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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 168 - Telecommunications Resellers And Resale › Section PSC 168.06 - Petition; certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A
			 telecommunications provider that must be certified as a telecommunications
			 reseller under this chapter may not resell intrastate telecommunications
			 services in Wisconsin without receiving and maintaining certification as
			 provided in this chapter. If a telecommunications provider fails to obtain or
			 maintain certification as a telecommunications reseller as required under this
			 chapter, the provider's arrangements, contracts, and billings for resold
			 intrastate telecommunications services rendered in Wisconsin without proper
			 certification, are void.
(2) A
			 telecommunications reseller seeking certification as an alternative
			 telecommunications utility reseller shall file a petition with the commission
			 containing the following information:
(a) The
			 legal name, address and telephone number of the telecommunications
			 reseller.
(b) A list of marketing,
			 trade or other names under which the reseller intends to conduct
			 business.
(c) The name, title,
			 telephone number and facsimile numbers of a responsible contact person for the
			 company.
(d) An affidavit, signed
			 by a corporate officer authorized to bind petitioner, that demonstrates that
			 petitioner does not own, operate, manage or control, directly or indirectly,
			 transmission facilities that are technologically capable of providing
			 telecommunications service within Wisconsin and whose cost basis exceeds the
			 limits specified in s. PSC 168.05(1) (d).
(e) If the petitioner is part of a holding
			 company system, the names of all system affiliates and a description of the
			 nature of their affiliations with the petitioner in the holding company
			 system.
(f) As appropriate, a copy
			 of a Wisconsin certificate of incorporation or a certificate from the
			 department of financial institutions authorizing the petitioner to transact
			 business in Wisconsin, and petitioner's state tax number.
(g) Identification of the services and
			 activities under s. PSC 168.05(1) for which certification is requested. A
			 petition may include a request for exemption under s. PSC 168.05(2).
(h) An affidavit, signed by a corporate
			 officer authorized to bind petitioner, that verifies that all information
			 provided in the petition is true and correct to the best of the officer's
			 knowledge or belief, and that the officer understands the commission's
			 requirement that each year, in order to continue certification in Wisconsin, an
			 annual report must be timely filed and any required fee must be paid.
(i) Any other information as required by the
			 commission.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 168 - Telecommunications Resellers And Resale › Section PSC 168.09 - Compliance with statutes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All alternative
			 telecommunications utility resellers shall comply with the following sections
			 of ch. 196, Stats.: ss.
			 196.02,
			 196.03(6),
			 196.12,
			 196.14,
			 196.203,
			 196.207(6),
			 196.208,
			 196.218, Stats., s.
			 196.219, Stats., excepting s.
			 196.219(3) (b), (em), (f), (g), and
			 (j), Stats., ss.
			 196.25,
			 196.26,
			 196.28,
			 196.37,
			 196.39,
			 196.395,
			 196.40,
			 196.41,
			 196.43,
			 196.44,
			 196.65 and
			 196.66, Stats.
Note:
The imposition of s.
				196.203, Stats., reserves the
				jurisdiction of the commission to impose, as needed, additional provisions of
				ch. 196, Stats., not listed above. The imposition of s.
				196.37, Stats., also effectively
				reserves the jurisdiction of the commission to take corrective action with
				respect to rates and services, if and when necessary.
(2) Alternative telecommunications utility
			 resellers having gross operating revenues derived from Wisconsin intrastate
			 operations of $200,000 or more in a calendar year shall comply with and be
			 subject to assessment as provided in ss.
			 196.85,
			 196.858, and
			 196.859, Stats.
(3) Alternative telecommunications utility
			 resellers are not required to comply with the provisions of ch. 201,
			 Stats.
(4) Under s. PSC 168.12,
			 alternative telecommunications utility resellers shall file with the commission
			 responses to annual questionnaires regarding Wisconsin operations.
(5) Alternative telecommunications utility
			 resellers shall comply with ch. PSC 160.
(6) An alternative telecommunications utility
			 reseller shall respond to any other requests from the commission for
			 information.
(7) Alternative
			 telecommunications utilities engaging in resale shall comply with applicable
			 regulations and orders of this commission and the federal communications
			 commission, including rules and orders governing the execution and alteration
			 of customer presubscription agreements or arrangements.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 168 - Telecommunications Resellers And Resale › Section PSC 168.14 - Voluntary surrender of certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A reseller may
			 file at any time a notice of voluntary surrender of certification to be
			 effective 20 days after the filing. A notice will be deemed effective unless
			 the commission acts to stay the surrender notice's effective date within 20
			 days of filing. Once a notice of voluntary surrender is effective, the reseller
			 must cease providing resold intrastate telecommunications services within
			 Wisconsin. Unless other provisions are made by commission order, voluntary
			 surrender of certification does not terminate a reseller's obligation to comply
			 with any outstanding commission order, requests for information, and required
			 reports, or to comply with any other requirements accruing because of its
			 certificated operations in Wisconsin prior to the effective date of surrender
			 of certification.
(2) A reseller
			 that has surrendered its certification obtained under this chapter may petition
			 again for certification at any time. The petition will be processed as a
			 petition for initial certification and will be subject to the same fee as an
			 initial petition.
(3) With respect
			 to the voluntary surrender of certification under this section, the commission,
			 upon its own motion or petition by any interested person, may at any time enter
			 any emergency or other order that, under the circumstances, it deems necessary
			 for the protection of the reseller's customers or the public
			 interest.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.01 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is
			 to implement the police and fire protection fee required under s.
			 196.025(6),
			 Stats.
(2) EXCEPTION. Nothing in
			 this chapter shall preclude the commission from giving special and individual
			 consideration to exceptional or unusual circumstances and, upon investigation
			 of the facts and circumstances involved, adopting requirements that may be
			 other or different than those provided in this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Basic local voice service" means the provision to residential or business
			 customers of an access facility, whether by wire, cable, fiber optics or radio,
			 and essential usage within a local calling area for the transmission of
			 high-quality 2-way interactive switched voice communication.
(2) "Commercial mobile radio service" has the
			 meaning given in
			 47 USC
			 332(d).
(3) "Commission" means the public service
			 commission.
(4) "Communications
			 provider" means a person that provides communications service.
(5) "Communications service" means any of the
			 following:
(a) Retail basic local voice
			 service.
(b) Retail wireless voice
			 service.
(c) Retail voice over
			 internet protocol service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.03 - Police and fire protection fee

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FEE. Except as
			 provided in sub. (2), the fee shall be imposed on all communications service
			 connections with an assigned telephone number, including a communications
			 service provided using a voice over internet protocol connection.
(2) EXEMPTIONS. The fee may not be imposed on
			 the following communications service connections:
(a) Those purchased by offices and agencies
			 of the federal government or a sovereign tribe.
(b) Those used as official company
			 lines.
(c) Those sold to a
			 communications provider that resells communications service connections and
			 bills end-users for the communications services provided, except that the fee
			 shall be applied by the communications provider that resells communications
			 service connections when the connection is resold to an end-user.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.04 - Registration

Current through June 24, 2024
Every communications provider and retailer required to impose
				the fee shall register with the department, in the manner prescribed by the
				department, to report and remit the fees.
Instructions on how to register may be found on the
				  department's website at
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/ise/pfprofeea.html
.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.06 - Filing returns

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FILING. Every person registered or
			 required to be registered for the fee shall electronically file a
			 return.
(2) ACCRUAL BASIS. A filer
			 under sub. (1) shall collect, report and remit the fee on an accrual, or
			 as-imposed, basis.
(3) DUE DATE. A
			 filer under sub. (1) shall submit the return and remit fees to the department
			 by the last day of the month following the month in which the fees are imposed.
(4) EXTENSIONS. The department
			 may, for good cause, extend the time for making any return or remitting any
			 amount under this chapter. The extension may not exceed one month from the due
			 date of the return and may be granted at any time provided a request is filed
			 with the department within or prior to the period for which the extension is
			 requested.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.07 - Uncollectible amounts, misidentified accounts, and returns

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) UNCOLLECTIBLE
			 AMOUNTS.
(a) A filer under s.
			 PSC
			 172.06(1) may claim a deduction for
			 an unpaid fee if all of the following are met:
1. The communications provider or retailer
			 previously reported and remitted the fee to the department.
2. The communications provider or retailer
			 writes off the fee as uncollectible in its books and records.
3. The unpaid fee is eligible to be deducted
			 as a bad debt for federal income tax purposes, regardless of whether the filer
			 is required to file a federal income tax return.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.08 - Resale

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) A
			 communications provider that resells communications service connections shall
			 file a properly completed form PFP-211, Wisconsin Police and Fire Protection
			 Fee Resale Certificate, with the communications provider from which it
			 purchases communications service connections to resell. The communications
			 provider that resells communications service connections shall certify that the
			 service connections it has purchased are being, or will be, resold. The
			 certificate shall indicate whether the certificate is for a single purchase or
			 for continuous purchases.
Note: Form PFP-211 may be obtained from the department's
				website at
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/forms/misc/pfp-211.pdf
.
(b) Within 30 days of July 1,
			 2010, a communications provider that resells communications service connections
			 shall file a form under par. (a) for services it is purchasing at that time. If
			 that form is not for continuous purchases, the provider shall file a form under
			 par. (a) within 10 days of purchasing additional services for resale. If a new
			 purchasing relationship is established after July 1, 2010, the communications
			 provider that resells communications service connections shall file a form
			 under par. (a) within 10 days of purchasing communications service connections
			 for resale.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.10 - Audit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The commission may audit to determine
			 compliance with this chapter.
(2)
			 The department may determine compliance with this chapter by office or field
			 audit, using the procedures in s.
			 77.59(1)
			 to (5), (8), (8m), Stats., and s.
			 77.59(5m),
			 Stats., except any penalty or interest provision.
(3) The filer under s.
			 PSC
			 172.06(1) shall maintain records to
			 substantiate the number of communications service connections subject to the
			 fee and the number of prepaid wireless retail transactions subject to the fee,
			 as well as records to substantiate sales for resale and uncollectible
			 accounts.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 172 - Police and fire protection fee on communications connections › Section PSC 172.11 - Appeals

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A communications provider or retailer
			 that disagrees with a notice from the department about an amount due, a refund
			 due, or a refund claim denial relating to the fee may file an appeal with the
			 department.
(2) A communications
			 provider's or retailer's appeal shall be in writing and signed. The appeal
			 shall state the facts and reasons for disagreeing with the adjustments and
			 include supporting documents.
(3) A
			 communications provider or retailer shall mail or fax the appeal within 60 days
			 after receiving a notice of amount due, notice of refund, or notice of refund
			 claim denial from the department. The appeal shall be submitted to the address
			 or fax number provided in the notice. An appeal that is mailed is considered
			 timely if it is postmarked on or before the due date specified and is received
			 by the department within five days of the due date.
(4) The procedures in s.
			 77.59(6)
			 (a), Stats., shall apply to an appeal under
			 subs. (1) to (3).
(5)
(a) Within 30 days after a redetermination
			 under sub. (4) is mailed, a communications provider or retailer may file an
			 objection with the commission. The objection shall set out in detail the
			 grounds upon which the objector regards the bill to be excessive or
			 erroneous.
(b) The commission,
			 after at least 10 days notice to the objector, shall hold a hearing on the
			 objection. After the hearing, the commission shall mail a decision by
			 registered mail that includes the amount, if any, to be paid.
(c) If the amount to be paid under the order
			 in par. (b) is not paid within 10 days after the determination has been sent by
			 registered mail, the commission may proceed under s.
			 PSC
			 172.12.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 173 - 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 173.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to implement those provisions
				  of s.
				  256.35,
				  Stats., that authorize the commission to review the contracts between counties
				  and telecommunications providers for the provision of 911 emergency
				  telecommunications service and that establish a wireless 911 fund to promote
				  installation and use of enhanced wireless 911 emergency telecommunications
				  service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 173 - 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PSC 173.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Active prepaid wireless telephone" means a prepaid wireless telephone that has
				been used or activated by the customer during the month to complete a telephone
				call for which the customer's card or account was decremented.
(2) "Commercial mobile radio service
				provider" has the meaning given in s.
				196.01(2g),
				Stats.
(3) "Commission" means the
				public service commission.
(5)
				"Federal wireless orders" means the orders of the federal communications
				commission regarding 911 emergency services for wireless telephone users in FCC
				docket no. 94-102.
(8) "Phase I
				wireless 911 service" means the wireless telecommunications service described
				in 47
				CFR 20.18(d).
(9) "Phase II wireless 911 service" means the
				wireless telecommunications service described in
				47 CFR
				20.18(e) - (i).
(10) "Prepaid wireless telephone service"
				means wireless telephone service which is activated by payment in advance of a
				finite dollar amount or for a finite set of minutes and which, unless an
				additional finite dollar amount or finite set of minutes is paid in advance,
				terminates either upon use by a customer of an agreed-upon amount of service
				corresponding to the total dollar amount paid in advance, or within a certain
				period of time following initial purchase or activation.
(12) "Surcharge period" means the 3-year
				period beginning on December 1, 2005, and ending on November 30,
				2008.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 173 - 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service › Subchapter II - Wireline 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service Contracts › Section PSC 173.03 - Submission of telecommunications emergency services contracts

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A
				telecommunications provider that enters into a contract with a county for the
				provision of wireline 911 emergency telecommunications service shall within 20
				days submit the contract for commission review.
(2) In addition to the contract, the utility
				shall submit all of the following information:
(a) A copy of the county ordinance adopting
				the plan for a wireline 911 emergency telecommunications system.
(b) A list identifying all participating
				local exchange carriers and a statement that each has tariffs or concurring
				tariffs on file with the commission providing for individual 911
				contracts.
(c) A list identifying
				the localities and the number of all service users residing outside the
				contracting county, specifying the municipality in which they reside.
(d) A list identifying those municipalities
				outside the contracting county with residents who will be billed for the
				service.
(e) A statement that all
				telecommunications service users in the county have access to a wireline 911
				system. If such a statement cannot be made with regard to a segment of the
				county's service users, the telecommunications utility shall provide
				information indicating that the local exchange carrier serving those service
				users is not capable of providing the wireline 911 system on a reasonable
				economic basis on the effective date of the contract.
(f) A list of exchanges in the county with
				customers served by a wireline 911 system outside the county, which identifies
				the provider of the wireline 911 service.
(g) A description of access to the wireline
				911 system by telecommunications devices for the communicatively
				impaired.
(h) Cost support for and
				complete itemization of the installation and monthly charges for automatic
				number identification, automatic location identification and all trunking
				service components for both the primary telecommunications utility under the
				contract and the participating local exchange carriers. Cost support may be in
				the form of tariff reference if the rates and charges for wireline 911 service
				are those in the utility's tariffs.
(i) A statement of the total billable
				exchange access lines for purposes of the contract and the actual exchange
				access line count. This statement shall provide detail as to how the billable
				exchange access line count was determined, including any equivalency factor
				used for the line equivalents and the number of lines to which the factor
				applies.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 173 - 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service › Subchapter II - Wireline 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service Contracts › Section PSC 173.04 - Commission review

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Upon receipt of a contract for wireline
				911 emergency telecommunications service, the commission shall issue a notice
				of investigation in accordance with s.
				PSC
				2.09.
(2)
				Within 60 days of receipt of a contract for the provision of wireline 911
				emergency telecommunications service, the commission may disapprove the
				contract if it finds any of the following:
(a) The contract is not
				compensatory.
(b) The contract is
				excessive.
(c) The contract does
				not comply with the utility's tariff specifying the rates and charges or terms
				and conditions for the offering of wireline 911 emergency telecommunications
				service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 173 - 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service › Subchapter II - Wireline 911 Emergency Telecommunications Service Contracts › Section PSC 173.05 - Assessment

Current through June 24, 2024
A telecommunications provider submitting a contract under s.
				  PSC
				  173.03 shall pay the commission's direct costs of
				  contract approval, unless the utility has an agreement with participating
				  telecommunications providers to share this cost.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 174 - Small telecommunications utility › Section PSC 174.01 - Target rate of return for a small telecommunications utility

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) METHOD OF
			 CALCULATION. The target rate of return for a small telecommunications utility
			 for purposes of establishing a rate of return range under s. 196.215(5) (b) 3,
			 Stats., shall be calculated by adding Moody's average of yields on Baa public
			 utility bonds, expressed in percent, to percentage set in sub. (2).
(2) PERCENTAGES. The percentage to be used
			 for calculating the target rate of return for a small telecommunications
			 utility shall be set by calculating the percentage of the small
			 telecommunications utility's common stock equity in its utility capital
			 structure. The percentages for calculating the target rate of return are set
			 forth in the following table:
Common Stock Equity
Percentage
70% or more
3.65%
65% to 69.99%
4.15%
60% to 64.99%
4.65%
55% to 59.99%
5.15%
50% to 54.99%
5.65%
45% to 49.99%
6.15%
40% to 44.99%
6.65%
35% to 39.99%
7.65%
30% to 34.99%
8.15%
25% to 29.99%
8.65%
(3)
			 ANNUAL ORDER ON BOND YIELD. As set forth in s. 196.215(5) (b) 4, Stats.,
			 annually no later than January 31, the commission shall issue an order
			 adjusting the Moody's average of yields on Baa public utility bonds used to
			 determine the target rate of return by taking the most recent 12-month average
			 of Moody's average of yields on Baa public utility bonds. The order shall take
			 effect on February 1 immediately following the order. The commission may issue
			 the order without a hearing.
(4)
			 PERCENTAGES EFFECTIVE FOR 7 YEARS. As set forth in s. 196.215(5) (b) 2, Stats.,
			 the percentages set under this subsection shall be effective for 7 years from
			 the date of publication. If the commission proposes to change a percentage set
			 under this subsection, it may not change the percentage by more than 20% of the
			 amount set under this subsection and the change shall be made by rule adopted
			 at least 2 years before the effective date of the change.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 179 - Telecommunications dispute resolution › Section PSC 179.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
Chapter PSC 179 implements s.
				196.199(2)
				(c), Stats., which requires the commission to
				specify by rule the requirements for determining in certain cases whether a
				party's alleged failure to comply with an interconnection agreement has a
				significant adverse effect on the ability of another party to provide
				telecommunications service to its customers or potential
				customers.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 179 - Telecommunications dispute resolution › Section PSC 179.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Commission" means the public service commission.
(2) "Customer" means any person, firm,
			 partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization,
			 telecommunications provider, governmental agency, or other entity which is
			 provided with retail or wholesale telecommunications service, or both, by a
			 party to an interconnection agreement. "Customer" does not include a
			 party.
(3) "Essential
			 telecommunications services" has the meaning given in s.
			 PSC
			 160.03.
(4) "Interconnection agreement" means an
			 agreement that is subject to approval by the commission under
			 47
			 USC 252(e), except that it
			 does not include an agreement to which a commercial mobile radio service
			 provider, as defined in s.
			 196.01(2g),
			 Stats., is a party.
(5) "Party"
			 means a signatory to a particular interconnection agreement.
(6) "Telecommunications provider" has the
			 meaning given in s.
			 196.01(8p),
			 Stats.
(7) "Telecommunications
			 service" has the meaning given in s.
			 196.01(9m),
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 179 - Telecommunications dispute resolution › Section PSC 179.03 - Significant adverse effect

Current through June 24, 2024
In determining if a party's alleged failure to comply with an
				interconnection agreement has a significant adverse effect on the ability of
				another party to provide telecommunications service to its customers or
				potential customers under s.
				196.199(3) (a)
				1m a., Stats., and in determining whether a
				complaint does or does not allege such a significant adverse effect under ss.
				196.199(3)
				(a) and
				196.26(1)
				(c), Stats., the commission shall consider at
				least all of the following factors:
(1) The ability of a customer or potential
			 customer to obtain or continue to receive uninterrupted telecommunications
			 service, especially essential telecommunications services, from the
			 telecommunications provider of that customer's choice.
(2) Whether and to what degree any loss or
			 damage to an allegedly aggrieved party or its customer or potential customer
			 resulting from the alleged failure to comply with an interconnection agreement
			 can be remedied without an expedited proceeding under s.
			 196.199,
			 Stats.
(3) Whether and to what
			 degree the alleged failure to comply with an interconnection agreement does any
			 of the following:
(a) Frustrates or enhances
			 the planning or execution of a party's business plan, marketing effort, or
			 service or product introduction, or any combination thereof.
(b) Causes or threatens to cause a delay in
			 or barrier to a party's market entry or a delay in the growth of its market
			 share, or both.
(c) Damages or
			 threatens to damage the reputation of a party.
(d) Damages or threatens to damage the
			 ability of a party to effectively compete.
(e) Harms or threatens to harm the financial
			 health of a party.
(f) Favors a
			 party's obtaining or retaining of customers, or both.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 183 - Joint local water authorities › Section PSC 183.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following terms as used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Authority" means joint local water
			 authority as defined by s.
			 66.0823(2)
			 (f), Stats.
(2) "Certificate" means a specific formal
			 authorization granted by the commission pursuant to s.
			 66.0823(8),
			 Stats.
(3) "Project" has the
			 meaning of s.
			 66.0823(2)
			 (g), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 183 - Joint local water authorities › Section PSC 183.03 - Requirements for joint local water authorities before proceeding to issue bonds for a project

Current through June 24, 2024
Every authority shall submit the following information in an
				application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity that is
				required before the authority may issue bonds:
(1) A description of the project for which
			 bonds are being issued, including a map showing proposed and existing
			 facilities, and the location of floodplain areas.
(2) Information concerning applicable
			 environmental factors for affected lands, such as land use zoning, forest
			 lands, rivers, streams and wetlands.
(3) The purpose and necessity of the project,
			 with supporting data including project start and end dates.
(4) The effect of the project on quality and
			 reliability of service.
(5) A brief
			 description and analysis of the alternatives to the project.
(6) The cost of the project by major plant
			 categories or functions.
(7) The
			 proposed method of financing the project including all terms and
			 conditions.
(8) The estimated
			 annual operating costs of the project, by major expense categories and
			 functions.
(9) A description of and
			 the original cost of any property being replaced, by major plant categories or
			 functions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 183 - Joint local water authorities › Section PSC 183.04 - Commission review of information submitted

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Upon receipt of
			 an application for a certificate identified in s.
			 PSC
			 183.02(2), the commission shall
			 review the application and:
(a) determine if
			 the proposal in the application requires a hearing. After the hearing, or after
			 the determination that no hearing is required,
(b) issue a certificate of public convenience
			 and necessity pursuant to s.
			 66.0823(8)
			 (c), Stats., or
(c) deny the application for a certificate of
			 public convenience and necessity pursuant to s.
			 66.0823(8)
			 (b), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.01 - Scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a
			 utility.
(2) INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS.
			 Nothing in this chapter precludes the commission from giving individual
			 consideration to exceptional or unusual situations or, upon investigation, from
			 establishing requirements for a utility or service that are different from
			 those provided in this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Acquire" means the acquisition of plant in place and ready for operation, but
			 does not include the purchase of materials or equipment for later
			 installation.
(2) "Certificate"
			 means a certificate issued by the commission under ss.
			 196.49
			 or
			 196.50,
			 Stats.
(3) "Commission" means the
			 public service commission.
(4)
			 "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(5) "Municipality" means a city, village or
			 town.
(6) "Plant" means all
			 equipment, property, or facilities included in the utility plant accounts under
			 the uniform system of accounts prescribed by the commission.
(7) "Project cost" means the total estimated
			 costs of a proposed project including land acquisition, construction, pilot
			 testing, test wells, inspection, and fees for professional services.
(8) "Service area" means the geographic area
			 within which a utility has an obligation to provide service.
(9) "Utility" means a water public utility,
			 as defined in s.
			 196.01(5)
			 (a), Stats., a combined water and sewer
			 public utility under s.
			 66.0819,
			 Stats., or any person, except a governmental unit, who furnishes service to or
			 for the public by means of a sewerage system, as defined in s.
			 281.01(14),
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.03 - Activities requiring commission authorization

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NEW UTILITY. A
			 person intending to operate as a utility may not begin construction of,
			 install, or place in operation any facilities for furnishing water or sewer
			 service in a municipality in which the person is not currently furnishing water
			 or sewer service as a utility without the commission's prior
			 approval.
(2) EXPANSION,
			 ACQUISITION, AND INTERCONNECTION. A utility shall obtain a certificate from the
			 commission before undertaking any of the following:
(a) Constructing facilities or initiating
			 service in a municipality not currently served by the utility.
(b) Constructing facilities or initiating
			 service in a service area of another utility.
(c) Acquiring or placing in operation
			 existing facilities for furnishing water or sewer service obtained from another
			 person or utility.
(d) Establishing
			 an interconnection with another utility with which it has no existing
			 interconnection.
(e) Combining or
			 consolidating with another utility.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.04 - Applications for commission authorization

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TIMING AND COST
			 INCREASES.
(a) For any project requiring
			 commission authorization under s.
			 PSC
			 184.03, a person or utility shall submit the
			 information required in this section at least 90 days, but no earlier than 2
			 years, before beginning the project.
(b) For any project receiving commission
			 authorization under s.
			 PSC 184.05
			 that is not be gun within 2 years from the date of the authorization, a utility
			 shall notify the commission of revised project costs, the schedule for
			 completion, and any other changes to the proposed project. The commission may
			 reconsider its authorization for a revised project under s.
			 PSC
			 184.05.
(c) If the scope, design, or location of a
			 project receiving commission authorization under s.
			 PSC 184.05
			 changes significantly, or if it is discovered or identified that the project
			 cost may exceed the estimated project cost by more than 10 percent, the utility
			 shall promptly notify the commission as soon as the utility becomes aware of
			 the possible change or cost increase. The commission may reconsider its
			 authorization for a revised project under s.
			 PSC
			 184.05.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.05 - Commission procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION REVIEW.
(a) Upon receipt of a complete application
			 under s.
			 PSC
			 184.04, the commission shall issue a notice of
			 investigation or notice of proceeding.
(b) The commission may approve or deny an
			 application in whole or in part, and may modify or condition the authorization
			 as the public convenience and necessity may require.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 184 - Construction Of And Placing Into Operation Of Water And Sewer Facilities › Section PSC 184.06 - Emergency work

Current through June 24, 2024
In case of an emergency resulting from the failure of power
				supply or from fire, storm, or similar events, a utility may begin necessary
				repair work without receiving prior commission authorization. The utility shall
				promptly notify the commission of the emergency work and shall, within 30 days
				after commencing the work, furnish the commission with the information required
				under s.
				PSC
				184.04(3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.11 - Authorization for and application of rules

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Chapter is part
				of the Wisconsin administrative code and constitutes a general order of the
				public service commission, the issuance of which is authorized by ss.
				227.11(2),
				196.02,
				196.06,
				196.12,
				196.15,
				196.16,
				196.19,
				and
				196.37,
				Stats.
(2) Chapter is designed to
				effectuate and implement ss.
				196.02,
				196.03,
				196.06,
				196.12,
				196.15,
				196.16,
				and
				196.17,
				Stats.
(3) The requirements of ch.
				PSC 185 shall be observed by all water public utilities, both privately and
				publicly owned, engaged in the pumping, purchasing, transmission, or
				distribution of water except that an exemption may be given by the public
				service commission.
(4) Nothing in
				this chapter shall preclude special and individual consideration being given to
				exceptional or unusual situations and, upon due investigation of the facts and
				circumstances involved, the adoption of requirements as to individual utilities
				or services which shall be lesser, greater, other, or different than those
				provided in this chapter.
(5) The
				manner of enforcing this chapter is prescribed in s.
				196.66,
				Stats., and such other means as provided in statutory sections administered by
				the public service commission.
(6)
				In case of emergency, where public interest requires immediate action without
				waiting for compliance with the specific terms of this chapter, immediate
				corrective action shall be taken by the utility, which action, however, shall
				be subject to review by the public service commission.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.15 - Free or discriminatory service prohibited

Current through June 24, 2024
No utility shall provide water service free or at a rate
				  different than provided for in its rates. (See ss.
				  196.22
				  and
				  196.60,
				  Stats.) This section applies to, but is not limited to, water service for all
				  nonutility municipal purposes such as street and sewer flushing, and service to
				  nonutility public buildings.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.16 - Protection of water utility facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A water public
				utility upon receipt of written notice as required by s.
				66.0831,
				Stats., from the property owner or from a contractor of work which may affect
				its facilities used for serving the public:
(a) Shall investigate and decide what action,
				if any, may reasonably be taken to protect or alter utility facilities in order
				to protect service to the public and to avoid unnecessary damage, such as
				identifying in a suitable manner the location of any underground utility
				facilities which may be affected by the work.
(b) Shall take such action as is reasonably
				and legally necessary to protect, remove, alter, or reconstruct its facilities,
				and shall perform this work with reasonable dispatch taking into account the
				conditions to be met, provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to
				affect any right which the utility may have to require advance payment or
				adequate assurance of payment of the reasonable cost to the utility by the
				property owner or contractor.
(c)
				May, in order to protect its interests, require that the owner or contractor
				perform certain work upon or removal of that part of the service piping from
				the property upon which the excavating, building, or wrecking operations are
				being performed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.17 - Interference with public service structures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No utility
				having any work upon, over, along, or under any public street or highway or
				upon, over, along, or under any private property shall interfere with, destroy,
				or disturb the structures of any other public service corporation or railroad
				encountered in the performance of such work so as to interrupt, impair, or
				affect the public service for which such structures may be used, without first
				reaching an agreement concerning the location and the nature of the proposed
				work.
(2) A utility shall exercise
				care when working in close proximity to existing facilities. When the
				facilities are underground and are to be exposed or possibly may be exposed,
				hand digging shall be employed. In these cases, such support as may be
				reasonably necessary for protection of the facilities shall be provided in and
				near the construction area. When backfilling an excavation, such procedures and
				materials shall be employed to provide reliable support for existing
				underground facilities in and near the construction area.
(3) A utility shall, in the absence of
				working arrangements, give at least a 3-day written notice (not counting
				Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) to all utilities or railroads and to
				those who may have facilities in and near the construction area which may be
				affected by the proposed work. The utility proposing to work shall obtain from
				the affected party the location of the existing facilities determined to be
				affected or to be in and near the construction area. Contacting a one-call
				system, such as the diggers' hot line system established under s.
				182.0175(1m),
				Stats., shall constitute compliance with this subsection.
(4) A utility upon receiving a notice of
				proposed construction shall furnish in 3 days detailed information relative to
				location and type of facilities that are present in the proposed construction
				area. Where practical in those cases where the facilities are underground, they
				shall be marked physically in the field relative to location.
(5) Nothing in this section shall prevent a
				utility from proceeding as quickly as possible with any emergency construction
				work which might interfere with existing facilities. However, all reasonable
				precautions shall be taken to avoid or minimize damage or interference to the
				other facilities and notification shall be given as soon as possible to the
				utilities which have facilities in the construction area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.18 - Location of records

Current through June 24, 2024
All records required or necessary for the administration of
				  this chapter shall be kept within this state unless otherwise authorized by the
				  commission. These records shall be available for examination by the commission
				  or its authorized representative at all reasonable hours. (See s.
				  196.06(6),
				  Stats.)
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 185 - Standards For Water Public Utility Service › Subchapter I - General › Section PSC 185.19 - Retention of records

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A utility shall preserve the following
				records in a readable format and keep them available for inspection by the
				commission for the period indicated. The list is not to be taken as
				comprehending all types of utility records.
Description of Record
Period to be Retained
(a) Maps showing the location and physical
								characteristics of the utility plant
Until maps are superseded or 6 years after plant is
								retired, provided mortality data are retained
(b) Engineering and original cost records in
								connection with construction projects
Until records are superseded or 6 years after plant
								is retired, provided mortality data are retained. An exception is allowed when
								a utility maintains approved continuing property records; then, engineering and
								original cost records need only be preserved for a period of 6 years after
								construction is completed.
(c) Operating records
1. Station pumpage records
15 years or 3 years after the source is abandoned,
								whichever is shorter
2. Interruption records
6 years
3. Meter test records
Until the information in the meter test record is
								entered in the meter history record and the meter is tested again
4. Meter history record
Life of meter plus 6 years
5. Annual meter accuracy summary
6 years
6. Pressure records
6 years
(d) Customer records:
1. Complaint records
3 years after the complaint is resolved
2. Customer deposit
6 years after refund
3. Meter reading records used for billing
6 years
4. Billing record
6 years
(e) Filed rates and rules
Permanently
Note:
See also Investigation to Consider
				  Proposed Changes to Records Retention Requirements for Electric, Gas and Water
				  Utilities" adopted by the commission in docket 5-US-114, December 12, 2006, as
				  amended March 19, 2009, for a more comprehensive listing of retention periods
				  of specific records.
(2) A
				utility may apply for a waiver from any portion of pars. (a) through (e) of
				this section. Such application shall include a list of the paragraphs to which
				the waiver would apply. Also, include the reasons the utility believes it
				cannot or shall not have to comply with pars. (a) through (e) and the impacts
				such a waiver would have on the utility's ability to maintain usable continuing
				property records, if any.