California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 1 - Public Utilities Commission › Chapter 1 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Particular Applications › Section 3.1 - (Rule 3.1) Construction or Extension of Facilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Applications, under Section
					 1001
					 of the Public Utilities Code, to construct or extend facilities shall contain
					 the following information:
(a) A full
				  description of the proposed construction or extension, and the manner in which
				  the same will be constructed.
(b)
				  The names and addresses of all utilities, corporations, persons or other
				  entities, whether publicly or privately operated, with which the proposed
				  construction is likely to compete, and of the cities or counties within which
				  service will be rendered in the exercise of the requested certificate. Whenever
				  a public utility applies to the Commission to extend or establish its water
				  service within a county water district, a public utility or municipal utility
				  district, or other water or utility district, or any area served by such
				  district, such district shall also be named, if it furnishes a like service.
				  The application shall contain a certification that a copy of the application
				  has been served upon or mailed to each such person named.
(c) A map of suitable scale showing the
				  location or route of the proposed construction or extension, and its relation
				  to other public utilities, corporations, persons, or entities with which the
				  same is likely to compete.
(d) A
				  statement identifying the franchises and such health and safety permits as the
				  appropriate public authorities have required or may require for the proposed
				  construction or extension.
(e)
				  Facts showing that public convenience and necessity require, or will require,
				  the proposed construction or extension, and its operation.
(f) A statement detailing the estimated cost
				  of the proposed construction or extension and the estimated annual costs, both
				  fixed and operating associated therewith. In the case of a utility which has
				  not yet commenced service or which has been rendering service for less than
				  twelve months, the applicant shall file as a part of the application supporting
				  statements or exhibits showing that the proposed construction is in the public
				  interest and whether it is economically feasible.
(g) Statements or exhibits showing the
				  financial ability of the applicant to render the proposed service together with
				  information regarding the manner in which the applicant proposes to finance the
				  cost of the proposed construction or extension.
(h) A statement of the proposed rates to be
				  charged for service to be rendered by means of such construction or extension.
				  If the application proposes any increase in rates, it shall comply with Rule
				  3.2(a).
(i) A statement
				  corresponding to the statement required by Section
				  2 of General Order No. 104-A, as
				  to all known matters which both (a) are designated by said section for
				  inclusion in the annual report but occurred or were proposed subsequent to the
				  period covered by the last previous annual report filed by the applicant and
				  (b) are, or will be, connected with the construction or extension proposed in
				  the application; or, if no such matters are known to have so occurred or are
				  then known to be proposed, a statement to that effect; provided, that an
				  applicant whose capital stock, or that of its parent company, is listed on a
				  "national securities exchange," as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of
				  1934 (15 U.S.C.
				  78(a) et seq.), in lieu of
				  the statement required by this rule shall include in the application a copy of
				  the latest proxy statement sent to stockholders by it or its parent company if
				  not previously filed with the Commission, provided, further, that an applicant
				  whose capital stock, or that of its parent company, is registered with the
				  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to the provisions of Section
				  12(g) of said
				  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in lieu of the statement required by this rule
				  shall include in the application a copy of the latest proxy statement sent to
				  stockholders by it or its parent company containing the information required by
				  the rules of the SEC if not previously filed with the Commission.
(j) In the case of a telephone utility, the
				  estimated number of customers and their requirements for the first and fifth
				  years in the future.
(k) In the
				  case of a gas utility seeking authority to construct a pipeline:
(1) Regarding the volumes of gas to be
				  transported:
(A) A statement of the volumes
				  to be transported via the proposed pipeline including information on the
				  quality of gas and the maximum daily and annual average daily delivery
				  rates.
(B) A statement that copies
				  of summaries of all contracts for delivery and receipt of gas to be transported
				  via the proposed pipeline and information on the reserves and delivery life
				  pertaining thereto will be made available for inspection on a confidential
				  basis by the Commission or any authorized employee thereof. The terms and
				  provisions of individual contracts for gas supply and data as to reserves or
				  delivery life of individual gas suppliers shall not be required to be stated in
				  the application or in the record of the proceedings, and if disclosed to the
				  commission or to any officer or employee of the Commission on a confidential
				  basis as herein provided, shall not be made public or be open to public
				  inspection.