Section 170IAC6-3-2. Definitions; effect of rule; customer compliance with regulations

   Definitions and General Provisions. (a) The word "Utility," used herein, shall be construed to mean public utility; the word "Commission" shall be construed to mean the Indiana utility regulatory commission; the word "Consumer" shall be taken to mean any person, firm, corporation, municipality or other political subdivision of the state supplied by any such utility.

  (b) The adoption of these rules and regulations [170 IAC 6-3] shall in no way preclude the commission from altering or amending the same in whole or in part, after due notice and public hearing, or from allowing other or requiring additional service, equipment, facility, or standards, either upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the application of any utility. These rules [170 IAC 6-3] shall not in any way relieve any utility from any of its duties under the laws of this State.

  (c) Any utility may decline to serve a consumer or prospective consumer until he has complied with the State and municipal regulations on central station hot water heating service and the reasonable rules and regulations of the utility furnishing the service. (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; No. 17689: Standards of Service For Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities Sec 2; filed Jan 2, 1946, 10:00 am: Rules and Regs. 1947, p. 1653; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFA; errata filed Jul 21, 2009, 1:33 p.m.: 20090819-IR-170090571ACA; readopted filed Aug 2, 2013, 2:16 p.m.: 20130828-IR-170130227RFA)