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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-2 - Complete schedules; formulas necessary

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 2.
Must Include Formulas, etc. No schedule of rates, tolls and
				  charges is complete, or complies with the law, unless it includes all rules,
				  regulations and formulas that in anywise affect the rates, tolls or charges.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-3 - Form of schedules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 3.
Form of Schedule. All schedules must be in book, sheet or
				  pamphlet form and, in size 8 1/2 by 11 inches (the size of this sheet of
				  paper). Loose-leaf systems may be used so that changes may be made by inserting
				  a single leaf.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-4 - Title page

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 4.
Title Page Shall Show. The title page of each schedule shall
				  show the following:
(1) Name of
				issuing public utility or utilities and address.
(2) Number of the Schedule. Every schedule
				must be consecutively numbered, starting with number one, and prefixed with
				IURC. Below this number, placed in the upper right-hand corner, shall appear,
				in smaller type, the IURC number or numbers of schedules thereby
				cancelled.
(3) The locality at
				which the schedule applies. In event the rates, tolls or charges apply between
				various points, a description of the territory, briefly stated, must be
				given.
(4) Reference by name and
				IURC number to any other schedule which may apply in connection with the
				schedule.
(5) Date of issue and
				date effective.
(6) On every
				schedule issued on less than statutory (30 days) notice with consent or by
				order of the Commission, there shall be notation that it is issued under
				special permission or order of the Indiana utility regulatory commission, No.
				_____, Date _____.
(7) Name, title
				and address of officer by whom schedule is issued.
(8) See Number 2 below.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-5 - Contents

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 5.
Schedule Shall Contain. The schedule itself shall be arranged
				  so as to show the following:
(1) Index
				of contents, specifying page or item number, unless it contains so small a
				volume of matter that it plainly discloses its contents.
(2) (If a joint schedule) Names of public
				utilities participating, alphabetically arranged. If the number of
				participating public utilities is not too great, their names may be shown on
				title page. The form and number of concurrence of participating public
				utilities must be shown.
(3)
				Explanation of reference marks and technical abbreviations used in
				schedule.
(4) Such explanatory
				statement, in clear and explicit terms, regarding the rates, tolls and charges
				as may be necessary to remove all doubt as to proper application.
(5) Rules and regulations, and formulas,
				which govern the schedule, or in any way affect the rates.
(6) An explicit statement of the rates, tolls
				or charges, in cents or in dollars and cents, per unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-6 - Amendments and supplements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 6.
Amendments and Supplements. A change in, or addition to a
				  schedule shall be known as an amendment. It shall be shown in a supplement to
				  the schedule and shall refer to the page or pages, or item or items of the
				  schedule, or of previous supplement, which it amends.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-7 - Change of ownership; common supplements and schedules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42; IC
				  8-1-2-84
Sec. 7.
Change of Ownership. In event of change of ownership,
				  control, or change of name of a public utility, the public utility absorbed,
				  taken over or purchased by another utility, shall unite with that other public
				  utility in common supplements to the schedules on file, withdrawing or
				  accepting and establishing such schedules and all effective supplements
				  thereto. Such common supplements shall be executed jointly by officers of the
				  old and new public utility and be numbered consecutively as supplements to the
				  schedule (even if less than three pages) to which they are directed. Amendments
				  to such schedules must thereafter be filed by the succeeding public utility in
				  consecutively numbered supplements thereto until the schedules are reissued.
				  New schedules reissuing or superseding these shall be numbered in the IURC
				  series of the new public utility. In case of abandonment of utility supplement
				  must be filed withdrawing schedules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-8 - Receivership; adoption notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42; IC
				  8-1-2-84
Sec. 8.
In Event of Receivership. Similar adoption notice must be
				  filed by a receiver when assuming possession and control of the property of a
				  public utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-9 - Receipt of schedules; acknowledgment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 9.
Receipt of Schedules. If acknowledgment of receipt of
				  schedule is desired, the letter of transmittal must be sent in duplicate, and
				  one copy will be stamped and returned when passed upon by the
				  Commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-10 - Joint rates defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-41
Sec. 10.
Definition of Joint Rates. Joint rates, tolls and charges or
				  rates, tolls and charges in force for service or commodity furnished jointly by
				  two or more public utilities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-11 - Original filing of rates, tolls and charges

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 11.
Original Filing. In those cases in which rates are being
				  filed for the first time, the letter of transmittal must show that the rates,
				  tolls and charges are not in excess of the rates, tolls and charges in force
				  January 1, 1913, unless such increases have been approved by the
				  Commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 2 - Construction and Filing of Schedules of Rates, Tolls and Charges by Public Utilities › Section 2-12 - Address for schedules and related correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-47
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 12.
Address for Schedules. All schedules and correspondence
				  relating thereto must be addressed to the Indiana utility regulatory
				  commission, 101 West Washington Street, Suite 1500 E., Indianapolis, Indiana
				  46204.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2-1
Sec. 1.
Definitions.
(A)
				Where applicable the definitions set forth in Ind. Ann. Stat., Section 54-105,
				(IC 8-1-2-1) shall be applied to these rules
[ 170 IAC 1-3 ]
,
				and
(B) The word "advertising"
				shall mean:
(1) Printed and published
				material and descriptive literature and programs of a public utility used in
				newspapers, magazines, radio and television scripts, billboards and similar
				displays.
(2) Descriptive
				literature and sales aids of all kinds issued by a public utility for
				presentation to members of the public, including but not limited to circulars,
				leaflets, booklets, depictions, illustrations, form letters and bill
				inserts.
(3) Prepared sales talks
				to the public.
(4) Other materials
				and procedures enumerated by rule of the commission which promote or provide
				information to the public about a public utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-2 - Applicability of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-1-3
Sec. 2.
Application of Rules. These rules
[ 170 IAC 1-3
				  ]
shall apply to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  commission which is engaged in the conveyance of telegraph or telephone
				  messages, or in the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of heat,
				  light, water or power, or in the collection, treatment, purification and
				  disposal in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil and
				  industrial waste.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-3 - Allowable expenditures; includable costs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-4
Sec. 3.
Advertising Allowed.
(A) No advertising expenditure of a public
				utility shall be taken into consideration by the commission for the purposes of
				establishing rates unless such advertising will produce a material benefit for
				the ratepayers.
(B) Each such
				public utility should make every effort to minimize advertising expenses and
				costs.
(C) As used in these rules,
				advertising expenditures shall include costs of advertising directly incurred
				by the public utility and those costs of advertising incurred by contribution
				to parent or affiliated companies.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-4 - Material benefit defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-4
Sec. 4.
Material Benefit. Advertising expenditures which "produce a
				  material benefit" are, without limitation because of enumeration:
(A) advertising limited exclusively to
				demonstration of means for ratepayers to eliminate energy waste;
(B) advertising conveying safety information
				in the direct use of energy or equipment using such energy;
(C) demonstration of methods by which
				ratepayers may reduce their costs and those of the serving public
				utility;
(D) advertising explaining
				the use, cost, applicability or availability of new or existing
				telecommunicating equipment and other public utility services where energy
				consumption would either be reduced or not materially increased;
(E) advertising means or desirability of
				decreasing consumption, particularly during shortage and peak
				periods;
(F) furnishing factual and
				objective data programs in educational institutions on the subject of energy or
				communications technology;
(G)
				advertising concerning excavation near the location of underground transmission
				or distribution lines; and
(H)
				legal advertising required by statute or notices to ratepayers required by
				statute, rule or order of the commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-5 - Material benefit; burden of proof

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2-4
Sec. 5.
Burden of Proof. The utility shall have the burden of proving
				  that any advertising cost or expenditures proposed for inclusion in its
				  operating expenses for rate making purposes within a given test year fall
				  within the categories enumerated in Rule 4
[
				  170 IAC
				  1-3-4 ]
or where otherwise of material
				  benefit to its ratepayers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-6 - Declaration of compliance; hearing; notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-1-8;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Sec. 6.
Declaration of Compliance.
(A) Before initiating any advertising program
				or expenditure a public utility may request the commission to issue a
				declaration of compliance with the above advertising rules.
(B) The commission shall then hold a hearing
				on the sole issue as to whether the proposed program or expenditure complies
				with the above rules and issue a declaration in accordance with the evidence
				presented. Any such declaration shall be res judicata in subsequent rate-making
				proceedings.
(C) Publication of
				notice of said hearing shall be made in accordance with the provisions of IC
				8-1-1-8.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 3 - Advertising Expenditures by Public Utilities › Section 3-7 - Saving clause

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-1-8; IC 8-1-2-4
Sec. 7.
Saving Clause. The adoption of these Rules and Regulations
[ 170 IAC 1-3 ]
shall in no way preclude the commission from
				  altering or amending the same, in whole or in part, or from adopting rules or
				  regulations containing other provisions whenever the commission shall deem it
				  in the public interest to do so; and, further, these rules and regulations
[ 170 IAC 1-3 ]
shall in no way relieve any public utility
				  from any of its duties under the laws of this State.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2-1; IC 8-1-2-42
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.
(b) Where applicable, terms used in this rule
				shall have the meaning assigned to them in the following:
(1) IC 8-1-2-1.
(2) The NARUC Uniform System of Accounts,
				incorporated by reference at
				170
				IAC 4-2-2,
				170 IAC
				5-2-2,
				170
				IAC 6-2-2, and
				170 IAC
				8-2-1.
(3)
				The FERC Uniform System of Accounts, incorporated by reference at
				170
				IAC 4-2-1.1 and
				170
				IAC 5-2-3.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-2 - Purpose and applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 2.
(a) This rule
				is designed to:
(1) assist the commission in
				thoroughly and expeditiously reviewing a petition for a general rate change by
				an electing utility;
(2) provide
				support for the electing utility's rate petition; and
(3) reduce or avoid disputes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-2.1 - Time frame and procedural schedule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 2.1.
(a) Ten
				(10) months is the expected amount of time to complete a proceeding under this
				rule.
(b) The ten (10) month time
				frame commences as of the date an electing utility has filed its:
(1) petition;
(2) case-in-chief; and
(3) working papers; with the commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-3 - Confidential or privileged information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 5-14-3; IC 8-1-2-29
Sec. 3.
(a) If an
				electing utility believes that any information covered by this rule is
				confidential in accordance with IC 8-1-2-29 and IC 5-14-3, the electing utility
				may request confidential treatment under the provisions of
				170 IAC
				1-1.1-4.
(b) To the extent a confidentiality agreement
				that would cover documents provided as part of a proceeding under this rule is
				not already in place:
(1) the electing utility
				shall:
(A) proffer to; or
(B) request from; the OUCC a proposed
				confidentiality agreement; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-4 - Filing and responses; waiver

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 4.
(a) Within
				twenty (20) calendar days of the date an electing utility has filed its:
(1) petition;
(2) case-in-chief; and
(3) working papers; with the commission, any
				party to the proceeding may file with the commission a notice that the
				information does not comply with this rule, identifying the alleged defect or
				defects and the requirements necessary to cure the alleged defect or defects.
				The notice shall be served upon the electing utility and all other parties to
				the proceeding.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-5 - Accounting methodology and guidelines for cutoffs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 5.
All information filed by an electing utility under this rule
				  shall conform to the following accounting guidelines:
(1) The test year shall be historical for a
				twelve (12) month period, the end of which may not be more than one hundred
				eighty (180) days prior to the filing of the utility's case-in-chief.
(2) Accounting data shall be adjusted for
				changes that:
(A) for ratemaking purposes,
				are:
(i) fixed;
(ii) known; and
(iii) measurable; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-6 - Filing of case-in-chief

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 6.
An electing utility shall submit the following basic
				  accounting exhibits with its case-in-chief under the sponsorship of one (1) or
				  more witnesses submitting prefiled, direct testimony in support of the
				  utility's request for relief:
(1)
				Comparative financial statements including the following:
(A) Balance sheets as of the last day of the
				following:
(i) The test year.
(ii) The twelve (12) month period immediately
				prior to the test year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-7 - Working papers and data; general information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 7.
An electing utility shall submit the following
				  information:
(1) A chart of accounts
				that:
(A) details the types of charges
				incurred in specific subaccounts; and
(B) describes the utility's format for:
(i) account numbering; and
(ii) coding.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-8 - Working papers and data; revenues, expenses, and taxes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 8.
(a) An
				electing utility shall submit the following information:
(1) Operating income statements as follows:
(A) An unadjusted income statement for the
				test year.
(B) An income statement
				for the test year under the utility's present rates after adjustments for
				ratemaking purposes to the following:
(i)
				Revenues.
(ii) Expenses.
(iii) Taxes.
(C) An income statement for the test year
				under the rates being proposed by the electing utility with expenses summarized
				by the following classifications:
(i)
				Operating expenses.
(ii)
				Depreciation.
(iii) Taxes other
				than income taxes.
(iv) Operating
				income before income taxes.
(v)
				Current federal income taxes.
(vi)
				Current state income taxes.
(vii)
				Deferred federal income taxes.
(viii) Deferred state income taxes.
(ix) Income tax credits.
(x) Other charges and credits.
(xi) Net utility operating income.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-9 - Working papers and data; rate base and general information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2-6.6; IC 8-1-2-42
Sec. 9.
(a) An
				electing utility shall submit the following information:
(1) A summary schedule showing the utility's
				proposed rate base. The schedule shall show the following:
(A) Beginning balances per the utility's
				books.
(B) Proposed pro forma
				adjustments.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-10 - Working papers and data; rate base, utility plant in service

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 10.
An electing utility shall submit the following
				  information:
(1) Any valuation study
				performed by or for the utility, including all assumptions used in that study,
				that serves as the basis for the utility's proposed fair value of its utility
				plant in service, including any supporting working papers.
(2) A schedule showing end of test year
				balances for the following:
(A) A utility's
				plant in service.
(B) Accumulated
				depreciation by subaccount.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-11 - Working papers and data; rate base, depreciation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 11.
(a) An
				electing utility shall submit the following information:
(1) If applicable, the cause number and order
				date of the commission's rate order authorizing the utility's current
				depreciation rates and the cause number approving the last depreciation
				study.
(2) A description of each
				adjustment proposed by the utility to its book accumulated provision for
				depreciation and depreciation expense for the test year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-12 - Working papers and data; rate base, working capital

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 12.
An electing utility shall submit the following
				  information:
(1) If the utility is
				requesting an allowance for cash working capital, a copy of all studies,
				including working papers, supporting the request.
(2) For an electric utility, the following:
(A) A complete description of the fuel
				inventory level policies used for planning purposes by the utility.
(B) Copies of all analyses completed within
				the last three (3) years by or for the utility establishing the optimal fuel
				inventory level for each generating station.
(C) When determining the pro forma fuel
				inventory level to be used for regulatory purposes based on a daily burn
				concept, for each generating unit or plant, or both, the following:
(i) Tons of fuel consumed for the test year
				or applicable adjusted period.
(ii)
				The daily burn in:
(AA) tons;
(BB) gallons; or
(CC) cubic feet.
(iii) The pro forma optimal number of days
				supply required for each plant or unit.
(iv) The pro forma inventory of tons or
				gallons burned by the generating unit or plant.
(v) The fuel cost per ton or
				gallon.
(vi) The per books fuel
				inventory.
(D) Any
				request for an adjustment to the utility's proposed fuel inventory level
				intended to meet normal operations must include the following:
(i) A narrative discussion of the factors
				considered in determining that an adjustment is warranted.
(ii) A detailed exhibit demonstrating the
				development of the proposed adjustment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-13 - Working papers and data; rate of return and capital structure

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 13.
(a) An
				electing utility shall submit the following information:
(1) Capitalization and capitalization ratios
				at the end of the test year and at the end of the year beginning twelve (12)
				months prior to the test year, respectively, including the following
				information:
(A) Year-end interest coverage
				ratios for the test year and the year ended twelve (12) months prior to the end
				of the test year and a pro forma interest coverage under the rates proposed by
				the utility.
(B) Year-end preferred
				stock dividend coverage ratios for the test year and the year ended twelve (12)
				months prior to the end of the test year.
(C) The supporting calculations for the
				information described in clauses (A) and (B).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-14 - Working papers and data; other

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 14.
An electing utility shall provide reasonable access to the
				  following information upon the written request of the presiding officer, OUCC,
				  or any party to the proceeding:
(1)
				Monthly unaudited financial reports for the utility for the test year and for
				each month subsequent to the test year through the date of the final hearing in
				the proceeding.
(2) The utility's
				latest FERC rate case filing, if any, and latest rate order issued by the FERC,
				if any, regarding wholesale or interstate rate changes.
(3) The minutes of the board of director's
				meetings held during the test year and for the year following the test
				year.
(4) Internal audit reports
				prepared during the test year.
(5)
				Contracts regarding the following:
(A) Gas
				supply.
(B) Gas storage.
(C) Purchased electric, water, and
				coal.
(D) Transportation and rail
				contracts.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-15 - Working papers; cost of service study; determination of revenue requirements by customer class

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  5-14-3-4;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-29;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-61.5
Sec. 15.
(a) An
				electing utility shall submit a jurisdictional separation study, if applicable,
				and a class cost of service study to the commission, OUCC, and any party to the
				proceeding.
(b) For an electing
				utility, the class cost of service study shall include the following
				information:
(1) Allocation of rate base by
				rate class.
(2) Pro forma sales
				revenues at present rates by rate class.
(3) Allocation of other operating revenues
				(or miscellaneous revenue or other income) by rate class.
(4) Allocation of pro forma operating
				expenses by:
(A) category or function;
				and
(B) rate class.
(5) Rate of return by rate class
				at present rates.
(6) Revenues at
				equal rates of return by rate class at present rates.
(7) Subsidy or excess at present rates by
				rate class.
(8) Revenues at equal
				rates of return by rate class at proposed rates.
(9) The proposed dollar and percent subsidy
				or excess reduction by rate class.
(10) Revenues at proposed rates by rate
				class.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 5 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements for an Expedited Rate Case › Section 5-16 - Working papers; written testimony; rate design and tariff filing requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-42
Sec. 16.
(a) An
				electing utility that proposes to modify the underlying structure of its rates
				shall submit the following to the commission, OUCC, and any party to the
				proceeding:
(1) Direct written testimony:
(A) detailing the reason for; and
(B) indicating the methods used in
				developing; the proposed rate structure.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-1 - Policy and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1-1-5; IC 8-1-37-4
Sec. 1.
(a) This rule
				is intended to establish thirty (30) day administrative filing procedures for
				certain requests by a utility for changes in:
(1) its rates;
(2) its charges;
(3) its rules;
(4) its regulations; or
(5) any combination of subdivisions (1)
				through (4);
that are outside the context of a general rate case and that
				  are not subject to other commission rules establishing specific filing
				  requirements for the subject matter of the filing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-1-5; IC 8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1-2-54; IC 8-1-37-3; IC 8-1-37-4
Sec. 2
. The following definitions apply throughout this
				  rule:
(1) "Clean energy" has the
				meaning set forth in
				170 IAC
				17.1-2-5.
(2) "Clean energy credit" has the meaning set
				forth in IC
				8-1-37-3.
(3) "Clean energy resource" has the meaning
				set forth in IC
				8-1-37-4
				(a).
(4) "Commission" means the
				Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(5) "Commission division" means the technical
				division of the commission for the industry to which the utility making the
				filing under this rule belongs.
(6)
				"Conference" means the official regularly scheduled meeting of the commission
				at which orders and utility articles are presented for approval.
(7) "Customer" means any:
(A) person;
(B) firm;
(C) corporation;
(D) municipality;
(E) government agency; or
(F) other entity;
that has agreed, orally or otherwise, to pay for service
				  received from a utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-3 - Allowable filings

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 3.
The following types of filings are allowable under the
				  procedures and guidelines of this rule:
(1) Rates and charges for new
				services.
(2) New rules and
				regulations of the utility.
(3)
				Changes to rules and regulations of the utility.
(4) Nonrecurring charges.
(5) Changes to rates and charges so long as
				the change:
(A) is revenue neutral within a
				specific rate schedule; or
(B)
				results in an overall decrease in the revenues of the utility and is done on an
				across-the-board basis to all classes of customers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-4 - Prohibited filings

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 4.
The following types of filings shall not be allowed under
				  this rule:
(1) Increases to any
				existing rates.
(2) Rules and
				regulations of the utility that would:
(A)
				violate the commission's rules and regulations as found in this title;
				or
(B) have the effect of being
				more lenient to the utility than the commission's rules and
				regulations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-5 - Filing requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 5.
(a) Each
				filing under this rule shall include the following:
(1) A cover letter clearly stating:
(A) that the filing is being made under this
				rule;
(B) the purpose of the
				filing;
(C) the need for what is
				being requested; and
(D) why the
				filing is an allowable request under section 3 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-6 - Notice requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 6.
(a) A utility
				that intends to make a filing under this rule shall provide notice prior to the
				filing date by:
(1) posting the notice
				described in subsection (b):
(A) in a public
				place at the utility's local customer service office or offices, to the extent
				the utility has such offices; and
(B) in an obvious place on the utility's
				website, which at a minimum is a link on the Indiana homepage of the utility's
				website, if the utility has a website; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-7 - Objections

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34.5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-54
Sec. 7.
(a) If any
				person or entity has an objection to a filing made under this rule, the
				objection shall be submitted to the secretary of the commission.
(b) The objection must be as follows:
(1) In writing in:
(A) paper; or
(B) electronic format.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-8 - Commission approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-1-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-42
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 8.
(a) The
				commission division shall review the filings for its respective utility
				industry and promptly inform the utility of any:
(1) missing information;
(2) incomplete information; or
(3) additional information; it requires to
				complete review of the filing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 6 - Thirty-Day Administrative Filing Procedures and Guidelines › Section 6-9 - Application of ex parte rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1
Sec. 9.
(a) The ex
				parte rules of the commission in
				170 IAC 1-1.5
				do not apply to communications made in association with a filing under this
				rule.
(b) A filing under this rule
				and related communications shall not be deemed communications under
				170 IAC 1-1.5-6, even
				if the filing is:
(1) withdrawn by the
				utility; or
(2) denied by the
				commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 7 - Commission Review of Municipal Utility Rates and Charges › Section 7-1 - Policy and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Affected: IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Sec. 1.
This rule is intended to establish procedures by
				  which:
(1) a municipality;
				or
(2) customers whose property is
				located outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality; may file a
				petition under IC
				8-1.5-3-8.3(d)  or
				IC 8-1.5-3-8.3(e) 
				for the commission to review and adjust, if necessary, the rates and charges
				imposed on customers whose property is located outside the corporate
				boundaries.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 7 - Commission Review of Municipal Utility Rates and Charges › Section 7-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Affected: IC
				  8-1.5-1-3; IC
				  8-1.5-1-8; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.1; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Sec. 2
The definitions in IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3 and the following apply
				  throughout this rule:
(1) "Commission"
				has the meaning set forth in IC
				8-1.5-1-3.
(2) "Customers" means the users of the works
				of the municipality.
(3) "Filing
				date" means the date a filing under this rule is received and file stamped by
				the secretary of the commission.
(4) "Municipality" has the meaning set forth
				in IC 8-1.5-1-8.
(5) "Ordinance" means the ordinance adopted
				by the municipality as referenced in IC
				8-1.5-3-8.3 that imposes rates and
				charges on customers outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality that
				are greater than those imposed on customers whose property is located inside
				the corporate boundaries of the municipality.
(6) "OUCC" means the Indiana office of
				utility consumer counselor.
(7)
				"Petition" means a petition meeting the form and manner prescribed by the
				commission as defined in section 3 of this rule.
(8) "Working papers" means documents that
				were relied upon to support a party's position.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 7 - Commission Review of Municipal Utility Rates and Charges › Section 7-3 - Time frames, notices and procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1.5-3-8.3
Affected: IC 8-1.5-3-8.1; IC 8-1.5-3-8.3
Sec. 3.
(a) A
				petition filed under this rule must be filed within the time allotted in IC
				8-1.5-3-8.3(d) or IC 8-1.5-3-8.3(e).
(b) Petitions shall be submitted in
				accordance with
				170 IAC 1-1.1 through the
				commission's electronic filing portal at
https://iurc.portal.in.gov/
and shall be in substantial compliance with the sample petitions provided on
				the commission's water and wastewater division's website at
https://www.in.gov/iurc/2338.htm
.
(c) At the time that the customers file their
				petition, they shall provide notice to the municipality by providing the
				following information:
(1) A copy of the
				petition.
(2) The date the petition
				was filed.
(3) Contact information
				for each individual customer seeking review by the commission or, if the
				customers are represented by an attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana,
				then the contact information of the attorney.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 7 - Commission Review of Municipal Utility Rates and Charges › Section 7-5 - Commission determination and order

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Affected: IC
				  8-1.5-3-8; IC
				  8-1.5-3-8.3
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				commission must make its determination on a petition within the time allotted
				in IC 8-1.5-3-8.3(g).
(b) If the commission determines that the
				percentage difference between the rates and charges imposed on customers
				outside the corporate boundaries and those imposed on customers inside the
				corporate boundaries is not just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory under IC
				8-1.5-3-8.3, it may, if necessary,
				establish an additional procedural timetable for the establishment of just and
				reasonable rates under IC
				8-1.5-3-8.3(i).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 2 - MOTOR CARRIERS (TRANSFERRED)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (170
				IAC 2) to the Department of State Revenue (45 IAC 16) by P.L. 72-1988, SECTION
				12, effective July 1, 1988.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 1.1 - Tariffs and Rates (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-1
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 2 - Abandonment of Railway Stations; Establishment of Interlocking Systems (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-2
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 3 - Reporting of Railroad Accidents (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-3
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 4.1 - Railroad Construction; Lateral and Vertical Clearance Requirements (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-4
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 5 - Rail Service Continuation Subsidies (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-5
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 3 - RAILROADS › Rule 6 - Railroad Policemen; Basic Training and Fitness Standards (Transferred)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to the department of transportation ( 100 IAC 6-6
				  ) by P.L. 89-1985, SECTION 6, as amended by P.L. 83-1986, SECTION 8, effective
				  July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-0.5 - Purpose and applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2.2; IC
				  8-1-2.3-2; IC
				  8-1-2.4; IC 8-1-8.5; IC
				  8-1-8.8-10;
				  IC 8-1.5
Sec. 0.5.
(a) The
				purpose of this rule is to provide the specific requirements for submission of
				utilities' integrated resource plans required by IC
				8-1-8.5-3(e).
(b) This rule applies to a utility, as
				defined in this rule, unless otherwise noted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1
Sec. 1.
(a) Where
				applicable, the definitions in IC
				8-1-2-1 and this
				section apply throughout this article.
(b) "Commission" means the Indiana utility
				regulatory commission.
(c)
				"Customer" means any:
(1) person;
(2) firm;
(3) corporation;
(4) municipality; or
(5) other government agency; that has agreed,
				orally or otherwise, to pay for electric service received from a utility;
				provided, that for the purposes of sections 13(d), 15, and 16 of this rule, the
				term shall be limited to mean persons who have agreed to pay for such service
				exclusively for residential purposes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-2 - Applicability of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-13
Sec. 2.
Application of Rules. These rules shall apply to any
				  electrical public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission
				  pursuant to the provisions of the Public Service Commission Act
[IC
				  8-1-2 ]
, the Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act
[IC
				  8-1-13 ]
or any other statute of the State of Indiana, which now or
				  hereafter may be engaged in the production, sale or distribution of electric
				  service and which comes under the jurisdiction of the commission (herein called
				  "utility" or "utilities").