Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-2-505

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R14-2-505 - Service Connections and Establishments

A. Priority and timing of service establishments

1. After an applicant has complied with the utility's application, construction agreement, or tariff, deposit requirements and has been accepted for service by the utility, the utility shall schedule that customer for service connection and/or establishment.

2. Service establishments shall be scheduled for completion within 10 working days of the date the customer has been accepted for service, except in those instances when the customer requests service establishment beyond the 10 working day limitation.

3. The maximum interval of 10 working days applies to single line residence and business installations only. Multiline services and any special equipment configurations shall be installed within a reasonable time-frame based on availability of necessary equipment.

4. When a utility has made arrangements to meet with a customer for service establishment purposes and the utility or the customer cannot make the appointment during the prearranged time, the utility shall reschedule the establishment to the satisfaction of both parties.

5. Unless another time-frame is mutually acceptable to the utility and the customer, each utility shall schedule service establishment appointments within a maximum range of four hours during normal working hours.

6. For the purposes of this rule, service establishments are where the utility's and customer's facilities are available and the utility needs only to connect the service.

B. Access line connection

1. Provision of services beyond service access point

a. Facilities beyond the service access point may be provided by either the utility or the customer. Where the facilities are provided by the customer the installation shall be in accordance with the utility's specifications.

b. The cost of all new construction of inside customer premise wiring shall be the responsibility of the customer.

2. Company provided facilities

a. The utility shall provide all facilities up to the service access point.

b. A customer requesting an underground service connection in an area served by overhead facilities shall pay for the difference between the cost of an overhead service connection and the actual cost of the underground connection as a nonrefundable contribution. The customer may elect to provide the underground trenching on private property as an offsetting portion of the additional cost of the underground facilities.

c. In those instances where the utility is supplying the customer's terminal equipment, the utility may provide any inside wiring beyond the point of access in accordance with approved tariffs filed with the Commission.

3. Easements and rights-of-way

a. Each customer shall grant adequate easement and right-of-way satisfactory to the utility to ensure that customer's proper service connection. Failure on the part of the customer to grant adequate easement and right-of-way shall be grounds for the utility to refuse service.

b. When a utility discovers that a customer or his agent is performing work or has constructed facilities adjacent to or within an easement or right-of-way and such work, construction or facility poses a hazard or is in violation of federal, state or local laws, ordinances, statutes, rules or regulations, or significantly interferes with the utility's access to equipment, the utility shall notify the customer or his agent and shall take whatever actions are necessary to eliminate the hazard, obstruction or violation at the customer's expense.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-505

Adopted effective March 2, 1982 (Supp. 82-2).