R746-401-3. Reporting Requirements

A. Each public utility shall file a report with the Commission, at least 30 days before beginning construction, by the utility or contracted by the utility, or before the purchase or acquisition of the following utility assets and any other utility plant devoted to Utah service, the cost of which is in excess of the lesser of $10,000,000 or five percent of gross investment in utility plant devoted to Utah service at the latest balance sheet date as set forth in its most recent annual report on file with the Commission:

1. gas corporations --

a. any manufactured gas production facility, or liquids separation or sweetening plant facility, or gas reinjection plant facility.

b. any natural gas storage reservoir or liquified natural gas storage facility.

c. any natural gas transmission pipeline the size of which is:

i. large utilities - eight inches or greater in diameter and 20 miles or more in length

ii. small utilities - four inches or greater in diameter and ten miles or more in length

2. electrical corporations, wholesale electrical cooperatives and independent energy producers --

a. any coal mine, uranium mine, geothermal well or other fuel source development

b. any electrical generating facility of ten megawatts or greater

c. any electrical transmission line ten miles or more in length and the design voltage of which is:

i. large utilities - 138 kilovolts or greater

ii. small utilities - 69 kilovolts or greater

3. telephone and telegraph corporations --

a. any new central office or complete replacement of an existing central office in Utah the size of which is:

i. large utilities - 5,000 or more access lines in service

ii. small utilities - 500 or more access lines in service

4. water corporations --

a. any water well or spring development

b. any water storage reservoir

c. any water transmission pipeline one mile or more in length

5. sewerage corporations --

a. any sewer treatment facility

b. any sewer transmission pipeline one mile or more in length

6. heat corporations --

a. any heat production facility

b. any heat transmission pipeline one-quarter mile or more in length

B. Each public utility shall file with the Commission, at least 30 days before its being consummated, a report of the sale, transfer or other disposition by that utility of utility assets having a book cost allocated to Utah in excess of the lesser of ten million dollars or five percent of gross investment in utility plant devoted to Utah service at the latest balance sheet date as set forth in its most recent annual report on file with the Commission.

C. Each public utility shall file with the Commission, at least 30 days before being placed into effect, a report of the construction, purchase, acquisition, sale, transfer or other disposition by that utility of nonutility assets having a book cost in excess of the lesser of twenty million dollars or ten percent of gross investment in utility plant devoted to Utah service at the latest balance sheet date as set forth in its most recent annual report on file with the Commission.

D. The utility shall file with the Commission an original and 12 copies of the report on each transaction described in the foregoing sections.

E. The report of each transaction shall contain, at least, the following information:

1. The utility's name and address, and a brief description of the utility's service territory;

2. Description of the subject transaction, the purposes and reasons for the transaction, and the location and purposes of the subject assets;

3. Information to show that the utility has or will get any required consent, franchise or permit from the proper county, city, or other public authority and any other necessary authorizations from the appropriate governmental bodies;

4. Dates assets are to be constructed, bought or otherwise acquired, or sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of;

5. Estimated construction cost of the assets or book cost and accumulated depreciation, depletion or amortization of assets acquired, sold, transferred or disposed of;

6. Information to show that any proposed line, plant or system will not conflict with or adversely affect the operations of any existing certificated public utility which supplies the same product or service to the public and that it will not constitute an extension into the territory certificated to any existing public utility which supplies the same product or service to the public;

7. Financial statements of the utility demonstrating adequate financial capacity to support the construction or acquisition of the proposed assets, and information concerning any proposed financing arrangements necessary to finance the proposed assets;

8. Estimated effect of the transaction on current utility rates and charges; and

9. Other information as the Commission may require.

F. Any report filed with the Commission shall be updated or supplemented if there are significant changes in the subject transaction.