PSC 134.02(17) (17) “New residential customer” means a customer who has not received utility service in his or her name during the previous 6 months from the utility from which service is requested.

PSC 134.02(18) (18) “Occupant” means the resident or residents of a premises to which utility service is provided.

PSC 134.02(19) (19) “Prompt payment” means payment prior to the time when a utility could issue a notice of disconnection for nonpayment of an amount not in dispute.

PSC 134.02(20) (20) “Protective service emergency” means a threat to the health or safety of a resident because of the infirmities of aging, other developmental or intellectual disabilities, or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young.

PSC 134.02(21) (21) “Public utility” has the meaning of s. 196.01 (5), Stats.

PSC 134.02(22) (22) “Specific gravity of a gas” means the ratio of the molecular weight of a dry gas or gas mixture to the molecular weight of dry air.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: This is the dry specific gravity.

PSC 134.02(23) (23) “Standard cubic foot of gas” means the quantity of a gas that at standard temperature and under standard pressure will fill a space of 1 cubic foot when in equilibrium with liquid water.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: According to Dalton’s law, this is equivalent to stating that the partial pressure of the gas is: 30-0.522 = 29.478 inches of mercury column.

PSC 134.02(24) (24) “Standard pressure” means the absolute pressure of pure mercury 30 inches in height at 32° Fahrenheit and under standard gravity.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: Standard gravity is 32.174 feet per second which results in a standard pressure of 14.735 pounds per square inch absolute.

PSC 134.02(25) (25) “Standard service pressure” means the gas pressure which a utility undertakes to maintain on the meters of all customers, except the meters of customers utilizing high-pressure service, expressed in pounds per square inch above atmospheric pressure or psig.

PSC 134.02(26) (26) “Standard temperature” means 60° Fahrenheit based on the international temperature scale.

PSC 134.02(27) (27) “Therm” means 100,000 British thermal units.

PSC 134.02(28) (28) “Total calorific value” means the number of British thermal units evolved by the complete combustion, at constant pressure, of one standard cubic foot of gas with air, the temperature of the gas, air, and products of combustion being 60° Fahrenheit and all water formed by the combustion reaction condensed to the liquid state.

PSC 134.02(29) (29) “Unmeasured gas” means gas which has not been measured by a meter.

PSC 134.02(30) (30) “Voucher agreement” means a payment agreement guaranteed by a third party who has access to or control over the benefits and/or finances of a public assistance recipient. Included without limitation are:

PSC 134.02(30)(a) (a) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) restrictive payment arrangements.

PSC 134.02(30)(b) (b) Social Security representative payee.

PSC 134.02(30)(c) (c) General Relief voucher payment systems.

PSC 134.02(30)(d) (d) Legal guardian.

PSC 134.02 History History: History 1-2-56; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38, eff. 3-1-59; r. and recr. Register, October, 1989, No. 406, eff. 11-1-89; 2019 Wis. Act 1: am. (20) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.

PSC 134.03 PSC 134.03 Service. Every gas utility shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities at the rates filed with the commission and subject to these rules and the rules of the utility filed with this commission which are applicable thereto and not otherwise. The utility shall be operated in such manner as to obviate so far as reasonably practicable, undesirable effects upon the operation of standard services, standard utilization equipment, equipment of the utility, and upon the service and facilities of other utilities and agencies.

PSC 134.03 History History: 1-2-56; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38, eff. 3-1-59.

PSC 134.04 PSC 134.04 Schedules to be filed with commission. The schedules of rates and rules shall be filed with the commission by the utility and shall be classified, designated, arranged, and submitted so as to conform to the requirements of current tariff or rate schedule circulars and special instructions which have been and may from time to time be issued by the commission. Provisions of the schedules shall be definite and so stated as to minimize ambiguity or the possibility of misinterpretation, and shall include, together with such other information as may be deemed pertinent, the following:

PSC 134.04(1) (1) All rates for service with indication for each rate of the type of gas and the class of customers to which each rate applies. There shall also be shown any limitations on loads and type of equipment which may be connected, the prices per unit of service, and the number of units per billing period to which the prices apply, the period of billing, the minimum bill, method of measuring demands and consumptions, including method of calculating or estimating loads or minimums, and any special terms and conditions applicable. The discount for prompt payment or penalty for late payment, if any, and the period during which the net amount may be paid shall be specified.

PSC 134.04(2) (2) By municipalities, but without reference required to any particular part thereof, the type of gas supplied and the type of service (firm and/or interruptible).

PSC 134.04(3) (3) Forms of standard contracts required of customers for the various types of service available.

PSC 134.04(4) (4) If service to other utilities or municipalities for resale is furnished at a standard filed rate, either a copy of each contract or the standard contract form together with a summary of the provisions of each signed contract. The summary shall show the principal provisions of the contract and shall include the name and address of the customer, the points where gas is delivered, rate, term, minimums, load conditions, heating value of gas, pressures, and any special provisions such as rentals.