Florida Administrative Code › 25 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › 25 - Departmental › Chapter 25-30 - WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY RULES › Section 25-30.120 - Regulatory Assessment Fees; Water and Wastewater Utilities

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) As applicable and as provided in Section
				 350.113, F.S., each utility
				shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue. This fee shall be
				referred to as a regulatory assessment fee. Each utility shall pay a regulatory
				assessment fee in the amount of 0.045 of its gross revenues derived from
				intrastate business. The gross revenues reported for regulatory assessment fee
				purposes must agree with the amount reported as operating revenue on Schedule
				F-3 of the Operating Statement in the company's Annual Report, filed in
				accordance with Rule  25-30.110, F.A.C. A minimum
				annual regulatory assessment fee of $25 shall be imposed if there are no
				revenues or if revenues are insufficient to generate a minimum annual
				fee.
(2) The obligation to remit
				the regulatory assessment fees for any year shall apply to any utility that is
				subject to this Commission's jurisdiction on or before December 31 of that year
				or for any part of that year.
(a) For large
				utilities with annual revenues of $200, 000 or more based on the most recent
				prior calendar year, regulatory assessment fees shall be filed with the
				Commission on or before July 30 for the preceding period or any part of the
				period from January 1 until June 30, and on January 30 for the preceding period
				or any part of the period from July 1 until December 31. Commission Form
				PSC/AFD 010-WL (02/05) entitled "Large Water Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee
				Return" is available at:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02618
and Commission Form PSC/AFD 017-WL (02/05) entitled "Large Wastewater Utility
				Regulatory Assessment Fee Return" is available at:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02619
.
				These forms are incorporated into this rule by reference and may also be
				obtained from the Division of Administrative and Information Technology
				Services. The failure of a utility to receive a return form shall not excuse
				the utility from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment
				fees.
(b) For small utilities with
				annual revenues of less than $200, 000 based on the most recent prior calendar
				year, regulatory assessment fees shall be filed with the Commission on or
				before March 31 for the preceding year ended December 31. Commission Form
				PSC/AFD 010-WS (02/05) entitled "Small Water Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee
				Return" is available at:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02616
and Commission Form PSC/AFD 017-WS (02/05) entitled "Small Wastewater Utility
				Regulatory Assessment Fee Return" is available at:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02617
.
				These forms are incorporated into this rule by reference and may also be
				obtained from the Commission's Division of Administrative and Information
				Technology Services. The failure of a utility to receive a return form shall
				not excuse the utility from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory
				assessment fees.
(c) For the
				purpose of this rule, a utility operating both a water system and a wastewater
				system shall consider each system separately in determining the revenue
				threshold for filing regulatory assessment fees on either an annual or
				semi-annual basis.
(d) Regulatory
				assessment fees are considered paid on the date they are postmarked by the
				United States Postal Service or received and logged in by the Commission's
				Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services in Tallahassee.
				Fees are considered timely paid if properly addressed, with sufficient postage
				and postmarked no later than the due date.