- (a) Each utility shall file with the commission and the department an annual report of proposed expenditures for addition, extensions, and capital improvements to fixed capital on or before May 15 of each year.
- (b) The report shall include the name of the utility filing the report.
(c) With respect to any proposed main or service capital addition, extension, or improvement, utilities shall report on Form E-22 the following:
- (1) A description of size, length, and material of the main or service;
- (2) The location of the proposed capital addition, extension, or improvement;
- (3) The total estimated cost of the proposed capital addition, extension, or improvement by work category; and
- (4) The signature, full name, and title of the utility employee who supervised the preparation of the report, and date of signature.
- (d) Investigation of or comment on a construction budget or Form E-22 by the commission or failure to identify prudence review issues as described in paragraph (e) below, shall not constitute a final prudence review and the commission shall not be precluded from analyzing the merit of any expenditure in a future rate case.
- (e) The commission shall notify a utility when it identifies prudence review issues, which it would raise as part of a rate case, in connection with notice of a proposed expenditure under this section.
Source. #13794, eff 10-25-23; ss by #14462, eff 1-2-26, EXPIRES 1-2-36