Arizona Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION
Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES
Article 16 - RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION
Section R14-2-1616 - Code of Conduct

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 14-2-1616

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024

A. If not previously filed, no later than 90 days after adoption of these Rules, each Affected Utility which plans to offer Noncompetitive Services and which plans to offer Competitive Services through its competitive electric affiliate shall propose a Code of Conduct to prevent anti-competitive activities. Each Affected Utility that is an electric cooperative, that plans to offer Noncompetitive Services, and that is a member of any electric cooperative that plans to offer Competitive Services shall also submit a Code of Conduct to prevent anti-competitive activities. All Codes of Conduct shall be filed in Docket Control and be subject to Commission approval after a hearing.

B. The Code of Conduct shall address the following subjects:

1. Appropriate procedures to prevent cross subsidization between the Utility Distribution Company and any competitive affiliates, including but not limited to the maintenance of separate books, records, and accounts;

2. Appropriate procedures to ensure that the Utility Distribution Company's competitive affiliate does not have access to confidential utility information that is not also available to other market participants;

3. Appropriate guidelines to limit the joint employment of personnel by both a Utility Distribution Company and its competitive affiliate;

4. Appropriate guidelines to govern the use of the Utility Distribution Company's name or logo by the Utility Distribution Company's competitive affiliate;

5. Appropriate procedures to ensure that the Utility Distribution Company does not give its competitive affiliate any preferential treatment such that other market participants are unfairly disadvantaged or discriminated against;

6. Appropriate policies to eliminate joint advertising, joint marketing, or joint sales by a Utility Distribution Company and its competitive affiliate;

7. Appropriate procedures to govern transactions between a Utility Distribution Company and its competitive affiliate; and

8. Appropriate policies to prevent the Utility Distribution Company and its competitive affiliate from representing that customers will receive better service as a result of the affiliation.

9. Complaints concerning violations of the Code of Conduct shall be processed under the procedures established in R14-2-212.

The Arizona Corporation Commission has determined that the following Section is exempt from the Attorney General approval provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (A.R.S. § 41-1041) by a court order (State ex. rel. Corbin v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 174 Ariz. 216 848 P.2d 301 (App. 1992)).

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