20VAC5-201-30. Annual informational filings.
Unless modified per a commission-approved alternative regulatory plan, each utility not requesting a base rate increase shall make an annual informational filing consisting of Schedules 1 through 7, 9, 11, 12, 14 through 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, and 40 a and b as identified in 20VAC5-201-90. The test period shall be the current 12 months ending in the same month used in the utility's most recent rate application. This information shall be filed with the commission within 120 days after the end of the test period. Accounting adjustments reflected in Column (2) of Schedule 21 shall incorporate the ratemaking treatment approved by the commission in the utility's last rate case and shall be calculated in accordance with the Expedited Rules of Schedule 25. Requirements found in 20VAC5-201-10 B 2 , B 3, and B 4 may be omitted in Annual Informational Filings.
Applicants meeting each of the following criteria may omit Schedules 9, 11, 12, 14, and 15 through 18 in Annual Informational Filings: (i) the applicant is not currently bound by a performance-based regulation plan authorized by the commission pursuant to § 56-235.6 of the Code of Virginia that includes an earnings sharing mechanism or other attribute for which the commission has directed the performance of an Earnings Test, (ii) the applicant has no Virginia jurisdictional regulatory assets on its books, and (iii) the applicant is not seeking to establish a regulatory asset.
Statutory Authority
§ 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2021.