West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-04 - Government of Gas Utilities and Gas Pipeline Safety › Section 150-4-10 - Promotional Practices

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
10.1.
				Declaration of public policy.
In the public interest and pursuant to the powers vested in
				  it, the Commission declares that any utility in designing and implementing any
				  promotional practice or practices shall consider what impact, if any, such
				  promotional practice or practices will have upon the conservation of energy,
				  and the utility shall not implement any practice or practices which shall have
				  an adverse affect upon conservation, or which cannot be justified from a
				  ratepayer benefit/utility cost standpoint.
10.2. Prohibited promotional practices.
A public utility or its affiliate shall not, without first
				  obtaining the approval of the Commission, engage, directly or indirectly, in
				  any of the following promotional practices:
10.2.1. The financing of land or the
				construction of any building when same is not owned or otherwise possessed by
				the utility or its affiliate;
10.2.2. The furnishing of consideration to
				any person for work done or to be done on property not owned or otherwise
				possessed by the utility or its affiliate; except for studies to determine
				comparative capital or operating costs and expenses or to show the desirability
				or feasibility of selecting one form of energy over another;
10.2.3. The acquisition from any person of
				any tangible or intangible property or service for a consideration in excess of
				the value thereof, or the furnishing to any person of any tangible or
				intangible property or service for a consideration of less than the value
				thereof;
10.2.4. The furnishing of
				consideration to any person for the sale, installation or use of appliances or
				equipment;
10.2.5. Other than the
				normal service extensions, the provision of free, or at less than cost or
				value, wiring, appliances or equipment to any person; provided that a utility,
				engaged in an appliance merchandising sales program, shall not be precluded
				from conducting legitimate closeouts of appliances, clearance sales, or sales
				of damaged or returned appliances;
10.2.6. The provision of free, or at less
				than cost or value, installation, operation, repair, modification or
				maintenance of appliances, equipment, or piping for any person;
10.2.7. The granting of a trade-in allowance
				on the purchase of any appliance or equipment in excess of the value of the
				trade-in; or the granting of a trade-in allowance for such appliance or
				equipment when such allowance varies by the type of energy consumed in the
				trade-in;
10.2.8. The financing of
				the acquisition of any appliance or equipment at a rate of interest or on terms
				significantly more favorable than those generally applicable to sales by
				nonutility dealers in such appliances or equipment;
10.2.9. The furnishing of consideration to
				any person for any advertising or publicity purpose of such person; except for
				payments not exceeding one-half (½) of the reasonable cost or value for
				joint advertising or publicity with a dealer in appliances or equipment for the
				sale or other provision of same;
10.2.10. The guaranteeing of the maximum cost
				of gas service;