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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 20. Public Utilities And Telecommunications
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
Chapter 204. Rules Governing Utility Rate Applications and Annual Informational Filings of Investor-Owned Electric Utilities
12/30/2024

20VAC5-204-20. Base rate increase applications pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia.

A. An application for a base rate increase pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 56-232 et seq.) of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia shall conform to the following requirements:

1. Exhibits consisting of Schedules 1 through 43 and the utility's direct testimony shall be submitted. Such schedules shall be identified with the appropriate schedule number and shall be prepared in accordance with the instructions contained in 20VAC5-204-90.

2. An applicant subject to § 56-585.1 of the Code of Virginia shall file Schedules 44, 45, 47, and 48A in addition to the schedules required in 20VAC5-204-20 A 1 in accordance with the instructions accompanying such schedules in 20VAC5-204-90.

3. An exhibit consisting of additional schedules may be submitted with the utility's direct testimony. Such exhibit shall be identified as Schedule 49 (this exhibit may include numerous subschedules labeled 49A et seq.).

B. The selection of a historic test period is up to the applicant. However, the use of overlapping test periods will not be allowed.

C. Applicants meeting each of the three following criteria may omit Schedules 9 through 18 in base rate increase applications: (i) the applicant is not subject to § 56-585.1 of the Code of Virginia; (ii) the applicant has no Virginia jurisdictional regulatory assets on the applicant's books that are subject to an earnings test; 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 37, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2021.

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