Code of Massachusetts Regulations
220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 220 CMR 50.00 - Uniform System Of Accounts For Gas Companies
GAS PLANT INSTRUCTIONS
Section 13 - Transmission and Distribution Plant
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
For the purposes of this system of accounts:
A. "Transmission System" means the land, structures, mains, valves, meters, boosters, regulators, tanks, compressors and their driving units and appurtenances, and other equipment used primarily for transmitting gas from a production plant, delivery point of purchased gas, gathering system, storage area, or other wholesale source of gas, to one or more distribution areas. The transmission system begins at the outlet side of the valve at the connection to the last equipment in a manufactured gas plant, the connection to gathering lines or delivery point of purchased gas, and includes the equipment at such connection that is used to bring the gas to transmission pressure, and ends at the inlet side of the equipment which meters or regulates the entry of gas into the distribution system or into a storage area. It does not include storage land, structures or equipment. Pipe line companies, however, shall include city gate and main line industrial measuring and regulating stations in the transmission function, except that where pipe line companies measure deliveries of gas to their own distribution systems they shall have the option, if consistently observed, of including such stations either in the transmission or distribution function for the purpose of this system of accounts.
B. "Distribution System" means the mains which are provided primarily for distributing gas within a distribution area, together with land, structures, valves, regulators, services and measuring devices, including the mains for transportation of gas from production plants or points of receipt located within such distribution area to other points therein. The distribution system begins at the inlet side of the equipment which meters or regulates the entry of gas into the distribution system and ends with and includes property on the customer's premises. It does not include storage land, structures, or equipment.
C. "Distribution Area" as used herein means a metropolitan area or other urban area comprising one or more adjacent or nearby cities, villages or unincorporated areas, including developed areas contiguous to main highways.
