PSC 134.01(4)(4) The requirements of ch. PSC 134 shall be observed by all public utilities, both privately and publicly owned, engaged in the manufacture, mixing, purchasing, storage, transmission and/or distribution of gaseous fuel. PSC 134.01(5)(5) The manner of enforcing the rules in ch. PSC 134 is prescribed in s. 196.66, Stats., and such other means as provided in statutory sections administered by the public service commission. PSC 134.01(6)(6) In case of emergency, where public interest requires immediate action without waiting for compliance with the specific terms of these rules, immediate corrective action shall be taken by the utility, which action, however, shall be subject to review by the public service commission. PSC 134.01 HistoryHistory: 1-2-56; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38. eff. 3-1-59; am. (5). Register, January, 1965, No 109, eff. 2-1-65; renum. (3) to (6) to be (4) to (7), Register, November, 1980, No. 299, eff. 12-1-80; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, September, 1997, No. 501; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2007 No. 616; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2014 No. 703. PSC 134.02PSC 134.02 Definitions. In this chapter: PSC 134.02(1)(1) “Ability to pay” means a customer’s financial capacity to meet his or her utility service obligation, considering all of the following factors: PSC 134.02(1)(e)(e) Any other relevant factors concerning the customer’s circumstances, as household size, income and expenses. PSC 134.02(2)(2) “Appliance” means any device which utilizes gas fuel to produce light, heat, or power. PSC 134.02(3)(3) “British thermal unit” or “Btu” means the quantity of heat that must be added to one avoirdupois pound of pure water to raise its temperature from 58.5° Fahrenheit to 59.5° Fahrenheit under standard pressure. PSC 134.02(4)(4) “Complaint” means a statement or question by any person, whether a utility customer or not, concerning a wrong, grievance, injury, dissatisfaction, illegal action or procedure, dangerous condition or action, or failure of a utility to meet a utility obligation. PSC 134.02(5)(5) “Customer” means the party billed for payment of bills issued for use of utility service at a given premises. PSC 134.02(6)(6) “Customer-requested termination” means that the customer or occupant has asked the utility to cease providing utility service to a premises. PSC 134.02(7)(7) “Demand” means the amount of gas required per unit of time, usually expressed in cubic feet, Btu, or therms per unit of time. PSC 134.02(8)(8) “Denied or refused service” means that a utility has refused to provide present or future service to a customer, occupant or premises. PSC 134.02(9)(9) “Disconnection” means an event or action taken by the utility to terminate or discontinue the provision of service, but does not include a customer-requested termination of service. PSC 134.02(10)(10) “Dry calorific value” means the value of the total or net calorific value of a gas divided by the volume of dry gas in a standard cubic foot. PSC 134.02(11)(11) “Dry gas” means a gas having a moisture and hydrocarbon dew point below any normal temperature to which the gas piping is exposed. As applied to determination of heating value or specific gravity dry gas means the complete absence of moisture or water vapor. PSC 134.02(12)(12) “Gas” means any gas or mixture of gases suitable for domestic or industrial fuel and transmitted or distributed to the user through a piping system. PSC 134.02 NoteNote: The common types of gas are natural gas, manufactured gas, and liquefied petroleum gas distributed as a vapor with or without admixture of air.
PSC 134.02(13)(13) “Installment payment agreement” means an arrangement between a utility and a commercial or farm customer for payment of a deposit in installments. PSC 134.02(14)(14) “Meter” means an instrument installed to measure the volume of gas delivered through it. PSC 134.02(16)(16) “Net calorific value of a gas” means the number of British thermal units evolved by the complete combustion, at constant pressure, of one standard cubic foot of gas with air, the temperature of the gas, air, and products of combustion being 60° Fahrenheit and all water formed by the combustion reaction remaining in the vapor state. PSC 134.02(17)(17) “New residential customer” means a customer who has not received utility service in his or her name during the previous 6 months from the utility from which service is requested.