Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 655 - PURCHASED WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT SURCHARGES › Section 655.50 - Annual Reconciliation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) At the time
			 that the utility files its annual reconciliation, the utility shall file a petition
			 pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 200 seeking approval of its annual reconciliation. The
			 annual reconciliation shall be verified by an officer of the utility.
b) The utility shall provide the following
			 schedules for each surcharge being reconciled:
1)
			 A schedule showing the costs recoverable through the applicable surcharge during the
			 reconciliation year,
2) A schedule
			 showing the revenues arising from the applicable surcharge during the reconciliation
			 year, and
3) A schedule showing the
			 reconciliation components determined by the utility (Rf, Rv, and R, as applicable)
			 to be recovered or refunded throughout the April 1 through December 31 period
			 following the filing of the annual reconciliation. The reconciliation components
			 shall be treated as an addition to, or an offset against, actual purchased
			 water/purchased sewage treatment costs.
A) The
			 calculation of the utility-determined reconciliation components shall include the
			 effects of the reconciliation components and adjustment components from prior
			 reconciliation years that were effective in the year being reconciled.
B) The utility-determined reconciliation
			 components shall include the total of the following items:
i) Refunds, directly billed supplier surcharges,
			 unamortized balances of adjustments in effect as of the utility's implementation
			 date, and other separately designated adjustments;
ii) For the initial reconciliation year, the
			 cumulative difference between actual recoverable purchased water/sewage treatment
			 costs and surcharge recoveries for the period preceding the initial effective month;
			 and
iii) The unamortized portion of any
			 reconciliation components and/or adjustment components included in prior
			 determinations of the purchased water/sewage treatment surcharge.
C) The reconciliation components shall
			 not include costs associated with unaccounted for water or any storm water inflow or
			 infiltration in contravention of an Order of the Commission directing that such
			 costs not be reflected in rates.
D) If a
			 utility determines the need to amortize a positive reconciliation component over a
			 period longer than nine months, the utility must receive authority from the
			 Commission's Manager of the Accounting Department to recover such costs over a
			 longer period. The utility shall make the request in writing to the Manager of the
			 Accounting Department. The Manager of the Accounting Department must approve the
			 request for a longer amortization period in writing. The Manager of the Accounting
			 Department shall consider the dollar amount of the positive reconciliation component
			 and the impact of the positive reconciliation component on customer bills when
			 granting or denying a utility's request for an amortization period longer than nine
			 months.