Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 82-1-231 - Filing requirements for rate proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each electric,
			 gas, telecommunications, or water utility whose rates are under review by the
			 commission at the request of the utility shall comply with this regulation and
			 shall be prepared to establish, by appropriate schedules and competent
			 testimony, all relevant facts and data pertaining to its business and
			 operations that will assist the commission in arriving at a determination of
			 rates that are fair, just, and reasonable both to the utility and the public.
			 However, a telecommunications utility subject to price cap regulation pursuant
			 to K.S.A.
			 66-2005(b), and amendments
			 thereto, shall not be required to file the information described in this
			 regulation with applications requesting a change in rates pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 66-2005(g), (i), (j), (n), (o), (p), (r), and
			 (s), and amendments thereto. Electric, gas,
			 telecommunications, or water utilities whose rates are under review as a result
			 of an investigation, complaint, or any other procedure may be required by the
			 commission, on its own motion or by party request, to submit the same
			 information described in subsection (c) of this regulation.
(b) Procedures for different classes of
			 utilities.
(1) For filing purposes, each
			 utility shall be classified according to K.A.R. 82-1-204a.
(2) Each class A electric, gas, water, and
			 telecommunications utility that files a major rate application, on its own
			 initiative or as directed by the commission, shall prepare and submit its
			 application and schedules in conformity with subsection (c) of this regulation.
			 Any rural electric cooperative distribution system providing service to fewer
			 than 15,000 customers may elect to follow the procedures outlined in K.A.R.
			 82-1-231a. Electric, gas, water, and telecommunications utilities, other than
			 class A, may elect to follow the procedures outlined in K.A.R. 82-1-231b.
(3) Any utility that proposes a
			 change in rates within 12 months after a commission order following a general
			 rate proceeding and investigation may submit schedules eliminating data that
			 duplicates information provided in the original schedules if both of the
			 following conditions are met:
(A) The utility
			 is willing to adopt all the regulatory procedures, principles, and rate of
			 return established by the commission in that order.
(B) The utility receives prior approval from
			 the commission.
(4) An
			 application by a class A utility shall be construed to be a major rate
			 application if any of the following conditions is met:
(A) The application relates to a general
			 increase in revenues for the purpose of obtaining an alleged fair rate of
			 return.
(B) Material changes in
			 operations, facilities, or cost of service occur subsequent to the test year
			 employed in any major rate decision, except for proposals that are for the sole
			 purpose of compensating for the increased production or purchase cost of a
			 principal product.
(C) The
			 application will, in the opinion of the commission, materially affect the
			 public interest if it is granted.