| NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IURC Gas Service Tariff Original Volume No. 5 |
Original Sheet No. 25 |
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO GAS SERVICE
No. 1 of 18 Sheets
RULES AND REGULATIONS ON FILE
A copy of all rates, rules an regulations under which service will be supplied is posted or filed for the convenience of the public in the office of the Company and with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
WRITTEN APPLICATION OR CONTRACT REQUIRED
A written application for service or properly executed contract may be required from Customers before the Company will be required to supply service. The Company shall have the right to reject any application or contract for valid reason. When special construction or equipment expense is necessary to furnish service, the Company may require contracts for a suitable period of time and reasonable guarantees.
MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT
No promises, agreements or representations of any agent of the Company shall be binding upon the Company unless the same shall have been incorporated in a written contract before such contract is signed and approved.
ACCESS TO PREMISES
The properly authorized agents of the Company shall have the right to enter upon the premises of the Customer at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting, reading, testing, repairing or replacing the meter or meters, appliances and equipment used in connection with its service and removing the same on the termination of the contract or the discontinuance of the service.
EQUIPMENT LOCATION PERMIT
If the Customer is not the owner of the premises served or of intervening property between such premises and the Company's main, the Customer shall obtain from such owner, or owners, in form satisfactory to Company, such permits or easements as are, in the opinion of the Company, necessary for the installation and maintenance on such premises and on such intervening property, all piping, or other gas equipment required for the supplying of gas to the Customer.
CUSTOMER BILLING
Payment of Bills
Bills will be issued and payable monthly and must be paid at an office or an establishment collection agency of the Company. If a bill is not paid within seventeen (17) days from the date mailed, the Customer shall be considered delinquent in payment, and the Company may, upon complying with Rule 16 of the Rules and Regulations of Service for Gas Public Utilities in Indiana of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC Rules and Regulations), disconnect service. Failure to receive the bill shall not entitle the Customer to relief from the deferred payment provisions of the rate if he fails to make payment within said seventeen-day period, nor shall it affect the right of the Company to disconnect service for non-payment as above provided.
| Issued Date | Issued By Edmund A. Schroer Chairman and President |
Effective Date |
| October 31, 1988 | Hammond, Indiana | October 31, 1988 |