PSC 134.11PSC 134.11Meters and control equipment.
PSC 134.11(1)(1)Where possible to do so, all gas quantities required to be reported to the commission shall be metered.
PSC 134.11(2)(2)All gas sold to customers shall be measured by commercially acceptable measuring devices owned and maintained by the utility. The maintenance of the accuracy of the meters shall be the responsibility of the utility.
PSC 134.11(3)(3)Every reasonable effort shall be made to measure at one meter location all gas quantities necessary for billing the customer.
PSC 134.11(4)(4)All gas customers of the same type, pressure, and/or volume classification shall have their gas metered with instruments having like characteristics and at the same pressure base, except that the commission may approve the use of instruments of different types if their use does not result in unreasonable discrimination.
PSC 134.11(5)(5)Any regulators or equipment used to provide service in accordance with commission or filed utility rules and rates shall be commercially acceptable devices owned and maintained by the utility.
PSC 134.11(6)(6)A temperature-compensating meter shall be used whenever a gas meter is subject to the elements of the weather or wide variations in temperature. All present non-compensating installations subject to the elements of the weather and wide variations in temperature shall be changed so that 100% compliance will be attained by the end of the first complete testing cycle as provided in s. PSC 134.30 (1).
PSC 134.11 HistoryHistory: 1-2-56; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38, eff. 3-1-59; cr. (6), Register, January, 1965, No. 109, eff. 2-1-65.
PSC 134.12PSC 134.12Meter readings and billing periods. Reading of all meters used for determining charges to customers shall be scheduled monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, or semi-annually. An effort shall be made to read meters on corresponding days of each meter-reading period cycle. The meter-reading date may be advanced or postponed not more than 5 days without adjustment of the billing for the period. Bills for service shall be rendered within 40 days from the reading of the meter except as may be otherwise specifically authorized by the commission. The utility may permit the customer to supply the meter readings on a form supplied by the utility, provided a utility representative reads the meter at least once each 6 months and when there is a change of customer. The utility shall make reasonable efforts to read the meters of customers who cannot be available during normal business hours.
PSC 134.12 HistoryHistory: 1-2-56; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38, eff. 3-1-59; am. Register, September, 1982, No. 321, eff. 10-1-82; am. Register, October, 1989, No. 406, eff. 11-1-89.
PSC 134.13PSC 134.13Billing.
PSC 134.13(1)(1)
PSC 134.13(1)(a)(a) All of the information in par. (b) shall be shown for each meter on each bill, including the customer’s receipt, if the bill is provided by any of the following:
PSC 134.13(1)(a)1.1. Madison Gas and Electric Company.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)2.2. Northern States Power Company.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)3.3. Superior Water, Light and Power Company.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)4.4. Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)5.5. Wisconsin Gas LLC.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)6.6. Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
PSC 134.13(1)(a)7.7. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)(b) A bill under par. (a), including the customer’s receipt, shall show the following information:
PSC 134.13(1)(b)1.1. The customer name, billing address and service address, if different from the billing address.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)2.2. For residential customers in multi-unit buildings, current meter identification information or number and account number.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)3.3. The present and last preceding meter readings.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)4.4. The present and last preceding meter reading dates.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)5.5. The next scheduled meter reading date.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)6.6. The number of days in the billing period.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)7.7. The number of units consumed.
PSC 134.13(1)(b)8.8. The class of service with clear explanation of codes and abbreviations.