Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-07 - Procedural rules › Part III - ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS › Subpart B - General Rate Proceedings › Section 480-07-520 - General rate proceeding filings-Solid waste collection companies and commercial ferries

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
General rate proceeding filings by solid waste collection
					 companies or commercial ferries must include the information described in this
					 rule. The company must file all required documents in electronic form
					 consistent with the requirements in WAC
					 480-07-140.
					 A solid waste collection company may file a document with locked, hidden, or
					 password protected cells only if such restricted access is necessary to protect
					 the information within the cells that is not subject to public disclosure. The
					 solid waste collection company must identify each locked, hidden, or password
					 protected cell and must designate such cells, as well as any other information
					 the party contends is confidential under
					 RCW
					 81.77.210 or otherwise protected from
					 disclosure, in compliance with the requirements in WAC
					 480-07-160
					 and any applicable protective order. The solid waste collection company must
					 make such information accessible to all persons who have signed the protective
					 order or are otherwise entitled to access the information including, but not
					 necessarily limited to, commission staff. A commercial ferry company may not
					 file a document with locked, hidden, or password protected cells.
(1)
Proposed tariff.
The
				  company's initial filing must include the company's proposed tariff sheets.
				  Sections that are narrative, e.g., that contain rules or notes, must be in
				  legislative format, i.e., with strike-through to indicate any material to be
				  deleted or replaced and underlining to indicate any material to be inserted.
				  Changes to tariff sections that are tabular, e.g., charts containing rates and
				  charges, must be marked with appropriate tariff symbols consistent with the
				  requirements in WAC
				  480-70-286.
(2)
Local government ordinances and
				  customer notices.
The company's initial filing must include a copy of
				  every local government ordinance related to the request in compliance with WAC
				  480-70-326,
				  and a copy of the customer notices issued in compliance with the provisions of
				  WAC
				  480-70-271.
(3)
Transmittal letter.
The
				  company's initial filing must include a transmittal letter in compliance with
				  WAC
				  480-70-326.
(4)
Work papers.
The company's
				  initial filing must include all work papers that support the company's rate
				  change request. Work papers must include the following:
(a) A detailed pro forma income statement
				  separated by customer class, with restating and pro forma adjustments,
				  reflected in separate columns, including all supporting calculations and
				  documentation for all adjustments.
(i)
				  Restating adjustments adjust the booked operating results for any defects or
				  infirmities in actual recorded results of operations that can distort test
				  period earnings. Restating adjustments are also used to adjust from an
				  as-recorded basis to a basis that the commission accepts for determining rates.
				  Examples of restating adjustments are adjustments to remove prior period
				  amounts, to eliminate below-the-line items that were recorded as operating
				  expenses in error, to adjust from book estimates to actual amounts, and to
				  eliminate or to normalize extraordinary items recorded during the test
				  period.
(ii) Pro forma adjustments
				  give effect for the test period to all known and measurable changes that are
				  not offset by other factors. The company's initial filing must identify dollar
				  values and underlying reasons for each proposed pro forma adjustment.
(iii) Restating and pro forma adjustments
				  must be calculated as the variance from the booked operating results.