N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-6.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 14:3-6.2 - Plant and operating records

(a) Each regulated entity shall maintain, readily available to Board staff, adequate maps and/or records reflecting the latest available information and data concerning the size, type, location and date of installation of its major units of property.

(b) Each regulated entity owning or operating pumping, treatment facilities or power stations or other production facilities for the purpose of furnishing service to customers shall keep for a period of one year a record of the time of starting and shutting down of all principal units of such equipment, as well as a record of pertinent related operating statistics. Each such utility shall maintain and keep in operating condition one or more graphic recording devices at central points where continuous records shall be made of the pressure or voltage at that point.

(c) Each utility shall keep for a period of one year, a record of complaints it has received in regard to service, including complaints regarding diversions of service, which shall include the name and address of the customer, the date, the nature of complaint and the disposition or resolution of the complaint.

(d) Each regulated entity shall keep detailed records of all contributions, deposits, refunds, and expenditures on extensions, as defined at 14:3-8.2, with sufficient detail to enable the regulated entity to demonstrate compliance with this chapter to the Board.

(e) The regulated entity shall submit the records required under this section to Board staff upon request.

(f) Each regulated entity shall maintain, for each calendar year, records of the amount of trench, which it has shared with other regulated entity lines or cables.

(g) Except for cable television companies, including telecommunications companies that have obtained a system-wide franchise from the Board in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:18-14, each public utility shall maintain, for each calendar year, records of the number of lots, and the number of residential housing units and nonresidential buildings for which extensions were provided. The regulated entity shall identify whether these are in designated growth areas or areas not designated for growth.

(h) Except for cable television companies, including telecommunications companies that have obtained a system-wide franchise from the Board in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:18-14, each public utility shall determine whether an application for an extension, as defined at 14:3-8.2, will serve an area designated for growth or an area not designated for growth.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-6.2

Amended by R.2004 d.462, effective 12/20/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 276(a), 36 N.J.R. 5928(a).
Added (d) through (g).
Amended by R.2006 d.342, effective 9/18/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4188(a), 38 N.J.R. 3908(a).
In (a) and (b), substituted "regulated entity" for "utility", in the first sentence; in (d), substituted "extension" for "service", following "application for"; in (d), (e) and (g)2, deleted the last sentence; and added (h) and (i).
Amended by R.2008 d.119, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 4077(b), 40 N.J.R. 2481(a).
Section was "Plant and operating". In (a), inserted "by Board staff"; in (c), inserted "it has received" and "or resolution of the complaint", substituted ", including complaints regarding diversions of service," for "received at its office or offices," and deleted the former last sentence; deleted former (d); recodified former (e) through (g) as (d) through (f); in (d), inserted "contributions,"; in (e), substituted "submit" for "make" and deleted "available" following "section" and "for inspection during regular business hours" following "staff"; rewrote the introductory paragraph of (f); deleted (f)1; recodified (f)2 as (g); rewrote (g) and (h); and deleted (i).