860-025-0027 Application to Transfer Rights to Allocated Territory for Electric Utilities, Gas Utilities, and Large Telecommunications Utilities (1) An application under ORS 758.460 or 759.560 for an order of the Commission to approve the transfer of rights acquired by an allocation of territory shall contain the following information: (a) A statement of the purposes for the transfer, the supporting reasons therefore, and a detailed explanation thereof justifying why the transfer will not be contrary to public interest. (b) Copies of all written evidence and a statement of all oral understandings comprising the agreement between the transferor and transferee covering the transfer of the territory described in the application and sought to be transferred. (c) A map or maps, drawn to appropriate scale, showing the general location and boundaries of the allocated territory sought to be transferred and the transferor’s and transferee’s adjacent service areas. (d) A map or maps, drawn to appropriate scale, showing: (A) The number and, as practicable, the location of customers and equipment or facilities of the transferor with a detailed description of such equipment or facilities within the territory sought to be transferred; and (B) The location of equipment or facilities of the transferor and transferee, with a detailed description of the same, which are in the territory immediately adjacent to that sought to be transferred and which are or will be interconnected therewith. (e) A legal description, comparable to that required in OAR 860-025-0020(3), of the boundaries of the territory sought to be transferred. (f) A legal description, comparable to that required in OAR 860-025-0020(3), of the resulting boundaries of the remaining allocated portion of the parcel of the transferor’s territory where the territory sought to be transferred is only part of a parcel of transferor’s allocated territory and a similar description of the resulting boundaries of the transferee’s allocated territory where the territory sought to be transferred will be contiguous to a parcel of transferee’s allocated territory. (g) Copies of such franchises or permits, as the appropriate public authorities may require, authorizing the transferee to serve in the territory sought to be transferred, or evidence of the approval of the appropriate public authorities of the transfer to the transferee of the transferor’s franchise or permit to serve the territory sought to be transferred. (2) Applications under ORS 758.460 by an electric or gas utility for a Commission order approving the transfer of rights acquired by an allocation of territory, which would otherwise be subject to ORS 757.480, shall comply with OAR 860-027-0025. (3) Applications under ORS 759.560 by a large telecommunications utility for a Commission order approving the transfer of rights acquired by an allocation of territory, which would otherwise be subject to ORS 759.375, shall comply with OAR 860-027-0025. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, 756, 758 & 759 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 758.400 - 758.475 & 759.500 - 759.595 History: PUC 13-2002, f. & cert. ef. 3-26-02 PUC 9-1998, f. & cert. ef. 4-28-98 PUC 12-1997, f. & cert. ef. 10-30-97 PUC 2-1993, f. & cert. ef. 1-8-93 (Order No. 92-1793 & 93-035) PUC 164, f. 4-18-74, ef. 5-11-74 (Order No. 74-307)