A. 
The regulatory commission shall maintain separate files for all rate matters, assign a case number and an appropriate caption to each rate matter, and maintain a case listing.
B. 
A separate series of case numbers will be used for each calendar year.
C. 
Files for rate matters shall contain the original of each filing, a transcript of the advisory commission public hearing, a transcript of the regulatory commission public hearing, if any, and all other materials relating to the hearing proceedings.
(AR No. 89-242(S))
A. 
The regulatory commission shall give the public reasonable notice of public hearings.
B. 
For public hearings on permanent rate changes, reasonable notice shall consist of published notice no less than 30 days prior to the hearing date and for no less than one week, and may include a written notice mailed to the municipal utility's customers in the month preceding the public hearing. Published notices involving permanent rate changes under review by the regulatory commission shall contain the following information:
1. 
Identify the subject matter, time, date and location of the public hearing;
2. 
State that written materials and a recording of the advisory commission public hearing regarding the proposed permanent rate change are available to the public for review;
3. 
Inform the public of its right to comment on the proposed rate changes in writing as well as at the public hearing; and
4. 
Inform the public that comments by interested members of the public will be considered by the regulatory commission in making its determinations.
(AR No. 89-242(S); AO No. 2009-134, § 1, 1-12-2010)
A. 
Recommendations submitted to the regulatory commission from an advisory commission shall contain, at a minimum, the following supporting information:
1. 
Supporting information, including revenue requirement, identified in the rules and regulations for advisory commissions; and
2. 
The record from the advisory commission related to rate proceedings.
B. 
Where permitted under the Code, permanent rate proposals filed with the utility regulatory commission may contain abbreviated supporting information, containing, at a minimum, the following:
1. 
The most current financial statement from the utility requesting the rate change;
2. 
A schedule showing the comparison of year-end projections to the approved budget and/or the proposed budget for next year; and
3. 
A schedule showing the amount of the proposed rate change, both absolute dollars and as a percentage increase or decrease, applied to the most recent approved permanent rates and charges for each customer or service classification.
(AR No. 89-242(S))