Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-6 - Streamlined general rate change filing; and Staff response

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each qualifying utility choosing to
				utilize the streamlined general rate change filing procedures shall file its
				application with the OCC Court Clerk, along with a complete application
				package, [Appendix SG (gas) or SW (water)] and a copy of the notice the
				applicant has provided to customers and other affected parties. In addition to
				the original, the utility shall submit six (6) copies of its complete
				application package.
(b) The
				utility shall also submit the required filing fee with its application, as set
				forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice.
(c) On the date of filing, a copy of the
				docketed application package shall be delivered to the Director of the Public
				Utility Division. The Director and/or Staff shall review the package for
				completeness, required information, and format compliance with the requirements
				set forth in this Subchapter.
(d)
				Within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the package, the Director of the
				Public Utility Division shall file with the Commission and provide to the
				utility a copy of the Staff response regarding the compliance or deficiency of
				the application. The response shall serve as official notification of the
				acceptance or non-acceptance of the application. If the Director finds that the
				package is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of this
				Subchapter, the Staff response shall state that the filing is a deficient
				filing. The deficiencies and the requirement(s) to cure the deficiencies shall
				be stated in the Staff response.
(e) The utility has fifteen (15) days from
				the date of the Director's response in which to cure the deficiencies in its
				filing. If the filing is still deficient, the application shall be rejected and
				returned with a formal letter of rejection from the Director.
(f) A utility may appeal the rejection of its
				streamlined general rate change application within five (5) days of receipt of
				the formal letter from the Director of the Public Utility Division. Such appeal
				shall be set for hearing before the Corporation Commission sitting
en
				banc
as soon as practical unless the parties agree to another date or
				the Commission directs otherwise. An order shall issue on the utility's appeal
				within seven (7) calendar days from the date of hearing. An order affirming the
				Director's determination renders the utility's application ineligible for
				streamlined approval. The utility may, however, seek to file a new application
				for general rate change pursuant to OAC
				165:70-1-5.
				This paragraph shall supersede the Commission's Rules of Practice, OAC 165:5,
				to the extent that it may be inconsistent therewith.
(g) A finding by the Public Utility Division
				that the filing is complete and in the required format does not preclude the
				Public Utility Division from ultimately recommending that the filing be
				rejected, modified, or processed under the 180-day case processing provisions
				of OAC
				165:70-1-5
				as set forth in OAC
				165:70-9-9(e).
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98