Indiana Administrative Code
Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES
Rule 1 - Standards of Service
Section 1-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 170 IN Admin Code 1-1

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4

Affected: IC 8-1-2-1

Sec. 1.

(a) The definitions in this section and, where applicable, the definitions in IC 8-1-2-1 apply throughout this rule.

(b) "Check rate" means thirty-five percent (35%) of a meter's rated capacity.

(c) "Commission" means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.

(d) "Cubic foot of gas" means, for testing purposes, the amount of gas in a volume of one (1) cubic foot when saturated with water vapor, at sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and at an absolute pressure of thirty (30) inches of mercury at a temperature of thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit.

(e) "Customer" means any:

(1) person;

(2) firm;

(3) corporation;

(4) municipality; or

(5) other government agency; that has agreed, orally or otherwise, to pay for gas service received from a public utility. However, for the purposes of sections 13(d), 15, and 16 of this rule, the term shall be limited to mean persons who have agreed to pay for such service exclusively for residential purposes.

(f) "Disconnection" means the termination or discontinuance of gas service.

(g) "Late payment charge" means the one (1) time penalty assessed by a public utility upon all current bills at such time as they become delinquent.

(h) "Open rate" means eighty percent (80%) of a meter's rated capacity.

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