Current through September 2, 2024
Section 31.01.01.123 - PROPOSED CHANGES TO RATES OR RULES - EFFECTIVE DATE - NOTICE OF APPLICATION - SUSPENSION01.Statutory Notice of Rate Changes. If a public utility applies to change any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge or classification, or any rule, regulation, or contract relating to or affecting any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, classification, or service, or in any privilege or facility, on fewer than thirty (30) days after the application is filed, the proposed effective date is delayed until thirty (30) days after the application is filed by operation of Section 61-307, Idaho Code, unless the Commission approves an earlier effective date for good cause shown. Absent an order approving or suspending any or all of the proposed changes, the changes not suspended or approved take effect thirty (30) days after filing or on their proposed effective date, whichever is later. If no effective date is proposed for the changes, the changes do not take effect until approved by order.02.Notice of Application. Within twenty-one (21) days of the date of any application to change any rate, fare, toll, charge, or classification, or any rule, regulation or contract relating to or affecting any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, classification, or service, or in any privilege or facility, the Commission Secretary should issue a notice of application to all interested persons (see Rule 39.02), unless notice is issued under modified procedure or the application is earlier approved or described by order.03.Suspension of Proposed Rate Changes. At any time before proposed changes take effect under Sections 61-307, Idaho Code and Rule 123.01 of this rule, the Commission may suspend the effectiveness of the changes under Sections 61-622, Idaho Code. Whenever the Commission suspends proposed changes for less than the maximum period of suspension allowed by statute, it may extend the period of the suspension to the statutory maximum consistent with the statutory standards.Idaho Admin. Code r. 31.01.01.123