural gas utility shall agree upon the maximum sales volumes
				  that will be provided upon the request of the customer. Volumes taken in excess
				  of this amount will require the payment of a penalty.
(2) The rate charged for standby service
				  shall recover natural gas supply fixed costs and any other costs, such as
				  storage service costs where applicable, incurred to maintain natural gas supply
				  for the transportation customer. Revenues for standby service shall be credited
				  against natural gas costs in a proceeding under
				  66 Pa.C.S. §
											1307
				  (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments).
(3) A natural gas utility maintains no duty
				  to provide retail service to a transportation customer who declines to elect
				  standby retail service.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.3 (relating to eligibility for
						natural gas transportation service); and 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.6 - Natural gas storage service

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(a) A
				  tariff rate for optional natural gas storage service shall be available for use
				  when the transportation customer fails to take delivery of the entire net
				  volume of natural gas delivered to the distribution utility for the customer's
				  account. The tariff rate for optional storage service shall reflect any
				  contribution toward the utility's storage costs made by the customer as part of
				  the customer's standby sales service rate.
(b) The customer's failure to elect the
				  storage service option will entitle the natural gas utility to buy unused
				  natural gas from the customer at a price equal to the utility's lowest cost gas
				  or at the customer's costs, whichever is less. The customer shall demonstrate
				  its cost of natural gas by supplying a sworn affidavit of the cost of gas to
				  the natural gas utility.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.7 - Balancing of deliveries and withdrawals

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(a) A natural gas utility providing
				  transportation service shall reflect in its tariff a 3-month time period, as a
				  minimum, within which the transportation customer shall balance deliveries into
				  and withdrawals from the natural gas utility's system. The time period shall
				  commence upon initial delivery of natural gas into the natural gas utility
				  system. Deliveries and withdrawals may be considered as balance if they fall
				  within a range specified in a natural gas utility's tariff.
(b) The tariff of a natural gas utility shall
				  specify the action that may be taken by the utility if deliveries and
				  withdrawals are not balanced.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												60.9 (relating to effective
						date).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.8 - Reporting requirements

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A natural gas utility shall submit to the Commission an
					 annual report on or before June 1 regarding transportation service that
					 includes the following information:
(1) The volumes transported for each
				  customer.
(2) The rate charged each
				  customer for transportation service.
(3) A description of the rate and service,
				  approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, under which the gas is
				  carried to the facilities of the natural gas utility.
The provisions of this §
												60.8 amended under Public Utility
						Code,
						66 Pa.C.S. §
													308(c),
						501,
						504,
						523,
						1319 and
						1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE › Section 60.9 - Effective date

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A natural gas utility shall file a tariff offering gas
					 transportation services consistent with §
										§
										60.1-60.7 by March 2, 1987, effective
					 May 1, 1987.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Critical valves
-Valves that are deemed
						critical in case of emergencies or shut down.
Customer
-A party supplied with steam
						service by a public utility.
Customer's piping
-The pipe of the
						customer which extends from the service line termination point to the point of
						utilization.
Degree day
-A unit used in estimating
						quantities of fuel and power consumption based on a daily ratio of consumption
						the mean temperature below 65°F.
Facilities
-Mains and service lines owned
						or operated by a steam utility for the purpose of transporting steam from where
						it is produced to the customer's piping.
Failure investigation
-The process of
						collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of failure.
Hot water
-Water heated by an energy
						source above its initial temperature.
Main
-Piping that transports steam from
						where it is produced and delivers it to the beginning of the service
						line.
Pounds of steam
-The quantity of steam
						supplied, measured in pounds and equal to the same amount of water, which would
						result from condensing the steam used by the customer.
Service line
-The pipe connecting the
						utility main to the customer's piping. The point of service termination is the
						customer's property line unless otherwise provided by contract.
Steam
-Water vapor kept under pressure so
						as to supply energy for heating.
Steam distribution system
-A system that
						takes steam from where it is produced and delivers it to end users.
Steam trap
-A device used to discharge
						condensate and noncondensable gases with a negligible consumption or loss of
						live steam.
Steam utility
-A utility that provides
						the public services associated with steam distribution.
Water hammer
-The phenomenon that occurs
						when steam charges in the pipeline while condensate is present.
The provisions of this §
													61.1 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.11 - Accidents

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(a)
General.
A steam utility shall submit a report of each
					 reportable accident involving the facilities or operations of the steam utility
					 in this Commonwealth. The reports shall be addressed to the Secretary of the
					 Commission.
(b)
Reportable
					 accidents.
Reportable accidents are those involving utility facilities
					 or operations which result in one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) The death of a person.
(2) Injury to a person sufficient that the
					 injured person requires immediate treatment at a hospital emergency room or
					 in-patient admittance to a hospital, or both.
(3) An event that involves a release of steam
					 from the steam utility, which results in estimated property damage of at least
					 $50,000.
(4) An occurrence of an
					 unusual nature, whether or not death or injury of a person results, which
					 apparently will result in a prolonged and serious interruption of normal
					 service.
(5) An event that results
					 in an emergency shutdown of the steam utility.
(6) An occurrence of an unusual nature that
					 is a physical or cyber-attack, including an attempt to interfere with a steam
					 utility's computers, software and communication networks that support, operate
					 or otherwise interact with the steam utility's operation.
(7) An unusual occurrence that is significant
					 in the judgment of the steam utility.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.12 - Interruptions of service

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(a)
Records.
A steam utility shall keep a record which must
					 include data showing the time, duration and cause of an interruption of service
					 affecting its entire system or a major division of its system. The records
					 shall be preserved for a period of 5 years.
(b)
Notification to
					 customers.
A customer who may be affected adversely as a result of a
					 service interruption shall be notified prior to starting work which will result
					 in an interruption of his service, except in cases of emergency.
The provisions of this §
													61.12 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.13 - Complaints

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(a)
Investigations.
A public utility shall make a full and prompt
					 investigation of complaints made to it or through the Commission by its
					 customers.
(b)
Records of
					 complaints.
A public utility shall preserve written steam service
					 complaints showing the name and address of the complainant, the date and
					 character of the complaint and the adjustment or disposal made of the
					 complaint. The complaint records shall be preserved for a period of 6
					 years.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.14 - Records

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Records required by this chapter shall be kept within
						this Commonwealth at an office or offices of the public utility located in the
						territory served by it, and shall be open for examination by the Commission or
						a representative of the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.15 - Change in character of service

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If a substantial change is made in the steam pressure
						which the public utility is obligated to supply or in other service conditions
						which would affect the efficiency of operation or which requires the adjustment
						of regulators or appliances of customers in the area affected, the equipment
						and appliances shall be inspected and, if necessary, readjusted, without charge
						by the utility, to meet the new conditions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.16 - Use of meter

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(a)
Steam sold.
Steam sold by a public utility shall be charged
					 for by meter measurement, except in case of flat-rate service or if otherwise
					 authorized by the Commission.
(b)
Other steam.
Other steam, either used by the public utility or
					 furnished to others from the steam heating distribution system, shall be
					 metered and a record kept, unless otherwise authorized by the
					 Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.17 - Utility to provide meters

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Unless otherwise authorized by the Commission, a public
						utility shall, at its own expense, provide and install and shall continue to
						own, maintain and operate, equipment necessary for the measurement of steam
						furnished to its customers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.18 - Location of meters

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Meters shall either be installed inside of buildings, or
						shall be protected from climatic changes if it is necessary to locate it
						outside of a building.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.19 - Testing facilities

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A public utility shall provide and keep available
						adequate facilities for testing its meters. A public utility not maintaining a
						standardizing laboratory may have its meters and instruments certified by any
						standardizing laboratory approved by the Commission upon written permission
						from the Commission. The accuracy of testing equipment will be established and
						checked periodically by representatives of the Commission. The tester will seal
						and date tag the testing facilities after making final adjustments and shall
						furnish the public utility with a certificate properly dated and
						signed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.20 - Meter tests

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(a)
Allowable error for condensation meters.
No condensation
					 meter may be placed in service or allowed to remain in service which has an
					 error in registration of more than 4% when the temperature of the condensate is
					 standard (140° F) and the average water flow through the meter is
					 approximately equal to the manufacturer's rating of the meter.
(b)
Allowable error for flow
					 meters.
No steam flow meter may be placed in service or allowed to
					 remain in service which has an error in registration of more than 4% when the
					 steam, at its average moisture content, nominal pressure and average steam flow
					 through the meter or its differential pressure-producing device, is
					 approximately equal to the manufacturer's rating of the meter or its
					 differential pressure-producing device.
(c)
Periodic tests.
A public
					 utility shall make periodic tests of meters in service in accordance with the
					 following:
(1) Condensation meters shall be
					 tested at least once every 24 calendar months.
(2) Steam flow meters shall be tested at
					 least once every 3 years.
(3)
					 Meters shall be sealed or capped after the completion of periodic
					 tests.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.21 - Adjustment of bills for meter error

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(a)
Fast meters.
If, upon
					 test of a meter, the meter is found to have an error of more than 4% fast, the
					 public utility shall refund to the customer the overcharge, based upon the
					 corrected meter reading for a period equal to 1/2 the time elapsed since the
					 last previous test, but not to exceed 3 months. If the period of registration
					 error can be definitely fixed, the overcharge shall be computed for the period.
					 If the meter has not been tested in accordance with §
											61.20 (relating to meter tests),
					 the period for which it has been in service beyond the regular test period
					 shall be added to the 3 months in computing the refund.
(b)
Slow meters.
If, upon
					 test of a meter, the meter is found to have an error of more than 4% slow, the
					 public utility may render a bill for the steam 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 can be definitely fixed, the charge may be computed for the
					 period.
(c)
Nonregistering
					 meters.
If a meter is found not to have registered for a period, the
					 public utility shall compute the steam used by taking the average of the steam
					 used for the nearest meter-reading period immediately preceding and the
					 meter-reading period immediately following the date when the meter was found to
					 be not registering, the computation to be based upon the degree days in the
					 different months of use, which amount shall be assumed to be the amount of
					 steam used by the customer during the billing period in which the meter was
					 found not to have registered. Exceptions shall be made to this rule only where
					 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 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.22 - 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 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.23 - Access to meters and discontinuance of service

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(a)
Access to meters.
For
					 purposes of maintenance and operation, each public utility shall at all
					 reasonable times have access to meters, service lines and other property owned
					 by it on the premises of customers. Neglect or refusal on the part of customers
					 to provide reasonable access to their premises for these purposes shall
					 constitute sufficient cause for discontinuance of service.
(b)
Notice of
					 discontinuance.
No public utility may 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 such bills when due. Service shall not be discontinued
					 until after at least 24-hour written notice has been given by the utility that
					 bills are five or more days delinquent, or that the violation of rules shall
					 cease. If fraudulent use of steam is detected, or if the measuring equipment of
					 the utility has been tampered with, or if a dangerous condition is found to
					 exist on the premises of customers, the steam may be shut off without advance
					 notice.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.24 - Notice of desire to have service discontinued

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A customer who is about to vacate any premises supplied
						with service by a public utility, or who for any reason wishes to have service
						discontinued, shall give at least 24-hour written notice to the utility,
						specifying the date on which it is desired that service be discontinued. The
						service discontinuance shall be under the terms in the rules and regulations of
						the utility filed with the Commission. In the absence of notice, the customer
						shall be responsible for service rendered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.25 - Refusal to serve applicants

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(a)
Noncompliance with rules and regulations.
A public utility
					 may decline to serve an applicant until he has complied with Commonwealth and
					 municipal regulations governing steam heat service and the approved rules and
					 regulations of the utility.
(b)
Inadequate facilities of utility.
A public utility may decline
					 to serve an applicant if it does not have adequate facilities to render the
					 service desired, or if the service is of a character that is likely to
					 unfavorably affect service to other customers.
(c)
Inadequate facilities of
					 applicant.
A public utility may refuse to serve an applicant if, in
					 its judgment, installation of the piping of the applicant is regarded as
					 hazardous or of a character that satisfactory service cannot be
					 given.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.26 - Temporary service

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In the case of temporary service for short-term use, a
						public utility may require the customer to pay the costs of making the service
						connection and removing the material after the service has been discontinued,
						or to pay a fixed amount in advance to cover such 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 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.27 - Maps, plans and records

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A 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, expansion joint, street valve
						and trap and each service connection, together with other information that may
						be necessary. The maps, plans and records required by this section shall be
						kept up to date so that the utility may furnish promptly and accurately copies
						of its maps or any information regarding its facilities upon request by the
						Commission. Special surveys to locate such facilities are not generally
						required if existing plans are inadequate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 61.28 - 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, and invoke penalties for failure to file,
						certain 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 annual financial reports with the
					 Commission by April 30 immediately following the reporting year, for reports
					 based upon the calendar year; or 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
					 this section, 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 §
													61.28 issued under the 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 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › ACCOUNTS › Section 61.31 - Systems of accounts

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Each public utility shall keep its accounts in conformity
						with the "Uniform Classification of Accounts" (18 CFR Part
						101).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SAFETY REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.41 - Purpose and policy

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(a) The purpose
					 of this section is to prescribe the minimum safety requirements for the design,
					 fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, operation and maintenance of
					 steam distribution systems in this Commonwealth.
(b) Public utilities engaged in the
					 distribution of steam by means of a pipeline shall comply with this
					 section.
(c) The Commission will
					 have the authority to inspect the distribution systems of steam
					 utilities.
(d) This section does
					 not apply to all of the following:
(1) Piping
					 and facilities used for or in connection with the generation or production of
					 steam.
(2) Piping downstream of the
					 customer's property line.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SAFETY REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.42 - Safety and compliance with standard code

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(a)
Responsibility.
A steam
					 utility shall at all times use reasonable effort to properly warn and protect
					 the public from danger, and shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the
					 hazards to which employees, customers and others may be subjected to by reason
					 of its equipment or facilities.
(b)
Standard code.
Steam distribution pipeline facilities
					 installed after December 2, 2017, shall be designed, constructed, tested,
					 operated and maintained in accordance with the most updated and applicable
					 standards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Two Park Avenue, New
					 York, NY 10016-5990,
https://www.asme.org/
. The Commission has
					 the discretion to determine whether a redesign, repair, modification or
					 replacement of a facility constitutes a new facility subject to these
					 regulations.
(c)
Statutory
					 compliance.
A steam utility shall comply with sections 1-11 of the act
					 of December 10, 1974 (73 P.S. §
												§
												176-186), known as the Underground Utility
					 Line Protection Act, and Pennsylvania One Call.
(d)
Enforcement.
A steam
					 utility will be subject to inspections as necessary to assure compliance with
					 this section. The facilities, books and records of a steam utility shall be
					 accessible to the Commission and its staff for the inspections. A steam utility
					 shall provide the Commission or its staff with the reports, supplemental data
					 and information requested by Commission staff to administer and enforce this
					 section.
(e)
Records.
A steam utility shall keep adequate records as
					 required for compliance with this subsection for 3 years. The records shall be
					 accessible to the Commission and its staff.
(f)
New facility.
A facility
					 that is repaired, modified or constructed on or after January 18, 2018, will be
					 considered a new facility.
The provisions of this §
													61.42 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501 and
						  1501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SAFETY REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.43 - Notification of major construction

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(a)
					 A steam utility shall notify the Commission and the Pipeline Safety Division of
					 proposed major construction, reconstruction or maintenance of its facilities at
					 least 30 days prior to the beginning of work. Major construction,
					 reconstruction or maintenance is defined for this reporting as a single project
					 involving an expenditure in excess of $250,000. The notification of proposed
					 construction must include all of the following:
(1) Description and location (city, township,
					 county) of proposed work.
(2) Type
					 of facility (for example, distribution mains, service lines, expansion joints,
					 and the like).
(3) Estimated
					 starting date.
(4) Estimated
					 completion date.
(5) Design
					 pressure.
(6) Estimated
					 cost.
(7) Name and address of
					 reporting steam distribution utility.
(8) Name, address and telephone number of
					 person to be contacted regarding the project.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 61 - STEAM HEATING SERVICE › SAFETY REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.44 - Operating and maintenance plan

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(a)
					 By January 1, 2018, a steam utility shall establish and file with the Secretary
					 of the Commission and the Pipeline Safety Division a detailed, written
					 operating and maintenance plan for complying with this chapter. Revisions to a
					 plan shall be submitted at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the
					 revision.
(b) The operating and
					 maintenance plan must include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Detailed instructions for employees
					 covering operating and maintenance procedures during normal operations and
					 repairs.
(2) Procedures for
					 welding, brazing and welder qualifications.
(3) Procedures for reporting, investigating,
					 classifying, handling and monitoring steam leaks.
(4) Procedures to correct, within specified
					 time frames, deficiencies found during inspections, evaluations, tests, and the
					 like required under this chapter.
(5) Procedures for continuing surveillance of
					 steam facilities to determine and take appropriate action concerning failures,
					 leakage history, and other unusual operating and maintenance
					 conditions.
(6) An established list
					 of qualified persons who exclusively may approve the turn-on of any section of
					 the steam distribution system.
(7)
					 Procedures to ensure that the turn-on of any section of the steam distribution
					 system is accomplished only by persons specifically trained, qualified and
					 approved for that purpose.