A. Scope--The
following rules for electricity, gas, telephone, and water utilities are
designed to provide for:
1. the general form
and construction of tariffs required by law to be filed with the Commission and
open for public inspection,
2. the
procedures for filing and publishing tariffs in Utah, and
3. the particular circumstances and
procedures under which utilities may depart from their filed and effective
tariffs.
B.
Applicability--These rules apply to and govern utilities of the classes herein
named, whether they begin service before or after the effective date of these
rules, but they shall not affect a right or duty arising out of an existing
rule or order in conflict herewith. The rules apply only to new tariff filings,
and do not require the modification of tariffs which are effective on the date
the rules are adopted. Each utility shall have on file with the Commission its
current tariff. Each utility shall abide by the tariff as filed and approved by
the Commission. The Commission at any time may direct utilities to make
revisions or filings of their tariffs or a part thereof to bring them into
compliance. These rules do not apply to a telecommunications corporation
subject to pricing flexibility pursuant to
54-8b-2.3.
C. Definitions--
1. "Commission" means the Public Service
Commission of Utah.
2. "Effective
Date" means the date on which the rates, charges, rules and classifications
stated in the tariff sheets first become effective, except as otherwise
provided by statute. This date, in accordance with the statutory notice period,
shall not be less than the 30th calendar day after the filed date, without the
prior approval of the Commission. Unless otherwise authorized, rates shall be
made effective for service rendered on or after the effective date.
3. "Filed Date" of tariff sheets submitted to
the Commission for filing is the date the tariff sheets are date-stamped at the
Commission's Salt Lake City office.
4. "Tariff" means the entire body of rates,
tolls, rentals, charges classifications and rules collectively enforced by the
utility, although the book or volumes incorporating the same may consist of one
or more sheets applicable to distinct service classifications.
5. "Tariff Sheet" means the individual sheets
of the volume constituting the entire tariff of a utility and includes the
title page, preliminary statement, table of contents, service area maps, rates
schedules and rules.
6. "Utility"
means a gas, electric, telecommunications, water or heat corporation as defined
in Section
54-2-1.
D. Separate Utility Services--
1. Utilities engaged in rendering two or more
classes of utility services, such as both gas and electric services, shall file
with the Commission a separate tariff covering each class of utility service
rendered.
2. Utilities planning to
jointly provide utility service shall designate one utility to file a joint
tariff for the service with the other utility or utilities filing a concurrence
with the joint tariff.
E. Withdrawal of Service--No utility of a
class specified herein shall, without prior approval of the Commission,
withdraw from public service entirely or in any portion of the territory
served.
