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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-505 - Service Connections and Establishments

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A. Priority and timing of service
				establishments
1. After an applicant has
				complied with the utility's application, construction agreement, or tariff,
				deposit requirements and has been accepted for service by the utility, the
				utility shall schedule that customer for service connection and/or
				establishment.
2. Service
				establishments shall be scheduled for completion within 10 working days of the
				date the customer has been accepted for service, except in those instances when
				the customer requests service establishment beyond the 10 working day
				limitation.
3. The maximum interval
				of 10 working days applies to single line residence and business installations
				only. Multiline services and any special equipment configurations shall be
				installed within a reasonable time-frame based on availability of necessary
				equipment.
4. When a utility has
				made arrangements to meet with a customer for service establishment purposes
				and the utility or the customer cannot make the appointment during the
				prearranged time, the utility shall reschedule the establishment to the
				satisfaction of both parties.
5.
				Unless another time-frame is mutually acceptable to the utility and the
				customer, each utility shall schedule service establishment appointments within
				a maximum range of four hours during normal working hours.
6. For the purposes of this rule, service
				establishments are where the utility's and customer's facilities are available
				and the utility needs only to connect the service.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-506 - Construction Agreements

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A. General
				requirements
1. Each utility shall file for
				Commission approval a tariff which incorporates the provisions of this rule and
				specifically defines the conditions governing construction agreements.
				Subsections (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this Section do not apply to tariffs
				providing for construction charges fixed by zone.
2. Upon request by an applicant for service,
				the utility shall provide, without charge, a preliminary sketch and rough
				estimates of the cost of installation to be paid by said applicant.
3. Any applicant for service requesting the
				utility to prepare detailed plans, specifications, or cost estimates may be
				required to deposit with the utility an amount equal to the estimated cost of
				preparation. The utility shall, upon request, make available within 90 days
				after receipt of the deposit referred to above, such plans, specifications, or
				cost estimates of the proposed construction. Where the applicant authorizes the
				utility to proceed with construction of the extension, the deposit shall be
				credited to the cost; otherwise the deposit shall be nonrefundable. If the
				extension is to include oversizing of facilities to be done at the utility's
				expense, appropriate details shall be set forth in the plans, specifications
				and cost estimates.
4. Where the
				utility requires an applicant to advance funds for construction, the utility
				shall furnish the applicant with a copy of the agreement or tariff of the
				appropriate utility prior to the applicant's acceptance.
5. All construction agreements requiring
				payment by the applicant shall be signed by each party.
6. In the event the utility's actual cost of
				construction is less than the amount advanced by the customer under a
				construction agreement, the utility shall make a refund to the applicant within
				120 days of service commencement.
7. The provisions of this rule apply only to
				those applicants who in the utility's judgment will be permanent customers of
				the utility. Applications for temporary service shall be governed by the
				Commission's rules concerning temporary service applications.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-507 - Provision of Service

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A. Utility
				responsibility. Each utility shall be responsible for maintaining in safe
				operating condition all equipment and fixtures used in providing utility
				service to the customer that are owned by and under the exclusive control of
				the utility.
B. Customer
				responsibility
1. Each customer shall be
				responsible for safeguarding all utility property installed in or on the
				customer's premises for the purpose of supplying utility service to that
				customer.
2. Each customer shall be
				responsible for maintaining in safe operating condition all customer provided
				equipment and fixtures.
3. Each
				customer shall exercise all reasonable care to prevent loss or damage to
				utility property, excluding ordinary wear and tear. The customer shall be
				responsible for loss of or damage to utility property on the customer's
				premises arising from neglect, theft, carelessness, or misuse and shall
				reimburse the utility for the cost of necessary repairs or
				replacements.
4. Each customer
				shall be responsible for payment for any equipment damage and/or use resulting
				from unauthorized use, interfering or tampering of the utility's equipment on
				the customer's premises.
5. Each
				customer shall notify the utility of any equipment failure identified in the
				utility's equipment.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-508 - Billing and Collection

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A.
				Frequency. Each utility shall bill monthly for services rendered.
B. Minimum bill information. Each utility
				shall provide the following minimum information on customer bills:
1. Monthly charge for basic exchange service
				including delineation of the following:
a.
				Total charge for customer requested services and/or equipment.
b. Installation costs or other service fees,
				where applicable.
c. Reconnect fee,
				where applicable.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-509 - Termination of Service

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A.
				Nonpermissible reasons to disconnect service. A utility may not disconnect
				service for any of the reasons stated below:
1. Delinquency in payment for services
				rendered to a prior customer at the premises where service is being provided,
				except in the instance where the prior customer continues to reside on the
				premises.
2. Failure of the
				customer to pay for services or equipment which are not regulated by the
				Commission.
3. Residential service
				may not be disconnected due to nonpayment of a bill related to another class of
				service.
4. Failure to pay for a
				bill to correct a billing error if the customer agrees to pay over a reasonable
				period of time.
5. Failure to pay
				the bill of another customer as guarantor thereof unless guarantor does not
				make acceptable payment arrangements.
6. Disputed bills where the customer has
				complied with the Commission's rules on complaints.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-510 - Administrative and Hearing Requirements

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A. Customer service complaints
1. Each utility shall make a full and prompt
				investigation of all service complaints made by its customers, either directly
				or through the Commission.
2. The
				utility shall respond to the complainant and/or the Commission representative
				within five working days as to the status of the utility investigation of the
				complaint.
3. The utility shall
				notify the complainant and/or the Commission representative of the final
				disposition of each. Upon request of the complainant or the Commission
				representative, the utility shall report the findings of its investigation in
				writing.
4. Each utility shall keep
				a record of all written service complaints received which shall contain, at a
				minimum, the following data:
a. Name and
				address of complainant
b. Date and
				nature of the complaint
c.
				Disposition of the complaint
d. A
				copy of any correspondence between the utility, the customer, and/or the
				Commission.
5. This
				record shall be maintained for a minimum period of one year and shall be
				available for inspection by the Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-602 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity for Sewer Utilities; Extensions of Certificates of Convenience and Necessity for Sewer Utilities; Abandonment, Sale, Lease, Transfer, or Disposal of a Sewer Utility; Discontinuance or Abandonment of Sewer Utility Service

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A. In this Section, unless otherwise
				specified:
1. "Applicant" means a person who
				submits an application to obtain a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to
				construct sewer utility facilities or operate as a sewer utility or to extend
				the service area under an existing Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
				held by the person.
2. "CC&N"
				means Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.
3. "Commission" means the Arizona Corporation
				Commission.
4. "Contiguous" means
				in actual contact, touching, such as by sharing a common border.
5. "Extension area" means the geographic area
				that an applicant is requesting to have added to the applicant's existing
				CC&N service area.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-603 - Establishment of Service

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A.
				Information from new applicants
1. A utility
				may obtain the following minimum information from each new applicant for
				service:
a. Name or names of
				applicant(s).
b. Service address or
				location and telephone number.
c.
				Billing address or location and telephone number, if different than service
				address.
d. Address where service
				was provided previously.
e. Date
				applicant will be ready for service.
f. Indication of whether premises have been
				supplied with utility service previously.
g. Purpose for which service is to be
				used.
h. Indication of whether
				applicant is owner or tenant of or agent for the premises.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-604 - Minimum Customer Information Requirements

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A. Information for residential customers
1. Each utility shall make available upon
				customer request not later than 60 days from the date of request a concise
				summary of the rate schedule applied for by such customer. The summary shall
				include the following:
a. Monthly minimum or
				customer charge, identifying the amount of the charge and the specific amount
				of minimum discharge included in the minimum charge, where
				applicable.
b. Rate calculation,
				including where applicable, computations based upon seasonal or annual water
				usages.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-605 - Service Connections

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A.
				Priority and timing
1. After an applicant has
				complied with the utility's application and deposit requirements and has been
				accepted for service by the utility, the utility shall schedule that customer
				for service connection.
2. Service
				connections shall be scheduled for completion within five working days of the
				date the customer has been accepted for service, except in those instances when
				the customer requests service connection beyond the five working day
				limitation.
3. When the utility has
				made arrangements to meet with a customer for service establishment purposes
				and the utility or the customer cannot make the appointment during the
				prearranged time, the utility shall reschedule the connection to the
				satisfaction of both parties.
4.
				For the purposes of this rule, establishment of service takes place only when
				the customer's facilities are ready and acceptable to the utility.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-606 - Collection Main Extension Agreements

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A. General requirements
1. Each utility entering into a main
				extension agreement shall comply with the provisions of this rule, which
				specifically defines the conditions governing collection main
				extensions.
2. Upon request by a
				potential applicant for a collection main extension, the utility shall prepare,
				without charge, a preliminary sketch and rough estimate of the cost of
				installation to be paid by said applicant.
3. Any applicant for a collection main
				extension requesting the utility to prepare detailed plans, specifications, or
				cost estimates may be required to deposit with the utility an amount equal to
				the estimated cost of preparation. The utility shall, upon request, make
				available within 90 days after receipt of the deposit referred to above, such
				plans, specifications, or cost estimates of the proposed collection main
				extension. Where the applicant accepts the plans and the utility proceeds with
				construction of the extension, the deposit shall be credited to the cost of
				construction; otherwise the deposit shall be nonrefundable. If the extension is
				to include oversizing of facilities to be done at the utility's expense,
				appropriate details shall be set forth in the plans, specifications and cost
				estimates.
4. Where the utility
				requires an applicant to advance funds for a collection main extension, the
				utility shall furnish the applicant with a copy of the extension tariff of the
				appropriate utility prior to the applicant's acceptance of the utility's
				extension agreement.
5. All
				collection main extension agreements requiring payment by the applicant shall
				be in writing and signed by each party before the utility commences
				construction.
6. In the event the
				utility's actual cost of construction is different from the amount advanced by
				the customer, the utility shall make a refund to or collect additional funds
				from, the applicant within 120 days after the completion of the
				construction.
7. The provisions of
				this rule apply only to those applicants who in the utility's judgment will be
				permanent customers of the utility. Applications for temporary service shall be
				governed by the Commission's rules concerning temporary service
				applications.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-607 - Provision of Service

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A. Utility
				responsibility
1. Each utility shall be
				responsible for the safe conduct and handling of the sewage from the customer's
				point of collection.
2. The utility
				may, at its option, refuse service until the customer has obtained all required
				permits and/or inspections indicating that the customer's facilities comply
				with local construction and safety standards.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-608 - Billing and Collection

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A.
				Frequency. Each utility shall bill monthly for services rendered.
B. Minimum bill information. Each bill for
				residential service will contain the following minimum information:
1. Billed discharge, where
				applicable
2. Utility telephone
				number
3. Amount due and due
				date
4. Customer's name
5. Service account number, if
				available
6. Past due amount, where
				appropriate
7. Adjustment factor,
				where applicable
8. Other approved
				tariff charges.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-609 - Termination of Service

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A.
				Nonpermissible reasons to disconnect service. A utility may not disconnect
				service for any of the reasons stated below:
1. Delinquency in payment for services
				rendered to a prior customer at the premises where service is being provided,
				except in the instance where the prior customer continues to reside on the
				premises.
2. Failure of the
				customer to pay for services or equipment which are not regulated by the
				Commission.
3. Nonpayment of a bill
				related to another class of service.
4. Failure to pay for a bill to correct a
				previous underbilling due to a billing error if the customer agrees to pay over
				a reasonable period of time.
5.
				Disputed bills where the customer has complied with the Commission's rules and
				regulations.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-610 - Administrative and Hearing Requirements

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A. Customer service complaints
1. Each utility shall make a full and prompt
				investigation of all service complaints made by its customers, either directly
				or through the Commission.
2. The
				utility shall respond to the complainant and/or the Commission representative
				within five working days as to the status of the utility investigation of the
				complaint.
3. The utility shall
				notify the complainant and/or the Commission representative of the final
				disposition of each complaint. Upon request of the complainant or the
				Commission representative, the utility shall report the findings of its
				investigation in writing.
4. The
				utility shall inform the customer of his right of appeal to the Commission
				should the results of the utility's investigation prove unsatisfactory to the
				customer.
5. Each utility shall
				keep a record of all written service complaints received which shall contain,
				at a minimum, the following data:
a. Name and
				address of the complainant
b. Date
				and nature of the complaint
c.
				Disposition of the complaint
d. A
				copy of any correspondence between the utility, the customer, and/or the
				Commission.
This record shall be maintained for a minimum period of one
				  year and shall be available for inspection by the Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 7 - RESOURCE PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT › Section R14-2-702 - Applicability

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A. This Article
				applies to each load-serving entity, whether the power generated is for sale to
				end users or is for resale.
B. An
				electricity public service corporation that becomes a load-serving entity by
				increasing its generating capacity to at least 50 megawatts combined shall
				provide written notice to the Commission within 30 days after the increase and
				shall comply with the filing requirements in this Article within two years
				after the notice is filed.
C. The
				Commission may, by Order, exempt a load-serving entity from complying with any
				provision in this Article, or the Article as a whole, upon determining that:
1. The burden of compliance with the
				provision, or the Article as a whole, exceeds the potential benefits to
				customers in the form of cost savings, service reliability, risk reductions, or
				reduced environmental impacts that would result from the load-serving entity's
				compliance with the provision or Article; and
2. The public interest will be served by the
				exemption.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 7 - RESOURCE PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT › Section R14-2-703 - Load-serving Entity Reporting Requirements

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A. A load-serving entity shall, by April 1 of
				each year, file with Docket Control a compilation of the following items of
				demand-side data, including for each item for which no record is maintained the
				load-serving entity's best estimate and a full description of how the estimate
				was made:
1. Hourly demand for the previous
				calendar year, disaggregated by:
a. Sales to
				end users;
b. Sales for
				resale;
c. Energy losses;
				and
d. Other disposition of energy,
				such as energy furnished without charge and energy used by the load-serving
				entity;
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 7 - RESOURCE PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT › Section R14-2-704 - Commission Review of Load-serving Entity Resource Plans

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A. By October 1 of each even year, Staff
				shall file a report that contains its analysis and conclusions regarding its
				statewide review and assessments of the load-serving entities' filings made
				under
				R14-2-703(C),
				(D), (E), (F), and (H).
B. By February 1 of each odd year, the
				Commission shall issue an order acknowledging a load-serving entity's resource
				plan or issue an order stating the reasons for not acknowledging the resource
				plan. The Commission shall order an acknowledgment of a load-serving entity's
				resource plan, with or without amendment, if the Commission determines that the
				resource plan, as amended if applicable, complies with the requirements of this
				Article and that the load-serving entity's resource plan is reasonable and in
				the public interest, based on the information available to the Commission at
				the time and considering the following factors:
1. The total cost of electric energy
				services;
2. The degree to which
				the factors that affect demand, including demand management, have been taken
				into account;
3. The degree to
				which supply alternatives, such as self generation, have been taken into
				account;
4. Uncertainty in demand
				and supply analyses, forecasts, and plans, and whether plans are sufficiently
				flexible to enable the load-serving entity to respond to unforeseen changes in
				supply and demand factors;
5. The
				reliability of power supplies, including fuel diversity and non-cost
				considerations;
6. The reliability
				of the transmission grid;
7. The
				environmental impacts of resource choices and alternatives;
8. The degree to which the load-serving
				entity considered all relevant resources, risks, and uncertainties;
9. The degree to which the load-serving
				entity's plan for future resources is in the best interest of its
				customers;
10. The best combination
				of expected costs and associated risks for the load-serving entity and its
				customers; and
11. The degree to
				which the load-serving entity's resource plan allows for coordinated efforts
				with other load-serving entities.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 7 - RESOURCE PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT › Section R14-2-705 - Procurement

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A. Except as
				provided in subsection (B), a load-serving entity may use the following
				procurement methods for the wholesale acquisition of energy, capacity, and
				physical power hedge transactions:
1.
				Purchase through a third-party online trading system;
2. Purchase from a third-party independent
				energy broker;
3. Purchase from a
				non-affiliated entity through auction or an RFP process;
4. Bilateral contract with a non-affiliated
				entity;
5. Bilateral contract with
				an affiliated entity, provided that non-affiliated entities were provided
				notice and an opportunity to compete against the affiliated entity's proposal
				before the transaction was executed; and
6. Any other competitive procurement process
				approved by the Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-801 - Definitions

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In this Article, unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
1. "Affiliate," with respect to the public utility, shall
				  mean any other entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or
				  under direct or indirect common control with, the public utility. For purposes
				  of this definition, the term "control" (including the correlative meanings of
				  the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with
				  respect to any entity, shall mean the power to direct the management policies
				  of such entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, or by contract,
				  or otherwise.
2. "Commission." The Arizona Corporation Commission.
3. "Entity." A corporation, partnership, limited partnership,
				  joint venture, trust, estate, or natural person.
4. "Holding Company" or "Public Utility Holding Company." Any
				  affiliate that controls a public utility.
5. "Reorganize" or "Reorganization." The acquisition or
				  divestiture of a financial interest in an affiliate or a utility, or
				  reconfiguration of an existing affiliate or utility's position in the corporate
				  structure or the merger or consolidation of an affiliate or a utility.
6. "Subsidiary." Any affiliate controlled by a
				  utility.
7. "System of Accounts. The accounting system or systems
				  prescribed for utilities by the Commission.
8. "Utility" or "Public Utility. Any Class A investor-owned
				  public service corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Arizona
				  Corporation Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-802 - Applicability

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A. These rules are
				applicable to all Class A investor-owned utilities under the jurisdiction of
				the Commission and are applicable to all transactions entered into after the
				effective date of these rules.
B.
				Notwithstanding subsection (A), these rules shall not apply to a
				telecommunications utility whose retail telecommunications services have been
				classified as competitive pursuant to A.A.C. Title 14, Chapter 2, Article 11,
				except as may otherwise be determined by a future Commission order.
C. Information furnished to the Commission in
				compliance with these rules will not be open to public inspection, or made
				public, except on order of the Commission, or by the Commission, or a
				Commissioner in the course of a hearing or proceeding.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-803 - Organization of Public Utility Holding Companies

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A. Any utility or affiliate intending to
				organize a public utility holding company or reorganize an existing public
				utility holding company will notify the Commission's Utilities Division in
				writing at least 120 days prior thereto. The notice of intent will include the
				following information:
1. The names and
				business addresses of the proposed officers and directors of the holding
				company;
2. The business purposes
				for establishing or reorganizing the holding company;
3. The proposed method of financing the
				holding company and the resultant capital structure;
4. The resultant effect on the capital
				structure of the public utility;
5.
				An organization chart of the holding company that identifies all affiliates and
				their relationships within the holding company;
6. The proposed method for allocating federal
				and state income taxes to the subsidiaries of the holding company;
7. The anticipated changes in the utility's
				cost of service and the cost of capital attributable to the
				reorganization;
8. A description of
				diversification plans of affiliates of the holding company; and
9. Copies of all relevant documents and
				filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other
				federal or state agencies.
10. The
				contemplated annual and cumulative investment in each affiliate for the next
				five years, in dollars and as a percentage of projected net utility plant, and
				an explanation of the reasons supporting the level of investment and the
				reasons this level will not increase the risks of investment in the public
				utility.
11. An explanation of the
				manner in which the utility can assure that adequate capital will be available
				for the construction of necessary new utility plant and for improvements in
				existing utility plant at no greater cost than if the utility or its affiliate
				did not organize or reorganize a public utility holding company.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-804 - Commission Review of Transactions between Public Utilities and Affiliates

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A. A utility will
				not transact business with an affiliate unless the affiliate agrees to provide
				the Commission access to the books and records of the affiliate to the degree
				required to fully audit, examine or otherwise investigate transactions between
				the public utility and the affiliate. In connection therewith, the Commission
				may require production of books, records, accounts, memoranda and other
				documents related to these transactions.
B. A utility will not consummate the
				following transactions without prior approval by the Commission:
1. Obtain a financial interest in any
				affiliate not regulated by the Commission, or guarantee, or assume the
				liabilities of such affiliate;
2.
				Lend to any affiliate not regulated by the Commission, with the exception of
				short-term loans for a period less than 12 months in an amount less than
				$100,000; or
3. Use utility funds
				to form a subsidiary or divest itself of any established subsidiary.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-805 - Annual Filing Requirements of Diversification Activities and Plans

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A. On or before
				April 15th of each calendar year, all public utilities meeting the requirements
				of
				R14-2-802 and
				public utility holding companies will provide the Commission with a description
				of diversification plans for the current calendar year that have been approved
				by the Boards of Directors. As part of these filings, each public utility
				meeting the requirements of
				R14-2-802 will
				provide the Commission the following information:
1. The name, home office location and
				description of the public utility's affiliates with whom transactions occur,
				their relationship to each other and the public utility, and the general nature
				of their business;
2. A brief
				description of the business activities conducted by the utility's affiliates
				with whom transactions occurred during the prior year, including any new
				activities not previously reported;
3. A description of plans for the utility's
				subsidiaries to modify or change business activities, enter into new business
				ventures or to acquire, merge or otherwise establish a new business
				entity;
4. Copies of the most
				recent financial statements for each of the utility's subsidiaries;
5. An assessment of the effect of current and
				planned affiliated activities on the public utility's capital structure and the
				public utility's ability to attract capital at fair and reasonable
				rates;
6. The bases upon which the
				public utility holding company allocates plant, revenue and expenses to
				affiliates and the amounts involved; an explanation of the derivation of the
				factors; the reasons supporting that methodology and the reasons supporting the
				allocation;
7. An explanation of
				the manner in which the utility's capital structure, cost of capital and
				ability to raise capital at reasonable rates have been affected by the
				organization or reorganization of the public utility holding company;
8. The dollar amount transferred between the
				utility and each affiliate during the annual period, and the purpose of each
				transfer;
9. Contracts or
				agreements to receive, or provide management, engineering, accounting, legal,
				financial or other similar services between a public utility and an
				affiliate;
10. Contracts or
				agreements to purchase or sell goods or real property between a public utility
				and an affiliate; and
11. Contracts
				or agreements to lease goods or real property between a public utility and an
				affiliate.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 8 - PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED INTERESTS › Section R14-2-806 - Waiver from the Provisions of This Article

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A. The Commission may waive compliance with
				any of the provisions of this Article upon a finding that such waiver is in the
				public interest.
B. Any affected
				entity may petition the Commission for a waiver by filing a verified
				application for waiver setting forth with specificity the circumstances whereby
				the public interest justifies noncompliance with all or part of the provisions
				of this Article.
C. If the
				Commission fails to approve, disapprove, or suspend for further consideration
				an application for waiver within 30 days following filing of a verified
				application for waiver, the waiver shall become effective on the 31st day
				following filing of the application.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-901 - Definitions

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In this Article, unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
1. "Affiliate" means any other entity directly or indirectly
				  controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with,
				  a customer of record. For purposes of this subsection, the term "control,
				  (including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by" and "under
				  common control with"), as used with respect to any entity, means the power to
				  direct the management policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of
				  voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
2. "Customer of record" means a premises owner or vendor, who
				  has either applied to, or who has obtained from, an LEC an access line to be a
				  COPT provider.
3. "Customer-owned pay telephone (COPT) provider" means an
				  entity authorized by the Commission to provide public pay telephone service to
				  end-users and which is not a certificated LEC on the effective date of this
				  Article. For purposes of compliance with Article 5 of this Chapter, "COPT
				  provider" does not mean a "utility" as defined in
				  R14-2-501(24).
4. "`800' service" means calls to telephone numbers which
				  normally can be reached without charge to the calling party by dialing 1-800
				  plus 7 digits.
5. "Entity" means a corporation, partnership, limited
				  partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, or natural person.
6. "Local exchange company (LEC)" means a company which is
				  certificated to operate the local public switched telecommunications
				  network.
7. "Public access line (PAL)" means any LEC tariff under
				  which COPT providers are authorized to obtain access to the local and
				  interexchange telecommunications network.
The following
				  Section was amended under an exemption from the Attorney General approval
				  provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (State ex. rel. Corbin
				  v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 174 Ariz. 216 848 P.2d 301 (App. 1992)), as
				  determined by the Corporation Commission. This exemption means that the rules
				  as amended were not approved by the Attorney
				  General.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-902 - Application for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

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A. Within 30 days of the effective date of
				this Article, all LEC's shall provide written notification of the requirements
				of this Article to each of their existing customers of record. Such
				notification shall be in a form acceptable to the Commission and shall explain
				that all customers of record are required to file either an application for a
				certificate of convenience and necessity (CC&N) pursuant to this Section or
				an application for an adjudication not a public service corporation pursuant to
				R14-2-904.
B. Any customer of
				record requesting PAL service subsequent to the effective date of this Article
				who was not subject to the provisions of subsections (A) and (E) of this
				Section, or whose PAL service was terminated pursuant to the provisions of this
				Article, shall provide to the LEC proof of either:
1. A CC&N granted pursuant to this
				Section; or
2. An adjudication
				order declaring that it is not a public service corporation pursuant to
				R14-2-904.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-903 - Grant of Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

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A. The Commission shall analyze an
				application for a CC&N to determine if it is complete and correct. If
				necessary, the Commission may request additional information from the CC&N
				applicant.
B. The Commission shall
				hold a hearing to review an application for a CC&N. The type of hearing
				held shall depend on the tariff requested by the CC&N applicant:
1. The Commission may hold periodic
				consolidated hearings to review all applications which request the Generic
				(Streamlined) COPT Tariff described in
				R14-2-905.
2. The Commission shall hold individual
				hearings to review applications which request a Special (Non-Streamlined) COPT
				Tariff as described in
				R14-2-906.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-904 - Application for Adjudication Not a Public Service Corporation

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A. Any entity
				intending to provide COPT service, or any customer of record, may submit to the
				Commission an original and 10 copies of an application to be adjudicated not a
				public service corporation.
B. The
				Commission shall determine whether the adjudication applicant is a public
				service corporation by examining all of the following factors:
1. What business activities the adjudication
				applicant conducts or will conduct.
2. Whether the pay telephone service is or
				will be dedicated to public use.
3.
				Whether the adjudication applicant accepts or will accept substantially all
				requests for service.
4. Whether
				the adjudication applicant is or will be the sole offeror of pay telephone
				service in the area, or is in competition with other providers.
5. Whether the public safety and convenience
				requires maintenance of public telephone facilities at the locations designated
				in the application.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-905 - Generic (Streamlined) COPT Tariff

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A. All COPT providers holding CC&N's
				granted under this Article shall comply with the terms of the Generic
				(Streamlined) COPT Tariff, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission pursuant
				to
				R14-2-906.
B. In the Generic (Streamlined) COPT Tariff,
				the Commission shall specify the rates, terms, and conditions associated with
				the following standards:
1. The rates and
				charges to end-users for local calling.
2. The rates and charges to end-users for
				intrastate toll calling.
3. The
				application of toll charges, if any, for use of "800" services.
4. The accessibility by end-users of
				alternative toll carriers.
5.
				Limitations on service to local calling and access to local
				operators.
6. Instructions on how
				to make a call and how to obtain refunds.
7. Duration of local calls before additional
				charges apply.
8. The provision of
				emergency service and local directory assistance.
9. Acceptable methods of payment by
				end-users.
10. Design and technical
				specifications for instruments.
11.
				The provision of operator services.
12. Procedures for obtaining approval for
				provision of services not included in the tariff.
13. The termination of PAL service at any
				location for violation of tariff provisions.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-906 - Special (Non-Streamlined) COPT Tariff

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A. Instead of concurring with the Generic
				(Streamlined) COPT Tariff, a COPT provider may file a proposed Special (Non-
				Streamlined) COPT Tariff with an application for a CC&N submitted pursuant
				to
				R14-2-902.
B. The Commission shall analyze each proposed
				Special (Non- Streamlined) COPT Tariff on an individual basis. In reviewing the
				proposed Special (Non-Streamlined) COPT Tariff, the Commission shall consider
				the standards listed in R14-2-905(B).
C. While a proposed Special (Non-Streamlined)
				COPT Tariff is pending before the Commission, the COPT provider shall comply
				with the provisions of the Generic (Streamlined) COPT Tariff.
D. Following a hearing, the Commission may
				approve, modify, or reject any proposed Special (Non-Streamlined) COPT
				Tariff.
E. Changes may be made to a
				Special (Non-Streamlined) COPT Tariff as a result of a tariff filing made
				pursuant to A.R.S. § 40- 250(B) or an individual rate
				proceeding.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-907 - Reporting Requirements and Safety Standards

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A. All COPT providers shall submit an annual
				report to the Commission on a form prescribed by the Commission. The annual
				report shall be filed on or before the first day of February for the preceding
				calendar year. The annual report shall include all of the following
				information:
1. A description of any material
				changes in the information provided by the COPT provider in the original
				CC&N application or in the last annual report.
2. An updated list of all locations served by
				the COPT provider.
3. The COPT
				provider's gross operating revenues derived from intrastate operations during
				the preceding calendar year.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 9 - CUSTOMER-OWNED PAY TELEPHONES › Section R14-2-908 - Violations

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A. The Commission
				may order a LEC to immediately terminate PAL service to any customer of record
				which:
1. Fails to do one of the following:
a. Obtain a CC&N to provide service
				pursuant to
				R14-2-902
				and
				R14-2-903;
				or
b. Receive an adjudication that
				it is not a public service corporation pursuant to
				R14-2-904.