Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 38 - PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION
Chapter 38.5 - UTILITY DIVISION
Subchapter 38.5.70 - Natural Gas Utility Restructuring Provider Conduct, Supplier Licensing, Universal System Benefits Program
Rule 38.5.7005 - SERVICE PROVIDERS - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 38.5.7005
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) Except as provided in (2), a commission-regulated system services provider shall:
(a) apply all discretionary tariff provisions
in the same manner to all persons to whom the tariff provisions
apply;
(b) process all similar
requests for service in the same manner and period of time;
(c) strictly enforce all mandatory tariff
provisions;
(d) prevent any
discrimination in favor of its own supply, other services, divisions, or
affiliates;
(e) prevent all forms
of self-dealing that could result in noncompetitive prices to
consumers;
(f) grant others (e.g.,
consumers, suppliers) access to retail transmission, storage, and distribution
on a nondiscriminatory basis at rates, terms, and conditions comparable to that
which its affiliates have;
(g)
disclose no service or market information received from a non-affiliate to
others, including an affiliate (information received from an affiliate may be
treated in the same fashion, unless otherwise required by these rules)
;
(h) disclose at the same time to
all non-affiliates all service and market information disclosed to an affiliate
(a non-affiliate may agree to limit the scope of information to be provided by
the system services provider and may agree that information need be provided
only on request);
(i) for
customers requesting information on available supply, if identifying any
supplier, identify all licensed gas suppliers serving in the service area in
which the customer resides, and, in providing information to customers on
behalf of any supplier, offer to provide information on behalf of all other
suppliers on the same terms;
(j)
make known to non-affiliates at the same time any discounts offered to an
affiliate, the terms and conditions under which the discount is offered, and
the means through which the non-affiliates can obtain a comparable offer
(affiliates may be advised in the same fashion, unless otherwise prohibited by
these rules); and
(k) function
independently of its affiliate suppliers and cause its employees and employees
of its affiliate suppliers to function independently, to the maximum extent
practicable.
(2) A commission-regulated system services provider having or applying for commission-approved standards of conduct to be tariffed in accordance with 69-3-1404, MCA, may request that a tariffed standard depart from the standards in this rule. The commission may grant a waiver of the requirements in this rule upon a showing of good cause and circumstances unique to the provider's operations which justify the waiver.
Sec. 69-3-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 69-3-1404, MCA;
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