# 8003 Natural Gas Service Reliability and System Planning Standards - 7.0 Review and Acknowledgement

**Citation:** 26 Del. Admin. C. § 8003-7.0  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Delaware Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** 2020-10-11  
**Published:** 2020-10-01

Review and Acknowledgement. 7.1 Each ISR ("Plan") shall be submitted to the Staff and the DPA. Within the first 90 days following submission of each Plan, the GDC, Staff, and the DPA shall cooperate in good faith and schedule, if necessary, at least two sessions to meet and confer on the proposed Plan and discuss any proposed modifications.

7.2 No later than 120 days following the GDC

## Document text

7.1 Each ISR ("Plan") shall be submitted to the Staff and the DPA. Within the first 90 days following submission of each Plan, the GDC, Staff, and the DPA shall cooperate in good faith and schedule, if necessary, at least two sessions to meet and confer on the proposed Plan and discuss any proposed modifications.

7.2 No later than 120 days following the GDC's submission of each Plan to Staff and the DPA, the GDC shall file the proposed Plan with the Commission.

7.3 Staff and the DPA may submit comments on the Plan to the Commission by filing those comments within ten days of the GDC's filing of its proposed Plan.

7.4 The GDC has the right to file reply comments to Staff and the DPA comments to the Commission within ten days of their filings to the proposed Plan.

7.5 The Commission shall acknowledge that the Plan and any associated comments have been filed and that the Plan is consistent with the requirements of this regulation. Commission acknowledgement shall not constitute Commission pre-approval of any proposed capital spending necessary to maintain the Reliability and quality of the GDC's distribution services.

7.6 Any party may challenge the GDC's attempt to recover the amounts spent when the GDC seeks to include those amounts in rates.

7.7 The GDC's obligation to maintain the Reliability and quality of its Natural Gas Distribution System may necessitate executing on the Plan prior to the PSC's acknowledgement. In executing the ISR Plan, the circumstances encountered during the year may require reasonable deviations from the filed ISR Plan.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/8003>
- Source ID: `de-admin-code`
- SHA-256: `cef59a5dc5bbc859e848bd9dc2dc7c1007082b5cbab3467ccf571f1947c610e8`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:32:30.577Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:57:52.713Z
- Document slug: `de-admin-code-8003-7-0`

### 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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