38.5.102    APPLICATIONS FOR RATE INCREASES

(1) Applications for rate increases exceeding one hundred thousand dollars annually shall include the cost of service to be supplied and shall include the additional material required in ARM 38.5.103 to 38.5.175 and 38.5.179 to 38.5.183, inclusive, minimally. Further or additional materials may be supplied by the utility if the utility believes such materials are necessary.

(2) Three copies of the letter of transmittal and three copies of all materials required in ARM 38.5.103 to 38.5.175 and 38.5.179 to 38.5.183, inclusive, shall be filed with the commission at the time of application. Montana consumer counsel shall receive two copies of the same materials.

(3) All or any part of the requirements of these rules may be waived by a quorum of the commission upon a showing of good cause. Waiver of any requirements, however, shall not preclude the commission from requiring the filing of specific cost data and material sufficient to support the application.

History: Sec. 69-3-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 69-2-101, MCA; NEW, Eff. 7/5/77; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 1669, Eff. 7/30/93.