N.H. Admin. Code Puc, ch. Puc 500 - RULES FOR GAS SERVICE

  1. Part Puc 501 - APPLICATION OF RULES (§ Puc 501.01 to Puc 501.02)
  2. Part Puc 502 - DEFINITIONS (§ Puc 502.01 to Puc 502.13)
  3. Part Puc 503 - SERVICE PROVISIONS (§ Puc 503.01)
  4. Part Puc 504 - QUALITY OF GAS SERVICE (§ Puc 504.01)
  5. Part Puc 505 - METER INSTALLATION (§ Puc 505.01)
  6. Part Puc 506 - RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS (§ Puc 506.01 to Puc 506.05)
  7. Part Puc 507 - FORMS REQUIRED TO BE FILED (§ Puc 507.01 to Puc 507.04)
  8. Part Puc 508 - UTILITY ADVERTISING (§ Puc 508.01 to Puc 508.06)
  9. Part Puc 509 - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR GAS PIPELINE UTILITIES (§ Puc 509.01)
  10. Part Puc 510 - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR LPG AND LANDFILL GAS OPERATORS (§ Puc 510.01)
  11. Appendix A - , version 2
  12. Appendix B - DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, version 2

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code Puc, ch. Puc 500

REVISION NOTE #1:

Document #6445, effective 1-28-97, made extensive changes to the wording and numbering of rules in Chapter Puc 500. Document #6445 superseded all prior filings for the sections in this chapter. The prior filings for former Chapter Puc 500 included the following documents:

#2011, eff 5-4-82

#2283, eff 1-18-83

#2338, eff 4-11-83

#2418, eff 7-10-83

#2549, eff 12-26-83

#2912, eff 11-26-84

#3131, eff 10-3-85

#5001, eff 11-26-90

#5717, eff 10-7-93

#6381, INTERIM, eff 11-27-96, EXPIRES: 3-27-97

REVISION NOTE #2:

Document #13794, effective 10-25-23, readopted with amendments Chapter Puc 500 titled "Rules for Gas Service."

Pursuant to 2021, 91:187, effective 7-1-21, the Department of Energy was established by the adoption of RSA 12-P. Pursuant to RSA 12-P:11, "All of the functions, powers, duties, records, personnel, and property of the public utilities commission incorporated in the statutes establishing the department of energy and which replace the authority of the commission with the authority of the department of energy, are hereby transferred, as of July 1, 2021, to the department of energy."

Pursuant to RSA 12-P:14, "Existing rules, orders, and approvals of the public utilities commission which are associated with any functions, powers, and duties, transferred to the department of energy pursuant to RSA 12-P:11 or any other statutory provision, shall continue in effect and be enforced by the commissioner of the department of energy until they expire or are repealed or amended in accordance with applicable law."

The extensive changes to the former Chapter Puc 500 in Document #13794 were made by the Public Utilities Commission (Commission) pursuant to RSA 365:8, I(e) and (l), after RSA 365:8 was amended by 2021, 91:249 and 250, effective 7-1-21. The amendments in Document #13794 included, but were not limited to, the deletion of existing rules governing gas quality, meter accuracy and testing, equipment and facilities, safety standards, accident and leak reporting, other reporting and accounting, and enforcement procedures which the Department of Energy subsequently adopted in Document #13796, effective 5-11-23, in Chapter En 500 titled "Rules for Gas Services." Chapter Puc 500 in Document #13794 preserved the hearings and appeal processes related to enforcement in the former Chapter Puc 500 rules, reflecting the enforcement responsibility of the Department of Energy and the adjudication role of the Commission.

Document #13794 replaced all prior filings affecting the former Chapter Puc 500. The prior filings affecting the rules in the former Chapter Puc 500 after Document #6445, effective 1-28-97, included the following documents:

#8259, eff 1-19-05

#10334, eff 5-10-13

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