Section 810-RICR-00-00-5.1 - Authority and PurposeA. These regulations are promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-11.B. The purpose of these regulations is to improve the efficiency of the Commission's procedures for the review of proposed rate schedule changes and the conduct of such hearings as may be required, to raise their quality and to increase their speed. To accomplish this objective, the regulations require each company to furnish supporting testimony and exhibits in the case of any proposed rate schedule changes and to furnish specific information and exhibits where a general increase in rates is proposed under the applicable statutes. In connection with the latter, the regulations require each company to present its case-in-chief, to the extent feasible, in a standard format. The prescribed information is directed to items that the Commission has found useful in recent proceedings; the format should facilitate analysis of the filing by marking a traceable trail from the book source data through the adjustments and summaries to the proposed revenue requirements.C. It should be noted, however, that these regulations are not intended to restrict in any way the right of any company to submit such additional exhibits and testimony or to argue such theories as it may choose in any proceeding.810 R.I. Code R. 810-RICR-00-00-5.1