Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 38 - PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION
Chapter 38.5 - UTILITY DIVISION
Subchapter 38.5.16 - Master Meters in New Buildings
Rule 38.5.1602 - PROHIBITION OF MASTER METERS
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 38.5.1602
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) All electricity delivered to a new building shall be sold by the electric utility on the basis of individual meter measurement for each occupancy unit, except for:
(a) Electricity delivered to hotels, motels,
hospitals, dormitories, and other similar transient lodging;
(b) Where the individual contractor or owner
of a new building provides to the utility, in writing before commencement of
construction or replacement, data showing that the contractor's or owner's
costs of purchasing and installing facilities for separate metering, when added
to the utility's costs of purchasing and installing separate meters, exceed the
long run benefits.
(2) Each electric utility shall, by March 1, 1981, submit to the commission for approval the criteria by which the utility proposes to analyze utility and owner or contractor costs when a determination of whether the costs of purchasing and installing separate meters exceed the long-range benefits of separate metering is required.
Secs. 2-4-303 and 69-3-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 69-3-102, MCA;
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