Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 2 - Practice and Procedure › Section 20 CSR 4240-2.065 - Tariff Filings Which Create Cases

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes when a case shall be
				  opened for a tariff.
(1) A
				general rate increase request is one where the company or utility files for an
				overall increase in revenues through a company-wide increase in rates for the
				utility service it provides, but shall not include requests for changes in
				rates made pursuant to an adjustment clause or other similar provisions
				contained in a utility's tariffs. When a public utility submits a tariff which
				constitutes a general rate increase request, the commission shall establish a
				case file for the tariff. The tariff and all pleadings, orders, briefs, and
				correspondence regarding the tariff shall be filed in the case file established
				for the tariff. The tariff submitted shall be in compliance with the provisions
				of the rules relating to the separate utilities. A tariff filed which proposes
				a general rate increase request shall also comply with the minimum filing
				requirements of these rules for general rate increase requests. Any public
				utility which submits a general rate increase request shall simultaneously
				submit its direct testimony with the tariff.
(2) Except when the Commission orders the
				filing of a tariff, when a public utility submits a tariff for commission
				approval but requests the tariff become effective in fewer than thirty (30)
				days, the commission shall establish a case file for the tariff. In addition,
				the public utility shall file a Motion for Expedited Treatment and comply with
				the expedited treatment portion of these rules. The tariff and all pleadings,
				orders, briefs, and correspondence shall be filed in the case file established
				for the tariff.
(3) When a
				pleading, which objects to a tariff or requests the suspension of a tariff, is
				filed, the commission shall establish a case file for the tariff and shall file
				the tariff and pleading in that case file. All subsequent pleadings, orders,
				briefs, and correspondence concerning the tariff shall be filed in the case
				file established for the tariff. Any pleading to suspend a tariff shall attach
				a copy of the tariff and include a certificate of service to confirm that the
				party who submitted the tariff has been served with the pleading.
(4) A case file shall be established for a
				tariff filing in which the commission is required by law or requested by the
				party filing the tariff to specifically approve the tariff.
(5) A case file will not be established to
				consider tariff sheets submitted by a regulated utility which do not meet the
				circumstances of sections (1)-(4) of this rule, except that a case file shall
				be established when tariff sheets are suspended by the commission on its own
				motion or when suspended upon the recommendation of staff.
(6) When a public utility extends the
				effective date of a tariff, it shall file a letter extending the tariff
				effective date in the official case file. Notwithstanding any other provision
				of these rules, this letter may be filed by a nonattorney.
*Original authority: 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947,
					 1977, 1996.