Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 39 - UTILITIES › Part 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Chapter 9 - Rate Proceedings › Rule 39-1-9 › Section 39-1-9-113 - Tariffs

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
Form
Tariff schedules of utilities must show the designation
					 "Mississippi Public Service Commission" on their title page. Blank spaces
					 approximately three by one and one-half inches (3" x 1-1/2") each must be
					 provided for the Commission's stamp of filing and for the stamp of approval in
					 the lower right and lower left corners of each schedule filed. A tariff, which
					 consists of a schedule of rates, charges, terms and conditions, shall be filed
					 by each public utility, except utilities excluded from rate regulation pursuant
					 to Miss. Code Ann. §
											77-3-1
					 and
					 77-3-5,
					 for each service rendered which is subject to the jurisdiction of the
					 Commission. Unless otherwise provided in Appendix C, the original and twelve
					 (12) copies of all tariffs other than compliance tariffs shall be filed with
					 the Executive Secretary of the Commission and shall be three-hole punched. A
					 separate schedule shall be filed for each class or each kind of service
					 rendered, unless other provisions are made with the written approval of the
					 Commission. Schedules shall be prepared utilizing the form established by the
					 Commission which form appears on the Commission's website or a substantially
					 similar form approved by the Commission. Schedules shall be numbered
					 consecutively for each kind of service for each class of customer beginning
					 with Schedule 1.
Example: (i) For Electric service, Schedule 1, Schedule 2,
					 etc.; Gas Service Schedule 1, Schedule 2, etc.; (ii) Schedules shall be
					 numbered in the following order for various classes of service: Residential
					 Service Schedule 1, Commercial Service Schedule 2, other classifications
					 following in consecutive order.
Where more than one rate or tariff is available to any
					 classification or service, any such sub-schedules or optional schedules shall
					 be identified under the general schedule number and further identified by a
					 letter suffix.
Example: Residential Lighting Schedule 1; Residential
					 Heating and Cooking Schedule 1A; Residential Combined Lighting, Heating and
					 Cooking Schedule 1B; Residential Offpeak Water Heating Schedule 1C; etc. Where
					 rates are optional, the Schedule shall clearly indicate the optional
					 feature.
2.
Tariff
				  Filing by Electronic Mail/Compliance with the Requirements of Filing Described
				  in RP 6
The Commission encourages public utilities to file their
					 tariff schedules via electronic mail and utility companies must comply with the
					 requisite number of paper copies according to RP 6.
a.
Electronic Tariffs
For electronically filed tariffs, each utility shall submit
					 its tariff schedules prepared in Adobe Acrobat in portable document format
					 (PDF) as an attachment to an e-mail message sent to the Executive Secretary at
					 efile.psc@psc.state.ms.us. Electronic tariff schedules may also be submitted as
					 PDF documents on appropriately formatted three and one-half (3.5) inch
					 diskette, zip disk or CD-ROMs.
b.
Approval
The Commission will stamp its approval in the space
					 provided on each copy of an approved tariff, placing the original in its files
					 and returning one (1) copy to the public utility.