COMPLIANCE REPORTING

The natural gas utility and all natural gas service providers shall collect and retain accurate data demonstrating compliance with the measures in this chapter. Data are to be collected on a monthly basis in a format established by Commission Order.

(a) The natural gas utility and all natural gas service providers shall submit monthly compliance data, and aggregated data for the three (3) months in the quarter, to the Commission on a quarterly basis pursuant to the following schedule: the report for the months of January, February, and March shall be submitted on April 30; the report for the months of April, May, and June, on July 30; the report for the months of July, August, and September, on October 30; and the report for the months of October, November, and December, on January 30 of the following year. A cumulative annual report for the current reporting year shall also be submitted by January 30 of the following year.

(b) If the natural gas utility or any natural gas service provider fails a measure in a quarterly report, the natural gas utility or natural gas service provider shall file an explanation for the failure and a plan to remedy the failure in the following quarterly report. If the failure is due to customer error or an unforeseeable event, the natural gas utility or natural gas service provider may request a waiver of the performance standard in its filing. The request for a waiver shall contain a detailed explanation of the reasons for requesting such a waiver.

(c) The natural gas utility and all natural gas service providers shall retain reporting data for seven years in the event of an audit by the Commission.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 7646 (September 25, 2009), incorporating text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 1827, 1847 (February 27, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 9562 (December 25, 2009), incorporating text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 8599, 8600 (October 30, 2009).