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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 20. Public Utilities And Telecommunications
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
Chapter 210. Water or Wastewater Utility Applications Seeking Fair Valuation of Acquisitions of Municipal Water or Wastewater Systems
10/15/2024

20VAC5-210-40. Miscellaneous general provisions.

A. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the applicant from its duty to demonstrate that "…adequate service to the public at just and reasonable rates will not be impaired or jeopardized by granting the prayer of the petition…" as provided in § 56-90 of the Code of Virginia.

B. Any information deemed confidential by the applicant may be submitted and treated confidentially under 5VAC5-20-170.

C. This chapter does not limit the commission staff or parties from raising issues related to the proposed acquisition for commission consideration that have not been addressed in the applicant's filing before the commission.

D. Commission staff and parties may seek discovery to confirm the reasonableness of, and provide testimony and recommendations regarding, the appraisals and engineering assessment sponsored by the acquiring and selling entities. The applicant may seek discovery as permitted of commission staff pursuant to 5VAC5-20-260 to confirm the reasonableness of the appraisal sponsored by commission staff and may provide rebuttal testimony or response and recommendations regarding such.

E. If the depreciation rates for the acquired system are not based on a depreciation study:

1. The acquiring utility may apply a 3.0% composite depreciation rate to the fair market value of the utility system assets acquired; and

2. A depreciation study on the acquired system shall be performed within five years of acquisition and provided for review by the commission staff. Upon acceptance of the depreciation rates by commission staff for booking purposes, such rates shall be utilized for the system effective as of the date of the study. However, if the acquired system is of a size that would qualify under the Small Water or Sewer Public Utility Act (Chapter 10.2:1 (§ 56-265.13:1 et seq.) of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia), such assets may be exempted from the requirement of performing a depreciation study.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13 and 56-90.2 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2020.

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