Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-9-8-.05
515-9-8-.05 Annual Scheduling of Billing Inserts
(1)By October 1st of each year, the Electing Distribution Company, Marketers and the Poolers shall jointly develop and provide to the Commission, a final schedule for the natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailings to be sent by the Marketers and Poolers for the following year. Also by October 1st of each year, the Marketers and Poolers shall provide to the EDC, all physical dimension requirements (minimum and maximum dimensions) for billing inserts and/or electronic billing insert format requirements for the upcoming year as well as designate on each respective Marketer's and Pooler's behalf, any Designees whom will be handling the mailings required by these Commission Rules.#
(2)By August 1st of each year, each Marketer shall receive notification from the Electing Distribution Company of each pending natural gas pipeline safety and/or public awareness mailings planned for the following year. Such notification shall include draft copies of each of the pending bill inserts, with the physical dimension requirements of each copy also provided, for each quarterly natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailing.#
(3)Marketers and Poolers shall include natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness billing inserts provided by the Electing Distribution Company in their respective billing envelopes on a quarterly basis. In addition thereto, Marketers shall provide such natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness materials to all new customers either through information included in the new customer's welcome kit or as a bill insert in the new customer's first bill.#
(4)Marketers and Poolers may elect to receive a bill insert in an electronic format provided that such insert is predominantly displayed in the medium in which the insert is utilized. Further, such insert shall be distributed to all customers in a similar size and color and at the same time as Marketers and Poolers who include such inserts in their paper billings.#
(5)The Electing Distribution Company shall provide the physical and/or electronic bill inserts to the Marketers, Poolers and/or their respective Designees at least thirty (30) days prior to the distribution schedule agreed to in accordance with the Commission's Rules herein. The EDC shall utilize the physical dimensions previously specified by each Marketer or Pooler so that the natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness materials can be inserted commencing with the Marketer's and Pooler's next respective billing cycles.#
(6)The Commission shall retain jurisdiction over any disputes between the EDC and a Marketer and/or Pooler regarding all aspects of the natural gas pipeline safety and public awareness mailings required herein.#