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1 ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRIC Approved 92-248-R: Order #7 issued on 6-1 6-94 (Effective 12-1 5-94} Updated Docket 07-IOf-R: Order No. 3 issued on 9-26-07 (Effective 9-26-07) SPECIAL RULES . ELECTRK TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DEFINITIONS .. D-1 LIST OF APPLICABLE PAGES .. LOAP-1 SECTION I . APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE Rule . Applicability .. 1-1 Rule Purpose and Scope .. 1-1 Rule .O 3. Exemption from Rules .. I-j Rule . Duties Under the Law .. 1-1 Rule Availability of Rules .. 1-1 SECTION 2 . Rule Rule Rule Rufe Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule 0 . Rule 1 . Rule 2 . Rule 3 . SECTION 3 . Rule Rule Rule , Rule Rule Rule Rule RECORDS AND REPORTS Location of Records .. 2-1 Retention of Records .. 2-1 Test and Inspection Records.)

2 2-1 Construction Records and Pfans .. 2-1 Trouble Report Records .. 2-1 SERVICE Outage Records .. 2-2 Maps and Associated Records .. 2-2 Records of Meters and Meter Tests .. 2-2 Records of Kilowatt (Kw) and Kilowatt Hour (Kwh) Purchases and Sales .. 2-3 Substation Records .. 2-3 Permit Records .. 24 Reports to the COMMISSION .. 2-4 Voltage Surveys and Records .. 2-3 OPERATIONS SERVICE Connections .. 3-1 Extension of Facilities .. 3-2 Ability to Receive Customer Trouble Reports .. 3-3 Emergency Repair SERVICE .. 3-3 Station Instruments and Meters .. 3-3 Customer Meters .. 3-3 Interstate Transmission of Electricity .. 3-5 SECTION 4 . MAINTENANCE Rule Rule Rule Rule Restoration of SERVICE .. 4-1 Inspection and Repair of Plant Facilities .. 4-1 Tree Trimming.

3 4-2 SERVICE and Adjustment of Control Equipment .. 4-2 TC-1 Special Rules . Electric SECTION 5 . Rule Rule SECTION 6 . Rule SECTION 7 . Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule SECTION 8 . Rule CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS Construction Standards .. 5-1 Facility Identification .. 5-? QUALITY STANDARDS Voltage and Frequency Standards .. TESTING Meter Test Standards .. 7-1 Standardizing Laboratory .. 7-1 Meter Testing Facilities and Equipment .. 7-1 Test Standards .. 7-1 Accuracy Requirement for SERVICE Watt-Hour Meters, Demand Meters, and Pulse Recorders .. 7-3 As-Found Meter Tests .. 7-5 Location and Methods for Meter and Instrument Meter Testing Programs and Filing Requirements .. 7-6 Transformer Testing .. 7-5 FEDERAL LITIGATION CONSULTING FEES Recovery of Costs for COMMISSION Retained Consultants or Attorneys under Ark.

4 Code Ann 5 23-4-102 .. 8-~ TC-2 Special Rules . Electric Docket 107 U-I104 8 2 -2 9 0-R 9 2 - 2 4 8 - R 07-101-R SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRIC ADMINISTRATIVE HlSTORY Date Order No. Subject Matter of DocketlOrder 11-24-36 - Adoption of Special Rules - Electricitv 3-8-56 - General Revision of these Rules 6-q5-83 3 Separation of Special Rules - Electricitv from Rules and Regulations Governing Utility Sewice. Substantive changes proposed by Order No. 1 adopted with some revisions. 6-16-94 7 9-26-07 3 General revision of these Rules. Also renamed Special Rules - Electric. Added Section 8 to these Rules AH-I Special Rules - Electric SPECIAL RULES - ELECTRIC LIST OF APPLICABLE PAGES Page Date TC-7 0611 6/94 This page shows the revision dates for each page of these Rules. Page Date Page Date TC-2 061 1 6/94 TC-2 9126107 Page Date AH-1 0611 6/94 Page Date Page Date LIST OF APPLICABLE PAGES Page LOAP- I Date Paqe Date Page Date 0611 6/94 LOAP-2 06/16/94 LOAP-2 9126107 Page D-I D4 Date Page Date Page Date 06/j 6/94 D-2 0611 6/94 D-3 061 1 6/94 0611 6/94 Page 1-1 Date Page Date Page Date 0611 6/94 1-2 061 1 6/94 1-3 0611 6194 Page LOAP- 1 Date Page Date Page Date Special Rules - Electric 2-1 24 0611 6/94 2-2 0611 6/94 2-3 0614 6/94 0611 6194 Page Date Page Date 3-1 0611 6/94 3-2 0611 6/94 Page Date 3-3 06/16/94 SECTION 4.

5 MAINTENANCE 3-4 0611 6/94 3-5 061 1 6/94 14-1 I 06/16/94 14-2 I 06/16/94 14-3 I 06/76/94 I Page Page Date Date Page Date Page 5-1 Date Page Date Page Date 0611 6/94 Page 6- I LOAP-2 Date Page Date Page Date 061 I 6/94 6-2 0611 6/94 Special Rules - Electric Page 7- I 74 7-7 Date Page Date Page Date 0611 6/94 7-2 0611 6/94 7-3 061j 6/94 0611 6/94 7-5 0611 6/94 7-6 0611 6/94 06/16/94 Page 8-1 Date Page Date Page 0 9/26/07 Active Power The time average of the values of the instantaneous power, the average being taken over one period. Apparent Power The product of the effective values of the current and the voltage. Applicant Any person or entity requesting utility SERVICE , except as excluded by the Exception in the COMMISSION 's General SERVICE Rules, Section .B. Basic Reference Standard Those standards with which the values of the electrical units are maintained in the laboratory.

6 Those standards also serve as the starting point of the chain of sequential measurements carried out in the laboratory. Business Off ice A utility office where an individual may arrange for SERVICE connection, make or arrange payments on his bill, and ask questions regarding SERVICE or the status of his account. Burden The impedance of the circuit connected to the secondary winding of an instrument transformer. Calibration The making of adjustments necessary to bring operating characteristics into substantial agreement with standardized scales or markings. COMMISSION The ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION . D- 1 Special Rules - Electric Customer Any person or entity who has applied for and agreed to pay for utility SERVICE . Demand The average value of power aver a specified interval of time.

7 Demand Register A mechanism, for use with an accumulating electricity meter, that indicates maximum demand and also registers electric energy. Display To have an item conspicuously available for PUBLIC inspection in the PUBLIC reception area of each utility business office. Emergency An unexpected serious occurrence or situation that calls for immediate action. Instrument Transfomers A transformer that reproduces in its secondary circuit, in a definite and known proportion, the voltage or current of its primary circuit, with the phase relation substantially preserved Interruption of SERVICE Temporarily stopping SERVICE for maintenance, testing, repair or safety. Laboratory Secondary Standards Standards that are used in the routine calibration tasks of the laboratory.

8 Outage An unplanned temporary loss of utility SERVICE caused by a malfunction of or damage to utility facilities. D-2 Special Rules - Electric Portable Standard Watt-Hour Meter A portable watt-hour meter principally used as a standard for testing other watt- h o u r mete E. Power Factor The ratio of active power (kw) to apparent power (kVA). PUBLIC Utitity or Utility A jurisdictional utility as defined by Ark. Code Ann. 5 23-1-101. Standardizing Laboratory A laboratory responsible for maintaining basic reference standards and assigning values to the working standards used for the testing of electricity meters and auxiliary devices. Tariff A rate schedule, SERVICE regulation, or other document required to be filed as a tariff by the COMMISSION s Rules of Practice and Procedure and approved by the COMMISSION or by operation of law.

9 Test Amperes -Test Current (TA) The current specified by the manufacturer for the main adjustment of the meter (heavy- or full-load adjustment). It has been identified as a TA on revenue meters manufactured since 1960. The main adjustment of a meter used with a current transformer may be made either at the test current or at the rated secondary current of the transformer. Transport Standards Standards of the sane nominal value as the basic reference standards of a laboratory (and preferably of equal quality), which are regularly inter-compared with the basic group but are reserved for periodic inter-laboratory comparison tests to check the stability of the basic reference group. D-3 Speciat Rules - Etectric Trouble Report Any verbal or written report given to a utility concerning an operational problem with facilities or equipment.

10 Billing complaints shall not be considered as trouble reports for the purpose of this definition. Utility SERVICE SERVICE provided by a PUBLIC utility and subject to regulation by the COMMISSION . D-4 Special Rules - Electric SECTION I. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE Rule Applicability These Rules shall apply to every electric utility whose activities bring it under the jurisdiction of the COMMISSION . Rule Purpose and Scope A. These Rules set forth standards for SERVICE by each electric utility. These Rules are intended to ensure adequate SERVICE , prevent discrimination and unfair practices, and protect both the consumers and utilities from unreasonable demands. 8. Any electric utility SERVICE regulation, policy, procedure, rule, or SERVICE application, except those approved in special contracts by this COMMISSION , that conflicts with these Rules is void and unlawful, unless the electric utility files a formal application for an exemption and the COMMISSION approves it.