Section R14-2-202. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for Electric Utilities

A.      Application for new Certificate of Convenience and Necessity. Six copies of each application for a new Certificate of Conve- nience and Necessity shall be submitted to the Commission, through Docket Control, in a form prescribed by the Commis- sion and shall include, at a minimum, the following informa- tion:

1.        The proper name and correct address of the proposed util- ity company and its owner, if a sole proprietorship, each

partner, if a partnership, or the President and Secretary if a corporation.

2.        The rates proposed to be charged for the service that will be rendered.

3.        A financial statement setting forth the financial condition of the applicant.

4.        Maps of the proposed service area or a description of the area proposed to be served.

5.        Appropriate city, county and/or state agency approvals, where appropriate.

6.        The actual number of customers within the service area as of the time of filing and the estimated number of custom- ers to be served for each of the first five years of opera- tion.

7.        Such other information as the Commission by order or the staff of the Utilities Division by written directive may request.

B.       Application for discontinuance or abandonment of utility ser- vice

1.        Any utility proposing to discontinue or abandon utility service currently in use by the public shall prior to such action obtain authority therefor from the Commission.

2.        The utility shall include in the application, studies of past, present and prospective customer use of the subject ser- vice, plant, or facility as is necessary to support the appli- cation.

3.        An application shall not be required to remove individual facilities where a customer has requested service discon- tinuance.

Historical Note

Adopted effective March 2, 1982 (Supp. 82-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 3933, effective Sep- tember 24, 1999 (Supp. 99-3). Amended by exempt

rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 4180, effective October 13, 2000

(Supp. 00-4).

Note

Editor’s Note: The following Section was amended under an exemption from the Attorney General approval provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (State ex. rel. Corbin v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 174 Ariz. 216 848 P.2d 301 (App. 1992)), as determined by the Corporation Commission. This exemption means that the rules as amended were not approved by the Attorney General.