Chapter 610 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR WATER COMPANIES
SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a uniform system of accounts for water utilities.
A. Each
water utility shall keep its books in the manner and form prescribed in the
Uniform System of Accounts for Class B Water Utilities of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issue of 1984, as modified by
the Maine Public Utilities Commission, so far as the same are applicable to the
business of such water utility. The Commission by an accounting order may
require additional accounting entries, sub-categories, or reports as are
necessary for its regulation of water utilities.
B. Any water utility may, unless or until
otherwise ordered by the Commission or the Director of Finance, keep any
subsidiary, divisional, or other records or accounts provided that such entries
shall not impair the integrity of any account prescribed by this
rule.
C. Any water utility may
request the Commission or the Director of Finance to waive specific
requirements of the uniform system of accounts. The request may be granted by
an accounting order if good cause is shown.
D. All accounts shall be closed annually on
December 31. On or before the following first day of April each water utility
shall prepare a report, verified by an officer or owner, on forms furnished by
the Commission. This report shall contain such information as the Commission
shall prescribe.
E. All accounts
shall be audited in accordance with Chapter 710 of the Rules of the Maine
Public Utilities Commission (65-407 C.M.R. 710). A copy of the auditor's
report, accompanied by the audited financial statements, shall be filed with
the Commission not later than the first day of the fourth month following the
12-month period for which the audit was conducted, except that audit reports
based on a fiscal year ending December 31 must be filed by the following July
1. (For example, the audit report for an audit on the basis of a fiscal year
ending June 30 must be filed by the following October 1.) The utility shall
file with the audited financial statements a cover sheet describing any
discrepancies between the audited financial statements and the annual report or
reports filed by the utility under section D which cover the same 12-month
period as the audit.
F. For good
cause shown, the Commission may waive any of the requirements of this Rule,
provided such waiver does not unduly undermine the purposes of this Rule. The
Commission may also subsequently rescind, alter, or amend any such waiver for
good cause. The Commission delegates to the Director of Finance the authority
to issue, rescind, alter, or amend a waiver with respect to any of the
requirements of this Rule. This delegation in no way limits the Commission's
authority to review the decision of the Director of Finance or to issue,
rescind, alter, or amend a waiver directly.
Notes
This rule was approved by the Secretary of State on December 9, 1988, and will be effective on December 14, 1988.
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 4, 1996
NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES:
March 24, 1999
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 35-A M.R.S.A. §§101 , 103 , 104 , 107 , 111 , 112 , 501 , 502 , 504 , and 505 , and 5 M.R.S.A. §8051.
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