South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Article 8 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 103-823 - Applications

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
Applications are submitted to the Commission for any
				authorization or permission which the Commission is empowered to grant under
				its statutory authority, including applications for establishment or adjustment
				of rates and charges.
A. Content of
			 Applications. Applications shall state clearly and concisely the authorization
			 or permission sought, and shall refer to the specific statutory provision or
			 other authority under which Commission authorization or permission is sought.
			 Applications shall further set forth the following information:
(1) The precise legal name of the applicant,
			 which shall indicate whether the applicant is a partnership, corporation,
			 limited liability company, association, establishment, governmental
			 subdivision, or other public or private organization.
(2) The name, title, address, e-mail address,
			 and telephone number of the person to whom correspondence or communications
			 relative to the application is to be addressed.
(3) The following data, in general rate
			 establishment or adjustment applications, attached as exhibits and developed
			 for a historic twelve-month test period unless otherwise directed. All
			 schedules must be filed at the South Carolina jurisdictional level, if
			 applicable or available. (All Filing Schedules indicated below must be filed
			 with the Commission in the order as outlined, and schedules approved by the
			 Commission. The Schedules must be provided in Microsoft Excel format with all
			 formulas intact.) Each electrical, natural gas, water or wastewater public
			 utility shall develop and seek Commission approval of schedule templates for
			 the implementation of this section:
Minimum Filing Requirements for Electrical and Gas Utilities
				(for Electrical Utilities and Gas Utilities That Have 100,000 or More
				Customers):
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SCHEDULE A-1
Full Revenue Requirements Increase Requested
SCHEDULE A-2
Full Revenue Requirements Bill Comparison - Typical
							 Monthly Bills
SCHEDULE A-3
Summary of Tariffs
RATE BASE
SCHEDULE B-1
Test Year and Pro Forma Year Statement of Rate
							 Base
SCHEDULE B-2
Rate Base Adjustments
SCHEDULE B-3
Two Year Balance Sheet
SCHEDULE B-4
Utility Plant and Other Relevant Rate Base Allocation
							 Factors (if applicable)
SCHEDULE B-5
Plant Balances by Account and Sub-Account
SCHEDULE B-6
Depreciation Reserve Balances by Account and
							 Sub-Account
SCHEDULE B-7
Capital Additions and Retirements
SCHEDULE B-8
Production Plant Additions (Electric Only)
SCHEDULE B-9
Construction Work in Progress
SCHEDULE B-10
Working Capital
SCHEDULE B-11
Miscellaneous Deferred Debits
SCHEDULE B-12
Other Deferred Credits
SCHEDULE B-13
Accounting Policy Changes Affecting Rate Base
SCHEDULE B-14
Deferred Income Taxes
SCHEDULE B-15
Excess Deferred Income Tax
NET OPERATING INCOME
SCHEDULE C-1
Net Operating Income
SCHEDULE C-2a
Net Operating Income Adjustments
SCHEDULE C-2b
Accounting and Pro Forma Adjustments Matrix (If
							 applicable)
SCHEDULE C-3
Five Year Analysis - Change in Costs
SCHEDULE C-4
Uncollectible Accounts
SCHEDULE C-5
Administrative Expenses
SCHEDULE C-6
Industry Association Dues (If requested in
							 rates)
SCHEDULE C-7
Outside Professional Services (If requested in
							 rates)
SCHEDULE C-8
Pension Cost (Account 228.3)
SCHEDULE C-9
Lobbying Expenses, Other Political Expenses and
							 Civic/Charitable Contributions (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE C-10
State and Federal Income Tax Calculation
SCHEDULE C-11
Gains and Losses on Disposition of Plant and Property
							 That Was Included in Rate Base
SCHEDULE C-12
Transactions with Affiliated Companies
COST OF CAPITAL
SCHEDULE D-1
Cost of Capital
SCHEDULE D-2
Cost of Capital - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-3
Short-Term Debt
SCHEDULE D-4
Long-Term Debt Outstanding
SCHEDULE D-5
Preferred Stock Outstanding
SCHEDULE D-6
Common Stock Data
SCHEDULE D-7
Financing Plans - Stock and Bond Issues
SCHEDULE D-8
Bond Rating - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-9
Credit Watch History - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-10
Credit Rating Reports - 5 Year History
COST OF SERVICE AND RATE DESIGN
SCHEDULE E-1
The most recently completed Cost of Service Study
							 conducted not more than five years prior to the filing of the Company's Rate
							 Case Application
SCHEDULE E-2
Cost of Service Study - Allocation of Rate Base
							 Components to Rate Schedule, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-3
Cost of Service Study - Functionalization and
							 Classification of Rate Base, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-4
Cost of Service Study - Functionalization and
							 Classification of Expenses, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-5
Development of Coincident and Non-Coincident Demands
							 for Cost Study, if not included in Schedule E-1
MISCELLANEOUS
SCHEDULE F-1
Business Contracts with Officers or Directors
SCHEDULE F-2
Proposed Public Notice including dollar and
							 percentage proposed increase by customer class
SCHEDULE F-3a
Executive Compensation Summary (If requested in
							 rates)
SCHEDULE F-3b
Executive Target Bonus (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE F-4
Analysis of Salaries and Wages
Minimum Filing Requirements for Electrical and Gas Utilities
				(for Electrical and/or Gas Utilities That Have Fewer Than 100,000
				Customers):
SCHEDULE A-1
Balance Sheet
SCHEDULE A-2
Profit and Loss Statement
SCHEDULE A-3
Accounting and Pro Forma Adjustments
SCHEDULE A-4
Computation of Proposed Increase or Decrease
SCHEDULE A-5
Effect of Proposed Increase or Decrease to Include
							 Copies of Present and Proposed Tariffs
SCHEDULE A-6
Statement of Fixed Assets and Depreciation
							 Reserve
SCHEDULE A-7
Rates of Return on Rate Base and on Common
							 Equity
SCHEDULE A-8
Most Recent Cost of Service Study Conducted Not More
							 Than Three Years Prior to Filing Company's Rate Case Application
SCHEDULE A-9
Proposed Public Notice including dollar and
							 percentage proposed increase by customer class
Minimum Filing Requirements for Wastewater Utilities That Have
				Filed an Application for an Increase in Existing Rates and Charges:
SCHEDULE A-1
Statement of need justifying the proposed rate
							 adjustments, including financial needs, rate design adjustments, or changes in
							 operations
SCHEDULE A-2
Current income and expense statement for the
							 preceding twelve months
SCHEDULE A-3
Proposed rate schedule
SCHEDULE A-4
Test year to be used
SCHEDULE A-5
Pro-forma income and expense statement using proposed
							 rates applied to the proposed test year
SCHEDULE A-6
Balance sheet for two years, up to and including the
							 test year
SCHEDULE A-7
Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or
							 average service lives
SCHEDULE A-8
Number of present and expected customers in the
							 following twelve months
SCHEDULE A-9
Cost justifications for proposed rates and charges,
							 which indicate the cost drivers for the proposed increase
SCHEDULE A-9.5
Cost of service study completed not more than five
							 years prior to company's filing for rate adjustment for utilities that have
							 revenue of $1,000,000 or more
SCHEDULE A-10
Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11
Current or updated service area map must be included
							 in the application filed by the utility
SCHEDULE A-12
Statement of total plant investment, which includes
							 date of acquisition, original cost, capital improvements, accumulated
							 depreciation, useful lives, current depreciation, retirements, forecasted
							 retirements within twelve months of the test year, and contributions in aid of
							 construction
SCHEDULE A-12.5
Construction work in progress and forecasted capital
							 investment
SCHEDULE A-13
Most recent letter of approval including percentage
							 of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
							 Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina
							 Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior
							 to date of application
SCHEDULE A-14
Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-15
Annual report on file and copy of the receipt showing
							 last period gross receipts paid
SCHEDULE A-16
Pertinent or relevant information determined by the
							 Commission
SCHEDULE A-17
Transactions with affiliated companies and affiliated
							 company relationships if not included in company's annual report filed with the
							 Commission
SCHEDULE A-18
Proposed public notice including dollar and
							 percentage proposed increase by customer class
Minimum Filing Requirements for Wastewater Utilities That Have
				Filed an Application for an Establishment of Rates and Charges:
SCHEDULE A-1
Copy of articles of incorporation or partnership
							 agreement
SCHEDULE A-2
Plat of proposed area to be served
SCHEDULE A-3
Copy of engineering plans and specifications designed
							 or certified to be in accordance with good engineering practices by a
							 professional engineer registered in South Carolina
SCHEDULE A-4
Construction permit from the South Carolina
							 Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent
							 component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, approving
							 the engineering plans and specifications
SCHEDULE A-5
Schedule of proposed rates and charges and cost
							 justifications including tap fees with attached schedules depicting labor
							 costs, materials costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-6
Number of customers proposed to be served and the
							 capacity of the system
SCHEDULE A-7
Financial statement showing proposed plant investment
							 by categories
SCHEDULE A-8
Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or
							 average service lives
SCHEDULE A-9
Pro-forma income and expense statement showing the
							 effect of using the proposed rates based on plant capacity
SCHEDULE A-10
Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11
Statement by a professional engineer that the system
							 was built and installed according to plans and specifications on file with the
							 Commission and will furnish adequate service for the area to be served, if
							 applicable
SCHEDULE A-12
Most recent letter of approval including percentage
							 of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
							 Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina
							 Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior
							 to date of application
SCHEDULE A-13
Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-14
Pertinent or relevant information determined by the
							 Commission
Minimum Filing Requirements for Water Utilities That Have Filed
				an Application for an Increase in Existing Rates and Charges:
SCHEDULE A-1
Statement of need justifying the proposed rate
							 adjustments
SCHEDULE A-2
Current income and expense statement for the
							 preceding twelve months
SCHEDULE A-3
Proposed rate schedule
SCHEDULE A-4
Test year to be used
SCHEDULE A-5
Pro-forma income and expense statement using proposed
							 rates applied to the proposed test year
SCHEDULE A-6
Balance sheet
SCHEDULE A-7
Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or
							 average service lives
SCHEDULE A-8
Number of present and expected customers in the
							 following twelve months
SCHEDULE A-9
Cost justifications for proposed rates and charges,
							 including tap fees, with attached schedules depicting labor costs, materials
							 costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-9.5
Current cost of service study completed not more than
							 five years prior to company's filing for rate adjustment for utilities that
							 have revenue of $1,000,000 or more
SCHEDULE A-10
Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11
Current or updated service area map
SCHEDULE A-12
Statement of total plant investment
SCHEDULE A-12.5
Construction work in progress and forecasted capital
							 investment
SCHEDULE A-13
Most recent letter of approval including percentage
							 of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
							 Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina
							 Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior
							 to date of application
SCHEDULE A-14
Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-15
Annual report on file and a copy of the receipt
							 showing last period gross receipts paid
SCHEDULE A-16
Pertinent or relevant information determined by the
							 Commission
SCHEDULE A-17
Transactions with affiliated companies and affiliated
							 company relationships if not included in company's annual report filed with the
							 Commission
SCHEDULE A-18
Proposed public notice including dollar and
							 percentage proposed increase by customer class
Minimum Filing Requirements for Water Utilities That Have Filed
				an Application for an Establishment of Rates and Charges:
SCHEDULE A-1
Copy of articles of incorporation or partnership
							 agreement
SCHEDULE A-2
Plat of proposed area to be served
SCHEDULE A-3
Copy of engineering plans and specifications designed
							 or certified to be in accordance with good engineering practices by a
							 professional engineer registered in South Carolina
SCHEDULE A-4
Construction permit from the South Carolina
							 Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent
							 component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services approving
							 the engineering plans and specifications
SCHEDULE A-5
Schedule of proposed rates and charges and cost
							 justifications including tap fees with attached schedules depicting labor
							 costs, materials costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-6
Number of customers proposed to be served and the
							 capacity of the system
SCHEDULE A-7
Financial statement showing proposed plant investment
							 by categories
SCHEDULE A-8
Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or
							 average service lives
SCHEDULE A-9
Pro-forma income and expense statement showing the
							 effect of using the proposed rates based on plant capacity
SCHEDULE A-10
Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11
Statement by a professional engineer that the system
							 was built and installed according to plans and specifications on file with the
							 Commission and will furnish adequate service for the area to be served
SCHEDULE A-12
Letter from the South Carolina Department of Health
							 and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South
							 Carolina Department of Environmental Services, approving the system for
							 operation, dated not more than six (6) months prior to date of
							 application
SCHEDULE A-13
Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-14
Pertinent or relevant information determined by the
							 Commission
(3.1) A company
			 must file its direct testimony at the same time as its application.
(3.2) All pleadings and testimony filed with
			 the Commission must be in searchable pdf format.
(4) All other information required by statute
			 or by the Commission's Rules and Regulations under which a specific type of
			 application is filed, or as may be required by the Commission in a particular
			 proceeding.