Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 20 - Service Supplied by Rate-regulated Electric Utilities › Rule 199-20.2 - Records, Reports, and Tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Location and retention of records.
Unless otherwise specified
				by this chapter, all records required by these rules shall be kept and
				preserved in accordance with the applicable provisions of 199-Chapter
				18.
(2)
Tariffs to be filed
				with the board.
The schedules of rates and rules of rate-regulated
				electric utilities shall be filed with the board and shall be classified,
				designated, arranged and submitted so as to conform to the requirements of this
				chapter. Provisions of the schedules shall be definite and so stated as to
				minimize ambiguity or the possibility of misinterpretation. The form,
				identification and content of tariffs shall be in accordance with these rules.
				A rate-regulated electric utility's current tariff will be made available
				through the board's electronic filing system.
(3)
Form and identification.
All tariffs shall conform to the following rules:
a. The tariff shall be filed electronically
				using the board's electronic filing system. The filed tariff shall be capable
				of being reproduced on 8½- Ã— 11- inch paper so customers may
				readily view and reproduce copies of the tariff. A tariff filed with the board
				may be the same format as is required by a federal agency provided that the
				rules of the board as to title page; identity of superseding, replacing or
				revision sheets; identity of amending sheets; identity of the filing utility,
				issuing official, date of issue, effective date; and the words "Tariff with
				board" shall apply in the modification of the federal agency format for the
				purposes of filing with this board.
b. The title page of every tariff and
				supplement shall show:
(1) The first page
				shall be the title page which shall show:
(Name of Public Utility)
Electric Tariff
Filed with
Iowa Utilities Board
(Date)
(2)
				When a tariff is to be superseded or replaced in its entirety, the replacing
				tariff shall show on the upper right corner of its title page that it
				supersedes a tariff on file and the number being superseded or replaced, for
				example:
TARIFF NO. ___________________________
SUPERSEDES TARIFF NO.
				  __________________________________
(3) When a new part of a tariff eliminates an
				existing part of a tariff it shall so state and clearly indicate the part
				eliminated.
(4) Any tariff
				modifications as defined above shall be marked in the right-hand margin of the
				replacing tariff sheet with symbols as here described to indicate the place,
				nature and extent of the change in text.
-Symbols-
(C)-Changed regulation
(D)-Discontinued rate or regulation
(I) -Increase in rate or new
				treatment resulting in increased rate
(N)-New rate, treatment or regulation
(R)-Reduction in rate or new
				treatment resulting in reduced rate
(T)-Change in text only
c. All sheets except the title
				page shall have, in addition to the above-stated requirements, the following
				information:
(1) Name of utility under which
				shall be set forth the words "Filed with board." If the utility is not a
				corporation, and a trade name is used, the name of the individual or partners
				must precede the trade name.
(2)
				Issuing official and issue date.
(3) Effective date (to be left blank by
				rate-regulated utilities).
d. All sheets except the title page shall
				have the following form:
(Company Name)
(Part identification)
Electric Tariff
(This sheet identification)
Filed with board
(Canceled sheet identification, if any)
(Content or tariff)
Issued: (Date)
Effective:
Issued by: (Name, title)
(Proposed Effective Date:)
The issued date is the date the tariff or the amended sheet
				  content was adopted by the utility.
The effective date will be left blank by rate-regulated
				  utilities and shall be determined by the board. The utility may propose an
				  effective date.