CHAPTER Puc 500 RULES FOR
GAS SERVICE
REVISION NOTE
#1:
Document
#6445, effective 1-28-97, made extensive changes to the wording and
numbering of rules in Chapter Puc 500. Document #6445 superseded all prior filings
for the sections in this chapter. The
prior filings for former Chapter Puc 500 included the
following documents:
#2011, eff 5-4-82
#2283, eff 1-18-83
#2338, eff 4-11-83
#2418, eff 7-10-83
#2549, eff 12-26-83
#2912, eff 11-26-84
#3131, eff 10-3-85
#5001, eff 11-26-90
#5717, eff 10-7-93
#6381, INTERIM, eff 11-27-96, EXPIRES:
3-27-97
REVISION NOTE #2:
Document
#13794, effective 10-25-23, readopted with amendments Chapter Puc 500 titled “Rules for Gas Service.”
Pursuant to 2021, 91:187, effective
7-1-21, the Department of Energy was established by the adoption of RSA
12-P. Pursuant to RSA 12-P:11, “All of
the functions, powers, duties, records, personnel, and property of the public
utilities commission incorporated in the statutes establishing the department
of energy and which replace the authority of the commission with the authority
of the department of energy, are hereby transferred, as of July 1, 2021, to the
department of energy.”
Pursuant to RSA 12-P:14, “Existing
rules, orders, and approvals of the public utilities commission which are
associated with any functions, powers, and duties, transferred to the
department of energy pursuant to RSA 12-P:11 or any other statutory provision,
shall continue in effect and be enforced by the commissioner of the department
of energy until they expire or are repealed or amended in accordance with
applicable law.”
The extensive changes to the former
Chapter Puc 500 in Document #13794 were made by the
Public Utilities Commission (Commission) pursuant to RSA 365:8, I(e) and (l),
after RSA 365:8 was amended by 2021, 91:249 and 250, effective 7-1-21. The amendments in Document #13794 included,
but were not limited to, the deletion of existing rules governing gas quality,
meter accuracy and testing, equipment and facilities, safety standards,
accident and leak reporting, other reporting and accounting, and enforcement
procedures which the Department of Energy subsequently adopted in Document
#13796, effective 5-11-23, in Chapter En 500 titled “Rules for Gas
Services.” Chapter Puc
500 in Document #13794 preserved the hearings and appeal processes related to
enforcement in the former Chapter Puc 500 rules,
reflecting the enforcement responsibility of the Department of Energy and the
adjudication role of the Commission.
Document #13794 replaced all prior
filings affecting the former Chapter Puc 500. The prior filings
affecting the rules in the former Chapter Puc 500 after Document
#6445, effective 1-28-97, included the
following documents:
#8259, eff
1-19-05
#10334,
eff 5-10-13
PART Puc 501 APPLICATION
OF RULES
Puc 501.01 Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to implement
the Commission’s responsibility pursuant to the Natural Gas Act, 15 USC § 717
(c), the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, 49 USC § 60105, and New Hampshire law
regulating gas utilities and gas utility service.
Source.
(See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Puc
500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 501.02 Application of Rules.
(a)
Puc 503 through Puc 509 shall apply to all utilities, with
the exception of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) operators and landfill
gas operators, engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing, selling,
transmitting or transporting gas in the state of New Hampshire.
(b)
Puc 510 shall apply only to LPG operators and landfill gas operators as
defined in Puc 502.07 and Puc 502.09.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 502 DEFINITIONS
Puc 502.01 "Commission"
means the New Hampshire public utilities commission.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.02 “Department” means the New Hampshire
department of energy.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.03 "Gas" means any
manufactured or natural gas or any combination thereof.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.04 “Jurisdictional LPG system" means:
(1) A system involving a single source which
serves 10 or more customers; or
(2) A system where more than one customer is located in a public place.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.05 “Landfill” means a facility which collects
and disposes of waste by landfilling methods. The term includes facilities that
collect and store waste indefinitely. The term does not include incinerators,
land application sites, surface impoundments and injection wells.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.06 “Landfill gas” means any flammable consisting
primarily of methane and carbon dioxide and produced by aerobic and anaerobic
decomposition of organic solid waste in a landfill.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.07 "Landfill gas operator" means a
person who engages in the transportation of landfill gas off site from the
premises in which it was gathered except where the landfill gas is transferred
in a pipeline that operates at less than atmospheric pressure from the premises
where it was gathered to the premises where it is used and where both premises
are controlled by the same entity.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.08 "LPG operator" means a person who engages in the transportation of
propane gas. An LPG operator includes but is not limited to an individual or
supplier operating a jurisdictional LPG system in a housing project, apartment
complex, condominium, manufactured home park, shopping center or other system
except those systems operated in support of a utility.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.09 "Master meter system" means any
underground gas pipeline system operated by a residential or commercial
customer of a New Hampshire gas utility and utilized for the distribution of
gas to ultimate consumers within, but not limited to, a definable area, such as
a manufactured housing park, a housing project or an apartment complex, where
the operator purchases metered gas from a public utility for resale through the
operator's distribution system, which is beyond the control of the utility, and
where the ultimate consumers served by the operator's distribution system
purchase the gas directly through a meter or by other means, such as through
rents.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.10 "Meter" means a device which
measures gas flow and which may include a gas diaphragm type, a rotary positive
displacement type, an inferential turbine type or an ultrasonic type.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.11 "Person" means an individual, firm,
joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, state, cooperative
association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver,
assignee, or personal representative thereof but shall not include a
municipality operating a gas system pursuant to RSA 38.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.12 "Public place" means a place which
is generally open to all persons in a community, such as churches, schools, and
commercial buildings, as well as any publicly owned rights-of-way or property.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 502.13 "Utility" means any "public
utility" as defined in RSA 362:2 engaged in the manufacture, distribution,
sale, transmission or transportation of gas in the state, as limited in RSA
362:4-b with respect to liquefied petroleum gas.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 503 SERVICE PROVISIONS
Puc 503.01 Filing of Tariffs. No utility shall render service until a
complete tariff, containing terms and conditions and rate schedules, shall have
been published and filed with the commission in accordance with Puc 1600.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 504 QUALITY OF GAS SERVICE
Puc 504.01 Heating Value Requirements.
(a)
The standard heating value for the gas a utility furnishes the public
established pursuant to En 504.01(a) shall be stated in its tariff.
(b)
Each utility shall provide a definition in its tariff of the methodology
used to determine the thermal heating value.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 505 METER INSTALLATION
Puc 505.01 Meter Installations.
(a)
No gas utility in this state shall provide gas service to any master
meter system constructed after July 1, 2013, without written approval from the
commission. The commission shall approve such service only if the associated
rates and charges for such service are found to be just and reasonable pursuant
to RSA 378.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 506
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS
Puc 506.01 Records in General. All records shall be organized, arranged, or
prepared to ensure that sufficient data is available to determine the status of
compliance with these rules.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 506.02 Preservation of Records.
(a)
Each utility shall preserve all records pursuant to the requirements set
forth in the “Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas Companies
Subject to the Provisions of the Natural Gas Act,” as referred to in Puc 506.04
and prescribed by the commission pursuant to RSA 374:8, except as provided in
(b) and (c) below.
(b)
Where the “Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas
Companies Subject to the Provisions of the Natural Gas Act” does not specify a
requirement for preservation of a record required to be kept pursuant to Puc
500, the utility shall preserve such records for a period of not less than 2
years, except as provided in (c).
(c)
If any section of this chapter requires a utility to preserve any such
record for more than 2 years, utilities shall comply with the longer-term
requirement.
(d)
A utility shall:
(1) Keep or make available within New Hampshire
at the office or offices of the utility any records required under this rule;
and
(2) Provide access to such records to the
commission or its representative during normal business hours for examination.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 506.03 Reports to Commission.
(a)
The utility shall furnish to the commission the results of any required
tests and summaries of any required records pursuant to RSA 374:15.
(b)
The utility shall also furnish the commission with any information
concerning the utility's facilities or operations relating to determining rates
or judging the practices of the utility pursuant to RSA 378:1.
(c)
Each utility shall file periodic reports as required in Puc 507.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 506.04 Uniform System of Accounts. Pursuant to RSA 374:8 and RSA 541-A:21, I(q),
the commission prescribes that each utility shall maintain its accounts in
conformity with the “Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Natural Gas
Companies Subject to the Provisions of the Natural Gas Act” promulgated by the
United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at 18 C.F.R. Part 201.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 506.05 Short Term Debt. No utility shall issue or renew any notes,
bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness payable less
than 12 months after the date thereof without approval by the commission for a
waiver pursuant to Puc 201.05 if such short term debt exceeds 10 percent of the
utility’s net fixed plant.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 507 FORMS REQUIRED TO BE FILED
Puc 507.01 F-3 Statement of Pro Forma Income
Statement at Present and Proposed Rates for Year Ended.
(a)
Each utility which requests a rate increase shall file Form F-3,
available at www.puc.nh.gov, with the
commission and the department.
(b)
The utility shall include on the form the name of the utility filing the
report.
(c)
Utilities shall include on Form F-3 a breakdown of operating revenues
and expenses for:
(1) Actual year ended and preceding 2 years;
(2) Adjustments and pro forma at present rates;
(3) Adjustments and pro forma at proposed rates
with additional requirements; and
(4) Total requirements.
(d)
Utilities shall include on Form F-3 a calculation of rate base and
calculation of rate of return.
(e)
Each utility requesting a rate increase shall also comply with the
requirements of Puc 1600, tariffs and special contracts.
(f) The application shall be submitted with the
signature, full name and title of the utility employee who supervised the
preparation of the report, and date of signature.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 507.02 F-4 Petition For Authority To Issue
Securities.
(a)
Each utility shall file with the commission and the department a
completed Form F-4, available at www.puc.nh.gov, when it seeks
authority to issue securities.
(b)
Each utility shall include with its completed Form F-4 an application
for leave to issue securities pursuant to RSA 369:3 that includes the
following:
(1) A statement in reasonable detail of any
proposed additions, construction or working capital requirements together with
any proposed construction budget, including:
a Description of authorized and outstanding
long term debt and capital stock;
b. Description of
new securities;
c. Description of what proceeds will be used
for;
d. List of exhibits attached;
e. Certification
statement as contained in (d) below; and
f. Petitioner's prayer asking for the relief
requested;
(2) Estimated cost of financing including, for
example, legal costs, printing, documentary tax, trustee services, financial
services;
(3) Current balance sheet adjusted for financing
with journal entries and explanations for actual, adjustments and as adjusted;
(4) Current income statement adjusted for
financing including new interest, depreciation, and taxes with entries for
actual, adjustments, and as adjusted;
(5) Statement of capitalization ratios after
giving effect to the proposed financing with entries for actual, adjustments,
and as adjusted;
(6) Copy of the purchase and sale agreement for
long term financing including any letter of commitment from a lender stating
details of financing;
(7) Copy of the mortgage indenture;
(8) Copy of terms of new common or preferred
stock; and
(9) Resolution of petitioner's
stockholders, board of directors or other governing body of petitioner, as
appropriate, authorizing the proposed financing.
(c)
Each utility shall file a Form F-4 petition with an original and 5
copies of the form, petition, and exhibits.
(d) Each utility shall provide in connection with
a petition for authority to issue securities a certification which provides:
"The
petitioner utility company believes and, therefore, alleges that the securities
to be issued will be consistent with the public good and that it is entitled to
issue said securities under RSA 369 for the purposes set forth in its petition."
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 507.03 E-22 Report of Proposed Expenditures for
Additions, Extensions and Capital Improvements to Fixed Capital.
(a)
Each utility shall file with the commission and the department an annual
report of proposed expenditures for addition, extensions, and capital
improvements to fixed capital on or before May 15 of each year.
(b)
The report shall include the name of the utility filing the report.
(c)
With respect to any proposed main or service capital addition,
extension, or improvement, utilities shall report on Form E-22 the following:
(1) A description of size, length, and material
of the main or service;
(2) The location of the proposed capital
addition, extension, or improvement;
(3) The total estimated cost of the proposed
capital addition, extension, or improvement by work category; and
(4) The signature, full name, and title of the
utility employee who supervised the preparation of the report, and date of
signature.
(d)
Investigation of or comment on a construction budget or Form E-22 by the
commission or failure to identify prudence review issues as described in
paragraph (e) below, shall not constitute a final prudence review and the
commission shall not be precluded from analyzing the merit of any expenditure
in a future rate case.
(e)
The commission shall notify a utility when it identifies prudence review
issues, which it would raise as part of a rate case, in connection with notice
of a proposed expenditure under this section.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 507.04 E-25 Report of Proposed Changes in
Depreciation Rates.
(a)
Each utility shall file Form E-25 with the commission and the department
when it proposes any change in depreciation rates.
(b)
A utility shall include on Form E-25:
(1) The name of the utility filing the report;
(2) The date;
(3) The account number and title;
(4) The estimated whole life, reported as the
number of years from initial installation to final retirement, both present and
proposed;
(5) The net salvage, both present and proposed,
by percentage;
(6) The depreciation rate, both present and
proposed, by percentage;
(7) The net annual change in dollars;
(8) The theoretical reserve calculated as the
difference between the calculated accumulated depreciation determined using the
proposed depreciation rates and the accumulated depreciation;
(9) The proposed amortization of the theoretical
reserve;
(10) The reasons for changes in depreciation rates
and length of the proposed amortization of the theoretical reserve; and
(11) The signature, full name, and title of the
utility employee who supervised the preparation of the report, and date of
signature.
(c) A utility shall not implement any change in
depreciation rates until the proposed change has been approved by the
commission.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 508 UTILITY ADVERTISING
Puc 508.01 Definitions.
(a)
"Advertising" means the use by a utility of any media in order to transmit a message to the general public, or to
such utility's consumers.
(b)
"Controversial issue of public importance" means a case or
controversy in which a utility is involved before a court, legislative body, or
government agency, including the department or the commission.
(c)
"Institutional activity" means any act or practice conducted
for the purpose of promoting the corporate image or goodwill of a particular
utility or the utility industry in general.
(d)
"Institutional advertising" means any advertising conducted
for the purpose of promoting the corporate image or goodwill of a particular
utility or the utility industry in general.
(e)
"Integrated resource plan (IRP)" means, in the case of a
utility, planning by the use of any standard,
regulation, practice or policy to undertake a systematic comparison between
demand-side management measures and the supply of gas by a utility to minimize
life-cycle costs of adequate and reliable utility services to gas customers.
(f)
"Political activity" means any act or practice conducted for
the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative,
administrative, or electoral matters or with respect to any controversial issue
of public importance.
(g)
"Political advertising" means any advertising conducted for
the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative,
administrative, or electoral matters, or with respect to any controversial
issue of public importance.
(h)
"Promotional activity" means any act or practice conducted for
the purpose of encouraging any person to select or use a service or increase
usage of the service of a utility, to select, purchase, install, or use any
appliance or equipment designed to use such utility's service, or to use any
other particular service of the utility.
(i) "Promotional advertising" means any
advertising conducted for the purpose of encouraging any person to select or
use a service or increase usage of the service of a utility, to select,
purchase, install, or use any appliance or equipment designed to use such
utility's service or to use any other particular service
of the utility.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 508.02 Recovery of Certain Expenses Prohibited. No utility shall recover, in any manner, from
any person other than the shareholders or other owners of such utility any
direct or indirect expenditure by such utility for promotional, political or
institutional advertising, or promotional, political or institutional
activities except as provided in Puc 508.03.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 508.03 Exempted Expenditures.
(a)
For the purpose of Puc 508, the terms political advertising, promotional
advertising, institutional advertising, political activity, promotional
activity, and institutional activity shall not include advertising or
activities which:
(1) Inform gas consumers of or provide gas
consumers with information or materials intended to result in activities that
cost less to implement than the value of the resources;
(2) Are required by law or regulation, including
advertising required under part 1 of title II of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act;
(3) Inform natural gas customers how they can
improve efficiency in utilizing the utility's service;
(4) Involve or relate to service interruptions,
safety measures or emergency conditions;
(5) Concern employment opportunities with such
utility;
(6) Provide any explanation of existing or
proposed rate schedules or notifications of hearings thereon;
(7) Are consistent with the utility's approved
integrated resource plan; and
(8) Inform customers of the availability and
sources of financial assistance.
(b)
Expenditures referred to in (a)(1) above shall be subject to review and
potential recovery as part of the utility's conservation and load management
program.
(c)
Expenses contained in a utility's IRP shall take into account necessary
features for system operation such as diversity, reliability, ability to be
readily dispatched, and other factors of risk and shall treat demand and supply
to gas consumers on a consistent and integrated basis.
(d)
No more than 50% of costs provided for in a utility's IRP shall be borne
by ratepayers.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 508.04 Continuing Jurisdiction. Puc 508 shall not restrict or limit the
commission's power to disallow any expense as a charge to ratepayers which the
commission finds to be unjust, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted or
imprudent pursuant to RSA 378.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 508.05 Reports Required.
(a)
Each utility shall file an annual report with the commission and the
department regarding the advertising or activities described in Puc 508.02.
(b)
This report shall itemize the expenses incurred by type of advertising
and activity and shall specifically delineate those expenditures for which cost
recovery is sought.
(c)
The report shall be included with the utility's annual report to the
department filed in accordance with En 509.02.
(d)
Each utility shall keep copies of all its advertising on file for
inspection by the commission or the department.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
Puc 508.06 Accounting.
(a)
If a utility combines an expense prohibited from recovery with an
expense eligible for recovery, and ancillary costs are associated with the
combined expense, the utility shall allocate a portion of the ancillary cost to
the expense prohibited from recovery and shall be prohibited from recovering
costs ancillary to the prohibited expense.
(b)
Each utility shall keep a record with respect to any advertising or
activity, incurred directly or indirectly, prohibited from recovery pursuant to
Puc 508.02, of:
(1) Any expenditure incurred; and
(2) Any allocation methodology.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 509 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR GAS PIPELINE
UTILITIES
Puc 509.01 Commission Action.
(a)
A hearing request pursuant to En 510.09(b) shall be filed with the
commission by petition in accordance with Puc 200 no later than 10 days
following receipt of the department’s notice of violation, and shall be treated
as a request for an adjudicatory proceeding.
(b)
Upon receiving a petition for hearing pursuant to En 510.09(b), the
commission shall provide the petitioner with notice and an opportunity for a
hearing, held pursuant to Puc 200.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
PART Puc 510 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR LPG AND LANDFILL
GAS OPERATORS
Puc 510.01 Commission Action.
(a)
A hearing request pursuant to En 512.09(b) shall be filed with the
commission by petition in accordance with Puc 200 no later than 10 days
following the receipt of the department’s notice of violation, and shall be
treated as a request for an adjudicatory proceeding.
(b)
Upon receiving a petition for hearing pursuant to En 512.09(b), the
commission shall provide the petitioner with notice and an opportunity for a
hearing, held pursuant to Puc 200.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2
at chapter heading for Puc 500) #13794, eff 10-25-23
APPENDIX
A
|
Rule |
Specific State
or Federal Statute the Rule Implements |
|
Puc 501 |
RSA 362:4-b;
365:8, I, (e), (l); 40 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. |
|
Puc 502 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l) |
|
Puc 503 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 378:1 |
|
Puc 504 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 374; 49 C.F.R. Parts 191 and 192 |
|
Puc 505 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l) |
|
Puc 506.01 -
506.05 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 374:8, 13; 374:15; 369.7; RSA 541-A:21, I(q); 18 C.F.R. Part 201 |
|
Puc 507.01 -
507.04 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 369:3; 374:5; 15 U.S.C. § 717 et seq. |
|
Puc 508.01 -
508.06 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 378 |
|
Puc 509.01 |
RSA 365:8, I, (e), (l); 374:7-a |
|
Puc 510.01 |
RSA 365:8, I,
(e), (l); 374:7-a |
APPENDIX B
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
standards:
54 (National Fuel Gas Code) (Puc 512.02(a)); (Puc 512.08(d)); (Puc
512.14(g)(1))
58
(Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code) (Puc
512.01(b)); (Puc 512.08(a) and (b))
Available at: http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp at the following, non-member
costs: NFPA 54: $52.50; NFPA 58: $52.50.
(NFPA contact information: NFPA,
1
• Purging Principles and Practice,
American Gas Association (2001 edition) (Puc
506.02(i))
Available through the American Gas Association for the
non-member cost of $176.00 at http://www.aga.org/Pubs/buy/Pages/default.aspx.
(AGA contact information: AGA,
• Training
Guide for Operators
of Small LP Gas Systems, U.S. Department
of Transportation (April 2001 edition). (Puc 512.01(c)) Available for
download at no charge at: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library (USDOT/PHMSA
contact information: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, East
Building, 2nd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20590;
Telephone: 202-366-4433)
• U.S. Department of Transportation Forms (accessed and printed on February
23, 2013):
PHMSA
F 7100.1-1 (01-2011) - Annual
Report for Calendar
Year 20_ - Gas Distribution System (Puc 508.05(a)(2)(b))
PHMSA
F 7100.1 (Rev. 06-2011) - Incident Report - Gas Distribution System (Puc 504.06(a)(1)); (Puc 508.05(a)(2)(a)); (Puc 512.07(1))
PHMSA
F 7100.2 (Rev. 12-2012) - Incident Report – Natural and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems (Puc 508.05(a)(2)(c))
PHMSA F 7100.2-1 (Rev. 12-2012) - Annual Report for Calendar
Year 20_ - Natural
and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems (Puc 508.05(a)(2)(d))
All forms are available for download at
no charge at: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/forms
(contact information as above)
• Utilities
Accommodation Manual
prepared by the
• National Electric Code as adopted by RSA
155-A:1, IV (2011 edition, as amended by the state building code review board
and ratified by the legislature in accordance with RSA 155-A:10). (Puc
506.02(g))
Available for a cost of $89.00 (in PDF or book format)
at: http://www.nfpa.org/catalog
(contact information as above for the NFPA). Also available for review at the Public
Utilities Commission.
• ASME Guide for Gas Transmission and Distribution
Piping Systems, Guide Material Appendix G-11A (1983 edition). (Puc
512.14(n)) Available for review at
the Public Utilities Commission.