PSC 113.0610 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00.
PSC 113.0611PSC 113.0611Employees authorized to enter customers’ premises. The utility shall keep a record of employees authorized pursuant to s. 196.171, Stats., to enter customers’ premises.
PSC 113.0611 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00.
PSC 113.0612PSC 113.0612Employee safety. Each public utility subject to the accident reporting requirements of OSHA shall provide a safety performance report annually to the commission at the same time it is submitted to OSHA. The report shall include the OSHA Incidence Rate and Lost Time Rate. The report shall also include the last 3 years’ average for each of these rates.
PSC 113.0612 NoteNote: Also see ch. PSC 104, Recording and Reporting Utility Accidents.
PSC 113.0612 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00.
PSC 113.0613PSC 113.0613Maps and diagrams. Each utility shall have record systems (maps, records, diagrams, drawings or computer display systems) showing the location of its property, in sufficient detail so that the adequacy of service to existing customers may be checked and facilities located.
PSC 113.0613 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00.
PSC 113.0614PSC 113.0614Preservation of records. 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.
PSC 113.0614 NoteNote: 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.
PSC 113.0614 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; CR 13-033: am. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15.
PSC 113.0615PSC 113.0615Inventory of conductors. Each utility shall maintain an inventory of Copperweld conductor, sizes 6A and smaller that is more than 50 years old (as of January 1, 1998). The inventory shall include the amount of such conductor by size and age and its location as needed in the distribution system. Each utility shall submit its inventory to the public service commission every four years until all of this conductor is retired and removed from service.
PSC 113.0615 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00.
subch. VII of ch. PSC 113Subchapter VII — Voltage Bandwidth and Voltage Distortion Requirements
PSC 113.0701PSC 113.0701Definitions. In ss. PSC 113.0701 to 113.0707, the following definitions apply:
PSC 113.0701(1)(1)“Flicker” or “voltage flicker” means a variation of input voltage sufficient in duration to allow visual observation of a change in electric light intensity.
PSC 113.0701(2)(2)“Harmonic distortion” means the mathematical representation of the distortion of the pure sine waveform. Distortion of the pure sine waveform is typically caused by loads that draw current discontinuously or whose impedance varies during the cycle of the input ac voltage waveform.
PSC 113.0701(3)(3)“Point of service” means the connection point between the customer electrical system and the utility electrical system.
PSC 113.0701(4)(4)“Power quality” means the concept of powering and grounding sensitive electronic equipment in a manner that is suitable to the operation of that equipment.
PSC 113.0701(5)(5)“Retail power service” means service furnished principally for electromotive or industrial purposes and may include service for lighting incidental thereto, as defined in the utility’s rates and rules.
PSC 113.0701(6)(6)“Sag” means an rms reduction in the ac voltage, at the power frequency, for durations from a half-cycle to a few seconds.
PSC 113.0701(7)(7)“Swell” means an rms increase in the ac voltage, at the power frequency, for durations from a half-cycle to a few seconds.
PSC 113.0701(8)(8)“Transient” means a subcycle disturbance in the ac waveform that is evidenced by a sharp but brief discontinuity of the wave form. A transient may be of either polarity and may be additive to or subtractive from the nominal waveform.
PSC 113.0701 NoteNote: The definitions used in subsections (1), (2), (4), (7), and (8) are based on the definitions in Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms-7th Ed.
PSC 113.0701(9)(9)“Steady state voltage” means the rms voltage after all sags, swells and transients have decayed to a negligible value.
PSC 113.0701(10)(10)“Service voltage” means the steady state voltage at the point of service.
PSC 113.0701 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; correction in (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, January, 2001, No. 541; CR 02-027: am. (1), (2), (4) and (6) to (8), Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03.
PSC 113.0702PSC 113.0702Standard and maintenance of a service voltage. Each utility shall adopt standard nominal service voltages for each of the several areas into which the distribution system or systems may be divided and shall file with the commission a statement of the standard voltages adopted. The service voltage shall be reasonably constant within the following limits:
PSC 113.0702(1)(1)For all retail service, except retail power service, the service voltage shall not vary by more than 5% above or below the standard voltage.