A universal service fund shall be created for each electing distribution company for the purposes set forth in O.C.G.A. § 46-4-161(a). These purposes include assuring that gas is available for sale by marketers to firm retail customers within a territory certificated to each such marketer; enabling the electing distribution company to extend and expand its facilities and service in the public interest; assisting low-income residential consumers in times of emergency as determined by the Commission; and consumers of the regulated provider of natural gas in accordance with Code Section 46-4-166.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-7-5-.03
O.C.G.A. Sec. 46-4-161.