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Delaware Administrative Code
Title 26 - Public UtilitiesGeneral Regulations
Regulations Implementing the Water Utility Distribution System Improvement Charge ("DSIC") and the Utility Facility Relocation Charge ("UFRC")
Section 1009-4.0 - Review and Approval Procedure

26 Del. Admin. Code § 1009-4.0

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Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025
Section 1009-4.0 - Review and Approval Procedure
4.1 Staff will review each utility's DSIC/UFRC application to ensure compliance with the provisions of 26 Del.C. §§ 314 and 315 and these regulations. Staff has five (5) days to review a Filing for compliance.
4.2 Staff shall notify the utility of any defect(s) in its Filing within five (5) business days of its submission to the Commission. The utility shall have five (5) business days to correct such defect(s) and resubmit the Filing.
4.3 Within five (5) business days of a utility's Filing, Staff and the Division of the Public Advocate may issue data requests to the utility concerning the Filing. Staff will attach a Certificate of Service identifying the person upon whom electronic service was made. Such data requests shall be deemed served if sent to the utility's identified representative(s) via electronic mail at the correct electronic mail address.
4.4 The utility shall submit its written responses to any data requests issued by Staff and/or the Division of the Public Advocate to the Staff analyst, Staff counsel, and the Division of the Public Advocate within five (5) business days of their receipt.
4.5 As soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event fewer than seven (7) calendar days before the Commission meeting at which the Filing is scheduled for consideration, Staff shall advise the utility in writing whether it intends to recommend that the Commission approve or deny the Filing. If Staff will recommend that the Commission deny the Filing, Staff shall fully set forth its reasons therefore. Staff shall also provide its recommendation to the Commission in writing.
4.6 The Filing will be scheduled for consideration at the Commission meeting that is the closest meeting prior to the thirty (30) day deadline. If Staff has recommended that the Commission deny the Filing, the utility will be permitted to submit evidence contesting that recommendation.
4.7 Upon Commission approval of the Filing, the DSIC/UFRC rate will be implemented pending the year-end Staff audit discussed in Section 6.

26 Del. Admin. Code § 1009-4.0