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IN Code § 8-1-31-5.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-5.5. "Infrastructure Improvement Costs"

Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "infrastructure improvement costs" means the following:(1) For a public utility, depreciation expenses and pretax return associated with eligible infrastructure improvements.(2) For a municipally owned utility, debt service and depreciation expenses associated with eligible infrastructure improvements.(3) For a not-for-profit utility, debt service associated with eligible infrastructure improvements.As added by P.L.209-2014, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.212-2015, SEC.4.
IN Code § 8-1-31-5.9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-5.9. "Not-for-Profit Utility"

Sec. 5.9. As used in this chapter, "not-for-profit utility" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-125(a). The term includes a utility company owned, operated, or held in trust by a consolidated city.As added by P.L.212-2015, SEC.5.
IN Code § 8-1-31-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-6. "Pretax Return"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "pretax return" means the revenues necessary to:(1) produce net operating income equal to a public utility's weighted cost of capital multiplied by the net original cost of eligible distribution or collection system improvements; and(2) pay state and federal income taxes applicable to such income.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.8; P.L.212-2015, SEC.6.
IN Code § 8-1-31-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-8. Petition by Eligible Utility for Rate Adjustment

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), an eligible utility may file with the commission a petition setting forth rate schedules establishing an amount that will allow the adjustment of the eligible utility's basic rates and charges to provide for recovery of infrastructure improvement costs. The adjustment shall be calculated as a monthly fixed charge based upon meter size.(b) The eligible utility shall serve the office of the utility consumer counselor a copy of its filing at the time of its filing with the commission.(c) Publication of notice of the filing is not required.(d) An eligible utility may not file a petition under this section in the same calendar year in which the eligible utility has filed a request for a general increase in the basic rates and charges of the eligible utility.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.9; P.L.212-2015, SEC.8; P.L.91-2017, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1-31-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-9. Hearing and Order

Sec. 9. (a) When a petition is filed under section 8 of this chapter, the commission shall conduct a hearing.(b) The office of the utility consumer counselor may:(1) examine information of the eligible utility to confirm:(A) that the infrastructure improvements are in accordance with section 5 of this chapter; and(B) proper calculation of the adjustment amount proposed under section 8(a) of this chapter; and(2) submit a report to the commission not later than thirty (30) days after the petition is filed.(c) The commission shall hold the hearing and issue its order not later than sixty (60) days after the petition is filed.(d) If the commission finds that a petition filed under section 8 of this chapter complies with the requirements of this chapter, the commission shall enter an order approving the petition.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.10; P.L.212-2015, SEC.9; P.L.104-2016, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-1-31-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-10. Petition for Change in Initial Adjustment Amount

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an eligible utility may, but is not required to, file a petition for a change in its initial adjustment amount not more often than one (1) time every twelve (12) months.(b) Except as provided in section 15 of this chapter, an eligible utility may not file a petition described in subsection (a) in the same calendar year in which the eligible utility has filed a request for a general increase in the basic rates and charges of the eligible utility.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.11; P.L.212-2015, SEC.10.
IN Code § 8-1-31-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-11. Pretax Return Factors

Sec. 11. In determining an appropriate pretax return, the commission may consider the following factors:(1) The current state and federal income tax rates.(2) The public utility's actual regulatory capital structure.(3) The actual cost rates for the public utility's long term debt and preferred stock.(4) The public utility's cost of common equity.(5) Other components that the commission considers appropriate.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-31-11.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-11.5. Allowable Recovery for Municipally Owned Utility; Factors

Sec. 11.5. In determining the amount of allowable recovery of infrastructure improvement costs for a municipally owned utility, the commission may consider the following factors:(1) Debt service on funds borrowed to pay for eligible infrastructure improvements.(2) Depreciation expenses on eligible infrastructure improvements based on the same rate or rates of depreciation approved by the commission for the calculation of depreciation in the utility's most recent rate case.(3) Other components that the commission considers appropriate.As added by P.L.212-2015, SEC.11.
IN Code § 8-1-31-11.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-11.6. Allowable Recovery for Not-for-Profit Utility; Factors

Sec. 11.6. In determining the amount of allowable recovery of infrastructure improvement costs for a not-for-profit utility, the commission may consider the following factors:(1) Debt service on funds borrowed to pay for eligible infrastructure improvements.(2) Other components that the commission considers appropriate.As added by P.L.212-2015, SEC.12.
IN Code § 8-1-31-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-12. Cost of Common Equity

Sec. 12. The cost of common equity to be used in the calculation of the charge shall be the most recent determination by the commission in a general rate proceeding of the public utility. If the commission finds that the last such determination is no longer representative of current conditions, the commission may make a new determination of the common equity cost rate for use in determining the charge, after notice and hearing. The most recent prior determination shall be used pending any redetermination.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-31-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-13. Limit on Total Adjustment Revenues; Exception for Improvements Due to Highway, Street, or Road Projects

Sec. 13. (a) The commission may not approve a petition filed under section 8 or 10 of this chapter to the extent it would produce total adjustment revenues exceeding ten percent (10%) of the eligible utility's base revenue level approved by the commission in the eligible utility's most recent general rate proceeding.(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to infrastructure improvement costs associated with eligible infrastructure improvements that are placed in service due to the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, street, or road (as defined in IC 8-23-1-23).As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.12; P.L.45-2015, SEC.1; P.L.212-2015, SEC.13; P.L.137-2020, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-31-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-14. Adjustment Amount Calculation; Reconciliation

Sec. 14. An adjustment amount proposed under section 8 of this chapter may be calculated based on a reasonable estimate of sales in the period in which the charge will be in effect. At the end of each twelve (12) month period following the date on which the commission initially approves an adjustment amount for an eligible utility following the eligible utility's most recent general rate case, and using procedures approved by the commission, the eligible utility shall reconcile the difference between adjustment revenues and infrastructure improvement costs during that period and recover or refund the difference, as appropriate, through additional adjustments.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.13; P.L.212-2015, SEC.14.
IN Code § 8-1-31-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-15. Resetting of Adjustment Amount After Increase in Basic Rates and Charges

Sec. 15. An eligible utility for which the commission has approved a petition under section 8 or 10 of this chapter shall file revised rate schedules resetting the adjustment amount if new basic rates and charges become effective for the eligible utility following a commission order authorizing a general increase in rates and charges that includes in the utility's rate base eligible infrastructure improvements reflected in the adjustment amount.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.14; P.L.212-2015, SEC.15.
IN Code § 8-1-31-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-16. Filing of Petition Not General Increase in Basic Rates and Charges

Sec. 16. For purposes of IC 8-1-2-42(a), the approval of a petition filed under section 8 or 10 of this chapter is not a general increase in basic rates and charges.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.15.
IN Code § 8-1-31-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31. Infrastructure Improvement Charges|8-1-31-17. Adoption of Other Procedures

Sec. 17. The commission may adopt by rule under IC 4-22-2 or by order other procedures not inconsistent with this chapter that the commission finds reasonable or necessary to administer this chapter.As added by P.L.94-2000, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.209-2014, SEC.16.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 8-1-2-1 apply throughout this chapter.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-2. "Actual Revenues"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "actual revenues" means the annual operating revenues that an eligible utility receives or accrues for a twelve (12) month period authorized for recovery through basic rates and charges approved by the commission in the eligible utility's most recent general rate case. However, the term does not include the following:(1) Revenues received through an infrastructure improvement charge approved by the commission under IC 8-1-31.(2) Revenues from the operation of a utility that an eligible utility acquires after the commission's most recent order establishing the eligible utility's level of annual operating revenues authorized for recovery by the eligible utility through existing rates and charges.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-3. "Adjustment Amount"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "adjustment amount" means the dollar amount:(1) by which an eligible utility's actual revenues for a twelve (12) month period differ from the eligible utility's authorized revenues for the same twelve (12) month period; and(2) that the eligible utility seeks to recover from or credit to customers through a system integrity adjustment requested in a petition filed under section 12 or 13 of this chapter.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-4. "Adjustment Revenues"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "adjustment revenues" means revenues produced through application of a system integrity adjustment. The term does not include revenue from other rates and charges.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-5. "Authorized Revenues"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "authorized revenues" means the annual operating revenues of an eligible utility approved by the commission for a twelve (12) month period in the eligible utility's most recent general rate case.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-6. "Cumulative Excess or Deficit"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "cumulative excess or deficit" means the amount by which an eligible utility's actual revenues are:(1) in the case of an excess, greater than; or(2) in the case of a deficit, less than;the eligible utility's authorized revenues measured on a cumulative annual basis from the effective date of the commission's order in the eligible utility's most recent general rate case proceeding.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-7. "Eligible Utility"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "eligible utility" means a:(1) public utility;(2) municipally owned utility; or(3) not-for-profit utility;that provides water or wastewater service and is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-8. "Not-for-Profit Utility"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "not-for-profit utility" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-125(a). The term includes a utility company that is owned, operated, or held in trust by a consolidated city.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-9. "System Integrity Adjustment"

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "system integrity adjustment" means an amount charged by an eligible utility to allow the automatic adjustment of the eligible utility's basic rates and charges to recover from or credit to customers an adjustment amount.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-10. "System Integrity Collar"

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "system integrity collar" means a dollar amount that is equal to the product of:(1) an eligible utility's authorized revenues; multiplied by(2) two hundredths (0.02).An eligible utility's system integrity collar is satisfied when the eligible utility's cumulative excess or deficit equals or exceeds the eligible utility's system integrity collar.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-11. Limit on System Integrity Adjustment; Allocation

Sec. 11. (a) A system integrity adjustment may not exceed the product of an eligible utility's adjustment amount multiplied by ninety-four hundredths (0.94).(b) For purposes of the credit or recovery of an adjustment amount, a system integrity adjustment must be allocated only to an eligible utility's non-industrial rate classes.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-12. Petition for System Integrity Adjustment; Requirements; Utility Consumer Counselor; Hearing and Order; Duration of System Integrity Adjustment

Sec. 12. (a) An eligible utility that is not collecting a system integrity adjustment may file with the commission a petition setting forth rate schedules that establish a system integrity adjustment to recover from or credit to customers the eligible utility's adjustment amount. The petition must establish that the eligible utility's system integrity collar has been satisfied on a cumulative basis following the effective date of the commission's order in the eligible utility's most recent general rate case. The eligible utility's system integrity collar may not be included in the calculation of its adjustment amount. The eligible utility shall certify in the petition that the eligible utility will use any adjustment revenues for eligible infrastructure improvements (as defined in IC 8-1-31-5).(b) An eligible utility shall serve the office of the utility consumer counselor a copy of the petition at the same time the petition is filed with the commission. The office of the utility consumer counselor may do the following:(1) Examine information of the eligible utility to confirm proper calculation of the proposed system integrity adjustment.(2) Submit a report of the examination to the commission not later than thirty (30) days after the petition is filed.(c) The commission shall hold a hearing on the petition and issue its order not later than ninety (90) days after the petition is filed.(d) If the commission determines that the system integrity adjustment is properly calculated, the commission shall enter an order approving the petition. The system integrity adjustment may be collected until the earlier of the following:(1) Forty-eight (48) months after the date set forth in the order entered under this subsection on which the eligible utility may begin collecting the system integrity adjustment.(2) The date on which the commission issues an order in the eligible utility's next general rate case proceeding.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-13. Utility Granted System Integrity Adjustment Is Required to Petition for Change in Its Adjustment Amount

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to an eligible utility for which the commission has issued an order approving a petition under section 12(d) of this chapter.(b) An eligible utility shall file a petition for a change in its adjustment amount:(1) not more than thirty (30) days after the end of each twelve (12) month period following the date on which the eligible utility files a petition under section 12 of this chapter; and(2) until the commission issues an order in the eligible utility's next general rate case proceeding after the commission approves a system integrity adjustment.(c) An eligible utility shall serve the office of the utility consumer counselor a copy of the petition at the same time the petition is filed with the commission.(d) The commission shall hold a hearing on the petition and issue its order not later than ninety (90) days after the petition is filed.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-14. Utility's Cumulative Excess or Deficit Must Be Reset to Zero

Sec. 14. For purposes of satisfying a system integrity collar, an eligible utility's cumulative excess or deficit shall be reset to zero (0) upon the effective date of the commission's order in the eligible utility's next general rate case proceeding after the commission approves a system integrity adjustment.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-15. Utility Must Reconcile Difference Between Adjustment Amount and Adjustment Revenues

Sec. 15. At the same time an eligible utility files a petition under section 13 of this chapter, the eligible utility shall reconcile the difference between:(1) the adjustment amount approved by the commission for a previous twelve (12) month period; and(2) the adjustment revenues received by the eligible utility during the same twelve (12) month period.The eligible utility may recover from or credit to customers the reconciliation amount through a system integrity adjustment by filing a petition under section 12 of this chapter.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-16. Approval of Utility's System Integrity Adjustment Petition Is Not a General Increase in Basic Rates and Charges

Sec. 16. For purposes of IC 8-1-2-42(a), the approval of a petition filed under section 12 or 13 of this chapter is not a general increase in basic rates and charges.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-17. Comparison of Actual Revenues and Authorized Revenues to Be Included in Utility's Annual Report

Sec. 17. An eligible utility that:(1) is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission; and(2) serves five thousand (5,000) or more customers;shall include in its annual report to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission under IC 8-1-2-12 a comparison of actual revenues and authorized revenues for the period covered by the report.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.5. System Integrity Adjustments|8-1-31.5-18. Rules or Procedures to Administer Chapter

Sec. 18. The commission shall adopt by rule under IC 4-22-2 or by order other procedures not inconsistent with this chapter that the commission finds reasonable or necessary to administer this chapter.As added by P.L.104-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-31.6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 31.6. Customer Owned Lead Service Lines|8-1-31.6-1. "Commission"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2.As added by P.L.91-2017, SEC.8.