Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-128. Location of testsEach electric company shall conduct all required tests of meters at the permanent location of the meter on the customer's premises except that the commission may authorize that such tests be performed in th…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-129. Installation testEach electric company shall have each watt-hour meter checked for accuracy within sixty days of its installation, except that this installation test shall not be required for meters of verified accuracy.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-13. Testing equipment and facilities(a) Every gas company shall, unless specifically excused by the commission, provide for and have available such shop facilities, instruments and other equipment and accessories as may be neces…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-130. Periodic testsAll watthour meters installed on customers' premises shall be tested periodically in conformity with the most recent ANSI Code. Meter test data shall be summarized and furnished annually to the Department upon…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-131. Meter recordsMeter records shall be kept and systematically arranged, indicating the date of purchase of each meter, its size or capacity rating and the date and place of the latest installation or removal. These records sh…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-132. Meter test recordsMeter test records shall be preserved of every meter test, indicating the information necessary for identifying the meter, the reading of the meter just prior to the test, the computed accuracy of registra…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-133. Types of metersEvery electric company shall report to the commission each year the quantity of each make and type of meter in service. This report may be included with the commission prescribed forms pertaining to periodic …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-134. Acceptable codesThe commission recognizes the provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code and the National Electrical Code in effect from time to time as minimum requirements and recommends the same as a guide to good…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-135. Safety manualsEvery utility within the purview of this order shall adopt comprehensive instructions for the safety of employees, file a copy thereof with the commission, and supply a copy thereof to each employee assigned t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-136. Coordination by utilitiesConstruction involving electric lines, where nominal phase to ground voltages are less than twenty thousand volts, may proceed without notification to the commission, provided reasonable advance not…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-137. Petition for commission approval—electric linesNo electric line, the nominal voltage of which is to exceed twenty thousand volts to ground, shall be constructed without prior commission approval of the manner and method of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-138. Petition for commission approval—communication linesWhere communication and electric lines are both aerial or both underground, no communication line shall be extended so as to cross, conflict or establish joint use with an…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-139. Supporting dataA petition required by section 16-11-137 or 16-11-138 shall be accompanied by the following: (1) A map indicating the route of the line and the location of the circuits. The map shall show the points at which…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-14. Heating value(a) Each gas company shall file by statement, with the commission, as a part of its schedule of rates or rules and regulations, the heating value of the gas being distributed. The heating value of the gas shall …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-140. Exemptions from commission approvalConstruction of a communication line under existing electric lines does not require commission approval outlined in section 16-11-138 when the conductors of such communication line consist…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-141. SignsEach group of buildings or structures used in the generation, transformation or distribution of electrical energy shall be provided with such signs as will definitely designate the name of the utility owning or having …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-142. MarkersEach pole, tower, or other structure used for supporting electrical conductors, shall be marked with a symbol indicating the utility or municipality so owning or having the custody and maintenance thereof, and a numb…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-143. Methods of applicationSuch markings of poles may be made with paint, brand or with plates or individual characters of soft metal or other suitable material so as to be easily read from the ground.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-144. SufficiencyThe separation of two parallel pole lines one of which carries supply conductors and the other signal conductors shall, where practicable, be sufficient so that neither conflicts with the other and, if within con…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-145. Considerations determining methodIf separation beyond conflicting distance is impracticable, the choice as affecting the relative safety attainable at reasonable cost between a joint pole line and separate conflicting lines…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-146. Use of coordinated methodsAll supply and signal circuits with their associated apparatus shall be constructed, operated and maintained in conformity with generally coordinated methods with due regard to prevention of interf…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-147. Special measuresWhere such generally coordinated methods are insufficient in any specific case, special adequate coordinated measures determined by cooperative consideration shall be applied to the circuits of either or bot…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-148. Coordination by parties affectedTo facilitate coordination, each party, in advance of any construction or change in the construction or operating conditions of its facilities, shall consult with other parties between whose …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-149. Coordination on corrosionAll utilities and municipalities shall cooperate with each other and use all reasonable means to work out general coordinated methods applicable to corrosion problems or the protection of other util…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-15. Heating value tests—records and reports(a) Every gas company shall regularly determine the heating value of the gas as supplied to the customers, using standard calorimeter equipment in accordance with accepted methods. At l…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-151. Attachments—consent theretoEvery utility or municipality shall have a clearly defined right of occupancy and use of poles. Attachments shall not be made to poles of another utility or municipality until consent has first be…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-152. Compensation for attachmentsThe right of a utility or municipality to occupy poles of another utility or municipality without proper compensation is not contemplated by these rules.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-16. Calorimeter equipmentThe gas company shall maintain or have access to a standard type calorimeter in an adequate testing station located as specified in section 16-11-13. The gas company may use a standard recording calorime…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-17. Gas odorAll gas supplied to customers shall possess a distinctive odor to act as an indicator to its presence. Any gas which does not naturally possess such an odor shall have added to it an odorant to meet this requirement.…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-18. Purity of gas(a) Every gas company supplying manufactured gas shall daily, except Sundays and holidays, test the gas for the presence of hydrogen sulphide in the manner specified in the following subsection. (b) The hydrogen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-19. Maintenance of utilization pressureThe pressure of the gas, measured at the outlet of the service meter of any customer, shall be maintained at a pressure that will provide safe, efficient utilization of the gas as a fuel in…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-2. CustomerThe term \"customer\" means any person, firm, partnership, company, corporation, municipality, cooperative, organization, governmental agency, or similar organization supplied with gas service by any gas company.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-20. Pressure testing and maintenance of standards(a) Every gas company shall make such determination and keep such records of pressure as will enable it to have at all times a substantially accurate knowledge of the pressure exi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-21. Use of metersAll gas sold by a gas company and all gas consumed by the gas company shall be metered, except in case of emergency, or when otherwise authorized by the commission. Each meter shall bear an identifying number an…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-22. Meter location(a) Meters may be located inside or outside of a building depending upon local conditions and all meters shall be accessible for reading. (b) When located inside a building, the meter shall be installed as near…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-23. Meter accuracy(a) Every gas service meter, before being installed for the use of any customer, shall be in good order and shall be adjusted by the gas company or its agents to register correctly within the tolerances herein …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-236. Calculating submetered party's cost(a) Every submetering customer shall calculate. average cost, per kilowatthour, for each bill received from the electric company, and in turn, shall charge each submetered party the same a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-237. Installation and maintenance of submeters(a) Submeters and any submetering equipment shall be installed by the submetering customer in accordance with the provisions of all applicable codes and standards, including the Nati…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-238. Meter test and record retention(a) All watt-hour meters installed and owned by a submetering customer shall be tested periodically in conformity with the most recent ANSI Code for Electricity Metering. Meter test data shall…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-24. Meter—periodic testsNo gas meter shall be allowed to remain in service more than sixty months without being retested and if necessary being adjusted to register within the tolerance prescribed in subsection (a) of section 16…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-25. Meter tests by requestEvery gas company shall, upon written request of a customer, and, if he so desires, in his presence or that of his authorized representative, make a test of the accuracy of the meter in use at his premi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-26. Meter test—refereeA gas company, after notification by the commission that a test is to be made pursuant to the provisions of section 16-259 of the general statutes, shall not adjust, disturb or remove the meter in question,…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-27. Meter test—methods(a) All meter tests shall be made by thoroughly trained personnel.(b) All tests in determining accuracy of any gas service meter shall be made with a meter prover, unless, because of the unusual capacity or…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-28. Meter testing equipment(a) Every gas company furnishing metered gas service shall have access to at least one suitable meter prover maintained in good condition and correct adjustment so that it shall be capable of determini…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-29. Records of meters and meter tests(a) Meter records shall be kept and systematically arranged, indicating the date of the purchase of each meter, its size or capacity rating, the date and place of * * * the latest installatio…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-3. CommissionThe term \"the commission\" means the public utilities commission of the state of Connecticut.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 16-11-30. Information to customers(a) Every gas company shall, upon request, give its customers such information as is reasonable in order that the customers may secure safe, adequate and proper service, and inform customers as to how…