SECTION 165:45-3-2. Extent of system in which utility shall maintain service  


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  • (a)   Each utility shall operate and maintain in safe, efficient, and proper condition all of its facilities and instrumentalities used in connection with the transmission, distribution, storage, regulation, measurement, and delivery of gas to each consumer up to and including the point of delivery into the piping owned by the consumer. Unless otherwise agreed by the utility and the consumer, the point of delivery shall be at the outflow side of the meter.
    (b)   Customer owned piping shall conform to requirements of the applicable city or town ordinances. In towns, villages, and suburban territory where there are no applicable regulations as to gas service, customer owned piping, and venting shall comply with the International Gas Code.
    (c)   Customer owned piping shall include a shut-off valve on the outside of the structure for the consumer's use. The consumer shall cause to have one installed on all new construction or when the customer owned piping is altered outside the structure.
    (d)   All gas lines, pipes, and equipment owned by the consumer shall be maintained in safe, efficient, and proper condition by and at the expense of the consumer. The utility shall have the right to inspect a new installation prior to furnishing service, the right to inspect an existing installation under reasonable conditions, and may refuse or discontinue service until the provisions of this Chapter are complied with. Service may be refused or discontinued wherever a test reveals excessive loss of gas through leakage on consumer's premises.
[Source: Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1808, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 668, eff 7-25-19]