Section 19
Power of licensee to recover expenses
Where any pipeline or piping system is provided by a licensee for the purposes of supplying gas or allowing the utilization of his facility under section 17, the licensee may, with the Commission’s approval, require any expenses reasonably incurred by the licensee to be defrayed by the person requiring the supply of gas or the utilization of facility to such extent as is reasonable having regard to the circumstances.
(2)
The expenses reasonably incurred in providing any pipeline or piping system under subsection (1) include the capitalized value of any expenses likely to be so incurred in maintaining it, if such expenses cannot be recovered by the licensee as part of the tariffs subject to section 11, where applicable, levied by him for the supply of gas or such utilization of facility.
(3)
The expenses incurred in providing any pipeline or piping system within the premises of a consumer shall be borne by such consumer.