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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.187 - Vaults: sealing, venting, and ventilation addition [49 CFR 192.187]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.187(a)(3),
				  insert:
(4w) The outside end of the
				ducts shall be equipped with a suitable weatherproof fitting or vent-head
				designed to prevent foreign matter from entering or obstructing the duct. The
				effective area of the openings in such fittings or vent-heads shall be at least
				equal to the cross-sectional area of a 4-inch duct. The horizontal section of
				the ducts shall be as short as practical and shall be pitched to prevent the
				accumulation of liquids in the line. The number of bends and offsets shall be
				reduced to a minimum and provisions shall be incorporated to facilitate the
				periodic cleaning of the ducts.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.189 - Vaults: drainage and waterproofing additions [49 CFR 192.189]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.189(a), insert:
(aw) Nevertheless, vault equipment shall
				always be designed to operate safely, if submerged.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.195 - Protection against accidental overpressuring additions [49 CFR 192.195]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.195(b)(2),
				  insert:
(3w) Suitable types of
				protective devices to prevent overpressuring of high-pressure distribution
				systems include:
(i) Spring-loaded relief
				valves of types meeting the provisions of the ASME Unfired Pressure Vessel
				Code.
(ii) Pilot-loaded
				back-pressure regulators used as relief valves, so designed that failure of the
				pilot system or control lines will cause the regulator to open.
(iii) Spring loaded diaphragm-type relief
				valves.
(iv) A monitoring regulator
				installed in series with the primary pressure regulator.
(v) A series regulator installed upstream
				from the primary regulator, and set to continuously limit the pressure on the
				inlet of the primary regulator in accordance with the provisions of
				49
				CFR 192.201.
(vi) An automatic shut-off device installed
				in series with the primary pressure regulator, and set to shut off in
				accordance with the provisions of
				49
				CFR 192.201. This device shall remain closed
				until manually reset. It may not be used where it might cause an interruption
				in service to a large number of customers.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.197 - Control of the pressure of gas delivered from high-pressure distribution systems additions [49 CFR 192.197]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.197(c),
				  insert:
(dw) The service regulator
				shall be of a type that is capable under normal operating conditions of
				regulating the downstream pressure within the limits of s.
				PSC
				134.23 and of limiting the build-up of pressure under
				no-flow conditions to 50% or less of the discharge pressure maintained under
				flow conditions.
(ew) In addition
				to the provisions of
				49
				CFR 192.197(a) and (b), if
				the maximum actual operating pressure of the distribution system is greater
				than low pressure and is equal to or less than 60 p.s.i.g., a suitable
				protective device shall be installed to prevent unsafe overpressuring of the
				customer's appliances should the service regulator fail. These devices may be
				installed as an integral part of the service regulator or as a separate unit.
				Some of the suitable types of protective devices to prevent overpressuring of
				customers' appliances are:
(1) A monitoring
				regulator.
(2) A relief
				valve.
(3) An automatic shut-off
				device.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.199 - Requirements for design of pressure relief and limiting devices additions [49 CFR 192.199]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49
				CFR 192.199(e), insert:
(ew) In addition, the outlet ports shall be
				insect-proof and consideration shall be given to all exposures in the immediate
				vicinity including windows or locations where gas can enter confined
				areas;
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.206 - Addition [49 CFR 192.206w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.205, insert:
192.206w Pipelines on private right-of-way of electric
				  transmission lines.
Where gas pipelines parallel overhead electric
				  transmission lines on the same right-of-way, the company operating the
				  pipelines shall:
(a) Employ blow-down
				connections and relief valve vents that will direct the gas away from the
				electric conductors.
(b) Make a
				study in collaboration with the electric company on the common problems of
				corrosion and electrolysis, taking the following factors into consideration:
(1) The possibility of the pipeline carrying
				either unbalanced line currents or fault currents.
(2) The possibility of lightning or fault
				currents inducing voltages sufficient to puncture pipe coatings or
				pipe.
(3) Cathodic protection of
				the pipeline, including location of ground beds, especially if the electric
				line is carried on steel towers.
(4) Bonding connections between the pipeline
				and either the steel tower footings or the buried ground facilities or the
				ground-wire of the overhead electric system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.246 - Addition [49 CFR 192.246w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.245, insert:
PSC 192.246w Precautions to Avoid Explosions of Gas-Air
				  Mixtures or Uncontrolled Fires During Construction Operations.
(a) Operations such as gas or electric
				welding and cutting with cutting torches can be safely performed on pipelines
				and mains and auxiliary equipment, provided that they are completely full of
				gas, or air that is free from combustible material. Steps shall be taken to
				prevent a mixture of gas and air at all points where such operations are to be
				performed.
(b) When a pipeline or
				main can be kept full of gas during a welding or cutting operation, the
				following procedures are recommended:
(1) Keep
				a slight flow of gas moving toward the point where cutting or welding is being
				done.
(2) The gas pressure at the
				site of the work shall be controlled by suitable means.
(3) Close all slots or open ends immediately
				after they are cut with tape, or with tape and tightly fitting canvas or other
				suitable material.
(4) Two openings
				may not remain uncovered at the same time.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.279 - Copper pipe addition [49 CFR 192.279]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49
				  CFR 192.279, insert:
(1w) Copper pipe shall be joined by using
				either a compression type coupling or a brazed or soldered lap joint. The
				filler material used for brazing shall be a copper-phosphorous alloy or silver
				base alloy. Butt welds are not permissible for joining copper pipe or
				tubing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.307 - Inspection of materials addition [49 CFR 192.307]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49 CFR
				  192.307, insert:
(1w) Detection of gouges and grooves. The
				field inspection provided on each job shall be suitable to reduce to an
				acceptable minimum the chances that gouged or grooved pipe will get into the
				finished transmission line or main. Inspection for this purpose just ahead of
				the coating operation and during the lowering in and backfill operation is
				required.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.309 - Repair of steel pipe addition [49 CFR 192.309]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.309(e), insert:
(fw) Due primarily to climate conditions,
				gouges, grooves, notches, and dents have been found to be an important cause of
				steel pipe failures and an attempt shall be made to prevent or eliminate
				harmful defects of this nature. Section 192.309(b) pertains to transmission
				lines and mains intended to operate at hoop stresses of 20% or 40% or more of
				the specified minimum yield strength. However, applicable portions of these
				paragraphs shall apply to facilities intended to operate below this hoop stress
				level.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.319 - Installation of pipe in a ditch additions [49 CFR 192.319]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.319(a), insert:
(aw) This includes grading the ditch so that
				the pipe has a firm, substantially continuous bearing on the bottom of the
				ditch. When long sections of pipe that have been welded alongside the ditch are
				lowered in, care shall be exercised so as not to jerk the pipe or impose any
				strains that may kink or put a permanent bend in the pipe.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.321 - Installation of plastic pipe additions [49 CFR 192.321]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.321(f), insert:
(fw) The casing pipe shall be reamed and
				cleaned to the extent necessary to remove any sharp edges, projections, or
				abrasive material which could damage the plastic during and after insertion.
				That portion of the plastic piping which spans disturbed earth shall be
				adequately protected by a bridging piece or other means from crushing or
				shearing from external loading or settling of backfill. Care shall be taken to
				prevent the plastic piping from bearing on the end of the casing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.323 - Casing addition [49 CFR 192.323]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.323(d), insert:
(ew) Casing requirements of highway
				authorities shall be followed; however, construction type shall not be any less
				than provided by
				49 CFR
				192.323.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.324 - Addition [49 CFR 192.324w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.323, insert:
PSC 192.324w Rail Crossings. Whenever a steel pipeline is
				  installed under a railroad track and a casing is not used, the operator shall
				  install the pipeline using the methods prescribed in Gas Research Institute
				  report number GRI-91/0285, entitled "Guidelines for Pipelines Crossing
				  Railroads and Highways."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.325 - Underground clearance addition [49 CFR 192.325]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.325(b), insert:
(bw) No distribution main or transmission
				line shall be installed under buildings.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.355 - Customer meters and regulators: protection from damage additions [49 CFR 192.355]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.355(a), insert:
(aw) Install a check valve or equivalent if
				any of the following apply:
(1) The
				utilization equipment might induce a back-pressure.
(2) The gas utilization equipment is
				connected to a source of oxygen or compressed air.
(3) Liquefied petroleum gas or other
				supplementary gas is used as standby and might flow back into the meter. A
				three-way valve installed to admit the standby supply and at the same time shut
				off the regular supply, can be substituted for a check valve if
				desired.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.365 - Service lines: location of valves addition [49 CFR 192.365]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.365(b), insert:
(bw) Whenever gas is supplied to a theater,
				church, school, factory or other building where large numbers of persons
				assemble, an outside valve in such case will be required.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.371 - Service lines: steel addition [49 CFR 192.371]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49 CFR
				  192.371, insert:
(aw) When coated steel pipe is to be
				installed as a service line in a bore, care should be exercised to prevent
				damage to the coating during installation. For all installations to be made by
				boring, driving or similar methods or in a rocky type soil, the following
				practices or their equivalents shall be followed:
(1) When a service line is to installed by
				boring or driving and a coated steel pipe is to be used for the service line,
				the coated pipe may not be used as the bore pipe or drive pipe and left in the
				ground as part of the service line. Such installations shall be made by first
				making an oversize bore, removing the pipe used for boring and then inserting
				the coated pipe.
(2) Coated steel
				pipe may not be inserted through a bore in exceptionally rocky soil where there
				is a likelihood of damage to the coating resulting from the
				insertion.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.375 - Service lines: plastic addition [49 CFR 192.375]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.375(b), insert:
(cw) Plastic service lines that are not
				encased shall either be installed with an electrically conductive wire having
				adequate corrosion resistant characteristics or protection or some other
				acceptable means of readily locating the buried service pipe from the ground
				surface shall be provided.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.377 - Service lines: copper additions [49 CFR 192.377]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49 CFR
				  192.377, insert:
(aw) Copper service lines installed within a
				building may not be concealed.
(bw)
				Ferrous valves and fittings installed on underground copper service lines shall
				be protected from contact with the soil or insulated from the copper
				pipe.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.457 - External corrosion control: buried or submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971 addition [49 CFR 192.457]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.457(b),
				  insert:
(cw) Notwithstanding the
				provisions of
				49
				CFR 192.457(b) regarding
				active corrosion, effectively coated steel distribution pipelines, except for
				those portions including services and short sections that because of their
				nature and installation make cathodic protection impractical and uneconomical,
				shall be cathodically protected along the entire area that is effectively
				coated in accordance with this subpart.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.505 - Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS addition [49 CFR 192.505]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.505(d),
				  insert:
(ew) Except in freezing
				weather or when water is not available, pipelines or mains larger than 6 inches
				in diameter, installed in class locations 1, 2, or 3, shall be hydrostatically
				tested in place to at least 90% of the specified minimum yield
				strength.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.511 - Test requirements for service lines addition [49 CFR 192.511]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.511(c), insert:
(dw) Each segment of a service line, other
				than plastic, intended to be operated at a pressure between 0 and 1 p.s.i.g.
				shall be given a leak test at a pressure of not less than 50 p.s.i.g.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.613 - Continuing surveillance additions [49 CFR 192.613]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.613(b), insert:
(cw) When street is paved or repaved.
				Whenever a road or street is paved or repaved with permanent pavement, the
				operator shall do all of the following:
(1)
				Check for leaks along all mains and services in the streets and abutting
				property with a continuous-sampling instrument capable of detecting combustible
				gas in air concentrations of 100 parts per million.
(2) Determine condition of pipe and joints by
				sample visual examination, where possible.
(3) Repair any leaks found.
(4) Replace pipe if existing pipe is corroded
				to such an extent that it is likely to require replacement before the street is
				again resurfaced.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.614 - Damage prevention program addition. [49 CFR 192.614]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.614(e), insert:
(fw) All operators of natural gas pipelines
				shall be a member of a single, state-wide one-call system. If there is more
				than one state-wide one-call system, the public service commission may
				determine which system the operators will join.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.621 - Maximum allowable operating pressure: high-pressure distribution systems additions [49 CFR 192.621]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49
				CFR 192.621(a)(3), insert:
(3w) No person may operate a segment of a
				cast iron pipe.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.623 - Maximum allowable operating pressure: low-pressure distribution systems addition [49 CFR 192.623]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.623(b),
				  insert:
(cw) No person may operate a
				low pressure distribution system at a pressure in excess of that provided by s.
				PSC
				134.23(1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.629 - Purging of pipelines addition [49 CFR 192.629]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.629(b), insert:
(cw) No pipeline, main, or service shall be
				purged into any building or confined space.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.707 - Line markers for mains and transmission lines addition [49 CFR 192.707]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.707(d), insert:
(ew) When transmission lines are located
				outside urban areas, their location shall be marked, recognizable to the
				public, at each fence line, road crossing, railroad crossing, river, lake,
				stream, or drainage ditch crossing and wherever it is considered necessary to
				identify the location of a pipeline to reduce the possibility of damage or
				interference.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.713 - Transmission lines: permanent field repair of imperfections and damages addition [49 CFR 192.713]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.713(a) (2),
				  insert:
(3w) Gouges and grooves of
				lesser depth than 10% of the nominal wall thickness of the pipe may be removed
				by grinding out to a smooth contour provided the grinding does not reduce the
				remaining wall thickness to less than the minimum prescribed by 49 CFR 192 for
				the conditions of use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.714 - Addition [49 CFR 192.714w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.713, insert:
192.714w Repair of Steel Pipe Operating below 40
				  Percent of the Specified Minimum Yield Strength.
If inspections at any
				  time reveal an injurious defect, gouge, groove, dent, or leak, immediate
				  temporary measures shall be employed to protect the property and public if it
				  is not feasible to make permanent repair at time of discovery. As soon as
				  feasible, permanent repairs shall be made using recognized methods of
				  repair.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.722 - Addition [49 CFR 192.722w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.721, insert:
192.722w Distribution Mains: Markers. When distribution mains
				  are located outside urban areas, their location shall be marked, recognizable
				  to the public, at each fence line, road crossing, railroad crossing, river,
				  lake, stream, or drainage ditch crossing and wherever it is considered
				  necessary to identify the location of a pipeline to reduce the possibility of
				  damage or interference.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.723 - Distribution systems: leakage surveys additions [49 CFR 192.723]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.723(b), insert:
(cw) Every operator shall maintain a gas
				leak-detection program and shall maintain records of operation under the
				program. The program shall consist of not less than the following:
(1) In addition to
				49 CFR
				192.723(b) (1), a second
				leakage survey with a leak detection device shall be conducted over street
				openings in business districts, as shown by maps filed with the public service
				commission by each utility, each calendar year but not within 4 ½ months
				of the survey required under
				49 CFR
				192.723(b) (1).
(2) In each business district, a building
				survey shall be conducted at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least
				once each calendar year. The piping from the service entrance to the meter
				outlet and metering and regulating equipment shall be tested for gas leakage in
				those buildings that have gas service.
(3) A survey of all buildings used for public
				gatherings, such as schools, churches, hospitals, and theaters, shall be
				conducted at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar
				year. The piping from the service entrance to the meter outlet and metering and
				regulating equipment shall be tested for gas leakage.
(4) In incorporated cities and villages, in
				addition to a survey of public buildings, the operator shall conduct a leak
				survey of all mains using a continuous-sampling instrument capable of detecting
				and measuring combustible gas in air concentrations of 100 parts per million.
				The utility may substitute for the test required by this provision a survey by
				mobile flame ionization or infrared gas detection units. The tests required by
				this provision shall be made at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least
				once each calendar year.
(5) Along
				all mains in unincorporated areas, a leakage survey with leak detection
				equipment shall be conducted at least once every 2 calendar years at intervals
				not exceeding 27 months.
(6) A
				leakage survey of all services conducted with an acceptable leak detection
				device shall be made at least once every 5 calendar years at intervals not
				exceeding 63 months.
(7) When a
				leak complaint is received and the odor of gas indicates that there is a leak
				in or near the premises, a search shall be conducted until the leak is
				found.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.724 - Addition [49 CFR 192.724w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.723, insert:
PSC 192.724w Further leakage survey after repair of leak.
				  When a leak is found and repaired, a further check shall be made in the
				  vicinity of the repaired leak to determine if there is any other source of
				  migrant gas in the neighborhood.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.727 - Abandonment or deactivation of facilities addition [49 CFR 192.727]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.727(g), insert:
(hw) Special efforts shall be made to include
				services which have not been used for ten years in a way that will remove gas
				from the customers' premises. The plan shall include all of the following
				provisions:
(1) If the facilities are
				abandoned in place, they shall be physically disconnected from the main at the
				service tee. The open ends of all abandoned facilities shall be capped,
				plugged, or otherwise effectively sealed.
(2) In cases where a main is abandoned,
				together with the service lines connected to it, insofar as service lines are
				concerned, only the customers' end of the service lines need be
				sealed.
(3) Until the time a
				service is abandoned, it shall be treated as active for purposes of applying
				the regulations of 49 CFR 192. If a service line is not treated as an active
				line, it shall be physically disconnected at the main and purged, no later than
				2 years after becoming inactive.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.735 - Compressor stations: storage of combustible materials addition [49 CFR 192.735]

Current through June 24, 2024
(cw) All aboveground oil or gasoline storage
				tanks shall be constructed and protected in accordance with ch. ATCP
				93.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.741 - Pressure limiting and regulating stations: telemetering or recording gauges addition [49 CFR 192.741]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.741(c),
				  insert:
(dw) Each low pressure
				distribution system shall be equipped with telemetering or recording pressure
				gage or gages as may be required to properly indicate the gas pressure in the
				system at all times. At least once each year the pressure variation shall be
				determined throughout each system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.744 - Addition [49 CFR 192.744w]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49
				  CFR 192.743, insert:
PSC 192.744w Service regulators and associated safety
				  devices: inspection and testing. Service regulators and associated safety
				  devices on customers' premises shall be inspected and tested periodically to
				  determine whether they are in proper operating condition. This shall include
				  testing of the set pressure of the regulator at a specific flow rate,
				  determination of the lock-up pressure, and determination as to whether there
				  are any leaks, internal or external, associated with the regulator. The test
				  interval shall be the same as the interval between meter changes in the meter
				  rotation program under s.
				  PSC
				  134.30.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.747 - Valve maintenance: distribution systems addition [49 CFR 192.747]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49 CFR
				  192.747(a), insert:
(1w) Inspection shall include checking of
				alignment to permit use of a key or wrench and clearing from the valve box or
				vault any debris which would interfere or delay the operation of the valve.
				Records shall be maintained to show specific valve location and the records
				shall be made continuously accessible to authorized personnel for use under
				emergency conditions.
(2w) Existing
				connections in the form of inline valves between low pressure gas distribution
				systems and high pressure gas distribution systems shall be physically severed
				by January 1, 1974.
(3w) The
				by-pass valves in district regulator stations supplying gas to a low pressure
				distribution system shall be sealed, locked or otherwise be rendered incapable
				of operation, except by authorized personnel.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.751 - Prevention of accidental ignition addition [49 CFR 192.751]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.751(c), insert:
(dw) Whenever the accidental ignition in the
				open air of gas-air mixture might be likely to cause personal injury or
				property damage, precautions shall be taken, including all of the following:
(1) Prohibit smoking and open flames in the
				area.
(2) Install a metallic bond
				around the location of cuts in gas pipes to be made by other means than cutting
				torches.
(3) Take precautions to
				prevent static electricity sparks.
(4) Provide fire extinguishers of appropriate
				size and type.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation › Section PSC 136.01 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
The requirements of ch. PSC 136 shall be observed by all public
				utilities, both privately and publicly owned, engaged in the manufacture,
				mixing, purchasing, storage, transmission and/or distribution of gaseous fuel,
				or the supply of electric energy and provision of electric service, except as
				may be provided in ss.
				PSC
				136.04 and
				136.06.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation › Section PSC 136.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Accessible" means capable of being reached without removal or major alteration
			 of any part or parts of the permanent structure.
Note: Accessible areas include uninsulated areas which can be
				drilled and plugged.
(2)
			 "Conversion" means installation of a permanent electric or gas spaceheating
			 system to replace in whole or in part a spaceheating system which used a
			 different fuel.
Note: Conversion includes installation of a dual-fuel or add-on
				heat pump system but does not include installation of gas or electric heat in
				new additions to an existing residential structure.
(3) "Energy audit" means an energy use
			 analysis for spaceheating which complies with the Residential Conservation
			 Service program for the heating system which has been or will be
			 installed.
(4) "Existing
			 residential structure" means a one or two-family dwelling constructed prior to
			 December 1, 1978.
(5) "Spaceheating
			 system" means equipment which uses gas or electric energy either directly or
			 through mechanical processes to provide heat for space conditioning.
(6) "Unheated area" means a space which is
			 thermally isolated outside a building envelope.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation › Section PSC 136.04 - Conservation standards for converting existing structures to natural gas spaceheating service

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The provisions of this section shall
			 apply only to those investor-owned utilities set forth below:
(b) Madison Gas and Electric
			 Company.
(c) Northern States Power
			 Company.
(d) Superior Water, Light
			 and Power Company.
(e) Wisconsin
			 Electric Power Company.
(f)
			 Wisconsin Gas LLC.
(h) Wisconsin
			 Power and Light Company.
(i)
			 Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation › Section PSC 136.06 - Conservation standards for conversion of an existing residential structure to an electric spaceheating system

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The provisions
			 of this section shall apply only to those investor-owned utilities set forth
			 below:
(a) Lake Superior district power
			 company
(b) Madison gas and
			 electric company
(c) Northern
			 states power company
(d) Superior
			 water, light and power company
(e)
			 Wisconsin electric power company
(f) Wisconsin power and light
			 company
(g) Wisconsin public
			 service corporation
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation › Section PSC 136.10 - Disconnection or refusal of service

Current through June 24, 2024
Gas or electric service may be disconnected or refused for
				failure to comply with the regulations contained in this chapter as specified
				in ss.
				PSC
				113.0301 and
				134.062. If a customer has converted
				without notifying the appropriate utility and has failed to comply with the
				requirements of s.
				PSC
				136.06, the utility may allow the customer not more
				than 6 months to comply with those requirements.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The definitions specified in s.
				196.374(1),
				Stats., apply to this chapter. In addition, in this chapter:
(1) "Attribution" means each of the
			 following:
(a) The amount of energy savings
			 or renewable resource energy production that a program participant would have
			 achieved even in the absence of the energy efficiency or renewable resource
			 program.
(b) The amount of energy
			 savings or renewable resource energy production that is directly attributable
			 to the influence of the energy efficiency or renewable resource program but is
			 not included in the program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.02 - Program administrator solicitation and public notice

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) COMPETITIVE
			 SOLICITATION. Energy utilities soliciting proposals for a program administrator
			 under s.
			 196.374(2)
			 (a) 1, Stats., shall ensure that all
			 solicitations are conducted in a manner that is fair and promotes
			 competition.
(2) PUBLIC NOTICE.
(a) Energy utilities shall provide reasonable
			 public notice of all solicitations of program administrator proposals under s.
			 196.374(2)
			 (a) 1, Stats. The energy utilities may
			 provide this notice through the print, broadcast, or telecommunications media,
			 including the internet. The notice period the energy utilities select is
			 subject to the commission's prior approval.
(b) The notice shall include the purpose of
			 the solicitation, selection criteria, application procedures, and all
			 applicable solicitation deadlines that an applicant is required to meet, or
			 shall contain instructions for obtaining this information.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.03 - Program administrator selection

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ROLE OF THE
			 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. The program administrator shall oversee a portfolio of
			 energy efficiency and renewable resource statewide programs, in which other
			 market providers and contractors implement measures with end-use
			 customers.
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.
			 Prior to the solicitation of a program administrator under s.
			 196.374(2)
			 (a) 1, Stats., the energy utilities shall
			 submit their proposed criteria for evaluating proposals and selecting a program
			 administrator to the commission. These criteria shall evaluate the following:
(a) The qualifications and financial
			 soundness of a proposed program administrator and any proposed administrative
			 subcontractor.
(b) The previous
			 performance of a proposed program administrator and any proposed administrative
			 subcontractor.
(c) The technical
			 feasibility and quality of the proposed work plan, including the feasibility of
			 proposed goals, performance measures, and environmental and economic benefits
			 identified as objectives in the proposal.
(d) Compliance with each of the policies and
			 goals the commission identifies for the statewide energy efficiency
			 program.
(e) Other factors the
			 commission considers relevant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.04 - Collective statewide program contracts

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NOTICE TO
			 COMMISSION AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) The
			 energy utilities shall notify the commission in writing of their intent to sign
			 a collective contract for statewide programs with a program administrator and
			 shall submit a copy of the proposed contract to the commission for its
			 approval.
(b) The contract shall
			 include the following:
1. A requirement that
			 the statewide programs shall comply with the policies and goals issued by the
			 commission.
2. A requirement that
			 the statewide programs shall comply with s.
			 PSC
			 137.05.
3.
			 Performance indicators and minimum performance standards.
4. Any other provision the commission may
			 require.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.05 - Minimum requirements of statewide energy efficiency and renewable energy programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROGRAMS FOR ALL CUSTOMERS. The statewide
			 programs shall address the energy efficiency and renewable resource needs of
			 all customers of participating energy utilities, municipal utilities, and
			 retail electric cooperatives, except for the energy efficiency needs of those
			 customers served by a utility-administered program under s.
			 PSC
			 137.07 or a large energy customer self-directed
			 program under s.
			 PSC
			 137.09.
(2) RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROGRAMS FOR LARGE
			 CUSTOMERS. The statewide programs shall use a portion of the utility revenues
			 collected from each large energy customer, including large energy customers who
			 are participating in a self-directed energy efficiency program under s.
			 PSC
			 137.09 and large commercial, industrial,
			 institutional, or agricultural customers as defined in s.
			 PSC
			 137.07(1), to provide renewable
			 resource programs to these customers.
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. The statewide
			 programs shall deliver programs that result in environmental benefits, as
			 identified by the commission, either on-site or at the generation
			 level.
(4) PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL UNITS
			 OF GOVERNMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS.
(a)
			 The statewide programs shall allocate at least 10 percent of the moneys
			 collected under s.
			 196.374(3)
			 (b) 2, Stats., to programs to increase the
			 energy efficiency of local units of government and agricultural producers.
			 These programs are required to pass a portfolio level test of net
			 cost-effectiveness, as determined by the commission.
(b) If the commission determines that the
			 energy utilities cannot spend the full amount of moneys under par. (a) on
			 cost-effective programs to serve local units of government and agricultural
			 producers in any program year, the energy utilities shall allocate these
			 unspent funds to programs to serve commercial, institutional, and industrial
			 customers in the following program year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.06 - Procedures to receive contributions from municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INVOICE FORMS. The energy utilities shall
			 design invoice forms for municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives
			 that elect to contribute the fees they charge under s.
			 196.374(7)
			 (a) and (b) 2., Stats., to statewide
			 programs. The participating municipal utilities and retail electric
			 cooperatives shall use these forms to send in their collections.
(2) PROCEDURES FOR FEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
			 STATEWIDE PROGRAMS.
(a) At the end of each
			 quarter, each participating municipal utility and retail electric cooperative
			 shall inform the energy utilities of the dollar amount of fees it has collected
			 for energy efficiency programs in the previous quarter. Participating municipal
			 utilities and retail electric cooperatives shall deliver this information to
			 the energy utilities within 15 working days after the quarter
			 concludes.
(b) The energy utilities
			 shall verify the amount collected by each participating municipal utility or
			 retail electric cooperative.
(c)
			 When the energy utilities have received the information specified in par. (a),
			 they shall produce an invoice for each participating municipal utility or
			 retail electric cooperative and deliver the invoice to the municipal utility or
			 retail electric cooperative.
(d)
			 Within 30 working days after it receives the invoice, the participating
			 municipal utility or retail electric cooperative shall send a check to the
			 address specified by the energy utilities for deposit in the fund for statewide
			 programs.
(e) The energy utilities
			 shall take reasonable steps to ensure that participating municipal utilities
			 and retail electric cooperatives remit payments completely and on a timely
			 basis.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 137 - Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs › Section PSC 137.08 - Voluntary utility energy efficiency or renewable resource programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION.
			 In this section, "voluntary program" means an energy efficiency or renewable
			 resource program that an energy utility voluntarily proposes for commission
			 approval under s.
			 196.374(2)
			 (b) 2, Stats.
(2) REQUEST TO ADMINISTER OR FUND A VOLUNTARY
			 PROGRAM. An energy utility may file a request with the commission at any time
			 to administer or fund one or more voluntary programs in its service territory.
			 The commission shall consider requests that it receives at least 6 months
			 before the start of the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource
			 program year for implementation in that program year.
(3) REQUIRED INFORMATION. An energy utility
			 requesting to administer one or more voluntary programs in its service
			 territory shall provide the information specified in s.
			 PSC
			 137.07(3) (b) 1., 4., 6., 7., and 8.,
			 plus the following information:
(a) A
			 proposed reporting schedule.
(b) A
			 description of the energy utility's proposed database tracking and reporting
			 system.
(c) A description of how
			 the energy utility will coordinate its voluntary program with statewide
			 programs under s.
			 PSC
			 137.05, utility-administered programs under s.
			 PSC
			 137.07, and ordered programs.
(d) An evaluation, measurement, and
			 verification plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 140 - Construction of facilities to supply heat by utilities › Section PSC 140.015 - Filing areas of service

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MAP. Within 3
			 months after the date of this order each public heating utility shall file a
			 map showing the location of its heating facilities and the area or areas in
			 which it considers itself obligated to serve.
(2) FURNISHING INFORMATION. All utilities,
			 other than heating utilities, which furnish heat in connection with utility
			 service of another type shall notify this commission within 3 months of the
			 date of this order and shall keep the commission currently informed thereafter
			 of what customers are being furnished with such heating service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 140 - Construction of facilities to supply heat by utilities › Section PSC 140.02 - Required authorization

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless and until the commission shall
			 have certified that the same is required by public convenience and necessity,
			 no public heating utility shall acquire, construct (or materially change
			 through reconstruction), install, or place in utility operation:
(a) Any facilities for providing service in a
			 municipality in which the utility has not heretofore rendered
			 service.
(b) Any facilities for
			 providing service outside the area or areas submitted in response to s.
			 PSC
			 140.015.
(c) Any heating plant or principal
			 heat-absorbing, fuel-burning, or pumping unit.
(d) Any change in the method of transmitting
			 heat to the customers, such as change from hot water to steam.
(e) Any building or addition to an existing
			 building the cost of which exceeds $5,000 or 3% of the system's gross heating
			 operating revenue for the previous calendar year, whichever is the
			 greater.
(f) Any mains or
			 distribution or transmission facilities in the area where the utility has
			 theretofore been operating which is estimated to involve a gross capital
			 expenditure in excess of $500 or 3% of the system's gross heating operating
			 revenue for the previous calendar year, whichever is the greater.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 140 - Construction of facilities to supply heat by utilities › Section PSC 140.03 - Application and information

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION.
			 The utility shall apply to this commission for a certificate of authority as
			 above required before acquisition is completed or construction started on any
			 of the facilities for which such certificate is required. The application shall
			 contain:
(a) description of the
			 project,
(b) gross estimated
			 cost,
(c) cost of facilities that
			 may be retired,
(d) reason for the
			 construction,
(e) effect of
			 construction on revenues and expenses.