West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 150 - Public Service Commission
Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Series 150-36 - Rules Governing Stormwater Utilities
Section 150-36-2 - Records, Reports and Other Information to be Supplied to the Commission
Universal Citation: 150 WV Code of State Rules 150-36-2
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 13, March 29, 2024
2.1. Records and reports.
2.1.a. Preservation of records - All
records required by these rules shall be preserved by the stormwater utility in
the manner prescribed by the Commission.
2.1.b. Location of records.
2.1.b.1. Such records should be kept at the
office or offices of the applicable public service district with stormwater
authority in West Virginia and shall be available during regular business hours
for examination by the Commission or its duly authorized
representative.
2.1.b.2. If kept
outside the State, such records shall be brought to the public service
district's office in West Virginia upon request of the Commission, or the
public service district may be required to pay the reasonable traveling
expenses of Commission employees assigned to examine the records.
2.1.c. Reports to the Commission -
Upon Commission request, a public service district shall furnish to the
Commission the results of any test or tests required to be made, or the
information contained in any records required to be kept by the public service
district or any further information in its possession respecting its rates,
charges, or practices, without formal order of the Commission requiring the
release of such information.
2.2. Filing of rate schedules and certificates of public convenience and necessity.
2.2.a. Tariffs containing rates and rules of
each utility shall be filed in the manner prescribed by the Commission in
"Rules for the Government and Filing of Tariffs," 150 CSR 2 effective as
amended or modified by the Commission.
2.2.a.1. Any rate schedules established
pursuant to these rules shall be based on the principal that customers shall
pay rates that are based primarily on the cost of the service provided by the
stormwater utility and that reflect the proportionate contributions to the
total stormwater flows through the utility made by each customer class. Fee
schedules developed pursuant to these rules shall be based on the methodologies
that are in accordance with this cost allocation principal and acceptable to
the Commission.
2.2.b.
Certificates of public convenience and necessity shall be requested pursuant to
the "Rules of Practice and Procedure," 150 CSR 1.
2.3. Utility's special rules.
2.3.a. The utility shall be subject to and
comply with the provisions of Rule 2.3 of the "Rules for the Government of
Sewer Utilities," 150 CSR 5. Any utility establishing special rules shall
include those rules in its tariff.
2.4. Financial and statistical report.
2.4.a. The utility shall be subject to and
comply with the provisions of Rule 2.4 of the "Rules for the Government of
Sewer Utilities," 150 CSR 5.
2.5. Uniform system of accounts.
2.5.a. All stormwater utilities shall
maintain their accounts and records in compliance with the Uniform System of
Accounts for sewer as promulgated in 1996 by the National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners for Class A, B and C sewer utilities. In the
event that the sewer uniform system of accounts is insufficient for proper
accounting, the utility may add appropriate account titles or subaccounts. The
utility shall notify the Commission of added account titles or subaccounts,
including account numbers, and the Commission may direct alternative
modifications to the system of accounts.
2.5.b. Observance of the system of accounts
applicable to the utility by appropriate class is obligatory upon all persons
having direct charge of the books and accounts of the utility. For the purpose
of securing uniformity in the applications of this system, all questions of
doubtful interpretation of accounting rules are to be submitted to the
Commission for consideration and decision.
2.5.c. The classification of stormwater
public service districts for purposes of keeping accounts in accordance with
the Uniform System of Accounts for sewer shall be as follows:
Classification |
Revenue Level |
A. |
$1,000,000 or more |
B. |
$200,000-$999,999 |
C. |
less than $200,000 |
2.6. Maps and records.
2.6.a. Each utility shall keep on file
suitable maps, plans, and records showing the entire layout of pipes, retention
ponds, open channels, water quality devices, curbs and gutters, ditches,
swales, pump stations, bio retention, stormwater wetlands, and any other
technology necessary for the management of stormwater, used in the collection
and treatment of stormwater.
2.6.b.
In addition to paper copies of maps and records, if required by another
governmental entity or agency pursuant to any permits, laws or regulations,
each Stormwater Project Designer shall be required to submit to the utility
as-built electronic data files for all projects that are public in nature or
could reasonably be acquired by the stormwater utility, in addition to the
paper copies.
2.6.c. In the case of
new construction or property acquired from others, updates to utility maps and
records should be made no later than the end of the next calendar year
following the year in which the construction is done or property acquired. All
drawings shall have the scale clearly shown and be of sufficient detail to
accurately depict the project or property.
2.6.d. In general, where present maps of
existing facilities are not entirely up to date, special surveys to locate any
plant or stormwater facilities will not be required immediately, but maps must
be updated as prescribed by the Commission.
2.7. Management Audits.
2.7.a. Scope - The utility shall be subject
to and comply with the provisions of Rule 2.7 of the "Rules for the Government
of Sewer Utilities," 150 CSR 5.
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