Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 120 - FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHEDULE OF RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 407-120-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Commission
. "Commission"
				means the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Where appropriate delegation
				authority exists, "Commission" includes the member of the Staff of the
				Commission to whom the authority is delegated.
B.
Defective filing
. A
				"defective filing" is a filing which does not meet the formal or procedural
				requirements of this Rule or of another applicable rule.
C.
Effective date
. An "effective
				date" is the date on which a schedule actually takes legal effect.
D.
Filing
. A "filing" consists
				of the schedules and other materials accompanying a schedule submitted to the
				Commission. For example, a proposed schedule of rates, cover letter and revised
				table of contents would together be referred to as a "filing".
E.
General rate case
. A "general
				rate case" is any rate filing by a public utility, not specifically exempted in
				section
				1(D)(3), which, upon
				taking effect, would increase the annual gross intrastate operating revenues of
				the public utility by more than two percent (2%), exclusive of sales for
				resale, fuel cost revenues, energy conservation adjustment revenues, or cost of
				gas adjustment revenues.
F.
Major utility
. A "major utility" is any public utility having
				annual intrastate operating revenues of over $5,000,000 in the twelve months
				immediately preceding a general rate case.
G.
Rate filing
. A "rate filing"
				is the act of filing by a public utility with the Commission pursuant to
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§307 any schedule which directly affects
				the rates charged by the utility.
H.
Rates
. "Rates" are a public
				utility's charges to its customers for the provision of utility
				services.
I.
Schedule
.
				A "schedule" is one of the written sheets filed by a public utility with the
				Commission which show the utility's rates for different customer classes or
				categories of service, or the terms and conditions upon which utility service
				will be provided. For purposes of this Rule, the term "schedule" is equivalent
				to the word "tariff".
J.
Significant changes in rate design
. A "significant change in rate
				design" is any change in rate design that allocates the change in general rates
				among rate classes in substantially different percentages.
K.
Terms and conditions
. "Terms
				and conditions" are the provisions filed by a public utility with the
				Commission which show the basis on which various utility services will be
				provided to customers, or which in any manner affect the rates charged for any
				service.
				 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§304 requires that public utility
				schedules which were formerly designated as "rules" shall be designated as
				"terms and conditions".
L.
Test year
. A "test year" is a 12-month period used by a utility to
				serve as a basis for comparison of revenues, expenses, and investment in order
				to determine revenue requirements in a general rate case. A test year may be a
				calendar year or any other period of twelve (12) consecutive months.