Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 807 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Chapter 5 - Utilities
Section 807 KAR 5:046 - Prohibition of master metering
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 2023
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 278
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 278.280(2) provides that the commission shall prescribe rules for the performance of any service by any utility. This administrative regulation requires electric utilities to meter new buildings individually pursuant to the federal standard established by Section 113(b)(1) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Section 1. Definitions.
Section 2. Individual Meters Required. An individual electric meter to record the retail sales of electricity shall be installed for each newly constructed dwelling unit in a nontransient multidwelling unit residential building, a mobile home park, or a commercial building for which the building permit application is made after May 31, 1981.
Section 3. Exclusions. Individual unit metering will not be required for:
Section 4. Complaints. Applicants for electric service who desire master metering of electricity in a building for which master metering is prohibited may make a formal complaint to the commission as provided in 807 KAR 5:001, Section 19. The applicant shall have the burden of proving that the costs of purchasing and installing separate meters in the building are greater than the long-run benefits of individual metering to the consumers of the electricity at the building.
8 Ky.R. 821; eff. 4-7-1982; TAm 1-30-2013; Crt eff. 3-27-2019.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 278.010(4)(a), 278.040(3), 278.280(2)