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. PSC 113.0204(2)(2) Nothing in the above shall prevent a utility from proceeding as quickly as possible with any emergency construction work which might interfere with existing facilities. PSC 113.0204 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2002 No. 564. PSC 113.0205PSC 113.0205 Standard voltages and utilization equipment. PSC 113.0205(1)(1) All utilities shall have available a tabulation showing the character and type of electric service supplied, including the secondary and, where applicable, primary voltages. PSC 113.0205(2)(2) Lamps used or furnished by the utility for highway or area illumination shall initially be such that the customer receives the proper illumination in lumens specified in the rate. If the street lighting rate is based on wattage, or if the utility furnishes lamps to customers free or at reduced cost, the lamp bulbs shall be of such efficiency in lumens per watt when used on the utility’s circuits that customers may obtain their lighting service under the most favorable conditions practicable under the rate schedule. PSC 113.0205 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00. PSC 113.0209PSC 113.0209 Notice to communication firms. Each electric utility shall notify telephone utility and cable television firms in the area when it knows that customer-owned generating facility is to be interconnected with its system. This notification shall be as early as practicable to permit coordinated analysis and testing in advance of interconnection, if considered necessary by the electric or telephone utility or cable television firm. PSC 113.0209 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00. PSC 113.0210PSC 113.0210 Whistleblower protection. No public utility shall interfere with, restrain, or coerce any employee or other person in the exercise of the right to disclose information to the commission or other governmental bodies regarding the safety and reliability of the electrical system, or a portion thereof, provided that the employee reasonably believe that such information is true. No public utility may dismiss, discipline, demote, transfer, reprimand, harass, reduce the pay of, discriminate against, or otherwise, retaliate against, any employee or other person because the employee, or other person engaged in any of the described activities. PSC 113.0210 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00. PSC 113.0301(1)(1) Prior to disconnecting a jointly-metered property containing more than one rental dwelling unit and where service is in the property owner or manager’s name, the utility shall first make an attempt to transfer the debt to the property owner’s or manager’s residence or office service. If a transfer is permitted under sub. (7) (a) the utility shall pursue available collection efforts at the owner’s or manager’s property prior to disconnecting the jointly-metered property.