Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-2-206

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R14-2-206 - Service Lines and Establishments

A. Priority and timing of service establishments

1. After an applicant has complied with the utility's application and deposit requirements and has been accepted for service by the utility, the utility shall schedule that customer for service establishment.

2. Service establishments shall be scheduled for completion within five working days of the date the customer has been accepted for service, except in those instances when the customer requests service establishment beyond the five working day limitation.

3. When a utility has made arrangements to meet with a customer for service establishment purposes and the utility or the customer cannot make the appointment during the prearranged time, the utility shall reschedule the service establishment to the satisfaction of both parties.

4. A utility shall schedule service establishment appointments within a maximum range of four hours during normal working hours, unless another time-frame is mutually acceptable to the utility and the customer.

5. Service establishments shall be made only by qualified utility service personnel.

6. For the purposes of this rule, service establishments are where the customer's facilities are ready and acceptable to the utility and the utility needs only to install or read a meter or turn the service on.

B. Service lines

1. Customer provided facilities

a. Each applicant for services shall be responsible for all inside wiring including the service entrance and meter socket.

b. Meters and service switches in conjunction with the meter shall be installed in a location where the meters will be readily and safely accessible for reading, testing and inspection and where such activities will cause the least interference and inconvenience to the customer. However, the meter locations shall not be on the front exterior wall of the home; or in the carport or garage, unless mutually agreed to between the home builder or customer and the utility. The customer shall provide, without cost to the utility, at a suitable and easily accessible location, sufficient and proper space for installation of meters.

c. Where the meter or service line location on the customer's premises is changed at the request of the customer or due to alterations on the customer's premises, the customer shall provide and have installed at his expense all wiring and equipment necessary for relocating the meter and service line connection and the utility may make a charge for moving the meter or service line.

2. Company provided facilities

a. Each utility shall file, in Docket Control, for Commission approval, a service line tariff which defines the maximum footage or equipment allowance to be provided by the utility at no charge. The maximum footage or equipment allowance may be differentiated by customer class.

b. The cost of any service line in excess of that allowed at no charge shall be paid for by the customer as a contribution in aid of construction.

c. A customer requesting an underground service line in an area served by overhead facilities shall pay for the difference between an overhead service connection and the actual cost of the underground connection as a nonrefundable contribution.

C. Easements and rights-of-way

1. Each customer shall grant adequate easement and right-of-way satisfactory to the utility to ensure that customer's proper service connection. Failure on the part of the customer to grant adequate easement and right-of-way shall be grounds for the utility to refuse service.

2. When a utility discovers that a customer or customer's agent is performing work or has constructed facilities adjacent to or within an easement or right-of-way and such work, construction or facility poses a hazard or is in violation of federal, state or local laws, ordinances, statutes, rules or regulations, or significantly interferes with the utility's access to equipment, the utility shall notify the customer or customer's agent and shall take whatever actions are necessary to eliminate the hazard, obstruction, or violation at the customer's expense.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-206

Adopted effective March 2, 1982 (Supp. 82-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 3933, effective September 24, 1999 (Supp. 99-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 4180, effective October 13, 2000 (Supp. 00-4).

The following Section was amended under an exemption from the Attorney General certification provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (State ex. rel. Corbin v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 174 Ariz. 216 848 P.2d 301 (App. 1992)), as determined by the Corporation Commission. This exemption means that the rules as amended were not certified by the Attorney General.