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PSC 130.04 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.05PSC 130.05 Management function costs.
PSC 130.05(1)(1) A municipal regulation is unreasonable if it requires a utility to pay more than the actual cost of functions undertaken by the municipality to manage utility access to and use of municipal rights-of-way. These management functions include all of the following:
PSC 130.05(1)(a)(a) Registering utilities, including the gathering and recording of information necessary to conduct business with a utility.
PSC 130.05(1)(b)(b) Except as provided in sub. (2), issuing, processing, and verifying excavation or other utility permit applications, including supplemental applications.
PSC 130.05(1)(c)(c) Inspecting utility job sites and restoration projects.
PSC 130.05(1)(d)(d) Maintaining, supporting, protecting, or moving utility equipment during work in municipal rights-of-way.
PSC 130.05(1)(e)(e) Undertaking restoration work inadequately performed by a utility after providing notice and the opportunity to correct the work.
PSC 130.05(1)(f)(f) Revoking utility permits.
PSC 130.05(1)(g)(g) Maintenance of databases.
PSC 130.05(1)(h)(h) Scheduling and coordinating highway, street, and right-of-way work relevant to a utility permit.
PSC 130.05(2)(2) A municipal regulation is unreasonable if it requires a utility to be responsible for fees under s. 182.0175 (1m) (bm), Stats., that may be assessed to a municipality as a member of the one-call system under s. 182.0175, Stats.
PSC 130.05(3)(3) It is reasonable for a municipal regulation to provide for the recovery of costs incurred under sub. (1) (a), (b), (c), and (g) through a pre-excavation permit fee.
PSC 130.05(4)(4) It is reasonable for a municipal regulation to provide for the recovery of costs incurred under sub. (1) (d), (e), and (f) only from the utility that is responsible for causing the municipality to incur the costs.
PSC 130.05 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.06PSC 130.06 Bonds and insurance. A municipal regulation may impose reasonable bonding and insurance requirements on a utility seeking a permit to use a municipal right-of-way, provided the municipality has reasonable grounds to question the financial responsibility or compliance ability of the utility.
PSC 130.06 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.07PSC 130.07 Restoration. A municipal regulation is unreasonable if it requires a utility to restore a municipal right-of-way to a condition that improves upon the pre-excavation condition.
PSC 130.07 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.08PSC 130.08 Compliance with existing law. A municipal regulation is unreasonable if it is not in substantial compliance with state statutes, including ss. 66.0831 and 66.1005 (2), Stats.
PSC 130.08 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2007 No. 616.
PSC 130.09PSC 130.09 Permanent relocation of utility facilities.
PSC 130.09(1)(1) A municipal regulation that requires a utility to permanently relocate transmission or distribution facilities in a municipal right-of-way at the expense of the utility is unreasonable unless there is an adequate health, safety, or public welfare justification for the requirement.
PSC 130.09(2)(2) A municipal regulation that requires a utility to permanently relocate transmission or distribution facilities in a municipal right-of-way at the expense of the utility substantially for the benefit of a person other than the municipality is unreasonable.
PSC 130.09 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.10PSC 130.10 Advanced excavation work plans. A municipal regulation that requires a utility to submit to a municipality its future construction or excavation work plans is reasonable in order for the municipality to coordinate work within a municipal right-of-way. It is unreasonable for a municipality to deny a permit for a utility excavation not identified on a work plan if the excavation is needed by the utility to restore service to an existing customer or to provide service to a new customer.
PSC 130.10 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.11PSC 130.11 Facilities mapping. For purposes of acquiring a permit, a municipal regulation is unreasonable if it requires a utility to submit a map indicating the location of utility facilities, other than utility right-of-way construction plans and field sketches in the format maintained by the utility, for facilities that are the subject of the permit.
PSC 130.11 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.12PSC 130.12 Abandonment. A municipal regulation is not unreasonable if it requires a utility to notify the municipality of the utility’s intent to abandon transmission or distribution facilities and requires the utility to provide a map, at the utility’s expense, depicting the location of any facility within that municipality that the utility intends to abandon.
PSC 130.12 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
PSC 130.13PSC 130.13 Municipal regulation challenges. A municipal regulation is unreasonable if it requires that, as a condition of obtaining a permit, the utility agree that the municipal regulation is valid and not subject to challenge.
PSC 130.13 HistoryHistory: CR 01-077: cr. Register June 2003 No. 570, eff. 7-1-03.
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