U-1034-99 Proposed General Service Provisions.pdf

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INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY
P. O. BOX 7608
83707
12081 377-6000
BOISE, IDAHO
WALTER H.SMITH
PRESIDENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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December 30, 1982
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¡.,!MISSION ,Mrs. Myrna J. Walters
Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities
Statehouse
Boise, ID 83720
., UTiUTIES'"
Commission
Dear Mrs. Walters:
Enclosed please find an original and seven (7) copies of
proposed chages to our General Service Provisions,
Section A. We have included both marked copies and clean
copies for approval.
These changes were necessitated by final Order No. 17701
on our general rate case U-1034-99.
The proposed changes to our General Service Provisions correct
inconsistencies, clarify current language and delete language
conflicting with our current rate schedules. As such, these
proposed changes will not significantly affect either our
Company or its customers.
We request the Commission approve these changes as proposed.
An questions concerning the proposed changes may be direc-
ted to my office.
Sincerely,~~
Walter H. Smith
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(Supersedes First Revised Volume No .1)
JAN 7 '8 JAN 7- '83
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Utilty Intermountain Gas Company
SECTION A
GENERAL SERVICE PROVISIONS
1. GENERAL
1.1 The word "Company" as used herein means Intermountain
Gas Company.
1.2 The word "month" for rate schedule and billing purposes
shall mean the period of approximately 30 days inter-
vening between regular meter reading dates. .
1.3 The term "therm" shall means 100,000 British thermal
units.
2. APPLICATION FOR SERVICE
2.1 The Company shall furnish service to applicants within
its existing distribution system under the filed rates
and in accordance with these General Service Pro-
visions.
2.2 The Company reserves the right to place limitations on
the amount and character of gas service it will supply
and to refuse service to new consumers for any of the
following reasons: (1) if it is unable to obtain the
necessary equipment, facilities, or gas to supply such
service; (2) if required to do so by regulatory author-
ities having jurisdiction over the Company; (3) where
such service might adversely affect the gas supply of
other consumers; (4) if the permanence of the structure
proposed to be served is such that the Company's
investment in the service connection is jeopardized; or
(5) for other good and sufficient reasons.
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2.3 The Company may require the signing of a standard form
application for service by all consumers. In addition,
a twelve-month special service contract will be re-
quired of consumers served under: . (l) the LV-1 Rate
Schedule; (2) the GS-1 Rate Schedule for water pumping
purposes; 0) the GS-1 Rate Schedule in an amount
exceeding 2,000 therms per day.
2.4 The Company may, at its option, rene~otiate a special
service contract for a new twelve-month period whenever
the consumer desires to increase usage.
2.5 Other Special contracts may be required where large or
special investment in facilities is necessary to supply
the requested service, and the Company reserves the
right to require contributions toward such investment
and to establish such minimum charges as are deemed
necessary.
3. DEPOSITS TO GUARANTEE PAYMENT OF RILLS
3.1 The Company may require deposits as a conditi.on of
service as set forth in Section B, Uniform Customer
Relations Practices.
4. PAYMENTS
4.1 The Company shall endeavor to have each consumer'smeter read at approximately monthly intervals to
determine the amount of gas delivered. In the event
the Companv' s meter reader is unable to gain access to
the premises to read the meter on his regular trip, the
Company may estimate the consumer's gas consumption for
the current billing period based on known consumption
for a prior period adjusted for variation in
temperature on a degree dav basis; subsequent readings
will automatically adjust for difference between
estimated and actual. Estimated bills shall carry
appropriate notice to that effect.
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Sat~rdavs, Sundavs, holidavs or an unusual condition
may alter the normal billing period. In such situa-
tions service covering 27 to 35 days inclusive will be
hilled as a normal bill ing period. When other than
normal billing periods are caused bv the Company due to
modification of meter reading schedules, consumptions
will be billed on a normal billing period basis, or
prorated, whichever produces a smaller bilL. ~fuen
other than normal billing periods are caused by the
consumer due to opening (or closing) an account,
the customer charge for under 16 days will be prorated.
All billings rendered shall be net and each monthly
bill shall be due and payable ~vithin 10 davs from the
date of rendition, except as provided under Section B;
Uniform Customer Relations Practices.
The consumer shall reimburse the Company for his
proportionate part of any new tax, increased tax rate,
increased rate or charge (other than ad valorem and
income taxes) assessed, imposed or levied against the
Company or upon its business, or on or in respect of
gas delivered hereunder as a result of any law, amend-
ment of law, order or regulation of such authority
becoming effective subsequent to the effective date of
any rate schedule.
5. SELECTION OF RATE
5.1 When more than one schedule is applicable to the
consumer's service, the Company shall, at the con-
sumer's request, assist in determining the rate most
favorable to him. Any of the Company's rates, if
applicable to the service, may at anv time be substi-
tuted, at the consumer's option, for the rate under
~vhich service is rendered; provided that not more than
one substitution of a rate may be made within anv
period of twelve consecutive months, or with regard to
special service contract, until such contract has
expired, and further that such change shall not beretroactive.
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5.2 All rate schedules as they may be in effect from time
to time and as approved by the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission shall be subject to the General Service
Provisions herein.
6. METERING
6.1 The consumer shall provide a suitable location satis-
factory to the Company for its metering equipment.
6.2 The representative of the Company shall be given access
to the premises of the consumer at all reasonable hours
for obtaining meter readings, for shutting off the flow
of gas for reasons herein prescribed, for inspection of
piping and appliances, and for inspecting, removing,
repairing or protecting from abuse or fraud any of the
property of the Company ins taIled on the premises.
Access shall be granted at all times for emergency
purposes. The Company may refuse gas service, or
suspend it, on refusal of legitimate access to the
property. In the event of recurring inaccessibility,
the Company, at its option, may relocate its metering
equipment at the consumer's expense.
6.3 Gas supplied to a consumer under any of the Company's
rate schedules is for the sole use of such consumer and
shall not be remetered or submetered for sales to
others; nor shall the gas be piped across or along
public streets, roads or alleyways beyond the confines
of said consumer's premises for use at other locations,
without first obtaining written permission from the
Company.
6.4 When service is supplied to condominiums, townhouses or
individually owned units located on contiguous pro-
perty, such service may be supplied through a single
meter, and the charge will be computed by multiplying
the minimum charge and the therms in each block of the
General Service Rate Schedule by the number of indivi-
dually owned units to be served.
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6.5 At the Company's option, service may be supplied
through more than one meter on the consumer's premises,
and all registrations may be totalled for billing
purposes.
7 . METER ACCURACY
7.1 Company will maintain its metering equipment in accor-
dance with the rules and regulations of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission. i.¡hen for any reason a
meter fails to register the full use of gas, or fails
to register within the limits of accuracy prescribed by
the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, consumer's use
of gas will be estimated on the basis of available data
and charges will be adjusted accordingly.
8. CONSUMER PIPING AN APPLIANCES
8.1 All piping, fixtures and appliances on the consumer's
side of the meter shall be installed and maintained
under the responsibility and at the expense of the
consumer or owner of the premises.
8.2 The piping, fixtures and appliances shall be maintained
in conformity with all municipal, state and federal
requirements and with the applicable standards pub-
lished by the National Fire Protection Association.
The nature and condition of this piping and equipment
shall be such as not to endanger life or property,
interfere with service to other consumers or permit the
consumption of gas without meter registration (except
flat rate service). If there is any violation of these
conditions, the Company may refuse service or dis-
continue service without notice until such violations
are remedied by the consumer.
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9. DISCONTINUANCE AND RECOlllECTION OF SERVICE
9.1 When a consumer desires to discontinue service he shall
give notice at the office of the Company at least two
days in advance and shall be responsible for all gas
consumed for the two days after date of such notice.
9.2 The Company may discontinue service for any of the
reasons set forth in Section B, Uniform Customer
Relations Practices.
9.3 ifuen it becomes necessary for the Company to dis-
continue gas service to a consumer for any of the
foregoing reasons, service will be reinstated only
after all bill s for service then due have been paid or
satisfactory arrangements made for the extension of
credit, except as provided in Section B, Uniform
Customer Relations Practices.
9.4 A reconnection charge of $20.00 if reconnection is made
during regular business hours, Monday through Friday,
holidays excepted, and $30.00 for such reconnection if
made other than during regular business hours or on
weekends or holidays shall be made to restore service
when a consumer has oròered a seasonal disconnection.
A reconnection charge of $10.00 if reconnection is made
during regular business hours, Monday through Friday,
holidays excepted, and $15.00 for such reconnect ion if
made other than during regular business hours or on
weekends or holidays shall be made to restore service
where service has been discontinued for any of the
reasons other than seasonal disconnects cited in 9.1
above and Section B, Uniform Customer Relations
Practices.
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9.5 No charge shall be made for the initial connection of
service, or the reconnect ion of service when a consumer
moves to another residence, or for the reconnection
following the installation of additional equipment, or
when service has been disconnected because of emer-
gency.
9.6 The Company shall determine the pressure to be supplied
to the consumer, and service shall be disconnected if
pressure regulation equipment is changed or altered by
consumer.
9.7 Only those persons authorized by the Company may turn
on a Company gas meter.
10 . GAS LEAKS
10.1 The consumer shall give immediate notice to the Company
of leakage of gas. No adjustment of bills on account
of leakage shall be made unless leakage results from
fault or neglect of agents of the Company. In the case
of leakage or fire, the stopcock at the meter should be
closed immediately.
11. TEMPORARY DISCONTINUANCE OF SUPPLY
11.1 The Company may temporarily shut off the supply of gas
to the consumer's premises after reasonable notice for
the purpose of making necessary repairs or adjustments
to the main, service, meter or other facilities and
reserves the right to shut off the gas supply without
notice in case of emergency.
12. INSTALLATION OF SERVICE PIPES AtID CONNECTIONS
12. 1 The Company may provide a gas service line to a con-
sumer receiving service under Rate Schedules RS-1, RS-2
and GS-1 at its own expense from the property line
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bounding the street or right-of-way in which the gas
main is located. This determination to provide service
will be made according to the service line schedules as
shown in Section C. All additional footage for service
lines over the maximum allowed in. these schedules maybe charged an excess footage fee.
For uses not appearing in Section C, an allowance for
increased footage may be made to compensate for in-
creased revenue.
The Company shall not be required to provide service
under this provision when, in the judgment of the
Company, the premises proposed to be served are of such
temporary nature or in such a state of repair as to be
of questionable permanence.
The Company reserves the right to designate the loca-
tion of the service line, meter and regulator, and the
amount of space which must be left unobstructed for the
installation and future maintenance and operation
thereof.
Relocation of service piping for the convenience of the
consumer will be at the expense of the consumer.
The consumer to be served shall indemnify and hold the
Company harmless from liability for trespass or injury
to property crossed by the installation of the serviceline.
Where a service connection is desired for premises on
which there is no permanent structure (mobile homes in
a recognized mobile home court and any structure
situated on a permanent foundation will be considered
permanent and will not be considered in applying this
rule), the Company will install a service connection to
said premises only upon the payment by the applicant of
the estimated cost of said service connection. If the
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service connection remains in continuous use for a
period of five (5) years from the date of the installa-
tion, the Company will refund to the applicant the
cost, including interest at six percent (6%), so
advanced.
12.8 Excess footage fees advanced under Paragraph 12.1 will
be retained for a period of two (2) years. If during
this period additional load is added to exceed the
requirements shown in the service line schedules, this
money will be refunded without interest. To qualify
for refund a consumer must notify the Company in
writing that additional equipment has been added.
12.9 The Company will provide only one service to one
customer. Hhen requested, however, a second servi.ce
for a remote location may be provided if the new meter
location is over fifty (50) feet from the closest point
on the existing service and the new load justifies the
second service under the criteria set forth in the
service line schedules.
13. EXTENSIONS OF MAINS
13.1 The Company shall extend its mains to serve residential
or small commercial customers in its service area
according to the standards set forth in this paragraph.
The Company shall have the right to refuse service
where, in its opinion, the building for which service
is requested is not of such permanence as to warrant
the expenditure involved. All costs for customers will
be based on a two inch (2") diameter gas main unless
the actual load requires a larger size.
(a) Projects with a rating equal to or greater than500, as shown on the main extension provisions
filed as Section C to these General Service
Provisions (hereafter referred to as "Section
C"), shall be constructed without charge.
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(b) Projects with a rating less than 400, as shown on
Section C, will not be constructed without a
contribution in aid of construction.
(c) Projects with a rating between 400 and 499, as
shown on Section C, with an internal rate of
return equal to or greater than 6.5 percent will
be constructed by the Company without charge.
(d) Projects with a rating between 400 and 499, as
shown on Section C, with an internal rate of
return less than 6.5 percent will not be con-
structed without a contribution in aid of con-struction.
(e) Contributions in aid of construction must be of
an amount sufficient to achieve either:
(i) A rating of 500 or more, as shown on
Section C, or
(ii) A rating of 400 or more, as shown on
Section C, plus an internal rate of return
of 6.5 percent or more.
13.2 Extensions for other types of gas service may be made
without charge at the option of the Company when in its
opinion prospective revenue warrants the investment.
13.3 The Company may, at its option, require a main exten-
sion contract as follows for projects not meeting
criteria under Schedule C or for developments where the
conditions of usage are uncertain:
(a) Development Agreement
An agreement to secure a commitment to insure a
proposed development will meet minimum revenue
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standards for proj ects shown in Schedule C. This
agreement will be in force for three (3) years
from the end of the month of installation of gas
service in that development (subdivision) (and
computed from the gross revenue received in the
twelve (12) month period of the third and final
year. Newer installations not on for the full
twelve (12) month period will be adjusted for
estimated annual revenue.) If two (2) times this
revenue computed is less than the Company's
investment, the developer shall pay the Company
the difference between this revenue computation
and the investment in the proj ect.
(b) Main Extension Contract
Hhen in the determination of the Company, the
proposed extension of service will not be suffi-
cient to provide an adequate rate of return, the
Company will require an advance payment of an
amount sufficient to cover the additional costsover and above the allowable investment. as
determined in Paragraph 13.1 These funds will be
subject to refund for a maximum of five (5)
years, and will be reviewed yearly for potential
refund. This refund shall be computed and
returned to the consumer in an amount equal to
two (2) times the estimated annual gross revenue
for the increased load that is in addition to the
maximum agreed to in this extension contract.
14. REGISTRATION OF GAS FIRED EQUIPMENT
14.1 To assist the Company in anticipating future peak-load
requirements, all installations of new gas fired
equipment shall be registered with the Company within
five (5) days after such installation. Unless so
registered, the Company shall not be obligated to
supply gas to such equipment.
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15. EMERGENCY OR STAND-BY SERVICE
15.1 Gas service is not available to any consumer for
equipment requiring an aggregate .of more than two
therms per hour for emergency stand-by, or intermittent
use in conjunction with another fuel, except by special
arrangement with the Company.
16. LARGE VOLU11E FIRM SERVICE
16.1 Separate service contracts will be executed for each
consumer to which Rate Schedule LV-1 is applicable,
based on the maximum daily requirements, estimated
annual use and special service conditions peculiar to
each location. Such service that is supplied to a
consumer that on a monthly basis exceeds the volume
specified by his contracted maximum daily demand will
be billed under the commodity charge portion of the
GS-1 rate schedule.
17. WATER PU11PING SERVICE
17..1 Farm customers and organizations using gas for the
operation of irrigation and soil drainage pump engines
accepted by the Company as qualified may select
seasonal service under Rate Schedule GS-1 or if the
requirements exceed 2,000 therms per day, the customer
may elect service under Rate Schedule LV-I.
17.2 In order to obtain service for irrigation water pump-
ing, a consumer must provide the Company with either a
payment covering at least 75% of the estimated seasonal
usage or an acceptable letter of credit securing
payment for 100% of the estimated total seasonal usage
with provisions for monthly payments.
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18. PRIORITIES OF SERVICE
18.1 Service to firm customers will be maintained on prio-
rity basis. In the event that the Company's firm gas
supply is insufficient at any time to meet in full the
requirements of customers served under Firm Rate
Schedules, either due to inadequacy of supply or by
reason of force maj eure, the Commission may declare an
emergency to exist, as that term is used in Idaho Code,
Section 61-531, and curtailment by the Company of firm
service shall be in the adverse order of the priorities
specified herein.
18.2 Curtailment shall be imposed in the inverse order of
the following priorities:
(a) Requirements of less than 500 therms per day offirm service;
(b) Requirements of 500 therms per day, but less than
2,000 therms per day of firm service, excepting
gas used for industrial boiler fuel, and require-
ments for storage gas injection for gas reason-
able anticipated to be needed for use in con-
nection with priority (a) above or with this
priority (b) within the next ensuing 90 days;
(c) Requirements of 2,000 therms or more per day of
firm service for commercial consumers and for
industrial use for feedstock, direct fired
processing and plant protection;
Cd) Requirements for all other industrial uses.
Subj ect to the provisions of Paragraph 18.1 above,
curtailment within each priority and among the con-
sumers therein shall be imposed at as close a daily pro
rata basis as is reasonably possible. One hundred
(100%) of each consumer's requirements in each priority
will be curtailed before the next highest priority iscurtailed.
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I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Second Revised Volume No. 1
(Supersedes First Revised Volume No .1)
IDAHO PUE LIe UTILITIES COMM!SSiOr\
APPROVE P EFFECTIVE
Fourth Revis ed si.. lIe JA 7 "3 JAr~ 7- '83
Na_ of
Utilty Intermountain Gas Company Y2. 'A~ (? ~SECRETARY"7' JIO
18.3
18.4
18.5
18.6
18.7
The Company shall not be liable for damages nor for
loss of productivity nor business arising out of
curtailment under the schedule set forth in Paragraph
18.2 above. Notwithstanding the .above, appropriate
firm demand relief shall be afforded to those consumers
paying both demand and commodity charges for gas. The
amount of such demand relief shall be determined for
any given consumer by reference to the provisions for
such relief set forth on the face of the rate schedule
applicable to that consumer.
The Company shall endeavor to give notice of curtail-
ment and limitation of service as far in advance of
actual curtailment as conditions permit.
In the event that it should be necessary to curtail
firm service due to force majeure, the Company will
attempt to adhere to the priorities established in
Paragraph 18.2 to the extent that such adherence istechnically feasible.
The Company shall have the right to inspect consumer's
facilities in order to determine service requirements,
establish the order of priority of service and ascer-
tain whether curtailment is being carried out pursuant
to this rule. The Company may physically terminate
service to any consumer who does not comply \-iith a
curtailment request or an inspection request issued
pursuant to this Section 18.
In cases of force majeure, the Company may deviate from
strict adherence to the stated priorities in Section
18.2, if adherence to priorities would not improve the
Company's ability to maintain its service in accordance
with those priorities. All deviations from the priori-
ties stated in Section 18.2, including differences
between what a consumer may actually receive and what
the consumer would reasonably be expected to take on a
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IDAHO UBUC UTILITIES COM~ISS ~NAPPRC VEO EFFECTII.P.U.C.Gas Tariff
Second Revised Volume No. 1
(Supersedes First Revised Volume No.1)
Fourth Revis ed si.. lId JAN i '83 JAN7-t8~
Utilty Intermountain Gas Company ~~,R idA .í)l, J -RVNome of
given day under the circumstances then existing as to
that consumer, shall be reported immediately by the
Company to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
18.8 Any disputes concerning enforcement of any provision of
this Section 18 may, upon application by any affected
party, be submitted to the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission for a ruling thereon.
18.9 For the purpose of applying the priority schedule, the
following definitions shall apply:
FIRM SERVICE: Service from schedules or contracts under which
seller is expressly obligated to deliver specific volumes
within a given time, and which anticipates no interruptions
except to permit curtailment under this Section 18.
COMMERCIAL: Service to consumers engaged primarily in the
sale of goods or services, including institutions and local,
state and federal governmental agencies for uses other than
those involving manuf ac turing.
INDUSTRIAL: Service to consumers engaged primarily in a
process which creates or changes raw or unfinished materials
into another form or product.
PLANT PROTECTION GAS: The minimum volumes required to prevent
physical harm to the plant facilities or danger to plant
personnel when such protection cannot feasibly be afforded
through the use of an alternate fueL. This includes the
protection of such material in process as would otherwise be
destroyed but shall not include deliveries required to main-
tain plant protection.
FEEDSTOCK GAS: Natural gas used as raw material for its
chemical properties in creating an end product.
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I.P. U.C. Gas Tariff
Second Revised Volume No. 1
(Supersedes First Revised Volume No .1)
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMIS IONAPPR WED EFFECT VE
First Revised si ..lIe JAN
':. IJ. ¿ J V. J ~ SECRE ARY"7~~~""
'83 JAN 7- '13
No_ of
Utilty Intermountain Gas Company
DIRECT FIRED PROCESSING: This includes only: (a) the direct
application of flaming gas on a product being processed or
manufactured in an industrial process; and (b) gas uses which
require precise temperature controls and precise flame charac-
teristics not readily available in alternate fuels.
19. FORCE MAEURE
The Company shall not be liable for damages resulting from or
occasioned by a cause not reasonably within the control of the
Company and which, by the exercise of due diligence and
prudent management, the Company is unab Ie to prevent or
overcome. Such causes shall include, but not be limited to,
acts of God, strikes, acts of the public enemy, wars, block-
ades, insurrections, sabotage, riots, epidemics, landslides,
lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, washouts,
arrests and restraints by the people of governmental bodies,
civil disturbances, explosions or breakage or accident to
machinery or lines of pipe, or the other of any court or
governmental authority have jurisdiction.
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