Gas Pipeline Uniform Accounting Regulations

15 (1) A company shall record in the plant accounts the costs incurred to acquire or construct any plant.

(2) Where the consideration given for plant referred to in subsection (1) is other than money, the money value of the consideration on the day the contract for the acquisition or construction comes into force shall be debited to the applicable accounts and a record of the consideration, in sufficient detail to identify it, shall be retained by the company.

(3) Where a company purchases all or part of the existing facilities of another company, the purchasing company shall prepare and submit to the Commission for approval details of the proposed method of accounting for such purchase together with the company’s reasons for the proposed method of accounting.

(4) Where the facilities referred to in subsection (3) are purchased from an affiliated company, the original cost of the facilities to the affiliated company and the accumulated depreciation applicable to the facilities to the date of purchase, as shown in the accounts of the affiliated company, shall be recorded in the accounts of the purchasing company.

(5) Balance sheet account 115 (Gas Plant Under Construction) shall be supported by subsidiary records that record separately each transaction for each project involving plant additions, replacements or relocations.

(6) Where a plant acquired by a company is constructed by or for that company, the costs to be recorded in the plant accounts shall include the elements of cost set out in sections 16 to 27 and section 29.