Okla. Admin. Code § 165:70-5-20

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 165:70-5-20 - General requirements

(a) Class A or B utilities shall, concurrently with filing the application package, provide to the Public Utility Division a supplemental package comprised of workpapers, documents and other evidence which support the schedules in the application package. By prior arrangement between the Director and the utility, voluminous material or material which by its nature is impractical to produce may be provided at locations designated by the utility. Confidential information shall be provided at locations designated by the utility as specified in the Confidentiality Agreement. If the Attorney General has intervened and has requested such in writing, the supplemental package if required by this Chapter, shall be made available to the Attorney General after the execution of a Confidentiality Agreement.

(b) The workpapers, documents, and other evidence in the supplemental package shall be assembled under topical sections with index tabs for convenience of references and, unless otherwise noted, shall conform with the sections of the application package prescribed at 165:70-5-4.

(c) The following instructions are applicable to all workpapers, documents and other evidence required in this Part 5:

(1) Each workpaper shall be referenced by workpaper number and name, unless otherwise noted.

(2) If a schedule in the application package does not require supporting information or the supporting information is being provided in another workpaper, no workpaper is necessary for those schedules and those schedule numbers will be skipped in the supplemental package.

(3) The numbering for additional schedules and/or documents which are required but which do not specifically correspond to and/or complement a schedule in the application package shall begin with the first available number after the last one used in the application package, unless otherwise specified in this Part.

(4) Additional schedules which are provided by the utility shall conform to the format as used in this Part.

(5) All items shall be self-explanatory or additional information, cross-references or explanatory footnotes shall be presented on the workpapers.

(6) Careful attention shall be given that copied material is legible.

(d) All amounts which are from the utility's books shall have the applicable USOA general ledger account number references included. The account number references shall reflect the appropriate USOA designations. If an amount presented is the total of several accounts or subaccounts, a workpaper shall be provided which indicates all amounts with the appropriate USOA account or subaccount numbers included in the total.

(e) If the utility omits any statement, schedule or document required by this Part in the belief that it is not applicable, a written explanation for the omission shall be submitted in lieu of the required statement, schedule or document. If any information required cannot be furnished in the format required, the utility shall contact the Director or the Director's designee to discuss an alternate format for furnishing the information rather than responding only that the information is not available.

(f) Diskettes of any workpapers, documents or other evidence which was prepared on computer shall be made available to the Staff upon request. If the electronic data to be provided is not compatible with software used by the Staff, the utility and the Director or the Director's designee shall discuss an alternate method for furnishing the information.

(g) Workpapers shall be in the form, order and titles as prescribed in this Part 5. An index shall be prepared and contain a listing by number and name of all workpapers and other supporting documentation submitted in the supplemental package.

(h) A Class A or B utility shall not be required to provide or make available a supplemental package if the utility meets all of the following conditions:

(1) The utility's application for a general rate change requests a rate increase of less than $3 million annually; and

(2) Either the utility serves less than 20,000 meters in Oklahoma or the original cost of the utility's facilities located in Oklahoma constitutes less than one percent (1%) of the total original cost of all of the utility's facilities located everywhere it provides utility service: and

(3) The utility is subject to the jurisdiction, regulation, supervision and control of a regulatory agency existing under the laws of any state bordering upon Oklahoma; and

(4) The utility certifies to the Commission that a regulatory commission of a bordering state has asserted jurisdiction, regulation, supervision and control over its utility operations.

(i) Class A or B utilities to which subsection (h) of this Section is applicable are still subject to responding to data requests following the filing of an application package.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:70-5-20

Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753, eff 7-11-94