PSC 113.012(7)(7) “Installment payment agreement” means an arrangement between a utility and a commercial or farm customer for payment of a deposit in installments. PSC 113.012(7m)(7m) “Jointly-metered property” means a premises where electric service is measured jointly for 2 or more rental dwelling units, pursuant to s. 196.643 (2), Stats. PSC 113.012(7n)(7n) “Low-income customer” means a customer whose household income is at or below the federal poverty income guidelines for eligibility for federal energy assistance. PSC 113.012(8)(8) “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 113.012(9)(9) “Occupant” means the resident or residents of a premises to which utility service is provided. PSC 113.012(10)(10) “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 113.012(11)(11) “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 113.012(12)(12) “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 113.012(12)(a)(a) Wisconsin Works (W-2) or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) restrictive payment arrangements. PSC 113.012 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; 2019 Wis. Act 1: am. (11) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19. PSC 113.0201PSC 113.0201 General requirement. Every 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 applicable thereto and not otherwise. The energy shall be generated, transmitted, converted and distributed by the utility and utilized, whether by the utility or the customer, in such manner as to obviate so far as reasonably practicable undesirable effects upon the operation of standard services or equipment of the utility, its customers, or other utilities or agencies. PSC 113.0201 NoteNote: As used in these rules the terms “rules of the utility” or “utility’s rules” means the rules of the utility on file with the commission.
PSC 113.0201 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00. PSC 113.0202(1)(1) When a utility is required by governmental authority or requested by customers to move poles, as, for example, from streets to alleys, the utility is not required to furnish new service entrance conductors, cable, conduit, or service equipment unless it makes a practice of supplying this equipment. It shall, however, run a service drop to the nearest point on each building served from the new location and remove the old service drop without expense to the customer. PSC 113.0202(2)(2) If the utility moves its poles of its own volition the utility shall supply new service entrance conductors, cable, conduit, interior wiring connection and service equipment and remove the old; or shall attach its system to the existing service entrance conductors without expense to the customer. PSC 113.0202 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00. PSC 113.0203PSC 113.0203 Protection of utility facilities. A public utility upon receiving notice as provided in s. 66.0831 or 182.0175 (2m) (b), Stats., of work which may affect its facilities used for serving the public shall: PSC 113.0203(1)(1) If the notice is of work covered by s. 66.0831, Stats., investigate and decide what action, if any, must reasonably be taken to protect or alter utility facilities in order to protect service to the public and to avoid unnecessary damage. The utility shall take such action as is reasonably necessary to protect, remove, alter, or reconstruct its facilities and shall perform such work with reasonable dispatch taking into account the conditions to be met. Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to affect any right which the utility may have to require advance payment or adequate assurance of payment of the reasonable cost thereof to the utility by the property owner or contractor. PSC 113.0203(3)(3) The utility may, in order to protect its interests, require that the owner or contractor perform certain work upon that part of the service piping or wiring on or being removed from the property upon which the excavating, building, or wrecking operations are being performed. PSC 113.0203(4)(4) This rule is not intended to affect the responsibility of the contractor or owner, or the liability or legal rights of any party. PSC 113.0203 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; corrections in (intro.) and (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2002 No. 564. PSC 113.0204PSC 113.0204 Interference with public service structures. PSC 113.0204(1)(1) A utility having any work upon, over, along, or under any public street, highway or private property near existing utility facilities shall give reasonable notice to the other utility and shall exercise care when working in close proximity to such existing facilities. Sections 66.0831 and 182.0175, Stats., shall be observed where applicable. In all other cases such notice shall provide the other utility with a reasonable opportunity to protect or alter its facilities and such work shall not proceed without an agreement concerning the location and nature of the proposed work.