- (1) Each gas utility shall test the heating value of manufactured or mixed gas being furnished to the distribution system at least once a day except Sundays and holidays. Original test data shall be recorded on the gas utility’s standard forms and preserved for at least three years.
- (2) Each gas utility supplying natural gas shall make sufficient tests, or have access to such tests made by its suppliers, to maintain the established heating value.
- (3) These tests shall be made at a location, or locations, which will ensure a representative sampling of gas being sent out to the distribution systems. A monthly summary shall be made from these tests.
- (4) The variation permitted from the established total heating value shall not exceed an amount consistent with normal satisfactory appliance operation.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 183, 756 & 757
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 756.040 & 757.020
History
PUC 9-1998, f. & cert. ef. 4-28-98
PUC 164, f. 4-18-74, ef. 5-11-74 (Order 74-307)