Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 19 - Service Supplied by Gas Utilities › Rule 199-19.2 - Records, Reports, and Tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Location and retention of records.
Unless otherwise specified
				in this chapter, all records required by these rules shall be kept and
				preserved in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 18 of the
				commission's rules, Utility Records.
(2)
Tariffs to be filed with the
				commission.
The schedules of rates and rules of rate-regulated gas
				utilities shall be filed with the commission 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.
Utilities which are not subject to the rate regulation
				  provided for by Iowa Code chapter 476 shall not be required to file schedules
				  of rates, rules, or contracts primarily concerned with a rate schedule with the
				  commission, but nothing contained in these rules shall be deemed to relieve any
				  utility of the requirement of furnishing any of these same schedules or
				  contracts which are needed by the commission in the performance of the
				  commission's duties upon request to do so by the commission.
(3)
Form and identification.
All tariffs shall conform to the following rules:
a. The tariff shall be filed electronically
				using the commission's electronic filing system. The filed tariff shall be
				capable of being reproduced on 81/2- Ã— 11-inch paper so customers may
				reproduce copies of the tariff. A tariff filed with the commission may be the
				same format as is required by a federal agency provided that the rules of the
				commission 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 "Gas Tariff Filed with
				Commission" shall apply in the modification of the federal agency format for
				the purposes of filing with this commission.
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)
Gas Tariff
Filed with
Iowa Utilities Commission
(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 is a
				revision of 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 identify the part
				eliminated.
(4) Any tariff
				modifications as defined in "3" above replacing tariff sheets shall be marked
				in the right margin with symbols as herein described to indicate the place,
				nature and extent of the change in text.
Symbol
Meaning
(C)
A change in regulation
(D)
A discontinued rate, treatment or
							 regulation
(I)
An increased rate or new treatment resulting in
							 increased rate
(N)
A new rate, treatment or regulation
(R)
A reduced rate or new treatment resulting in a
							 reduced rate
(T)
A change in text but no change in rate, treatment or
							 regulation
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 Commission." 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)
Gas Tariff (This sheet identification)
Filed with commission (Canceled sheet identification, if
				  any)
(Content of 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 commission. The utility may propose an
				  effective date.