R746-700-1. General Provisions Applicable to All 7XX Series Rules

  This rule provides provisions for complete filings for general rate case and alternative cost recovery for major plant addition applications and other 7XX series rules, meaning R746-700-1 through and including R746-700-51.

  A. Purpose. The 7XX series rules apply to an application for a general rate case filed by a public utility for an increase or decrease in base rates pursuant to 54-7-12 and an application for alternative cost recovery for a major plant addition filed by an electrical corporation or gas corporation public utility for cost recovery of a major plant addition pursuant to 54-7-13.4.

  B. A public utility anticipating to file a general rate case or major plant addition application shall file with the Commission a non-binding notification of its intent to file such application at least 30 days prior to the anticipated filing date of the application. The notification shall be served on all parties that participated in the public utility's last prior general rate case or major plant addition proceeding respectively. The Commission may grant an exception or modification to this notification requirement based on a showing of good cause by the public utility.

  C. Minimum filing requirements for a complete filing. Sections 700-10, 700-20, 700-21, 700-22, 700-23, 700-30, 700-40, 700-41, 700-50, and 700-51 set forth the information which must be contained in an application, testimony, exhibits, evidence, data, and any other informational documents filed with an application for the application to be considered a complete filing pursuant to 54-7-12(2) or 54-7-13.4(2).

  D. Paper and Electronic media documents.

  1. All documents filed with the Commission shall conform to the requirements of Subsection R746-1, Public Service Commission Administrative Procedures Act Rule.

  2. A proceeding participant is encouraged to provide voluminous material to other participants in a proceeding in an electronic media version. Unless a participant in a Commission proceeding notifies the Commission and other proceeding participants that it is unable or unwilling to receive documents in electronic media, provision of documents to a participant need only be in electronic media.

  3. An applicant shall provide electronic media versions of its application and additional information and documents to be provided pursuant to any series 7XX rule to the Division of Public Utilities and the Office of Consumer Services, other parties granted intervention in the utility's last prior application proceeding, and any other person that has petitioned for intervention in the proceeding. An applicant need not provide these documents to a person whose intervention it opposes unless and until the person is granted intervention by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicant shall provide a reasonable number of paper copies of the documents to the Division of Public Utilities and the Office of Consumer Services upon request.

  E. Format, detail, etc. of documents, information, data, etc., indication of non-existence of information or unavailability of information of the type, detail or format described in a rule provision in the public utility's normal course of business and accounting, and confidential and privileged documents or information.

  1. The format, detail, etc. of documents, data, information, etc. provided pursuant to any 7XX series rule shall be in the same format, detail, etc. as provided in the public utility's last prior proceeding or as otherwise directed by the Commission in or subsequent to the last prior proceeding. If a document, spreadsheet, schedule, etc. has internal formulas or other types of inter-cell relationships, the electronic media version shall be provided with such formulas or cell relationships intact.

  2. If any series 7XX rule requires particular documents, data, information, etc. to be produced and the documents, data, information, etc. do not exist, the proceeding participant shall specifically so indicate. If any 7XX series rule requires information to be produced of a certain type or in a certain detail, format, etc. which is not so maintained in the normal course of business and accounting, the participant will so indicate and identify and provide what information does exist as maintained by the participant.

  3. Information claimed to be confidential that would fall within any 7XX series rule that is filed or provided by a proceeding participant in connection with an application shall be filed or provided under the terms of R746-1-601 through 605 or any applicable protective order. If a proceeding participant believes a document, data, information, etc. would fall within any 7XX series rule but claims a privilege affects its production, in lieu of providing the document, data, information, etc., the participant shall provide a description of the document, data, information, etc. and explain the privilege's application to the document, data, information, etc.