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TARIFF FOR GAS SERVICE TXU GAS COMPANY RATE SCHEDULE: 23 Service Rules and Regulations - Obtaining Gas Service APPLICABLE TO: Distribution System REVISION: 0 DATE: EFFECTIVE DATE: PAGE: I of 6 3. Obtaining Gas Service A. Application for Gas Service Company has the right to require written application for Gas Service. (1) Reasons for Refusal of Application for Gas Service Company may decline service to an Applicant for whom service is available from previously installed facilities until such Applicant has complied with the state and municipal regulations and approved rules and regulations of Company on file with the applicable Regulatory Authority governing the service applied for or for the following reasons: (a) solely at the discretion of Company, if the Applicant's installation or equipment is known to be hazardous, potentially hazardous, or of such character that satisfactory or accurately metered service cannot be given; (b) if the Applicant is indebted for the same kind of service previously provided, including but not limited to unauthorized usage; however, in the event the indebtedness of the Applicant for service is in dispute, the Applicant will be served upon complying with the applicable deposit requirement; (c) for refusal to make a deposit if Applicant is required to make a deposit under these Service Regulations; (d) for refusal to provide verifiable identification; or (e) for changing Customer identity to avoid or evade payment of a utility bill. Company may require an Applicant to establish that the Applicant is not the same person who owes the debt to Company for service at the address or another address and that said person no longer is an occupant of the premises if one of the following conditions exists: (i) service has been disconnected st the address within the preceding thirty (30) days, or a longer period of time after March 31 and before October 31 of each year, and there is a debt owing to Company for non-payment of service at said address, (ii) a past due bill is owing at said address although service has not yet been terminated, or (iii) service has been terminated at said address because the utility's pipe, Meter, or equipment has been bypassed or tampered with, or has been determined, at the sole discretion of Company, to be inadequate to provide the total service potential of Customer. Company may withhold service to the Applicant at said address until the required information is furnished to Company. If an application for residential or commercial service is made on or after October 31 and before April 1 and more than thirty (30) days after disconnection of service, Company will initiate service unless it obtains substantial -54-