Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-6-.02

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 770-X-6-.02 - Definitions

In the interpretation of these rules, the following definitions shall be used:

(1) "Commission" - Alabama Public Service Commission.

(2) "Customer" - Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative, organization, governmental agency, etc., subscribing for gas services from a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

(3) "Cubic Foot of Gas"

(a) Measurement at Low Pressure: For the purpose of the measurement of gas to a customer taking gas at standard service pressure, a cubic foot of gas means the amount of gas which occupies a volume of one (1) cubic foot at the time metered under the conditions existing at the customer's meter. Temperature corrections, if made, should be to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit. A Btu adjustment, if made, shall be to 1,000 Btu per cubic foot.

(b) Measurement at High or Medium Pressure: When gas is supplied to customers through orifice or other type meters at pressures above standard service pressure, a cubic foot of gas means that amount of gas which, at the pressure base specified in the supplying pipeline company's tariff, occupies a volume of one (1) cubic foot at the temperature base contracted for or established by the utility. Temperature corrections, if made, shall be to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit. A Btu adjustment, if made, shall be to 1,000 Btu per cubic foot.

(c) Where a utility has a contract or tariff rule in effect on the date these rules become effective specifying a pressure base other than that outlined above, the pressure base so specified may continue to be used in determining gas volumes until the contract terminates or the utility, pursuant to Commission approval, otherwise revises the tariff rule.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-6-.02

Effective January 1968. Amended October 1988. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-1-32, 37-1-38, 37-1-52.