District of Columbia Administrative Code

3709 WAIVER 3709.1 The Commission may upon request, or on its own initiative after notice to the parties of its intention do so, waive any provision of this chapter for good cause. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 7646 (September 25, 2009), incorporating text of Propo…

3799 DEFINITIONS 3799.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed: Abandoned Calls – Calls to the Natural Gas Utility that are terminated by the customer after the customer selects the menu option and is placed in the queue and has…

3900 APPLICABILITY 3900.1 This Chapter establishes the Public Service Commission’s (“Commission”) Code of Conduct between regulated energy utilities and their affiliates. Source: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 1109, 1110 (February 4, 2011). AUTHORITY: DC-DCMR The …

3901 PROHIBITION OF FAVORABLE TREATMENT FOR AFFILIATES 3901.1 Neither an energy utility nor a core service affiliate(s) shall represent that any advantage accrues to a customer or others in the use of the energy utility’s services as a result of that customer or others dealing wi…

3902 LIMITATIONS ON JOINT MARKETING, SPACE, AND SALES FOR CORE SERVICE AFFILIATES 3902.1 Joint promotions, marketing, and advertising between an energy utility and its core service affiliate(s) are prohibited. Joint marketing shall include the sharing of billing materials. The en…

3903 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION 3903.1 An energy utility shall not disclose any customer-specific information obtained in connection with the provision of regulated utility services except upon written consent of the utility customer. The consent form signed by the utility custome…

3904 COST ALLOCATION AND ACCOUNTING 3904.1 Within four (4) months of the close of the energy utility’s fiscal year, an energy utility must file annually a Cost Allocation Manual (“CAM”) with the Commission explaining how it will allocate and account for shared services between th…

3905 LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES 3905.1 An energy utility shall not provide loans or loan guarantees to an affiliate or to the holding company. The general prohibition includes use of utility rate base asset as collateral for any affiliate or holding company activity. 3905.2 Notwit…

3906 TRANSFER OR SALE OF ASSETS 3906.1 Transfers of assets from an energy utility to an affiliate must be recorded on the utility’s books at the greater of net book cost or market value. Transfers of assets from an affiliate to the energy utility shall be at the lesser of net boo…

3907 RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPMENT 3907.1 An electric company is prohibited from sharing employees with an affiliate. 3907.2 An energy utility and an affiliate may share the same telecommunications system or computer system, so long as adequate security and syste…

3908 RING-FENCING 3908.1 Any energy utility owned by a holding company that transfers more than five percent (5%) of the utility’s earnings to a holding company parent, or declares a special or regular cash dividend to the holding company parent, shall notify the Commission in wr…

3909 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION 3909.1 The provisions of this Code of Conduct may be suspended during an emergency. Energy utilities subject to the Code of Conduct shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of the emergency suspension, and every seventy-two (72) hour period thereafter, notif…

3910 WAIVER 3910.1 The Commission may upon request, or on its own initiative after notice to the parties of its intention do so, waive any provision of this chapter for good cause. SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 1109, 1115 (February 4, 2011); as amended by…

3999 DEFINITIONS 3999.1 For the purposes of this chapter: “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or has directly or indirectly, any economic interest in another per…

400 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY 400.1 The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish procedures to prohibit termination of electric and gas utility services to master-metered apartment buildings. 400.2 Tenants shall be provided the opportunity to take on prospective financial re…

401 TENANTS' RIGHTS 401.1 A gas or electric utility shall not terminate service to any master-metered apartment building on the basis of non-payment of a delinquent account by the owner, agent, lessor or manager (herein referred to as the "owner") unless that utility provides an …

402 NOTICE OF TENANTS' RIGHTS AND OPTIONS 402.1 At least twenty-one (21) days prior to terminating service, a utility company shall send, by registered mail, to each tenant whose name is made known to the utility company a Notice of Tenants' Rights and Options. The notice shall a…

403 STATEMENT OF PRACTICABILITY 403.1 The utility company shall prepare and submit to the Public Service Commission a Statement of Practicability for Individual Metering for any master-metered apartment house for which termination of service is sought and for which at least sixty…

405 NOTICE OF OPTION SELECTED 405.1 After the utility has received all of the tenants' Preliminary Election Postcards or after the expiration of the ten (10) day waiting period (whichever comes first), the utility shall advise all tenants of the option selected by the majority of…

406 TENANT PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILL 406.1 Tenants who elect to have their units individually metered at their own expense consistent with §407 and tenants who elect to receive service in their own name pursuant to the utility's fair and equitable share proposal shall pay their uti…

407 RESPONSE REQUIRED FROM EVERY TENANT 407.1 In cases where the utility company has indicated that individual metering of less than the entire building is not feasible and all the tenant responses indicated that they wish to receive service in their own name and to have installe…

408 PETITIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER 408.1 If less than all of the tenants have elected to receive service in their own names, the utility shall have the right to petition the Superior Court for the appointment of a receiver for those tenants who decline to receive service i…

409 SECURITY DEPOSITS 409.1 The utility shall not require any tenant to make a security deposit or guarantee of payment unless the tenant's prior dealings with the utility are such that a security deposit or guarantee of payment would be required under §307 of chapter 3 of this t…

410 NOTICE OF UTILITY CHARGE PAID BY TENANT 410.1 The utility company shall submit to the owner a monthly listing of the utility charges made by those tenants who have elected to receive service in their own name. The tenant shall be authorized to reduce his or her rent payment t…

415 REQUESTS FOR TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICE 415.1 No utility shall terminate service to any master-metered apartment building subject to this chapter at the request of any person, except by §§401-410, or at the direction of the Mayor or his or her representative pursuant to §…

416 PRESERVATION OF UTILITIES RIGHT OF ACTION 416.1 Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as preventing the utility from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it might have against the owner. 416.2 No provision in this chapter shall be construed to reli…

417 PRESERVATION OF TENANT'S RIGHT OF ACTION 417.1 Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as preventing the tenant of the apartment house from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that he or she may have against the owner or company. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking…

419 VIOLATIONS 419.1 Any willful or malicious violation of this chapter by any utility or owner shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days or both. 419.2 Any owner who collects or attempts to col…

499 DEFINITIONS 499.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed: Apartment House - any building or part thereof, not used primarily for transient occupancy, in which there are three (3) or more apartments, each with one (1) or more…

4000 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY 4000.1 This chapter establishes the District of Columbia Small Generator Interconnection Rules (“DCSGIR”) which apply to facilities satisfying the following criteria: (a) The total Nameplate Capacity of the Small Generator Facility is equal to or le…

4001 INTERCONNECTION REQUESTS, FEES, AND FORMS 4001.1 Interconnection Customers seeking to interconnect a Small Generator Facility shall submit an Interconnection Request using a standard form approved by the Commission to the Electric Distribution Company (“EDC”) that owns the E…

4002 APPLICABLE STANDARDS 4002.1 Unless one or more of the following standards are waived by the EDC, a Small Generator Facility must comply with the following standards, as applicable: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) 1547 Standard for Interconnection a…

4003 INTERCONNECTION REVIEW LEVELS 4003.1 The EDC shall review Interconnection Requests using one (1) or more of the four (4) levels of review procedures established by this chapter. The EDC shall first use the level of agreement specified by the Interconnection Customer in the I…

4004 LEVEL 1 INTERCONNECTION REVIEWS 4004.1 For Level 1 Interconnection Review, the EDC shall use Level 1 procedures for evaluation of all Interconnection Requests to connect inverter-based Small Generator Facilities. 4004.2 For Level 1 Adverse System Impact screens, the EDC shal…

4005 LEVEL 2 INTERCONNECTION REVIEWS 4005.1 For a Level 2 Interconnection Review, the EDC shall use the Level 2 procedures for an Interconnection Request. 4005.2 For Level 2 Adverse System Impact screens, the EDC shall evaluate the potential for Adverse System Impacts using the f…

4006 LEVEL 3 INTERCONNECTION REVIEWS 4006.1 The EDC shall use Level 2 Interconnection Review procedures for evaluating Level 3 Interconnection Requests provided the proposed Small Generator Facility has a Nameplate Capacity rating not greater than 20MW and uses reverse power rela…

4007 LEVEL 4 INTERCONNECTION REVIEWS 4007.1 The EDC shall use the Level 4 Interconnection Review procedures for evaluating Interconnection Requests when: The Interconnection Request was not approved under a Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 Interconnection Review and the Interconnecti…

4008 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 4008.1 Unless one or more of the listed standards are waived by the EDC, a Small Generator Facility must comply with the technical standards listed in Subsection 4002.1, as applicable. 4008.2 When an Interconnection Request is for a Small Generator Fac…

4009 DISPUTES 4009.1 A party shall attempt to resolve all disputes regarding interconnection as provided in the DCSGIR promptly, equitably, and in a good faith manner. 4009.2 When a dispute arises, a party may seek immediate resolution through complaint procedures available throu…

4010 WAIVER 4010.1 The Commission may upon request, or on its own initiative after notice to the parties of its intention do so, waive any provision of this chapter for good cause. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1415 (February 13, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaki…

4011 SUPPLEMENTAL REVIEW Within twenty (20) business days of determining that Supplemental Review is appropriate, the EDC shall perform Supplemental Review using the screens set forth below, notify the Interconnection Customer of the results, and include with the notification a w…

4012 APPLICANT OPTIONS MEETING If the EDC determines the Interconnection Request cannot be approved without evaluation under Level 4 Interconnection Review, at the time the EDC notifies the Interconnection Customer of either the Level 1, 2, or 3 Interconnection Review, or Supplem…

4013 (Reserved) SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1415, 1418 (February 13, 2009). AUTHORITY: DC-DCMR D.C. Official Code 34-301 and 302 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 34-1516 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 2-505 (a) (2016 Repl.) and D.C. Official Code …

4014 (Reserved) SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1415, 1418 (February 13, 2009). AUTHORITY: DC-DCMR D.C. Official Code 34-301 and 302 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 34-1516 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 2-505 (a) (2016 Repl.) and D.C. Official Code …

4015 (Reserved) SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1415, 1418 (February 13, 2009). AUTHORITY: DC-DCMR D.C. Official Code 34-301 and 302 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 34-1516 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code 2-505 (a) (2016 Repl.) and D.C. Official Code …