S.C. Code Regs. § § 103-730

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 103-730 - Customer Information

Each utility shall:

A. Maintain up-to-date maps, plans, or records of its entire transmission and distribution systems, with such other information as may be necessary to enable the utility to advise prospective customers, and others entitled to the information, as to the facilities available for serving customers within its operating area.

B. Notify each affected customer in writing as prescribed by the commission of any proposed change in rates and charges. A certification that the above notice requirements have been met shall be furnished to the commission by the utility prior to the public hearing.

C. Provide that a complete schedule, contract forms, rules and regulations, etc., as filed with the commission and provided to the ORS, shall also be on file in the local offices of the utility and shall be open to the inspection of the public.

D. Upon request, inform its customers as to the method of reading meters and as to billing procedures, and shall assist prospective customers in selecting the most economical rate schedule applicable.

E. Provide adequate means (telephone, etc.) whereby each customer can contact an authorized representative of the utility at all hours in cases of emergency or unscheduled interruptions of service.

F. Notify any customer making a complaint pursuant to 103-716 that the utility is under the jurisdiction of the commission and the customer may notify the ORS of the complaint.

G. Inform each prospective customer from whom a deposit may be required of the provisions contained in 103-731 and its subsections.

H. Inform each prospective customer that the customer's service line shall conform to all local plumbing codes, and in the absence of such codes shall conform to the Southern Standard Plumbing Codes.

S.C. Code Regs. § 103-730

Amended by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 6, eff June 27, 1986; State Register Volume 14, Issue No. 3, eff March 23, 1990; State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 5, eff May 25, 2007; State Register Volume 48, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/24/2024.