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West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-4 - Customer Relations

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4.1.
				Customer information.
4.1.1. Character of
				service -- A utility shall, upon request, when application is first made for
				electrical service, furnish to the applicant information regarding the
				character of service.
4.1.1.a. Whether direct
				or alternating current is available.
4.1.1.b. The voltage or voltages
				available.
4.1.1.c. The frequency
				of the alternating current.
4.1.1.d. Whether single or multi-phase lines
				are available.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-5 - Engineering Requirements

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5.1.
				Standard practice.
5.1.1. National Electrical
				Code -- Insofar as the National Electrical Code, as approved by American
				National Standards Institute, defines and establishes Standard Practice, it is
				the purpose of the Commission to be guided by the current edition of that
				"Code", except those changes that may be noted in the current Rules of this
				Commission from time to time.
5.1.2. National Electrical Safety Code -- For
				practice not covered by the National Electrical Code the Commission will take
				as a guide the current edition of the National Electrical Safety Code, American
				National Standards Institute Publication (ANSI-C2), issued by the Institute of
				Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
5.1.3. Institute of Electrical and Electronic
				Engineers' Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices ("IEEE
				1366") -- Insofar as the most recently published, current IEEE 1366 defines and
				establishes reliability guidelines, the Commission will be guided by the
				current edition of the IEEE 1366, except for those changes that may be noted in
				the current rules of this Commission from time to time.
5.1.4. Utility plant -- The entire plant of
				any electric utility shall be constructed, installed, operated, and maintained
				in accordance with accepted standard practice as defined in this rule,
				especially the following:
5.1.4.a. Buildings
				and other structural facilities.
5.1.4.b. The generating plant
				equipment.
5.1.4.c. Transmission
				lines and equipment.
5.1.4.d.
				Substations.
5.1.4.e. Distribution
				lines and equipment.
5.1.4.f.
				Overhead system, poles, lines, transformers and associated equipment.
5.1.4.g. Underground system, manholes,
				conduit, and cables.
5.1.4.h.
				Street lighting system.
5.1.4.i.
				Service wires and attachments.
5.1.4.j. Meters and instruments.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-6 - Inspections and Tests

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6.1. Meter
				testing facilities and equipment.
6.1.1. Meter
				test shop -- Each utility furnishing electric service shall provide such
				laboratory, meter testing shop, instruments and equipment as may be necessary
				to determine the accuracy of its customers' meters, as required by these rules.
				A utility desiring to have tests made by another utility or agency may, upon
				application to the Commission, be relieved of the requirement to own and
				operate testing equipment, upon condition that the proposed arrangements for
				tests meet with the Commission's approval.
6.1.2. Measurement standards -- All meter
				measurements standards shall be calibrated in accordance with national
				measurement standards traceable to the Bureau of Standards, and all standards
				owned by the utility for meter measurement purposes shall be recalibrated to
				such national standards not less frequently than annually.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-8 - Safety Requirements

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8.1.
				Accidents.
8.1.1. Records -- Each utility
				shall keep a record of every accident happening in connection with the
				operation of its plant, station, property, and equipment, whereby any person
				shall have been killed, or seriously injured, or any substantial amount of
				property damaged or destroyed, with a full statement of the cause of such
				accident, and the precautions taken to prevent similar accidents in the
				future.
8.1.2. Electric shock --
				Each utility shall instruct those of its employees engaged in electrical work
				in the practice and use of accepted rules and proper procedure for
				resuscitation from electric shock.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-9 - Transmission Line Construction

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9.1. General.
9.1.1. Any public utility desiring to
				construct a high voltage transmission line of 200,000 volts or higher shall
				first obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the
				Commission as is required by Chapter 24, Article 2, Section 11(a), Code of West
				Virginia (Chapter 112, Acts Regular Session, 1973). The application for such
				certificate of public convenience and necessity shall contain all information
				required by law.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-10 - Promotional Practices

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10.1.
				Declaration of public policy.
10.1.1. 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 efficient
				use of utility plant and the utility shall not implement any practice or
				practices which shall have an adverse effect upon conservation, or which cannot
				be justified from a ratepayer benefit/utility cost standpoint.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-03 - Government of Electric Utilities › Section 150-3-11 - Consumer Reimbursement Program

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11.1. Statement of policy.
11.1.1. The Public Service Commission of West
				Virginia may award reimbursement for reasonable attorneys' fees, expert witness
				fees, and other reasonable costs of participation incurred by an electric
				consumer intervenor in any proceeding relating to the standards established in
				Subtitle B of Title I of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978,
				Public Law No. 95-617, Section 111 through 117 (November 8, 1978),
				16
				U.S.C.A. §
											2621 through §
										2627
				(Supp. 1980), hereinafter "PURPA". Such participation must have substantially
				contributed to the approval, in whole or in part, of a position advocated by
				the electric consumer intervenor. The electric consumer intervenor must have
				also satisfied the requirements established in this rule.
11.1.2. This reimbursement program is
				established to ensure adequate participation by electric consumers in these
				PURPA proceedings. Reimbursement will only be available when the State, through
				any agency, including the Commission, has not provided an alternative means
				which can ensure that the electric consumer intervenor's interest is adequately
				represented. Such alternative means may include, but is not limited to, an
				office of consumer advocate within the Commission, an office of utility
				consumer advocacy in the Attorney General's Office, a legislative office of
				Public Counsel, or other similar state agency, office or mechanism. The
				alternative means may be in the form of either reimbursement to the electric
				consumer intervenor or representation of the electric consumer intervenor's
				interest. The adequacy of the alternative means is to be determined by the
				Commission, giving due consideration to the electric consumer intervenor's
				interest and the position represented by the alternative
				means.
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 150-4-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. --
				These rules govern the operation and service of gas utilities subject to the
				jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission pursuant to W. Va. Code §
									24-2-1.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code §§
									24-1-1,
				24-1-7,
				24-2-1,
				24-2-2.
1.3. Filing Date. - June 11, 2018.
1.4. Effective Date. -July 11,
				2018.
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 150-4-2 - Authorization, Application, Definitions, and Records, Reports and Other Information to be Supplied to the Commission

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2.1 Authorization of rules.
2.1.1. These rules are intended to define
				good operating practices, which can normally be expected.
2.1.2. They are intended to ensure adequate
				service and to prevent unfair charges to the public, and to protect the
				utilities from unreasonable demands.
2.1.3. The adoption of these rules shall in
				no way preclude the Public Service Commission from altering or amending them in
				whole or in part, or from requiring any other additional service, equipment,
				facility, or standard either upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the
				application of any utility.
2.1.4.
				These rules shall not relieve in any way a utility from any of its duties under
				the laws of this State.
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 150-4-3 - Meter Requirements

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3.1.
				Gas measurement requirements.
3.1.1. Gas
				purchased -- Every utility shall measure and record the quantity of gas
				purchased by it.
3.1.2. Gas sales
				-- Every utility shall measure and record the quantity of gas sold by
				it.
3.1.3. Exchange gas -- Every
				utility shall measure and record the gross cubic feet of gas exchanged with
				others.
3.1.4. Storage gas -- Every
				utility shall measure and record separately the quantity of gas put into
				storage and gas removed from storage.
3.1.5. Company gas -- Every utility shall
				measure where practicable and record all gas used, for any purpose, by the
				utility. The records shall be kept so as to indicate the division of its
				system, production, transmission or distribution, where the gas was
				used.
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 150-4-5 - Engineering Requirements

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5.1.
				Adequacy of facilities.
5.1.1. Construction
				and maintenance of plant.
5.1.1.a. Each
				utility shall at all times construct and maintain its entire plant and system
				in such condition that it will furnish safe, adequate and continuous
				service.
5.1.1.b. The standards as
				set out by the United States Department of Transportation entitled
				"Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Safety Standards"
				and amendments thereto, as published in Title 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192, shall
				be accepted as standards for construction and the maintenance of safe and
				adequate service.
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 150-4-8 - Safety Requirements

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8.1.
				Accidents.
8.1.1. Every utility shall keep a
				record of every accident happening in connection with the operation of its
				plant, station, property, and equipment, whereby any person shall have been
				killed, or seriously injured, or any property damaged or destroyed, with a full
				statement of the cause of such accident, and the precautions taken to prevent
				similar accidents in the future.
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 150-4-9 - Rules and Regulations Governing Gas Pipeline Safety

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9.1. Intentions.
9.1.1 Pursuant to the powers vested and the
				authority given under Chapter 24B, Code of West Virginia, the Public Service
				Commission of West Virginia prescribes, adopts and issues the following rules
				and regulations governing the transportation of natural and other gas by
				pipeline. These rules are intended to ensure uniformity and are designed to
				decrease accidents, save human lives, reduce property loss, and otherwise
				benefit the pipeline companies and the public.
9.1.2. The adoption of these rules and
				regulations shall in no way preclude the Public Service Commission from
				altering them or amending them in whole or part, and from requiring any
				additional information either upon complaint, its own motion, or upon
				application of any pipeline company. These rules and regulations are intended
				to supplement the statute and shall not relieve in any way a pipeline company
				of its duties under the laws of this State.
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 150-4-11 - Inspections, Enforcement and Appeals

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11.1. Enforcement Procedures -- Intrastate
				Gas § 150-4-11. Inspections, Enforcement and Appeals, and Hazardous Liquid
				Pipeline Operators.
11.1.1. The purpose and
				scope of the Intrastate Enforcement Procedures is to describe the enforcement
				authority and sanctions exercised by the Public Service Commission of West
				Virginia - Gas Pipeline Safety for achieving and maintaining pipeline safety.
				It also prescribes the procedures governing the exercise of that authority and
				the imposition of those sanctions.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. --
				These rules govern the operation and service of sewer utilities subject to the
				jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission pursuant to W. Va. Code §
									24-2-1.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code §§
									24-1-1,
				24-1-7,
				24-2-1,
				24-2-2, and
				24-2H-1.
1.3. Filing Date. -- January 24,
				2023
1.4. Effective Date. -- March
				25, 2023
1.5. General.
1.5.1. These rules replace rules that went
				into effect on September 14, 2021.
1.5.2. These rules are intended to ensure
				adequate service to the public, to provide standards for uniform and fair
				charges and requirements by the utilities and customers, and to establish the
				rights and responsibilities of utilities and customers.
1.5.3. Adoption of these rules in no way
				precludes the Commission from altering or amending them in whole or in part, or
				from requiring any other or additional service, equipment, facility or
				standard, either upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the application
				of any utility.
1.5.4. These rules
				will not relieve in any way a utility from any of its duties under the laws of
				this State.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-2 - Application of rules

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2.1. These
				rules apply to all public utilities as defined in Sewer Rule 3.
2.1.1. If hardship results from the
				application of any Sewer Rule or if unusual difficulty is involved in
				immediately complying with any rule, application may be made to the Commission
				for the modification of the rule or for temporary or permanent exemption from
				its provisions. Provided, that no application for modification or exemption
				will be considered by the Commission unless there is submitted therewith a full
				and complete justification for such action.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-3 - Definitions

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3.1. "Alternate
				main extension" - Any Commission-approved extension of the utility's mains to
				serve new customers that does not follow the general main extension provisions
				that are provided for under Rules 7.4.1 through 7.4.8.f.
3.2. "Applicant" -- A person, firm,
				corporation, municipality, public service district or any other entity that
				applies for sewer service.
3.3.
				"Available sewer service" -- Sewer service will be deemed available to a
				customer when a main is installed and maintained by the utility in such
				location and at such distance from the user's premises as may be provided by
				city ordinance or by the rules of the utility: Provided, that service shall not
				be deemed to be available unless the sewage will flow by gravity or be
				transported by such other methods approved by the Bureau for Public Health
				including, but not limited to, vacuum and pressure systems, approved under W.
				Va. Code §
									16-1-9, from the customer's point
				of service into the utility service pipe.
3.4. Billing Related Dates.
3.4.2. "Bill due date" -- The date when the
				utility mails the bill.
3.4.3.
				"Latest pay date" -- The last date that the bill may be paid without incurring
				a late payment penalty. The latest pay date shall be no sooner than the
				20th day following the date the utility mails the
				bill and must be stated on the face of the bill.
3.4.4. "Delinquent bill" -- Any bill issued
				by a public service district or a municipal system that has not been paid
				within twenty (20) days of the bill due date; or any bill issued by a sewer
				utility that is not a public service district or a municipal system within
				thirty (30) days of the bill due date. The date that a bill will become
				delinquent must be stated on the face of the bill.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-4 - Records, Reports and Other Information to be Supplied to the Commission

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4.1. Records
				and reports.
4.1.1. Preservation of records.
				-- All records required by these rules shall be preserved by the utility in the
				manner prescribed by the Commission.
4.1.2. Location of records.
4.1.2.a. Required records should be kept at
				the office or offices of the utility in West Virginia and shall be available
				during the utility's regular business hours for examination by the Commission
				or its duly authorized representative.
4.1.2.b. If kept outside the State, records
				shall be brought to the utility's office in West Virginia upon request of the
				Commission, or the utility may be required to pay the reasonable traveling
				expenses of Commission employees assigned to examine the records.
4.1.3. Reports to the Commission.
				-- Upon Commission request, a utility shall furnish to the Commission the
				results of any test or tests required to be made, or the information contained
				in any records required to be kept by the utility, or any further information
				in its possession respecting its rates, charges, or practices, without formal
				order of the Commission requiring the release of such information.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-5 - Meter Requirements

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5.1. Scope. --
				In general, sewer service charges shall be based upon the volume of water
				delivered to the customer's property. This volume is measured by the water
				meter serving the premises. In cases where a significant volume of the water
				delivered to the premises is not returned to the sanitary sewer system or water
				from another source is discharged to the sanitary sewer system the customer may
				request, or the utility may require, special flow measuring devices to properly
				measure the volume of waste water entering the sanitary sewer system. Such
				special flow measuring devices shall be furnished, installed, and maintained by
				and at the expense of the customer with the approval of the utility. In some
				situations suitable formulae may be used to determine waste water flow in lieu
				of special metering devices. Such formulae shall be approved by both the
				customer and the utility and are subject to the approval of the Commission. All
				flow meters used in serving bulk or resale customers shall be owned and
				operated by the utility providing service to the bulk or resale
				customer.
5.2. Sewer flow measuring
				devices. -- Where sewer flow measuring devices are used for billing purposes,
				the utility shall test these devices for accuracy on an annual basis. The
				measuring devices shall also be maintained in good working order and shall be
				adjusted or repaired to be as nearly correct as is commercially
				practicable.
5.3. Prohibitions on
				master metering.
5.3.1. Mobile home parks. --
				For mobile home parks constructed on or after October 24, 2003, each mobile
				home in a mobile home park shall be individually sewered with taps installed at
				the lot line of each mobile home. The lot owner shall be responsible for
				payment of any applicable tap fees. All utility easements and mains constructed
				within the mobile home park will become the property of the utility by
				agreement between the (i) owner of the mobile home park or the lot owner,
				whichever is applicable, and (ii) the utility. The agreement must be approved
				by Order of the Commission prior to construction of any main. Lines extending
				from the mobile home to the tap will be considered customer service lines and
				maintenance of those lines will be the responsibility of the applicable lot
				owner.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-7 - Utility Facilities; Service Pipes; Extension of System

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7.1. Adequacy of
				facilities.
7.1.1. The collecting system of
				every sewer utility shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated to
				receive and transport the sewage from its customers' outlets to its treatment
				plant without undue delay.
7.1.2.
				Where the terrain is such that pumping or lift stations must be provided, such
				facilities must have the approval of the Bureau for Public Health and the
				Department of Environmental Protection and be operated under the rules of the
				Bureau for Public Health and the Department of Environmental
				Protection.
7.1.3. When a new sewer
				utility proposes to construct and operate a sewer service business, its entire
				plant layout shall be approved by the Bureau for Public Health and the Water
				Resources Division of the Department of Environmental Protection.
7.1.4. Construction and maintenance of plant.
				-- A utility shall at all times construct and maintain its entire plant and
				system to furnish safe, adequate and continuous service.
7.1.5. Inspection of plant. -- A utility
				shall inspect its plant and facilities in such manner and with such frequency
				as is necessary to ensure a reasonably complete knowledge as to conditions and
				adequacy at all times. Such inspections must comply with the legally applicable
				requirements of the Minimum Federal Safety Standards (Federal Occupational
				Health and Safety Administration) and the Bureau for Public Health and the
				Department of Environmental Protection.
7.1.6. Records of conditions. -- Records
				necessary for the proper maintenance of the system and in accordance with the
				Bureau for Public Health and the Department of Environmental Protection and the
				Minimum Federal Safety Standards shall be kept of the conditions found. In
				special cases, a more complete record may be specified by the
				Commission.
7.1.7. Records of
				operation. -- A utility shall keep a record of the operation of its plant,
				which, so far as practical, shall show sufficient details of plant operation as
				is necessary to substantially reproduce its daily operations. The utility shall
				also maintain the records in accordance with the requirements of the Minimum
				Safety Standards and the Bureau for Public Health and the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
7.1.8.
				Report to Commission. -- A utility shall, upon request of the Commission, file
				with the Commission a statement regarding the condition and adequacy of its
				plant, equipment, and facilities, and of its operations and service in such
				form as the Commission may require.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-8 - Safety requirements

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8.1. Accidents.
8.1.1. Records. -- A utility shall keep a
				record of every accident occurring in connection with the operation of its
				treatment plant, property and equipment whereby any person is killed or
				seriously injured, or any substantial amount of property damaged or destroyed,
				with a full statement of the cause of the accident and the precautions taken to
				prevent similar accidents in the future.
8.1.2. Electric shock. -- A utility shall
				instruct its employees engaged in electrical work in the practice and use of
				accepted rules and proper procedure for resuscitation from electric
				shock.
8.1.3. Asphyxiation. -- A
				utility shall inform its employees who must work in manholes and pits of the
				dangers of asphyxiation and instruct them in the practice and use of accepted
				rules for detection of dangerous gases, as well as the proper procedure for
				treating victims.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-05 - Rules For The Government Of Sewer Utilities › Section 150-5-9 - Creation or alteration of public service districts

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9.1. Creation or
				alteration of a public service district.
9.1.1. A county commission upon entering an
				order on its own motion, or upon receipt of a petition, or upon receipt of a
				recommendation of the Commission, proposing the creation, enlargement,
				reduction, merger, dissolution, or consolidation of a public service district
				pursuant to W. Va. Code §
										16-13A-2, shall:
9.1.1.a. At the same session, fix a date of
				hearing in the county which date shall be not more than forty (40) days nor
				less than twenty (20) days from the date of the action;
9.1.1.b. Within ten (10) days, provide the
				Executive Secretary of the Commission with a copy of the order or petition and
				notification of the time and place of the hearing to be held by the county
				commission;
9.1.1.c. If the
				territory proposed to be included is situated in more than one (1) county, when
				fixing the date of hearing, provide for notifying the county commission and
				clerk thereof of each of the other counties into which the territory extends of
				the date so fixed;
9.1.1.d.
				Publish, at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing, a Class I legal
				advertisement meeting the requirements stated in W. Va. Code §
											16-13A-2, giving notice of the
				hearing;
9.1.1.e. Post notice in at
				least five (5) conspicuous locations in the proposed public service district as
				required by W. Va. Code §
											16-13A-2; and
9.1.1.f. File with the Executive Secretary of
				the Commission affidavits of publication pursuant to Sewer Rule 9.1.1.d., and
				affidavits of posting pursuant to Sewer Rule 9.1.1.e. as soon as the same are
				available.
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10.1. Definitions
				-- These definitions are specific to Section 10.
10.1.1. "Distressed Utility" -- a water or
				wastewater utility that for financial, operational or managerial reasons:
(1)
(a) Is
				in continual violation of statutory or regulatory standards of the Bureau for
				Public Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the Commission,
				which affect the water quality, safety, adequacy, efficiency or reasonableness
				of the service provided by the water or wastewater utility;
(b) Fails to comply within a reasonable
				period of time with any final, nonappealable order of the Department of
				Environmental Protection, Bureau for Public Health or the Commission concerning
				the safety, adequacy, efficiency or reasonableness of service, including, but
				not limited to, the availability of water, the potability of water, the
				palatability of water or the provision of water at adequate volume and pressure
				and the collection and treatment of wastewater;
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1.1. Scope. --
				These rules govern the operation and service of telephone utilities subject to
				the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia pursuant to
				W. Va Code '24-2-1.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code ''24-1-7,
				24-2-1, 24-2-6, 24-2-8, 24-2C-1, 24-6-1, and 24-2E-1.
1.3. Filing Date. -- .
1.4. Effective Date. -- .
1.5. Policy. -- The Public Service Commission
				of West Virginia and the regulated telephone companies have a joint
				responsibility to the citizens of West Virginia to ensure a quality of adequate
				communications services that meets the general need requirements of the public,
				provides the public with a high degree of reliability and convenience, and
				contributes substantially to the overall economic progress of the State of West
				Virginia.
These telephone service regulations are established to meet
				  the objectives needed to provide the best possible telephone service consistent
				  with modern technology.
1.6.
				Application. -- The telephone service rules promulgated herein shall apply to
				all telephone company operations in the State of West Virginia that are subject
				to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
1.6.a.
				The rules promulgated by the Commission shall establish reasonable standards to
				the end that quality service, i.e., that which is adequate and satisfactory, is
				rendered to the telephone using public in the transmission of both local and
				long distance messages.
1.6.b. If
				unreasonable hardship to a telephone user or telephone subscriber, or to the
				serving telephone company results from compliance with any Commission rules,
				application may be made to the Commission for modification of the rule, or for
				temporary exemption from its requirements.
1.6.c. The adoption of these rules by the
				Commission preserves the authority of the Commission to grant exceptions and
				exemptions to and from its regulations under available procedures. The
				definitions contained herein are an integral part of and are treated as
				regulations.
1.6.d. The rules
				promulgated herein shall in no way relieve the telephone company from any of
				its duties under the laws of the State of West Virginia or from any other rules
				or directives of the Commission.
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2.1.
				Customer billing.
a. Bills to customers shall
				be typed or clearly printed, rendered monthly, and shall contain a listing of
				all charges and the period of time covered by the billing period. Bills may be
				rendered less frequently than monthly: Provided, that such periodic billing
				arrangement is set forth in the telecommunications carrier's
				Commission-approved tariff, and: Provided further, that the telecommunications
				carrier's subscribers are permitted to elect to be billed monthly by notifying
				the carrier by phone, mail or electronic means. This itemization shall list
				separately all items such as service options for which a flat monthly charge is
				made. Bills shall show the actual name of each vendor for all charges listed
				and the toll-free telephone number of the person authorized to resolve disputes
				relating to those charges.
1. Other than
				taxes and other legally required charges, bills may not contain charges for
				non-telecommunications services or items: Provided, that for good cause shown,
				and pursuant to the specific and express approval of the Commission, bills may
				contain charges for non-telecommunications services or items and: Provided
				further, that no telecommunications services may be denied, interrupted or
				discontinued for failure of the billed party to pay any portion of the charges
				billed for non-telecommunications services or items. Further, in the case of
				partial payments of bills rendered, such partial payments shall be applied to
				amounts owed for telecommunications services first before being applied to
				amounts owed for non-telecommunications services.
2. Cellular and other wireless
				telecommunications carriers are not subject to the requirements of
				'150CSR6-2.1.a.1.
3. A telephone
				company may charge a late payment penalty, provided such late payment penalty
				provision is part of the telephone company's Commission-approved
				tariff.
4. No late payment penalty
				may be recovered unless the date by which payment must be received is clearly
				and conspicuously identified on the subscriber's bill. The payment due date
				cannot be less than twenty (20) days after the bill was rendered.
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3.1. Construction.
Telecommunications plant shall be designed, constructed,
				  maintained, and operated in accordance with the provisions outlined in the
				  current National Electric Safety Code or Rural Utility Service Standard, or
				  such other appropriate regulation as may be prescribed.
3.2. Switching service.
In order to provide and maintain the best possible service
				  for all telephone customers, the telephone company shall not be required to
				  provide exchange or message toll switching services to lines that introduce
				  energy into the network at levels of frequencies that will interfere with other
				  users.
3.3. Emergency
				operation.
a. The telephone company shall
				make reasonable provisions to meet emergencies resulting from failures of
				lighting or power service, sudden and prolonged increases in traffic, illness
				of personnel, or from fire, storm, or other acts of God, and the telephone
				company shall inform employees as to procedures to be followed in the event of
				emergency in order to prevent or minimize interruption or impairment of
				telephone service.
b. It is
				essential that all switching locations have some provision for emergency power.
				At switching locations without installed emergency power facilities, there
				shall be a mobile power unit available which can be delivered and connected on
				short notice.
c. At switching
				locations serving in excess of five thousand (5,000) lines, a permanent
				auxiliary power unit shall be installed.
d. Selective interruption of telephone
				service may be necessary to ensure continuance of service to essential users
				during emergency conditions.
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4.1. Provisions for
				testing.
The telephone company shall provide or have reasonable access
				  to test facilities which will enable it to determine the operating and
				  transmission capabilities of circuit and switching equipment for routine
				  maintenance, for fault location and for purposes of reasonable testing
				  requested by Commission Staff for good cause, such as complaint resolution or
				  service quality inspection.
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5.1. Location
				of records.
All records required by these rules shall be made available
				  to the Commission or its authorized representative at any time upon
				  request.
5.2. Preservation
				of records.
All records required by these rules shall be preserved for
				  the period of time specified in the current edition of the Federal
				  Communications Commission's records retention schedule, unless otherwise
				  specified by the Commission.
5.3. Service Quality Reports.
Each local exchange carrier shall submit to the Commission
				  appropriate annual reports describing its performance with respect to the
				  standards of service prescribed herein. All statistics and measurements will
				  normally be reported on a West Virginia operations basis and shall be a product
				  of the carrier's normal measurement techniques. These reports shall be due in
				  the Commission's office by no later than March 1 of each year.
As the local exchange carrier changes or improves its
				  measurement procedures, the comparative data shall also be changed and the
				  Commission apprised of the nature of each change coincident with the first
				  report under the new procedure.
The annual data report to the Public Service Commission shall
				  follow the format shown on P.S.C. W. Va. Form No. T-1.
5.4. Financial and Statistical Report.
a. Telecommunications carriers shall file
				annually a financial and statistical report upon forms to be furnished by the
				Commission or as otherwise designated by Commission Staff. This report shall be
				based upon the accounts set up in conformity with the Commission's order and
				rules, as set out in '150CSR6-1.8. The report shall be filed on or before March
				31 of each year, or at such date as the Commission may direct.
b. An interexchange carrier with annual gross
				revenues of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) from operations within
				the state is not required to file an annual financial and statistical report
				unless the carrier has also been certificated as a local exchange
				carrier.
c. Cellular and wireless
				service carriers that have not been certificated as local exchange carriers are
				not required to file an annual financial and statistical report, except as
				otherwise required by 150CSR25.
d.
				All telecommunications carriers shall keep the Commission timely apprised of
				the following information and any changes to such information:
1. The carrier's legal name.
2. All business names used by the carrier in
				West Virginia.
3. The name, title,
				mailing address, telephone number, telefacsimile number and e-mail address of
				the carrier's point of contact for regulatory matters in West Virginia.
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6.1. Basic telephone company obligations.
a. The telephone company shall provide tele-
				communications service to the public in its service area in accordance with its
				rules and tariffs approved by and on file with the Commission.
b. The telephone company shall employ prudent
				management and engineering practices, including the employment of reliable
				procedures for forecasting future demand for service, to the end that
				reasonable margins of facilities and adequate personnel are available to ensure
				that service will meet the standards of quality described herein.
c. The telephone company has the obligation
				of continually reviewing its operations to assure the furnishing of service in
				accordance with the standards set forth herein. Studies shall be made and
				records maintained to the extent, and with the frequency necessary, to
				determine that sufficient and suitable equipment and an adequate operating
				force are provided.
d. The
				telephone company shall maintain records of its operations in sufficient detail
				as is necessary to permit review of service quality, and such records shall be
				made available for inspection by the Commission, upon request, at any time
				within the period prescribed for retention of such records.
e. Where a telephone company is generally
				operated in conjunction with any other enterprise, suitable records shall be
				maintained so that the results of the telephone operation may be determined
				upon reasonable notice and request by the Commission.
f. Suitable practices shall be adopted by the
				telephone company to ensure that employees are courteous, considerate, and
				efficient in the handling of all calls, and comply with the provisions of all
				applicable Federal and State laws in maintaining secrecy of
				communications.
g. Upon reasonable
				request the telephone company shall provide verification of busy
				lines.
h. Subscriber loop
				requirements.
1. Where analog voice
				telecommunications service is provided to a subscriber, the local distribution
				circuit (loop) shall meet the following specifications when measurements are
				taken at the local exchange carrier's NID connecting point:
A. Loop current: 20 m/A to a 400 ohm
				load.
B. Circuit loss: (-)8.5 db or
				less.
C. Circuit noise: 20 dbmC or
				less.
D. Power influence: 80 db or
				less.
E. Balance (power influence
				minus circuit noise): 60 db or more.
2. Where digital telecommunications service
				is provided to a subscriber, the local exchange carrier shall meet or exceed
				the minimum data transmission speed for the specific digital telecommunications
				service provided to the subscriber. Each digital telecommunications service
				offering shall be set forth in the carrier's Commission-approved tariff.
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7.1. Protective
				measures.
a. The telephone company shall
				exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which its employees, its
				customers, and the general public may be subjected to by its
				operations.
b. The telephone
				company shall give reasonable assistance to the Commission in the investigation
				of the cause of accidents, and in the determination of suitable means of
				preventing accidents.
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8.1.
				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 efficient use of utility plant; and the utility shall not implement any
				  practice or practices which shall have an adverse effect upon conservation, or
				  which cannot be justified from a rate payer benefit/utility cost
				  standpoint.