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

7.1Each 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.#

7.2No 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.#

7.3Staff 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.#

7.4The 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.#

7.5The 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.#

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

7.7The 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.#