Section 15-2374. CHARACTERISTICS OF GAS SUPPLIED TO CONSUMERS

2374.1The determination of the characteristics of gas supplied to consumers may be made at any of the Commission's testing stations, or at any testing station designated by the Commission, at any hour by the use of standard gas testing devices or instruments.

2374.2Each gas corporation shall apply the following standards:

(a)The daily heating value for any day shall be the average heating value of all gas distributed on that day;

(b)The monthly average heating value for any calendar month shall be the average of all the daily heating values of that calendar month weighted in proportion to the daily sendout. Provided, that this value shall be based on not less than twenty (20) daily heating values during that calendar month; and

(c)Delivered natural gas is defined as a natural gas with a heating value of not less than nine hundred sixty-seven British thermal unit per cubic foot (967 BTU ft.3) and a specific gravity as determined by the gas corporation at the commencement of deliveries or arithmetically averaging the hourly specific gravity record obtained from a recording gravitometer or other method.

2374.3All gas transmitted or distributed by any gas corporation in the District of Columbia shall have a distinctive odor to serve as a warning to the consumer in the event of the escape of any unburned gas.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is Paragraph 21 of §8 of An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 977); as amended by §2 of the Public Utilities Amendment Act of 1989, D.C. Law 8-47, D.C. Code §43-501 (1990 Repl. Vol.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 7938, 7951 (November 4, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 7 (January 4, 2013).