Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-07 - Procedural rules › Part III - ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS › Subpart E - Orders and Post-order Process › Section 480-07-880 - Compliance filings

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Definition.
A compliance filing is a party's submission in
				  response to a final order that authorizes or requires that party to implement
				  specific terms of that order. A compliance filing may be a single submission
				  (e.g., a revised tariff) or multiple submissions (e.g., periodic reports). A
				  party must strictly limit the scope of its compliance filing to the
				  requirements of the final order to which it relates. A party's filing in
				  response to general commission direction in an order (e.g., filing a new or
				  revised tariff other than the tariffs that initiated the proceeding) is not a
				  compliance filing but is a subsequent filing governed by WAC
				  480-07-885.
(2)
Filing and effective dates.
The commission will state in its final order authorizing or requiring a
				  compliance filing the date by which the party must make the compliance filing
				  and the effective date that should appear on any tariff sheets that are
				  required as part of a compliance filing. The commission may delegate to the
				  secretary, by written authorization in individual proceedings, the authority to
				  take appropriate action with respect to a compliance filing. A compliance
				  filing does not become effective automatically on its stated effective date.
				  The commission must approve or accept any compliance filing before it can be
				  effective.
(3)
Where to make
				  filings.
Parties must make compliance filings in the docket of the final
				  order to which they relate unless the commission has required otherwise in that
				  order. Parties must file and serve such filings consistent with the filing and
				  service requirements in that docket. A party making a compliance filing that
				  includes a tariff also must provide work papers to the other parties that
				  demonstrate the derivation of the proposed rates or charges in that
				  tariff.
(4)
Responses.
Commission staff must, and any other party in the docket may, file a response
				  to the compliance filing within five business days from the date it is filed or
				  by such other deadline as the commission may establish. Any such response must
				  be limited to the issue of whether the filing complies with the commission
				  order. Except as otherwise provided in this section, commission staff must
				  review the filing to determine its compliance with the order and, at a minimum,
				  file a response in the form of a letter informing the commission of the results
				  of that review.
(5)
No
				  dispute.
If no party disputes the filing's compliance with the final
				  order, the commission may issue a notice or letter that the filing appears to
				  comply with the order and that allows the filing to become effective.
(6)
Dispute.
If a party disputes
				  the filing's compliance with the final order, the commission will provide an
				  opportunity to respond. The commission may then enter an order:
(a) Approving the filing;
(b) Rejecting the filing, in whole or in
				  part, for failure to comply with the final order and requiring a revised
				  compliance filing; or
(c)
				  Establishing additional process for commission consideration of the
				  filing.