Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC
8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
8-1-2-42
Sec. 2.
(a) This rule
is designed to:
(1) assist the commission in
thoroughly and expeditiously reviewing a petition for a general rate change by
an electing utility;
(2) provide
support for the electing utility's rate petition; and
(3) reduce or avoid disputes.
(b) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this rule, this rule shall not:
(1) limit any rights of the commission or any
party to a proceeding to obtain further information from a utility through the
discovery process or otherwise;
(2)
constitute a waiver of any objection by the commission or any party to the
admission of information into the record of any proceeding;
(3) limit a utility's right in a proceeding
to supplement the information it files under this rule as the utility deems
appropriate; or
(4) be construed to
require the production or disclosure of any information that is subject to or
protected by any applicable privilege or found by the commission to be
confidential under section 3 of this rule.
(c) This rule shall apply at the option of
the electing utility. A utility exercising its option to file its case in
accordance with this rule shall file a notice of its intent to do so at the
time it files its petition for a general rate change.
(d) This rule and its expedited time frame
are intended to apply to general rate case filings that comply with this
rule.
(e) After review of the
documents filed by the electing utility in its petition for a general rate
case, the commission may enter a finding that the:
(1) test year proposed by the utility is
reasonably representative of the electing utility's ongoing
operations;
(2) cutoff dates filed
by the electing utility shall be the cutoff dates used in a proceeding filed
under this rule;
(3) accounting
methodology proposed by the electing utility conforms with the guidelines set
forth in section 5 of this rule; and
(4) case-in-chief filed by the electing
utility meets the requirements of this rule to the extent not otherwise waived.
However, such a finding by the commission is not a finding as to the accuracy
or reasonableness of the information.
(f) The commission may waive the requirements
of this rule, in whole or in part, under section 4(b) of this rule.
