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 150-2-10 - Statutory Notice to the Public of Filing by Public Utility to Change Rates with Proposed Effective Date

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
10.1.
				Tariff Rule 10.1 et seq. does not apply to public service districts electing to
				modify rates under Tariff Rule 13.1 et seq., Exempt Muni/Power Systems,
				municipal or cooperative utilities, and LRR Public Service Districts.
10.1.1. Notice to the public of a change of
				rates and charges or rules and regulations as of a proposed effective date, as
				provided in Tariff Rule 9.1, shall be given by die utility in the manner set
				forth in this rule.
10.1.1.a. The tariff or
				revised sheet stating die proposed rates, rules, regulations, etc. shall be
				exhibited at the offices and places of business of the utility in the territory
				affected for at least thirty (30) days prior to the date such tariff or
				revision is to become effective, in the manner required for the posting of
				tariffs by Tariff Rule 16.1 et seq.
10.1.1.b. Within ten (10) days of filing its
				application, the utility shall give notice to its customers by;
(i) posting a copy of its Tariff Form No. 8
				at the offices and places of business of die applicant in the territory
				affected thereby;
(ii) publishing
				the first of two (2) publications of Tariff Form No. 8 by a Class II legal
				advertisement in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in each of die
				counties where service is provided;
(iii) issuing a press release to a qualified
				newspaper of general circulation in each county where service is provided and
				where its resale customers provide service, which contains die substance of
				Tariff Form No. 8; and
(iv)
				separately mailing Tariff Form No. 8 to each of its resale customers, via
				certified mail, return receipt requested.
10.1.1.c. In addition to (i) through (iv)
				above, die applicant shall, no later than fifteen (15) days prior to die
				proposed effective date of its tariff change, have completed the mailing of
				separate notices to each of its customers by one (1) or a combination of the
				following methods;
(a) inclusion of Tariff
				Form No. 8 as a bill insert;
(b)
				separately mailing Tariff Form No. 8; 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, 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]."
10.1.1.d. When
				not more than twenty (20) customers will be affected by a tariff filing
				pursuant to Tariff Rule 10.1. none of the foregoing notice requirements shall
				apply and it shall be sufficient if printed notice in die form of Tariff Form
				No. 8 is mailed by die utility to each of its customers so affected, either as
				a bill insert or as a separate mailing.
10.1.1.e. A certificate of posting,
				publication, and separate mailing in the form of Tariff Form No. 6 shall be
				filed with the Commission to the effect that the posting, publication, and
				separate mailing notice requirements of Tariff Rule 10.1. have been met.
10.1.1.f. If the application is set
				for hearing the 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(s) of general circulation in each of die counties in
				which service is provided.
10.1.1.g.
				Unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, if notice was provided by newspaper
				publication, no rate change may become effective until the utility furnishes
				the Commission with a certificate of publication provided by die newspaper to
				the effect that Tariff Form No. 8 has been published as required by this Rule.
				Unless otherwise ordered, certificates of publication regarding publication of
				Tariff Form No. 9 regarding notice of hearing may be filed on die day of
				hearing.