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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.0623 - Reconnection of service

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) By June 1 of each year, or at a date
			 designated by order of the commission, each gas utility in Wisconsin serving
			 more than 400,000 customers shall submit a fall reconnection plan for review
			 and approval by commission order. The plan shall provide reasonable means,
			 including a time table for personal contacts, that will be used to assure that
			 all premises to which service was disconnected within the past 12 months and
			 remains disconnected for nonpayment shall be contacted prior to October 25, or
			 at a date set by commission order, to inform them of available payment options
			 such as budget billing or deferred payment agreements.
(b) Prior to October 15 of each year, or at a
			 date designated by order of the commission, all gas utilities serving fewer
			 than 400,000 customers shall attempt by letter, telephone, or personal visit to
			 contact all households at premises to which service was disconnected within the
			 past 12 months and remains disconnected for nonpayment and inform them of
			 available payment options such as budget billing or deferred payment
			 agreements. If a letter, telephone call or personal visit does not result in a
			 response from an adult member of the household by October 15 or at a date
			 designated by order of the commission, a subsequent personal visit shall be
			 made no later than October 25, or at a date designated by order of the
			 commission.
(c) For any household
			 remaining disconnected after October 25, the utility shall continue its efforts
			 to have a personal contact with the household and determine its situation. The
			 utility shall make a personal contact attempt after the date of disconnection
			 and before November 1 for any household disconnected between October 15 and
			 October 31. If, during any of the contacts made to carry out this section, any
			 gas utility or its representative observes a danger to human health or life due
			 to the disconnection, the utility shall immediately restore service. A record
			 shall be made of all contacts and attempted contacts made to comply with this
			 section.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.0624 - Cold weather disconnections

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DECLARATION OF
			 POLICY. The public service commission of Wisconsin recognizes that there are
			 many citizens of the state who, because of income, infirmities of aging, other
			 developmental or intellectual disabilities or like infirmities incurred at any
			 age, or the frailties associated with being very young, need protection from
			 cold weather disconnections. This section is intended to provide that
			 protection as enumerated below. It is the further intent of the public service
			 commission that these rules be used as guidelines to identify those customers
			 who are not covered by sub. (3). For households subject to disconnection under
			 this section, any disconnection permitted by this chapter during the cold
			 weather period defined below shall be made only as a last resort, after all
			 other legal means of recourse have been attempted and proven
			 unsuccessful.
(2) APPLICABILITY.
(a) This section applies to disconnections
			 for nonpayment of utility service which provides the primary heat source or
			 energy source affecting the primary heat source to residential dwelling units
			 occurring during the period November 1 to April 15 in any year for all occupied
			 residences.
(b) This section shall
			 not apply to disconnections of service as set forth in s.
			 PSC 134.062(1) (b),
			 (3), (4), or disconnections for remodeling or
			 repairs.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.0625 - Customer-requested termination of service

Current through June 24, 2024
With regard to customer-requested termination of service at an
				unoccupied residence, the utility may rely on verification by the owner or the
				owner's agent that the residence is unoccupied, provided that the utility
				visits the premises at the time of termination of service and has no reason to
				believe that the premises are occupied. If the premises appear to be occupied,
				the utility shall follow the procedures set out in s.
				PSC 134.062(8)
				(b).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.063 - Deferred payment agreement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A utility is
			 required to offer deferred payment agreements only to residential accounts and
			 may offer such agreements to other customers.
(2) Every deferred payment agreement entered
			 into due to the customer's inability to pay the outstanding bill in full shall
			 provide that service will not be disconnected if the customer pays a reasonable
			 amount of the outstanding bill and agrees to pay the remaining outstanding
			 balance in reasonable installments.
(3) For purposes of determining
			 reasonableness in sub. (2), the parties shall consider the customer's ability
			 to pay, including the following factors:
(a)
			 Size of the delinquent account.
(b)
			 Customer's payment history.
(c)
			 Time that the debt has been outstanding.
(d) Reasons why the debt has been
			 outstanding.
(e) Any other relevant
			 factors concerning the circumstances of the customer, as household size, income
			 and expenses.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.064 - Dispute procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Whenever the customer disputes the
			 utility's request for a deposit or other guarantee, or advises the utility's
			 designated office that all or any part of any billing as rendered is in
			 dispute, or that any matter related to the disconnection or refusal of service
			 is in dispute, the utility shall:
(a)
			 Investigate the dispute promptly and completely.
(b) Advise the customer of the results of the
			 investigation.
(c) Attempt to
			 resolve the dispute.
(d) Provide
			 the opportunity for the residential customer to enter into a deferred payment
			 agreement under s. PSC 134.064 when applicable in order to resolve the
			 dispute.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.10 - Service on customer's premises

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All changes in
			 the heating value standard, all changes in pressure and specific gravity
			 greater than the allowable variation, and changes in the composition of the gas
			 which would materially affect the operation of the customer's appliances must
			 be accompanied by a general inspection and adjustment of all appliances that
			 would be affected by the changes. The utility shall make such adjustments and
			 such changes to all customers' appliances that are connected to an interior
			 piping system at the time of the change as may be necessary in order that the
			 appliance may operate as efficiently and give as good service as was possible
			 before the change. This should be done promptly and without cost or unnecessary
			 inconvenience to the customer.
(2)
			 If in connection with a service change specified in sub. (1), a piece of
			 properly operating utilization equipment cannot be adjusted so that it will
			 operate satisfactorily and if it must be replaced in its entirety the utility
			 shall share equitably in the cost of changing the equipment. The change in
			 customer's equipment should be made with the greatest possible economy to the
			 customer, and final settlement made at the time of the change. A satisfactory
			 settlement would be payment by the utility to the customer of the remaining
			 value of the customer's equipment and the cost of removing the old and
			 installing in the same position substantially equal equipment which replaces
			 it.
(3)
(a) Each utility shall adopt and file with
			 this commission a policy for inspection of customer's appliances. The filed
			 rule need not include the inspection and adjustment of special industrial
			 equipment, which should be checked by persons more familiar with the equipment.
			 The filed rule shall provide that customers having such equipment are to be
			 notified.
(b) Each gas utility
			 shall establish an educational and inspection program designed to inform
			 customers and assist the general public in the proper and efficient operation
			 and maintenance of gas burning equipment. Such program shall advise customers
			 to have heating equipment checked annually and offer energy saving suggestions
			 to customers.
(c) Whenever a gas
			 utility is required to enter a customer's premises to re-establish service to
			 relight appliances due to a non-emergency interruption of service, an
			 inspection of the burner ignition and flame appearance shall be made on each
			 appliance which is relit to check for safety and efficient operation. The
			 utility will be prepared to advise the customer relative to the safety and
			 efficiency of connected appliances.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.11 - Meters and control equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Where possible
			 to do so, all gas quantities required to be reported to the commission shall be
			 metered.
(2) All gas sold to
			 customers shall be measured by commercially acceptable measuring devices owned
			 and maintained by the utility. The maintenance of the accuracy of the meters
			 shall be the responsibility of the utility.
(3) Every reasonable effort shall be made to
			 measure at one meter location all gas quantities necessary for billing the
			 customer.
(4) All gas customers of
			 the same type, pressure, and/or volume classification shall have their gas
			 metered with instruments having like characteristics and at the same pressure
			 base, except that the commission may approve the use of instruments of
			 different types if their use does not result in unreasonable
			 discrimination.
(5) Any regulators
			 or equipment used to provide service in accordance with commission or filed
			 utility rules and rates shall be commercially acceptable devices owned and
			 maintained by the utility.
(6) A
			 temperature-compensating meter shall be used whenever a gas meter is subject to
			 the elements of the weather or wide variations in temperature. All present
			 non-compensating installations subject to the elements of the weather and wide
			 variations in temperature shall be changed so that 100% compliance will be
			 attained by the end of the first complete testing cycle as provided in s.
			 PSC
			 134.30(1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.12 - Meter readings and billing periods

Current through June 24, 2024
Reading of all meters used for determining charges to customers
				shall be scheduled monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, or semi-annually. An effort
				shall be made to read meters on corresponding days of each meter-reading period
				cycle. The meter-reading date may be advanced or postponed not more than 5 days
				without adjustment of the billing for the period. Bills for service shall be
				rendered within 40 days from the reading of the meter except as may be
				otherwise specifically authorized by the commission. The utility may permit the
				customer to supply the meter readings on a form supplied by the utility,
				provided a utility representative reads the meter at least once each 6 months
				and when there is a change of customer. The utility shall make reasonable
				efforts to read the meters of customers who cannot be available during normal
				business hours.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.13 - Billing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) All
			 of the information in par. (b) shall be shown for each meter on each bill,
			 including the customer's receipt, if the bill is provided by any of the
			 following:
1. Madison Gas and Electric
			 Company.
2. Northern States Power
			 Company.
3. Superior Water, Light
			 and Power Company.
4. Wisconsin
			 Electric Power Company.
5.
			 Wisconsin Gas LLC.
6. Wisconsin
			 Power and Light Company.
7.
			 Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.14 - Adjustment of bills

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Whenever a meter is found to have a
			 weighted average error of more than 2% fast as tested in the manner specified
			 in s.
			 PSC
			 134.28, a recalculation of bills for service shall be
			 made for the period of inaccuracy assuming an inaccuracy equal to the weighted
			 average error. Weighted average error refers to 80% of the open rate plus 20%
			 of the check rate. The recalculation shall be made on the basis that the
			 service meter should be 100% accurate.
(2) If the period of inaccuracy cannot be
			 determined, it shall be assumed that the full amount of inaccuracy existed
			 during the last half of the period since the previous test was made on the
			 meter; however, the period of accuracy shall not exceed one-half the required
			 test period.
Note:
If the meter test period is 15 years and
				the meter had been in service for 16 years, the period of accuracy shall be
				7½ years, and the period of inaccuracy shall be 8½ years.
(3) If the average gas bill of a
			 customer does not exceed $10 per month over the refund period the monthly
			 consumption of which the refund is calculated may be averaged.
(4) If the recalculated bills indicate that
			 more than $1 is due an existing customer or $2 is due a person no longer a
			 customer of the utility, the full amount of the calculated difference between
			 the amount paid and the recalculated amount shall be refunded to the customer.
			 The refund to an existing customer shall be a credit to the customer's current
			 bill. If the amount of the credit is greater than the current bill, the amount
			 in excess of the current bill shall, at the discretion of the customer, be made
			 in cash or as credit on future bills. If a refund is due a person no longer a
			 customer of the utility, a notice shall be mailed to the last known address,
			 and the utility shall upon request made within 3 months thereafter refund the
			 amount due.
(5)
(a) Whenever a meter with a rated capacity of
			 400 cubic feet per hour (CFH) or more is found to have a weighted average error
			 of more than 2% slow, the utility shall bill the customer for the amount the
			 test indicates has been undercharged for the period of inaccuracy, which period
			 shall not exceed the last 2 years the meter was in service unless otherwise
			 ordered by the commission after investigation. No back billing for an
			 inaccurate meter will be sanctioned for the following:
1. The customer has called to the company's
			 attention his or her doubts as to the meter's accuracy and the company has
			 failed within a reasonable time to check it.
2. The rated capacity of the meter is 399
			 cubic feet per hour (CFH) or less.
3. The amount of the backbill is less than
			 $50.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.17 - Complaints

Current through June 24, 2024
Each utility shall investigate and keep a record of complaints
				received by it from its customers in regard to safety, service, or rates, and
				the operation of its system. The record shall show the name and address of the
				complainant, the date and nature of the complaint, and its disposition and the
				date thereof. A summary of this record for the previous calendar year shall be
				sent to the commission by April 1 of each year. Each utility also shall
				document all contacts and actions relative to deferred payment arrangements and
				disputes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.18 - Record of interruption of service

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each utility
			 shall keep a record of all interruptions to service affecting an entire
			 distribution system of any urban area or an important division of a community.
			 The record shall show the date and time of interruption, the cause, the
			 approximate number of customers affected, and the date and time of restoring
			 service.
(2) Each utility shall
			 keep a record of all failures and notifications of difficulty with transmitted
			 gas supply affecting each gate station. The record shall show the date and time
			 of failure or notification, the date and time of resumption of normal supply,
			 the operation of standby equipment including amount of gas produced, the number
			 of customers whose service was interrupted and the maximum and minimum gas
			 supply pressure during the period of difficulty.
(3) A summary of records required by subs.
			 (1) and (2) shall be sent to the public service commission by April 1 of each
			 year.
(4) Each interruption of
			 service which affects more than 100 customers shall be reported by mail,
			 telephone, or telegraph to the commission within 48 hours following the
			 discovery of the interruption.
(5)
			 Any interruption of a principal gas supply shall be immediately reported to the
			 commission by telephone or telegraph by the utility or utilities
			 affected.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.19 - Meter records and reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) METER TEST
			 RECORDS.
(a) A utility shall keep a record of
			 a meter test whenever a meter is tested. The meter test record shall include
			 all of the following:
1. Information
			 identifying the meter.
2. The
			 reason for making the test.
3. The
			 reading of the meter before it was removed from service.
4. All the data that was taken at the time of
			 the test.
5. The results of the
			 test measurement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.20 - Preservation of records

Current through June 24, 2024
A utility shall preserve the following records in a readable
				format and keep them available for inspection by the commission for the periods
				indicated. The list is not a complete list of all types of utility
				records.
Description of Record
Period to be Retained
(1)
Maps showing the location and physical
							 characteristics of existing plant
Currently
(2)
Engineering records in connection with construction
							 projects
Permanently
(3)
Supply records:
(a)
Station and system supply records
Permanently
(b)
All other records taken in the plant
6 years
(4)
Operating records:
(a)
Load dispatcher data
6 years
(b)
Interruption records
6 years
(c)
Meter test records
Until the information in the meter test record is
							 entered in the meter history record and the meter is tested again*
(d)
Meter history records
Life of meter plus 6 years
(e)
Annual meter accuracy summary
6 years
(f)
Heating value records
6 years
(g)
Pressure records
6 years
(h)
Specific gravity records
6 years
(i)
All other records of operation
6 years
(5)
Equipment record:
Must be placed in mortality
Life of
study before destroying
equipment
(6)
Customers' records:
(a)
Inspection of customers' equipment
10 years
(b)
Complaint record
6 years after the complaint is resolved
(c)
Meter reading records used for billing
6 years
(d)
Billing record
6 years
(e)
Customer deposits
6 years after refund
(7)
Filed rates and rules
Permanently
Note:
See Federal Power Commission Orders 54 and
				156 for preservation of records. Public Service Commission's Classification of
				Accounts, and s.
				18.01, Stats.
Note:
*Note that if meter test records are being
				used as meter history records under
				PSC 134.19(1)
				(c), the meter test records must be preserved
				for the time period required for meter history records.
See also Investigation to Consider Proposed Changes to
				  Records Retention Requirements for Electric, Gas and Water Utilities adopted by
				  the commission in docket 5-US-114, December 12, 2006, as amended March 19,
				  2009, for a more comprehensive listing of retention periods of specific
				  records.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.21 - Heating values and specific gravity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each utility
			 which is furnishing gas service shall have on file with this commission for
			 each municipality served the heating value, specific gravity, and composition
			 of each type of gas regularly supplied and also for the gas which may be used
			 for standby purposes and the range of values for peak shaving. The heating
			 value filed shall be the total heating value with the indication whether it is
			 on a wet or dry basis. (See definitions in s.
			 PSC
			 134.02.)
(2) All gases whether the regular gas supply,
			 a mixture of gases or a substitute gas used for peak shaving purposes shall
			 operate properly in normal gas utilization equipment. Where used for emergency
			 or standby, the gas shall operate reasonably well in such equipment. (The
			 customer requiring gas of a particular chemical composition shall make such
			 arrangements as may be required to protect against damage by reason of change
			 in composition.)
(3) The monthly
			 average heating value of the gases as delivered to the customers in any service
			 area shall not be less than the heating value standard on file with this
			 commission and the heating value at any time at constant specific gravity shall
			 not be more than 5% above or 4% below this standard. At constant heating value,
			 the specific gravity of the gas shall not vary more than 10% from the standards
			 filed with the commission. If the heating value is varied by a greater amount
			 than specified, the specific gravity shall be varied in such a way that the gas
			 will operate satisfactorily in the customer's utilization equipment. Customers
			 using processes that may be affected by a change in the chemical composition of
			 the gas shall be notified of changes. Agreements with such customers shall
			 specify the allowable variation in composition.
(4) For required periodic heating value tests
			 see s.
			 PSC
			 134.25. The specific gravity of the gas shall be
			 determined at least once each month when there is no change in the type or
			 sources of gas and when there is a change in the type of gas. Whenever
			 emergency or peak shaving plants are ran or when mixed gases are used, daily
			 determinations of specific gravity shall be made.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.22 - Purity of gas

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In no case shall gas contain more than 30
			 grains of sulphur per 100 standard cubic feet, 5 grains of ammonia per 100
			 standard cubic feet, nor more than 0.1 grain of hydrogen sulphide per 100
			 standard cubic feet. (Exception. If the gas is not to be placed in pipe or
			 bottle type holders the hydrogen sulphide content may be 0.3 grains per 100
			 standard cubic feet.)
(2) Utilities
			 supplying gas containing coal or water gas shall make quantitative
			 determinations of total sulphur at least once every 6 months and qualitative
			 hydrogen sulphide tests at intervals of 1 hour to 2 weeks depending upon the
			 probability of this impurity being found.
(3) Utilities supplying liquefied petroleum
			 gas, or liquefied petroleum air mixtures, or natural gas shall test the gas
			 periodically for impurities or periodically obtain data concerning impurities
			 from sources they believe the commission can accept as reliable.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.23 - Pressure variation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every utility supplying gas shall file
			 with the commission a standard service pressure by service areas. The service
			 pressure shall be of such a value that the maximum pressure at any outlet as
			 specified below shall not be greater than 12 inches of water column except for
			 customers utilizing high-pressure service.
(2) For customers receiving standard service
			 pressure, the gas pressure at the outlet of the utility's service meters shall
			 meet the following requirements:
(a) At no
			 outlet in the service area shall it ever be greater than one and one-fourth of
			 the standard service pressure nor greater than 12 inches of water nor ever be
			 less than one-half of the standard service pressure nor less than 4 inches of
			 water.
(b) At any single outlet it
			 shall never be greater than twice the actual minimum at the same
			 outlet.
(c) At any one outlet the
			 normal variation of pressure shall not be greater than the following:
Minimum Pressure
Normal Variation Permissible
4-5 in. . .....................
3 in.
5-6 in. . .....................
3½ in.
6-8 in. . .....................
4 in.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.25 - General use of calorimeter equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless
			 specifically directed otherwise a calorimeter shall be maintained at each gas
			 producing or mixing plant whether the plant is in continuous operation or used
			 only for standby or peak shaving purposes. The calorimeter shall be used to
			 check the operation of the plant and shall measure the heating value of the gas
			 going to the gas lines.
(2) Unless
			 specifically directed otherwise calorimeters shall be maintained in operation
			 in locations where the heating value of the gas can be measured from each
			 different supplier.
(3) Unless
			 specifically directed otherwise a calorimeter shall be maintained and used to
			 measure the heating value of the gas actually sold to customers in those cases
			 where mixed gases are used.
(4)
			 Tests of heating value of the gas shall be made daily whenever gas is supplied
			 at the calorimeter location unless specifically directed otherwise by the
			 commission. The original records of the tests shall be dated, labeled and kept
			 on file for 6 years. A copy of the daily average heating value of gas sold to
			 customers shall be sent to the commission each calendar month.
(5) The calorimeter equipment shall be
			 maintained so as to give results within + or - 1%. Recording calorimeters used
			 to test or control the production or mixing of gas or measure the heating value
			 of purchased gas when therm rates are not applicable shall be tested with a gas
			 of known heating value at least 3 times a year or when the accuracy is in
			 question. Recording calorimeters used only with standby or peak shaving
			 production plants shall be tested with a gas of known heating value at least 2
			 times a year. Non-recording calorimeter equipment such as the Junkers shall be
			 tested with a gas of known heating value at least once a year or tested against
			 another calorimeter of known accuracy at least once a year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.27 - Meter accuracies

Current through June 24, 2024
All meters shall be set as close to 100% accurate as possible.
				Diaphragm meters shall be considered correct for service if the results of the
				multiple tests called for agree within 1% and no test shows an error of more
				than 1% fast or slow. Turbine and rotary displacement type meters shall be
				considered correct for service when tested at approximately 10% of rated flow
				with accuracy between 2% slow and 2% fast, and at approximately 100% flow with
				accuracy between 1% slow and 1% fast and in the case of turbine type meters,
				have a spin test time equal to or greater than that on file with the commission
				under s.
				PSC
				134.28(6). In orifice type meters,
				the deviations in the diameter of the orifice shall not exceed the
				following:
PRACTICAL TOLERANCES FOR ORIFICE DIAMETERS
Orifice Size
Tolerance Plus or Minus
Orifice Size
Tolerance Plus or Minus
.2500 .....
.0003"
1.2500 .........
.0014"
.3750 .....
.0005"
1.5000 .........
.0017"
.5000 .....
.0006"
1.7500 .........
.0020"
.6250 .....
.0008"
2.000 to 5.000 . .
.0025"
.7500 .....
.0009"
over 5.000.....
.0005"
.8750 .....
.0010"
per inch of diameter
1.0000 . . . .
.0012"
In orifice type meters the sharpness of the orifice edge shall
				be maintained in such a condition that the upstream edge of the orifice shall
				not appreciably reflect a beam of light when viewed without magnification. No
				meter which is mechanically defective shall be placed in service or allowed to
				remain in service after such defect has been discovered. The inlet and outlet
				of diaphragm type meters shall be capped when not connected in
				service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.28 - Meter testing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each meter test of a diaphragm type meter
			 with a capacity of 2,400 cubic feet per hour or less shall consist of one
			 proving at a rate of flow of 15 to 30% of the rated capacity of that meter and
			 one proving at a rate of flow at 90 to 120% of the rated capacity of the meter.
			 The capacity of the meter for test purposes shall be the capacity at one-half
			 inch water column differential pressure.
(2) Each meter test of a diaphragm type meter
			 having a capacity greater than 2,400 cubic feet per hour shall consist of one
			 proving at a rate of flow of 15 to 30% of the rated capacity of that meter and
			 one proving at a rate of flow of 90 to 120% of the rated capacity of the meter
			 but not less than 2,500 cubic feet per hour. The capacity of the meter for test
			 purposes shall be the capacity at one-half inch water column differential
			 pressure.
(3) Rotary meters shall
			 be tested at 2 loads with the minimum load at 10% of rating by the use of a
			 portable or volumetric meter or other approved proving devices, or be given a
			 differential test. In the latter case an original test record shall be set up
			 immediately after installation; future differential test results shall be
			 recorded and compared with the original test record.
(4) A test of an orifice meter shall consist
			 of tests of the recording gauges, and the removal, inspection and measurement
			 of the orifice.
(5)
			 Temperature-compensated gas displacement meters when tested shall be proved to
			 a base temperature of 60° Fahrenheit.
(6) Turbine-type meters shall be tested at 2
			 loads with the minimum load at 10% of rating by the use of a portable or
			 volumetric meter or other approved proving devices, or be given a turbine
			 blade, rotor and gear assembly spin test, either by manual or velocity
			 rotation. Before a particular type turbine meter can be used, the manufacturer
			 must file with and be accepted by the commission a minimum coasting time which
			 will satisfactorily indicate the operating condition of the internal metering
			 mechanism. For the spin test method a test record shall be set up; and the
			 original and subsequent spin test results shall be recorded and compared with
			 the specified minimum coasting time as filed with the commission for that type
			 meter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.29 - Installation test

Current through June 24, 2024
No meter shall be used to meter gas consumption for billing
				purposes unless it was tested and found correct, as defined in s.
				PSC
				134.27 not longer than 15 months previous to its use.
				The first test on a meter or a retest after a major overhaul shall include a
				check of the registering device and linkages.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 134 - Standards For Gas Service › Section PSC 134.291 - Statistical sample testing plan for new meters

Current through June 24, 2024
The following new meter sample testing plan may be used for
				testing new meters instead of the new meter test requirements of s.
				PSC
				134.26(1), if the commission
				authorizes the adoption of the plan by a utility.
(1) Meters, as received from the
			 manufacturer, shall be divided into homogeneous lots by manufacturers and
			 types. The maximum number of meters in any lot may not exceed 1,000 or be less
			 than 96. From each such lot assembled, there shall be drawn a coded sample size
			 specified in Military Standard 414 (MIL-STD-414) dated 11 June 1957, as shown
			 for the various group sizes using Inspection Level IV of Table A-2 on page 4
			 and a corresponding actual sample size as shown on Table B-3 on page 45. The
			 sample shall be drawn by a random method that ensures that each meter in the
			 lot has an equal chance of being selected.
(2) The test criterion for acceptance or
			 rejection of each lot shall be based on a separate analysis conducted at both
			 the open and check flow rate, as specified in s.
			 PSC
			 134.28(1) by means of the Standard
			 Deviation Method, Double Specification Limit and with an Acceptable Quality
			 Level (AQL) of .25 for the open accuracy analysis and an AQL of .40 for the
			 check accuracy analysis as shown in Table B-3, MIL-STD-414, page 45. The
			 statistical analysis calculations shall be made following the example on page
			 43 of MIL-STD-414 with the upper and lower specification limits U and L
			 designated at 101% and 99% respectively.
(3) One nonregistering meter may be removed
			 from the sample lot for analysis purposes and replaced with another randomly
			 selected meter. If more than one meter in a sample is found not to be
			 registering, the entire lot shall be rejected.
(4) A lot shall be deemed acceptable for
			 installation if the total estimated percent defective (P) is less than the
			 appropriate maximum allowable percent defective (M) as determined from Table
			 B-3 under the procedures of sub. (2). All meters in an acceptable lot shall be
			 deemed to have met the accuracy requirements of s.
			 PSC
			 134.26(1) for placement in service
			 without further testing.
(5) A lot
			 shall be considered rejected and not acceptable for installation if the total
			 estimated percent defective (P) exceeds the appropriate maximum allowable
			 percent defective (M) as determined from Table B-3 under the procedures of sub.
			 (2). All meters in a rejected lot shall be tested and adjusted in accordance
			 with the procedures of s.
			 PSC
			 134.27 or replaced with meters meeting these
			 requirements.
Military Standard 414 is on file at offices of the Public
				  Service Commission, Secretary of State and Legislative Reference Bureau
				  offices.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.011 - Character of construction, maintenance, and operation

Current through June 24, 2024
All gas transmission, distribution, and utilization equipment
				  and facilities shall be constructed, installed, operated, and maintained in a
				  reasonably adequate and safe manner and as more specifically provided for in
				  this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.012 - Facilities, inspection and repairs

Current through June 24, 2024
All facilities shall be cleaned when necessary and inspected
				  at such intervals as experience has shown to be necessary. Any facilities known
				  to be defective so as to endanger life or property shall be promptly repaired,
				  permanently disconnected, or isolated until repairs can be made. Construction,
				  repairs, additions, and changes to gas transmission and distribution facilities
				  shall be made by qualified persons only.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.013 - Application of rules

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every gas public utility and gas pipeline
				operator that operates gas transmission or distribution facilities in this
				state shall comply with this chapter.
(2) WAIVING RULES. The provisions of this
				chapter may be modified or waived by the public service commission. They may be
				so modified or waived in particular cases wherever shown to be impracticable
				for special reasons or where the advantage of uniformity with existing
				construction is greater than the advantage of construction in compliance with
				the rules providing the existing construction is reasonably safe or if
				equivalent or safer construction is secured in other ways.
(3) TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS. It may sometimes
				be necessary to modify or waive certain of the provisions in this chapter in
				case of temporary installations or installations which are shortly to be
				dismantled or reconstructed. Such temporary construction may be used for a
				reasonable length of time provided it is under competent supervision while it
				or adjoining equipment is under pressure or if it is protected by suitable
				barriers or warning signs when accessible to any person, without fully
				complying with this chapter; but all such construction shall be made reasonably
				safe.
(4) EMERGENCY. In case of
				emergency or pending decision of the public service commission, the person
				responsible for the installation may decide as to modification or waiver of any
				rule or order, subject to review by the public service commission.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.014 - Protection of gas pipeline facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A gas pipeline
				operator, upon receiving notice as provided in s.
				66.0831
				or
				182.0175(2m),
				Stats., of work which may affect its facilities used for serving the public
				shall:
(a) If the notice is of work covered by
				s.
				66.0831,
				Stats., investigate and decide what action, if any, must reasonably be taken to
				protect or alter utility facilities in order to protect service to the public
				and to avoid unnecessary damage. The gas pipeline operator shall take such
				action as is reasonably necessary to protect, remove, alter, or reconstruct its
				facilities, and shall perform such work with reasonable dispatch taking into
				account the conditions to be met. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect any
				right which the gas pipeline operator may have to require advance payment or
				adequate assurance of payment of reasonable costs to the gas pipeline operator
				by the property owner or contractor.
(b) If the notice is of work covered by s.
				182.0175(2m),
				Stats., and is not covered by s.
				66.0831,
				Stats., the gas pipeline operator shall respond as required by s.
				182.0175(2m),
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.015 - Interference with gas pipeline facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A gas pipeline
				operator having any work upon, over, along, or under any public street, highway
				or private property near existing gas pipeline facilities shall give reasonable
				notice to another public utility or operator and shall exercise care when
				working in close proximity to such existing facilities. Sections
				66.0831
				and
				182.0175,
				Stats., shall be observed where applicable. In all other cases such notice
				shall provide another public utility or operator with a reasonable opportunity
				to protect or alter its facilities and such work shall not proceed without an
				agreement concerning the location and nature of the proposed work.
(2) Nothing in sub. (1) shall prevent a gas
				pipeline operator from proceeding as quickly as possible with any emergency
				construction work which might interfere with existing facilities.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.016 - Leak survey reports

Current through June 24, 2024
The federal department of transportation, office of pipeline
				  safety, requires each operator of a distribution system or of a transmission
				  system to submit an annual report for the preceding calendar year not later
				  than March 15. The operators of such systems in this state shall submit a copy
				  of these reports to the public service commission on or before the filing date
				  as required by the federal regulations. In addition to this annual report and
				  at the same time, the operators shall report the number of leaks which were
				  found in customer-owned facilities by either a survey or complaint during the
				  preceding calendar year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 135.019 - Adoption of federal minimum pipeline safety standards by reference

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				The federal department of transportation, office of pipeline safety, pipeline
				safety standards, as adopted through March 21, 2021, and incorporated in 49 CFR
				Parts 192, 193 and 199, including the appendices, are adopted as state pipeline
				safety standards and incorporated by reference into this chapter.
(2) State additions to the federal pipeline
				safety standards are shown in subch. II.
(3) Pursuant to s.
				227.21,
				Stats., the attorney general and the legislative reference bureau have
				consented to the incorporation by reference of the provisions in 49 CFR Parts
				192, 193 and 199, including the appendices. Copies are on file at the office of
				the public service commission, the secretary of state, and the legislative
				reference bureau.
(4) All gas
				public utilities and gas pipeline operators shall file with the public service
				commission a copy of the manual of written procedures for conducting operations
				and maintenance activities and for emergency response required under
				49
				CFR 192.605(a). Each change
				in the manual shall be filed with the commission within 20 days after the
				change is made.
(5) Prior to
				constructing gas pipelines, all gas public utilities and gas pipeline operators
				shall have on file with the public service commission a copy of the
				construction specifications or standards required under
				49 CFR
				192.303, welding procedures required under
				49 CFR
				192.225, and joining procedures required
				under 49
				CFR 192.273. Each change in the
				specifications, standards, or procedures shall be filed with the public service
				commission within 20 days after the change is made.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.053 - General additions [49 CFR 192.53]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.53(a), insert:
(aw) Some of the materials conforming to
				specifications approved for use under 49 CFR 192 may not have properties
				suitable for the lower portion of the temperature band covered by 49 CFR 192.
				Operators are cautioned to give attention to the low-temperature properties of
				the materials used for facilities to be exposed to unusually low ground
				temperatures or low atmospheric temperatures. Twenty inch steel pipe and
				larger, with a specified minimum yield strength of 52,000 p.s.i. or higher,
				shall be tested for fracture toughness in accordance with the applicable
				section of respective API standard under which it was produced, except for
				small lot purchases of pipe where testing for fracture toughness is
				impractical.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.125 - Design of copper pipe addition [49 CFR 192.125]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.125(d), insert:
(ew) Fittings in copper piping. Fittings in
				copper piping and exposed to the soil, such as service tees and pressure
				control fittings, shall be made of bronze, copper or brass.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.163 - Compressor stations: design and construction additions [49 CFR 192.163]

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) After
				49 CFR
				192.163(b), insert:
(bw) All compressor station buildings shall
				be constructed of non-combustible materials.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.171 - Compressor stations: additional safety equipment addition [49 CFR 192.171]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.171(a), insert:
(aw) Fire protection. Fire-protection
				facilities shall be provided as specifically directed by the department of
				safety and professional services and the local fire department. The operation
				of fire-protection facilities, such as pumps, shall not be affected by an
				emergency shutdown.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.173 - Compressor stations: ventilation addition [49 CFR 192.173]

Current through June 24, 2024
After the text in
				  49 CFR
				  192.173, insert:
(1w) There shall be compliance with the state
				heating, ventilation, and air conditioning code, ch. SPS 364.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.181 - Distribution line valves addition [49 CFR 192.181]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.181(b), insert:
(bw) The distance between the valve and the
				regulator or regulators shall be sufficient to permit the operation of the
				valve during an emergency such as a large gas leak or a fire in the station.
				These valves shall be in accessible locations neither closer than 25 feet nor
				more than 1,500 feet distant from each regulator station.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 135 - Gas Safety › Subchapter II - Additions to 49 CFR Part 192 › Section PSC 135.183 - Vaults: structural design requirements additions [49 CFR 192.183]

Current through June 24, 2024
After
				  49 CFR
				  192.183(c), insert:
(dw) In the design of vaults and pits for
				pressure limiting, pressure relieving and pressure regulating equipment, the
				installed equipment shall be protected from damage, such as that resulting from
				an explosion within the vault or pit, which may cause portions of the roof or
				cover to fall into the vault.
(ew)
				Vault or pit openings shall be located so as to minimize the hazards of tools
				or other objects falling upon the regulator, piping, or other equipment. The
				control piping and the operating parts of the equipment installed shall not be
				located under a vault or pit opening where workers can step on them when
				entering or leaving the vault or pit, unless such parts are suitably protected.
				Whenever a vault or pit opening is to be located above equipment which could be
				damaged by a falling cover, a circular cover should be installed or other
				suitable precautions taken.