CHAPTER 8. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER.

1 CHAPTER 8. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND power . ARTICLE 1. General Provisions. Rule R8-1. Application of rules. Rule R8-2. Definitions. Rule R8-3. Records. Rule R8-4. Reports to Commission. ARTICLE 2. General Service Provisions. Rule R8-5. Inspection of plant and equipment. Rule R8-6. Complaints. Rule R8-7. Information for consumers. Rule R8-8. Meter readings and bill forms. ARTICLE 3. Meters, Meter Tests and Records. Rule R8-9. Location. Rule R8-10. Testing facilities. Rule R8-11. Method of determining average error of meters. Rule R8-12. Meter accuracy. Rule R8-13. Periodic tests of meters. Rule R8-14. Meter testing at request of consumers. Rule R8-15. [Repealed.]

2 ] ARTICLE 4. Operation. Rule R8-16. Standard frequency. Rule R8-17. Standard voltage. Rule R8-18. Voltage surveys and records. Rule R8-19. [Rescinded.] Rule R8-20. Discontinuance of service for violation of rules or nonpayment of bills. Rule R8-21. Replacement of meters and changes in location of service. Rule R8-22. Utility may withhold service until customer complies with rules and regulations. Rule R8-23. Extent of system on which utility must maintain service. Rule R8-24. Extensions. Rule R8-25. Rate schedule; rules and regulations. Rule R8-26. Safety rules and regulations. Rule R8-27. Uniform system of accounts. Rule R8-28. Retention of records. ARTICLE 5.

3 Assignment of Areas. Rule R8-29. Application for service area by ELECTRIC supplier; publication of notice. Rule R8-30. Petition to intervene by other suppliers; consolidation of applications for same service area. Rule R8-31. Hearing at least sixty days after publication. Rule R8-32. Assignment of service areas on Commission's motion. ARTICLE 6. ELECTRIC Membership Corporations. Rule R8-33. Rate schedules, rules and regulations; underground wiring; promotional payments. Rule R8-34. Title and docket assignments for rates and regulations of ELECTRIC membership corporations. Rule R8-35. Requirements as to size and form of rate filings. Rule R8-36. Filings to reflect effective date, changes and previous filings superseded.

4 Rule R8-37. Copies required. Rule R8-38. Time requirements for filings. Rule R8-39. Transmission of filings. ARTICLE 7. power Reliability. Rule R8-40. Report of impending emergencies, load reductions and service interruptions in bulk ELECTRIC power supply and related power supply facilities. Rule R8-40A. Service Reliability Index Reporting. Rule R8-41. Filing of Emergency Load Reduction Plans and Emergency Procedures. ARTICLE 8. ELECTRIC Energy Supply Planning. Rule R8-42. [Rescinded.] Rule R8-43. [Rescinded.] ARTICLE 9. Overcharges and Undercharges. Rule R8-44. Method of adjustment for rates varying from schedule or for other billing errors. ARTICLE 10. Fuel Based Rate Changes.

5 Rule R8-45. [Rescinded.] Rule R8-46. [Rescinded.] Rule R8-47. Requirements of minimum standard offerings of lighting luminaries. Rule R8-48. Information to be provided to new consumers. Rule R8-49. Notification to consumers of tariff changes. Rule R8-50. Notification of available rate schedules and breakdown of company operating expenses. Rule R8-51. Provision of past billing history upon consumer request. Rule R8-52. Monthly fuel report. Rule R8-53. Monthly base load power plant performance report. Rule R8-54. [Repealed.] Rule R8-55. Annual hearings to review changes in the cost of fuel and fuel-related costs. ARTICLE 11. Resource Planning and Certification. Rules R8-56.

6 Through R8-59. [Repealed] Rule R8-60. Integrated Resource Planning and Filings. Rule Smart Grid Technology Plans and Filings. Rule R8-61. Preliminary Plans and Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for Construction of ELECTRIC Generation and Related Transmission Facilities in North Carolina; Construction of Out-of-State ELECTRIC Generating Facilities; Progress Reports and Ongoing Reviews of Construction; Project Development Cost Reviews for Nuclear Generating Facilities. Rule R8-62. Certificates of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity for the construction of ELECTRIC transmission lines in North Carolina. Rule R8-63. Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Merchant Plant; Progress Reports.

7 Rule R8-64. Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by CPRE Program Participant, Qualifying Cogenerator, or Small power Producer; Progress Reports. Rule R8-65. Report by Persons Constructing ELECTRIC Generating Facilities Exempt from Certification Requirement. Rule R8-66. Registration of Renewable Energy Facilities; Annual Reporting Requirements. Rule R8-67. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS). Rule R8-68. Incentive Programs for ELECTRIC Public Utilities and ELECTRIC Membership Corporations, Including Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management Programs. Rule R8-69. Cost Recovery for Demand-Side Management and Energy Efficiency Measures of ELECTRIC Public Utilities.

8 CHAPTER 8. Appendix CHAPTER 8. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND power . ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Rule R8-1. APPLICATION OF RULES. (a) These rules shall apply to any person, firm, or corporation (except municipalities, or agents thereof) which is now or may hereafter become engaged as a public utility in the business of furnishing ELECTRIC current for domestic, commercial or industrial consumers within the State of North Carolina. (b) The rules are intended to define good practice which can normally be expected. They are intended to insure adequate service and to protect the public from unfair practices and the utilities from unreasonable demands. The cooperation of the utilities with the Commission and the Public Staff is expected.

9 (c) In any case where compliance with any of these rules introduces unusual difficulty, such rule may be temporarily waived by the Commission upon application of the utility. If in such case compliance with the rule would cost more than the results of such compliance are worth to the public and consumers of ELECTRIC current, it may be permanently set aside by the Commission. (NCUC Docket No. M-100, Sub 75, 10/27/77.) Rule R8-2. DEFINITIONS. In the interpretation of these rules the word "utility" shall be taken to mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying ELECTRIC current to domestic, commercial, or industrial users within this State except a municipality or ELECTRIC membership corporation organized under 117-6 et seq.

10 And the word "consumer" shall be taken to mean any person, firm, corporation, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State supplied by any such utility. Unless specifically stated otherwise, capacity of generation facilities is provided in alternating current (AC) delivered at the point of interconnection to the distribution or transmission facilities. (NCUC Docket No. E-100, Sub 134, 3/18/2015.) Rule R8-3. RECORDS. (a) A complete record shall be kept of all tests and inspections required under these rules as to the quality or condition of service which is rendered. (b) All records of tests shall contain complete information concerning the test, including the date, hour, and place where the test was made; the name of the person making the test, and the result.