S.C. Code Regs. § § 103-823

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 103-823 - Applications

Applications are submitted to the Commission for any authorization or permission which the Commission is empowered to grant under its statutory authority, including applications for establishment or adjustment of rates and charges.

A. Content of Applications. Applications shall state clearly and concisely the authorization or permission sought, and shall refer to the specific statutory provision or other authority under which Commission authorization or permission is sought. Applications shall further set forth the following information:

(1) The precise legal name of the applicant, which shall indicate whether the applicant is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, establishment, governmental subdivision, or other public or private organization.

(2) The name, title, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the person to whom correspondence or communications relative to the application is to be addressed.

(3) The following data, in general rate establishment or adjustment applications, attached as exhibits and developed for a historic twelve-month test period unless otherwise directed. All schedules must be filed at the South Carolina jurisdictional level, if applicable or available. (All Filing Schedules indicated below must be filed with the Commission in the order as outlined, and schedules approved by the Commission. The Schedules must be provided in Microsoft Excel format with all formulas intact.) Each electrical, natural gas, water or wastewater public utility shall develop and seek Commission approval of schedule templates for the implementation of this section:

Minimum Filing Requirements for Electrical and Gas Utilities (for Electrical Utilities and Gas Utilities That Have 100,000 or More Customers):

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SCHEDULE A-1	Full Revenue Requirements Increase Requested
SCHEDULE A-2	Full Revenue Requirements Bill Comparison - Typical Monthly Bills
SCHEDULE A-3	Summary of Tariffs
RATE BASE
SCHEDULE B-1	Test Year and Pro Forma Year Statement of Rate Base
SCHEDULE B-2	Rate Base Adjustments
SCHEDULE B-3	Two Year Balance Sheet
SCHEDULE B-4	Utility Plant and Other Relevant Rate Base Allocation Factors (if applicable)
SCHEDULE B-5	Plant Balances by Account and Sub-Account
SCHEDULE B-6	Depreciation Reserve Balances by Account and Sub-Account
SCHEDULE B-7	Capital Additions and Retirements
SCHEDULE B-8	Production Plant Additions (Electric Only)
SCHEDULE B-9	Construction Work in Progress
SCHEDULE B-10	Working Capital
SCHEDULE B-11	Miscellaneous Deferred Debits
SCHEDULE B-12	Other Deferred Credits
SCHEDULE B-13	Accounting Policy Changes Affecting Rate Base
SCHEDULE B-14	Deferred Income Taxes
SCHEDULE B-15	Excess Deferred Income Tax
NET OPERATING INCOME
SCHEDULE C-1	Net Operating Income
SCHEDULE C-2a	Net Operating Income Adjustments
SCHEDULE C-2b	Accounting and Pro Forma Adjustments Matrix (If applicable)
SCHEDULE C-3	Five Year Analysis - Change in Costs
SCHEDULE C-4	Uncollectible Accounts
SCHEDULE C-5	Administrative Expenses
SCHEDULE C-6	Industry Association Dues (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE C-7	Outside Professional Services (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE C-8	Pension Cost (Account 228.3)
SCHEDULE C-9	Lobbying Expenses, Other Political Expenses and Civic/Charitable Contributions (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE C-10	State and Federal Income Tax Calculation
SCHEDULE C-11	Gains and Losses on Disposition of Plant and Property That Was Included in Rate Base
SCHEDULE C-12	Transactions with Affiliated Companies
COST OF CAPITAL
SCHEDULE D-1	Cost of Capital
SCHEDULE D-2	Cost of Capital - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-3	Short-Term Debt
SCHEDULE D-4	Long-Term Debt Outstanding
SCHEDULE D-5	Preferred Stock Outstanding
SCHEDULE D-6	Common Stock Data
SCHEDULE D-7	Financing Plans - Stock and Bond Issues
SCHEDULE D-8	Bond Rating - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-9	Credit Watch History - 5 Year History
SCHEDULE D-10	Credit Rating Reports - 5 Year History
COST OF SERVICE AND RATE DESIGN
SCHEDULE E-1	The most recently completed Cost of Service Study conducted not more than five years prior to the filing of the Company's Rate Case Application
SCHEDULE E-2	Cost of Service Study - Allocation of Rate Base Components to Rate Schedule, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-3	Cost of Service Study - Functionalization and Classification of Rate Base, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-4	Cost of Service Study - Functionalization and Classification of Expenses, if not included in Schedule E-1
SCHEDULE E-5	Development of Coincident and Non-Coincident Demands for Cost Study, if not included in Schedule E-1
MISCELLANEOUS
SCHEDULE F-1	Business Contracts with Officers or Directors
SCHEDULE F-2	Proposed Public Notice including dollar and percentage proposed increase by customer class
SCHEDULE F-3a	Executive Compensation Summary (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE F-3b	Executive Target Bonus (If requested in rates)
SCHEDULE F-4	Analysis of Salaries and Wages

Minimum Filing Requirements for Electrical and Gas Utilities (for Electrical and/or Gas Utilities That Have Fewer Than 100,000 Customers):

SCHEDULE A-1	Balance Sheet
SCHEDULE A-2	Profit and Loss Statement
SCHEDULE A-3	Accounting and Pro Forma Adjustments
SCHEDULE A-4	Computation of Proposed Increase or Decrease
SCHEDULE A-5	Effect of Proposed Increase or Decrease to Include Copies of Present and Proposed Tariffs
SCHEDULE A-6	Statement of Fixed Assets and Depreciation Reserve
SCHEDULE A-7	Rates of Return on Rate Base and on Common Equity
SCHEDULE A-8	Most Recent Cost of Service Study Conducted Not More Than Three Years Prior to Filing Company's Rate Case Application
SCHEDULE A-9	Proposed Public Notice including dollar and percentage proposed increase by customer class

Minimum Filing Requirements for Wastewater Utilities That Have Filed an Application for an Increase in Existing Rates and Charges:

SCHEDULE A-1	Statement of need justifying the proposed rate adjustments, including financial needs, rate design adjustments, or changes in operations
SCHEDULE A-2	Current income and expense statement for the preceding twelve months
SCHEDULE A-3	Proposed rate schedule
SCHEDULE A-4	Test year to be used
SCHEDULE A-5	Pro-forma income and expense statement using proposed rates applied to the proposed test year
SCHEDULE A-6	Balance sheet for two years, up to and including the test year
SCHEDULE A-7	Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or average service lives
SCHEDULE A-8	Number of present and expected customers in the following twelve months
SCHEDULE A-9	Cost justifications for proposed rates and charges, which indicate the cost drivers for the proposed increase
SCHEDULE A-9.5	Cost of service study completed not more than five years prior to company's filing for rate adjustment for utilities that have revenue of $1,000,000 or more
SCHEDULE A-10	Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11	Current or updated service area map must be included in the application filed by the utility
SCHEDULE A-12	Statement of total plant investment, which includes date of acquisition, original cost, capital improvements, accumulated depreciation, useful lives, current depreciation, retirements, forecasted retirements within twelve months of the test year, and contributions in aid of construction
SCHEDULE A-12.5	Construction work in progress and forecasted capital investment
SCHEDULE A-13	Most recent letter of approval including percentage of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior to date of application
SCHEDULE A-14	Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-15	Annual report on file and copy of the receipt showing last period gross receipts paid
SCHEDULE A-16	Pertinent or relevant information determined by the Commission
SCHEDULE A-17	Transactions with affiliated companies and affiliated company relationships if not included in company's annual report filed with the Commission
SCHEDULE A-18	Proposed public notice including dollar and percentage proposed increase by customer class

Minimum Filing Requirements for Wastewater Utilities That Have Filed an Application for an Establishment of Rates and Charges:

SCHEDULE A-1	Copy of articles of incorporation or partnership agreement
SCHEDULE A-2	Plat of proposed area to be served
SCHEDULE A-3	Copy of engineering plans and specifications designed or certified to be in accordance with good engineering practices by a professional engineer registered in South Carolina
SCHEDULE A-4	Construction permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, approving the engineering plans and specifications
SCHEDULE A-5	Schedule of proposed rates and charges and cost justifications including tap fees with attached schedules depicting labor costs, materials costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-6	Number of customers proposed to be served and the capacity of the system
SCHEDULE A-7	Financial statement showing proposed plant investment by categories
SCHEDULE A-8	Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or average service lives
SCHEDULE A-9	Pro-forma income and expense statement showing the effect of using the proposed rates based on plant capacity
SCHEDULE A-10	Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11	Statement by a professional engineer that the system was built and installed according to plans and specifications on file with the Commission and will furnish adequate service for the area to be served, if applicable
SCHEDULE A-12	Most recent letter of approval including percentage of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior to date of application
SCHEDULE A-13	Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-14	Pertinent or relevant information determined by the Commission

Minimum Filing Requirements for Water Utilities That Have Filed an Application for an Increase in Existing Rates and Charges:

SCHEDULE A-1	Statement of need justifying the proposed rate adjustments
SCHEDULE A-2	Current income and expense statement for the preceding twelve months
SCHEDULE A-3	Proposed rate schedule
SCHEDULE A-4	Test year to be used
SCHEDULE A-5	Pro-forma income and expense statement using proposed rates applied to the proposed test year
SCHEDULE A-6	Balance sheet
SCHEDULE A-7	Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or average service lives
SCHEDULE A-8	Number of present and expected customers in the following twelve months
SCHEDULE A-9	Cost justifications for proposed rates and charges, including tap fees, with attached schedules depicting labor costs, materials costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-9.5	Current cost of service study completed not more than five years prior to company's filing for rate adjustment for utilities that have revenue of $1,000,000 or more
SCHEDULE A-10	Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11	Current or updated service area map
SCHEDULE A-12	Statement of total plant investment
SCHEDULE A-12.5	Construction work in progress and forecasted capital investment
SCHEDULE A-13	Most recent letter of approval including percentage of capacity from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, dated not more than six (6) months prior to date of application
SCHEDULE A-14	Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-15	Annual report on file and a copy of the receipt showing last period gross receipts paid
SCHEDULE A-16	Pertinent or relevant information determined by the Commission
SCHEDULE A-17	Transactions with affiliated companies and affiliated company relationships if not included in company's annual report filed with the Commission
SCHEDULE A-18	Proposed public notice including dollar and percentage proposed increase by customer class

Minimum Filing Requirements for Water Utilities That Have Filed an Application for an Establishment of Rates and Charges:

SCHEDULE A-1	Copy of articles of incorporation or partnership agreement
SCHEDULE A-2	Plat of proposed area to be served
SCHEDULE A-3	Copy of engineering plans and specifications designed or certified to be in accordance with good engineering practices by a professional engineer registered in South Carolina
SCHEDULE A-4	Construction permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services approving the engineering plans and specifications
SCHEDULE A-5	Schedule of proposed rates and charges and cost justifications including tap fees with attached schedules depicting labor costs, materials costs, and miscellaneous costs
SCHEDULE A-6	Number of customers proposed to be served and the capacity of the system
SCHEDULE A-7	Financial statement showing proposed plant investment by categories
SCHEDULE A-8	Depreciation schedule by categories of plant or average service lives
SCHEDULE A-9	Pro-forma income and expense statement showing the effect of using the proposed rates based on plant capacity
SCHEDULE A-10	Filing or updating of performance bond
SCHEDULE A-11	Statement by a professional engineer that the system was built and installed according to plans and specifications on file with the Commission and will furnish adequate service for the area to be served
SCHEDULE A-12	Letter from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or the successor or equivalent component of the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, approving the system for operation, dated not more than six (6) months prior to date of application
SCHEDULE A-13	Customer bill form
SCHEDULE A-14	Pertinent or relevant information determined by the Commission

(3.1) A company must file its direct testimony at the same time as its application.

(3.2) All pleadings and testimony filed with the Commission must be in searchable pdf format.

(4) All other information required by statute or by the Commission's Rules and Regulations under which a specific type of application is filed, or as may be required by the Commission in a particular proceeding.

B. Form of Applications. Except where otherwise prescribed by the Rules and Regulations of the Commission under which a specific type of application is filed, applications shall conform to the requirements of R. 103-819 through R. 103-822.

S.C. Code Regs. § 103-823

Added by State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 4, eff April 27, 2007; State Register Volume 48, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/24/2024.