Minnesota Administrative Rules

7825.0900 PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE.

Utilities shall petition the commission for certification of depreciation rates and methods as prescribed by the commission's rules of practice for petitions. Prior to the initial certification of a utility's depreciation rates and methods, the depreciation rates and methods effective as of January 1, 1975, are to be used. Depreciation rates and methods, once certified by order, are binding on all future rate proceedings and will remain in effect until the next certification or until the commission shall determine otherwise. If a utility is unable to comply by January 1, 1977, with any of the provisions of parts 7825.0500 to 7825.0900, the utility shall petition the commission within three months of the effective date of parts 7825.0600 to 7825.0900 for a temporary exception. The petition shall include the justification for noncompliance, the duration of the desired exception, and the plan for compliance.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216B.08; 216B.11

Published Electronically:

January 20, 2005