(a) In order that
the Commission may be concurrently advised of the net effect of a proposed
change in rates upon the customers and the revenues of a public utility, as
well as the prima facie reasonableness of the proposed rate
changes, the data called for in this chapter, as appropriate, shall accompany
the filing of the proposed rates.
(b) Utilities shall file with the Commission
Secretary an original of the proposed rate changes and of the data required
under this chapter. If necessary or appropriate, the Secretary shall request
additional copies.
(c) No tariff or
tariff supplement will be deemed perfected for filing purposes until all data
required by this chapter to accompany the tariff or tariff supplement is filed
with the Commission. A tariff or tariff supplement not accompanied by the data
and required to be so accompanied is not perfected for filing purposes and will
be rejected unless the Commission, by order and for good cause shown, allows
the tariff or tariff supplement to be filed; however, the submission of data
regarding trended original cost referred to by this chapter shall be at the
option of the public utility. In the event that a tariff or tariff supplement
filing is deemed not perfected and is rejected for the reason that it is not in
compliance with this chapter, the Secretary will notify the sender, within 30
days after the filing, that the filing is not perfected, and will, in the
notice, set forth specifically the deficiencies in the filing.
(1) Whenever a tariff or tariff supplement
filing is rejected in accordance with this subsection, the sender, in
submitting an amended filing, shall submit a new proposed effective date, not
earlier than 60 days after the amended filing is perfected, for the tariff or
tariff supplement.
(2)
Notwithstanding this subsection, if the Secretary fails to notify the sender
within 30 days that a tariff or tariff supplement is not perfected because it
is not accompanied by the required data, with deficiencies specifically set
forth in the notice, the tariff or tariff supplement will be deemed perfected
for filing purposes and will be filed as of the date it was first filed with
the Commission.
(d) Each
utility filing a proposed rate change with the Commission shall serve a copy of
the proposed rate change and supporting data required by this chapter upon the
Office of Consumer Advocate. Verification of service of this information upon
the Office of Consumer Advocate shall be filed with the Commission.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 53.51 amended through November 27, 1981, effective
11/28/1981, 11 Pa.B. 4157;
amended January 10, 2014, effective 1/11/2014, 44 Pa.B.
249.
The provisions of this § 53.51 amended under the Public
Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
501,
504,
523,
1301,
1501 and
1504.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
53.10 (relating to letter of
transmittal); 52 Pa. Code §
53.52 (relating to applicability;
public utilities other than canal, turnpike, tunnel, bridge and wharf
companies); 52 Pa. Code §
53.62 (relating to additional
information to be filed by gas utilities with gross annual intrastate operating
revenues in excess of $40 million seeking a change in base rates); 52 Pa. Code
§
53.103 (relating to concurrently
furnished information); and 52 Pa. Code §
54.93 (relating to manner of
filing).
