Section R14-2-302. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for gas utilities; additions/extensions; abandonments

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 in a form prescribed by the Commission and shall include, at a minimum, the fol- lowing information:

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 and/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 to correct subsection numbering (Supp. 99-4).