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 Note Note: 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(15) (15) “Municipality” means a town, city or village.

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.

PSC 134.02(18) (18) “Occupant” means the resident or residents of a premises to which utility service is provided.

PSC 134.02(19) (19) “Prompt payment” means payment prior to the time when a utility could issue a notice of disconnection for nonpayment of an amount not in dispute.

PSC 134.02(20) (20) “Protective service emergency” means a threat to the health or safety of a resident because of the infirmities of aging, other developmental or intellectual disabilities, or like infirmities incurred at any age, or the frailties associated with being very young.

PSC 134.02(21) (21) “Public utility” has the meaning of s. 196.01 (5), Stats.

PSC 134.02(22) (22) “Specific gravity of a gas” means the ratio of the molecular weight of a dry gas or gas mixture to the molecular weight of dry air.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: This is the dry specific gravity.

PSC 134.02(23) (23) “Standard cubic foot of gas” means the quantity of a gas that at standard temperature and under standard pressure will fill a space of 1 cubic foot when in equilibrium with liquid water.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: According to Dalton’s law, this is equivalent to stating that the partial pressure of the gas is: 30-0.522 = 29.478 inches of mercury column.

PSC 134.02(24) (24) “Standard pressure” means the absolute pressure of pure mercury 30 inches in height at 32° Fahrenheit and under standard gravity.

PSC 134.02 Note Note: Standard gravity is 32.174 feet per second which results in a standard pressure of 14.735 pounds per square inch absolute.

PSC 134.02(25) (25) “Standard service pressure” means the gas pressure which a utility undertakes to maintain on the meters of all customers, except the meters of customers utilizing high-pressure service, expressed in pounds per square inch above atmospheric pressure or psig.

PSC 134.02(26) (26) “Standard temperature” means 60° Fahrenheit based on the international temperature scale.

PSC 134.02(27) (27) “Therm” means 100,000 British thermal units.

PSC 134.02(28) (28) “Total calorific value” 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 condensed to the liquid state.

PSC 134.02(29) (29) “Unmeasured gas” means gas which has not been measured by a meter.

PSC 134.02(30) (30) “Voucher agreement” means a payment agreement guaranteed by a third party who has access to or control over the benefits and/or finances of a public assistance recipient. Included without limitation are:

PSC 134.02(30)(a) (a) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) restrictive payment arrangements.