# 8003 Natural Gas Service Reliability and System Planning Standards - 10.0 Penalties and Other Remedies

**Citation:** 26 Del. Admin. C. § 8003-10.0  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Delaware Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** 2020-10-11  
**Published:** 2020-10-01

Penalties and Other Remedies. 10.1 Any GDCs subject to Commission regulation who violate any of the requirements of this regulation is subject to penalties and other remedial actions in accordance with this section and other applicable Delaware law.

10.2 No penalty shall be assessed except after a public hearing at which the GDC, Staff, the DPA, or any other affected person may present 

## Document text

10.1 Any GDCs subject to Commission regulation who violate any of the requirements of this regulation is subject to penalties and other remedial actions in accordance with this section and other applicable Delaware law.

10.2 No penalty shall be assessed except after a public hearing at which the GDC, Staff, the DPA, or any other affected person may present evidence. The Commission shall be responsible for assessing any penalty under this section, consistent with Delaware law.

10.3 A GDC shall be considered in violation of the AOR or AOD performance Benchmark standard when its actual results exceed the Benchmark standards as defined in subsection 4.2. However, no GDC shall be penalized before the Commission has established Benchmark standards in accordance with the procedure described in subsection 4.2.

10.4 Penalty assessments are payable as provided by Delaware statute.

10.5 Nothing in this section relieves any GDC from penalties that may be assessed due to non-compliance with any requirement set forth under any other federal, state or local regulation, statute, ordinance or order.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/8003>
- Source ID: `de-admin-code`
- SHA-256: `bdf262713a092aee22b3cd99cb56bf51a4ffdb58de66f20a5c74e6815f4c6227`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:32:30.577Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:57:12.935Z
- Document slug: `de-admin-code-8003-10-0`

### Source metadata

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  "scopeKind": "adjacent-gas-reliability",
  "legalScope": "Complete current Regulation 8003 adjacent natural-gas distribution reliability and system-planning standards, retained because it expressly requires federal and Delaware pipeline-safety compliance.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Regulation 8003 is adjacent gas-distribution reliability and system-planning coverage, not the core Delaware pipeline-safety compliance code. It applies to Delaware gas distribution companies and does not displace 49 CFR Part 192, Regulation 8001, utility manuals, Commission orders, or other law.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "Regulation 8003 requires conformity with 49 CFR Part 192 and Delaware pipeline-safety programs while adding state reliability and planning duties. The federal regulation and utility manuals are not reproduced.",
  "rights": "Delaware provides authenticated Administrative Code PDFs under its Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act implementation, but the Regulations site does not state a general open-content license. Preserve attribution and provenance; review redistribution of site presentation, state marks, linked forms, and incorporated federal or third-party material separately.",
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