Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 113 - Service Rules For Electrical Utilities › Subchapter IV - Electric Billing and Payment Procedures › Section PSC 113.0401 - Schedules to be filed with commission

Current through June 24, 2024
The schedules of rates and rules to be filed with the
				  commission by the utility shall be classified, designated, arranged and
				  submitted so as to conform to the requirements of current tariff or rate
				  schedule circulars and special instructions which have been and may from time
				  to time be issued by the commission. Provisions of the schedules shall be
				  definite and so stated as to minimize ambiguity or the possibility of
				  misinterpretation and shall include, together with such other information as
				  may be deemed pertinent, the following:
(1) All rates for service with indication for
				each rate of the type and voltage of service and the class of customers to
				which each rate applies. There shall also be shown any limitations on loads and
				type of equipment which may be connected, the prices per unit of service and
				the number of units per billing period to which the prices apply, the period of
				billing, the minimum bill, method of measuring demands including method of
				calculating or estimating loads or minimums and any special terms and
				conditions applicable. The discount for prompt payment or penalty for late
				payment, if any and the period during which the net amount may be paid shall be
				specified.
(2) By municipalities,
				but without reference required to any particular part thereof, the voltage at
				which service will be supplied and the type of service (direct current or
				single- /or polyphase alternating current).
(3) Forms of standard contracts required of
				customers for the various types of service available.
(4) If service to other utilities, to
				electric cooperatives, or municipalities is furnished at a standard filed rate,
				either a copy of each contract or the standard contract form together with a
				summary of the provisions of each signed contract. The summary shall show the
				principal provisions of the contract and shall include the name and address of
				the customer, the points where energy is delivered, rate, term, minimums, load
				conditions, voltage of delivery and any special provisions such as rentals.
				Standard contracts for such sales as that of energy for resale, street
				lighting, municipal athletic-field lighting and for water utilities may be
				filed in summary form as above outlined.
(5) Copies of special contracts for the
				purchase, sale, or interchange of energy.
(6) List of villages, cities and
				unincorporated communities where urban rates are applicable and towns in which
				service is furnished.
(7) The list
				of service areas and the rates shall be filed in such form as to facilitate
				ready determination of the rates available in each municipality and in such
				unincorporated communities as have service at urban rates. If the utility has
				various rural rates, the areas where the same are available shall be
				indicated.
(8) Definitions of
				classes of customers.
(9) Extension
				rules for extending service to new customers indicating what portion of the
				extension or cost thereof will be furnished by the utility; and if the rule is
				based on cost, the items of cost included.
(10) Type of construction required if in
				excess of the standards required by the Wisconsin state electrical
				code.
(11) Specification of such
				portion of service as the utility furnishes, owns and maintains, such as
				service drop, service entrance cable or conductors, conduits, service entrance
				equipment, meter and socket. Indication of the portions of interior wiring such
				as range or water-heater connection, furnished in whole or in part by the
				utility and statement indicating final ownership and responsibility for
				maintaining equipment furnished by utility.
(12) Statement of the type of special
				construction commonly requested by customers which the utility allows to be
				connected and terms upon which such construction will be permitted, with due
				provision for the avoidance of unjust discrimination as between customers who
				request special construction and those who do not. This applies, for example,
				to a case where a customer desires underground service in overhead
				territory.
(13) Rules with which
				prospective customers must comply as a condition of receiving service and the
				terms of contracts required.
(14)
				Rules governing the establishment of credit by customers for payment of service
				bills.
(15) Rules governing the
				procedure followed in disconnecting and reconnecting service.
(16) Notice by customer required for having
				service discontinued.
(17) Rules
				covering temporary, emergency, auxiliary and stand-by service.
(18) Rules covering the type of equipment
				which may or may not be connected, including rules such as those requiring
				demand-limiting devices or power-factor corrective equipment.