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 7 - Filing Requirements - Class C or D Utilities › Section 165:70-7-3 - Specific required schedules for Class C or D gas companies

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise authorized in writing from this Commission, Class C or D gas
				utilities shall, when filing an application for approval of a general rate
				change, prepare and submit with its application the following exhibits,
				schedules and evidence:
(1) Application: The
				application shall be in the format depicted at Appendix B to this Chapter or in
				a comparable format which contains the identical information. The application
				shall contain a detailed schedule of the rates and charges currently in effect
				and a detailed schedule of the proposed rates and charges.
(2) Narrative: Provide a typewritten
				narrative of the purpose for a permanent rate change. The narrative shall
				include:
(A) A description of changes in
				current operations compared to past operations that necessitate the general
				rate change;
(B) Descriptions
				and/or calculations of adjustments which have been made to the utility's
				books/ledgers to derive the amounts included in the application;
(C) Significant factors which have had, or
				will have, an influence on the utility's revenues, expenses and/or rate base
				(balance sheet);
(D) Any
				anticipated growth or decline in customers which is expected to occur in the
				next two (2) years;
(E) The amount
				of anticipated construction necessary to serve additional customers and the
				plans for financing that construction;
(F) The types of customers served by the
				utility, e.g. residential (include what type), small retail business, large
				commercial, etc.;
(G) The effort(s)
				the utility has made to encourage conservation of gas through the proposed rate
				design or through other means;
(H)
				The effort(s) made by the utility to control costs/expenses and/or mitigate the
				amount of the requested rate change; and,
(I) Any other factors which are relevant to
				the request for a general rate change.
(3) Schedule G-1- Balance Sheet: Provide a
				balance sheet statement in the format of Appendix C to this Chapter, which has
				a column for both the beginning and ending of the test year balances per the
				utility's books.
(4) Schedule G-2 -
				Utility Plant in Service. Provide a schedule of utility plant in service in the
				format of Appendix D to this Chapter. The schedule shall have columns for the
				original cost, the accumulated depreciation and the original cost less
				accumulated depreciation for each category of plant in service.
(A) Schedule G-2-1 - Plant Additions or
				(Retirements) by Year: Provide a schedule of plant additions and/or retirements
				in the format of Appendix E to this Chapter. The schedule shall have lines
				which correspond to those on Schedule G-2 required at paragraph (a)(4) of this
				Section and columns for the original cost per the last Commission Order, each
				year since the last Commission Order and the current test year.
(B) Schedule G-2-2 - Debt: Provide a schedule
				which details, by each loan, all short-term and long-term debt. Utilize the
				format of Appendix F to this Chapter.
(5) Schedule G-3 - Comparative Statement of
				Income and Expense: Provide a schedule of operating revenue, operating
				expenses, other income and expense and net income before and after income
				taxes. The schedule shall be in the format of Appendix G to this Chapter and
				have columns for the prior year and test year per the utility's books and
				percent of change for the two (2) years.
(6) Schedule G-4 - Gas Sold, Connect &
				Disconnect Data Sheet: Provide a schedule with columns for monthly Mcfs (or
				ccfs, as applicable) sold, the number of monthly connections and the number of
				monthly disconnects for the test year. The schedule shall be in the format of
				Appendix H to this Chapter.
(7)
				Schedule G-5 - Bill Count: Provide a schedule of the total number of bills for
				each level of Mcf (or ccf, as applicable) consumption for the twelve (12)
				months of the test year. Any individual bill over 1,000 Mcf (or ccf, as
				applicable) shall be shown separately. The schedule shall be in the format of
				Appendix I to this Chapter.