{"operation":"document","citation":"4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4109","title":"New or Changed Tariffs","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Colorado Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"(a) A utility shall file with the Commission any new or changed tariffs. No new or changed tariff shall be effective unless it is filed with the Commission and either is allowed to go into effect by operation of law or is approved by the Commission. (b) A utility may use one of the following filing ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4109.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4109.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4109","source_url":"https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayRule.do?action=ruleinfo&ruleId=2260&deptID=18&agencyID=96&deptName=Department%20of%20Regulatory%20Agencies&agencyName=Public%20Utilities%20Commission&seriesNum=4%20CCR%20723-4","body":"(a) A utility shall file with the Commission any new or changed tariffs. No new or\nchanged tariff shall be effective unless it is filed with the Commission and either\nis allowed to go into effect by operation of law or is approved by the Commission.\n(b) A utility may use one of the following filing processes to add a new tariff or to\nchange an existing tariff.\n(I) The utility may file the proposed tariff, including the proposed effective\ndate, accompanied by an advice letter pursuant to rule 1210. The utility\nshall provide notice in accordance with rule 1207. If the Commission does\nnot suspend the proposed tariff in accordance with rule 1305 prior to the\ntariff’s proposed effective date, the proposed tariff shall take effect on the\nproposed effective date.\n\n(II) The utility may file an application to implement a proposed tariff on less\nthan 30-days’ notice, accompanied by the proposed tariff, including the\nproposed effective date. The application shall include the information\nrequired in paragraphs 4002(b) and 4002(c); shall explain the details of\nthe proposed tariff, including financial data if applicable; shall state the\nfacts which are the basis for the request that the proposed tariff become\neffective on less than 30 days’ notice; and shall identify any prior\nCommission action, in any proceeding, pertaining to the present or\nproposed tariff. If the application is approved by the Commission, the utility\nshall file a compliance advice letter and tariff which tariff shall be the same\nin substance as was approved by decision. The advice letter and tariff\nshall be filed in a new proceeding with the prescribed notice period either\nin the decision or pursuant to paragraph 1207(g).\n(c) A utility tariff filing, either by an advice letter or an application, that introduces or\nincreases any rate, charge, fee, fare, toll, rental, or classification shall include a\nrate trend report. The rate trend report shall include:\n(I) the amount of increase and percentage change in the rate, charge, fee,\nfare, toll, rental, or classification relative to the amount in effect on the date\nof the utility’s filing;\n(II) the amount of increase and percentage change in annual revenues\ncollected by the utility as a result of the utility’s filing;\n(III) a chart, graph, or other visualization demonstrating each of the utility’s\nrates, charges, fees, fares, tolls, rentals, or classifications, including base\nrates and rate adjustment mechanisms, for the ten years prior to the date\nof the utility filing;\n(IV) a chart, graph, or other visualization demonstrating all of the utility bill line\nitems, including subtotal summary lines, for the ten years prior to the date\nof the utility filing for each of the utility’s customer classes;\n(V) a representation in the chart, graph, or other visualization required by\nsubparagraphs 4109(c)(III) and (IV) of the total of the rates, charges, fees,\nfares, tolls, rentals, or classifications in effect ten years prior to the date of\nthe utility filing, escalated over the ten years using the United States\nBureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index -Denver-Aurora-\nLakewood; and\n(VI) for the same rate, charge, fee, fare, toll, rental, or classification as the\nutility’s filing over the ten years prior to the date of the utility’s filing:\n(A) the dates when a previous increase or decrease went into effect;\n\n(B) the amount of the rate, charge, fee, fare, toll, rental, or classification\nbefore a previous increase or decrease went into effect;\n(C) the amount of increase or decrease relative to the amount before\nthe previous increase or decrease went into effect;\n(D) the change in annual revenues collected by the utility as a result of\nthe utility’s filing; and\n(E) the proceeding number for the tariff filing where the rate, charge,\nfee, fare, toll, rental, or classification either was allowed to go into\neffect by operation of law or was approved by the Commission and,\nin the event a compliance filing resulted in the tariff going into effect\nby operation of law, the proceeding number of the original\nproceeding where the rate, charge, fee, fare, toll, rental, or\nclassification was introduced or where an increase in the existing\nrate, charge, fee, fare, toll, rental, or classification was proposed.\n(d) If the utility files an application to add a new base rate tariff or to change an\nexisting base rate tariff, the Commission shall deem the application complete\npursuant to rule 1303 upon certifying by written decision that the filing includes\nsufficient information , including a comprehensive cost and revenue requirement\nanalysis based on actual, auditable, historical data, which analysis must be\naccompanied by appropriate workpapers and other supporting materials, to\ncompare test years and to satisfy other purposes as determined by the\nCommission.","truncated":false,"body_characters":4826}