Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Each operator of a master meter system
shall establish and maintain maps which identify its distribution pipeline
system.
(B) Each operator of a
master meter system shall file an annual report on its system on the form
provided by the commission. This annual report shall be submitted to the chief
not later than March fifteenth of each year.
(C) Safety inspections.
(1) Unless otherwise provided in this
paragraph, each operator of a master meter system shall conduct safety
inspections as required by the pipeline safety code.
(2) The commission may direct or order a
natural gas company which distributes gas to a master meter system to perform a
safety inspection on that system when the public interest so requires, or when
an operator of a master meter system:
(a) Has
violated paragraph (B) or (C)(1) of this rule; or
(b) Requests an inspection.
The staff shall notify such natural gas company by letter and
mail a copy of the notice to the operator of the master meter system.
(3) Each operator of a master meter system
shall permit employees and agents of the natural gas company performing the
safety inspection to review the operator's maps and records.
(4) Each natural gas company shall submit a
report of its findings of the safety inspection to the chief within thirty days
after the inspection.
(D) A natural gas company may terminate
service to a master meter system or a gas pipeline facility within a master
meter system, in compliance with divisions (G) and (H)(1) of section
4905.94 of the Revised Code, for
the following hazardous conditions.
(1) Grade one leaks according
to rule
4901:1-16-04 of the
Administrative Code.
(2) A fire or
explosion near or at a gas pipeline facility.
(3) A gas pipeline facility damaged by a
natural disaster, such as flooding, or by excavation activities near or at the
gas pipeline facility.
(E) The natural gas company may recover all
reasonable, actual expenses incurred for performing a safety inspection by
direct billing the operator of the master meter system.
(F) Tariffs.
(1) Each natural gas company may file an
application with the commission for approval of a schedule of rates and charges
for its customers to recover the reasonable and actual expenses of:
(a) Performing safety inspections.
(b) Disconnecting and reconnecting service to
a master meter system under this rule.
(2) A natural gas company may recover
expenses under its tariff if:
(a) The company
direct billed the operator of the master meter system.
(b) The company made a good faith effort and
followed regular procedures in collecting the debt.
(c) The operator failed to pay the bill
within ninety days.
(G) Nothing in this rule relieves an operator
of a master meter system from complying with this chapter.
