Wisconsin Administrative Code
Public Service Commission
Chapter PSC 140 - Construction of facilities to supply heat by utilities
Section PSC 140.02 - Required authorization
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง PSC 140.02
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) Unless and until the commission shall have certified that the same is required by public convenience and necessity, no public heating utility shall acquire, construct (or materially change through reconstruction), install, or place in utility operation:
(a) Any facilities for providing service in a
municipality in which the utility has not heretofore rendered
service.
(b) Any facilities for
providing service outside the area or areas submitted in response to s.
PSC
140.015.
(c) Any heating plant or principal
heat-absorbing, fuel-burning, or pumping unit.
(d) Any change in the method of transmitting
heat to the customers, such as change from hot water to steam.
(e) Any building or addition to an existing
building the cost of which exceeds $5,000 or 3% of the system's gross heating
operating revenue for the previous calendar year, whichever is the
greater.
(f) Any mains or
distribution or transmission facilities in the area where the utility has
theretofore been operating which is estimated to involve a gross capital
expenditure in excess of $500 or 3% of the system's gross heating operating
revenue for the previous calendar year, whichever is the greater.
(2) Unless and until the commission shall have certified that the same is required by public convenience and necessity, no utility other than a heating utility shall construct (or materially change through reconstruction), install, or place in operation:
(a) Any facilities to provide heat to new
customers or facilities the end or by-product of which are to be used
temporarily or permanently to provide heat to new or existing
customers.
(b) Any added facilities
or building estimated to cost more than $500 necessary to serve heat to
existing customers.
(c) Any change
in method of supplying such services.
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