West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-02 - Rules For The Construction and Filing of Tariffs › Section 150-2-8 - Change of Rates on Application Without Proposed Effective Date. This Rule Does Not Apply to Exempt Muni/Power System, Municipal or Cooperative Utilities, LRR Public Service Districts, and Public Service Districts utilizing the Process under Tariff Rule 13.1 et seq

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
8.1. A public utility desiring to modify,
				change, cancel or annul any of its rates, fares, classifications, charges, or
				rules and regulations, may file with the Commission its application and Tariff
				Form No. 2 as required by Tariff Rule 19.1, together with six (6) copies of the
				same, in the form prescribed by the Commission for that purpose. Such
				application shall set forth: die rates, charges, rules and regulations in
				effect; the proposed rates, charges, rules and regulations; if an increase or
				reduction in rates; proposed estimated annual effect on revenue; and the reason
				for the proposed change. The application shall be accompanied by the
				information prescribed by Tariff Rule 20.1 (Historical Rule 42). This rule does
				not apply to municipal or cooperative utilities. Exempt Muni/Power Systems, LRR
				Public Service Districts and Public Service Districts utilizing the process
				under Tariff Rule 13.1. et seq.
8.1.1. Within
				ten (10) days of filing its application the applicant shall give notice to its
				customers by;
(i) posting a copy of its
				Tariff Form No. 8-A at the offices and places of business of the applicant in
				die territory affected thereby;
(ii)
				publishing the first of two (2) publications of Tariff Form No. 8-A by Class II
				legal advertisement in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in each of
				the counties where service is provided;
(iii) issuing a press release to a newspaper
				of general circulation in each county where service is provided and where its
				resale customers provide service, which contains the substance of Tariff Form
				No. 8-A;
(iv) separately mailing
				Tariff Form No. 8-A to each of its resale customers, via certified mail, return
				receipt requested.
8.1.1.a. In
				addition to (i) through (iv) above, within thirty (30) days of filing its
				application the applicant shall have completed the mailing of separate notices
				to each of its customers by one or a combination of the following methods;
(a) inclusion of Tariff Form No. 8-A as a
				bill insert;
(b) separately mailing
				Tariff Form No. 8-A; or
(c) only for
				applicants that bill by postcard instead of in an envelope, and who elect not
				to separately mail Tariff Form No. 8-A, inclusion of a statement on a postcard
				billing as follows; "This utility is seeking a rate increase. Details available
				in newspaper publications or at the utility office after "[applicant to insert
				date application filed with Commission] by calling [applicant to insert utility
				office telephone number]."
8.1.1.b. When not more than twenty (20)
				customers will be affected by a rate application proposed pursuant to Rule
				8.1., none of tire foregoing notice requirements set forth in Tariff Rule
				8.1.1. shall apply, and, it shall be sufficient if printed notice in die form
				of Tariff Form No. 8-A is mailed by the utility to each of its affected
				customers either as a bill insert or as a separate mailing.
8.1.2. A certificate of posting, publication
				and separate mailing in the form of Tariff Form No. 6 shall be filed with the
				Commission to tire effect that the posting, publication and separate mailing
				notice requirements of Tariff Rule 8.1.1. have been met.
8.1.3. If die application is set for hearing
				die applicant shall give notice of the hearing in the form of Tariff Form No. 9
				or, in an alternate form attached to a Commission order, by making publication
				once a week for two (2) successive weeks, die first publication to be made not
				more than thirty (30) days nor less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of
				the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, in a newspaper of
				general circulation in each of the counties in which service is
				provided.
8.1.4. Unless otherwise
				ordered by the Commission, if notice was provided by newspaper publication, no
				rate change may become effective until the utility furnishes die Commission
				with a certificate of publication provided by the newspaper to die effect that
				Tariff Form No. 8-A has been published as required by this Rule. Unless
				otherwise ordered, certificates of publication regarding publication of Tariff
				Form No. 9 regarding notice of a hearing may be filed on die day of
				hearing.
8.1.5. The utility shall
				file additional copies of its application and attachments upon request of the
				Commission's Executive Secretary.