170 IAC 5-1-1 - Definitions

Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4

Affected: IC 8-1-2-1

Sec. 1.

(a) The definitions in this section and, where applicable, the definitions in IC 8-1-2-1 apply throughout this rule.

(b) "Check rate" means thirty-five percent (35%) of a meter's rated capacity.

(c) "Commission" means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.

(d) "Cubic foot of gas" means, for testing purposes, the amount of gas in a volume of one (1) cubic foot when saturated with water vapor, at sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and at an absolute pressure of thirty (30) inches of mercury at a temperature of thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit.

(e) "Customer" means any:

(1) person;

(2) firm;

(3) corporation;

(4) municipality; or

(5) other government agency; that has agreed, orally or otherwise, to pay for gas service received from a public utility. However, for the purposes of sections 13(d), 15, and 16 of this rule, the term shall be limited to mean persons who have agreed to pay for such service exclusively for residential purposes.

(f) "Disconnection" means the termination or discontinuance of gas service.

(g) "Late payment charge" means the one (1) time penalty assessed by a public utility upon all current bills at such time as they become delinquent.

(h) "Open rate" means eighty percent (80%) of a meter's rated capacity.

Notes

170 IAC 5-1-1

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; No. 34613: Standards of Service For Gas Public Utilities Rule 1; filed Oct 14, 1976, 10:20 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 391; filed Jun 8, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 15 IR 2161; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFA; filed May 25, 2010, 1:52 p.m.: 20100623-IR-170090792FRA; readopted filed Aug 2, 2013, 2:16 p.m.: 20130828-IR-170130227RFA Readopted filed 4/11/2019, 9:04 a.m.: 20190508-IR-170190136RFA