65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 120, § 6

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024

Section 407-120-6 - MAJOR UTILITIES: NOTIFICATION AND FILING OF DIRECT CASE

A.Applicability. This section applies only to major utilities as defined in section 2(F).

B.Notification Required. A major utility shall notify the Commission at least two months prior to filing a general rate case. The notification must be in writing and contain the following information:

1. That the general rate case is planned;

2. The anticipated date of filing;

3. The approximate annual revenue change that would result;

4. Any major issues anticipated to arise in conjunction with the general rate case;

5. Any significant change in rate design to be proposed in conjunction with the general rate case; and

6. The approximate rate of return on rate base, as a whole and on common equity, that the utility will propose in conjunction with the general rate case.

C.Filing of Direct Case. Any major utility must include in any general rate case all testimony and exhibits which it would offer at a public hearing as its direct case in support of its proposed rates. Testimony and Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (65-407 C.M.R. 110(6)(I). The information specified in Section 4 of this Rule may be made part of such testimony and exhibits.

65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 120, § 6