(a) Unless it obtains a waiver from the department pursuant to En 201.05, each utility shall provide and install at its own expense and shall continue to own, maintain, and operate, all equipment necessary for the regulation and measurement of gas to its customers.
(b) When additional meters or increased pressures at the meter outlet, exceeding those required by En 504.03, are furnished by the utility at the request of a customer, a charge for such meters, equipment and the labor to install them may be made to the customer consistent with the utility’s tariff..
(c) Meter installations shall be protected from anticipated or potential dangers, including but not limited to vehicles, ice, snow, flooding, or corrosion.
(d) No gas utility in this state shall provide gas service to any master meter system constructed after July 1, 2013, without written approval from the department. The department shall approve such service only if the department finds the service to be consistent with safe and reliable service requirements set forth in these rules.