Section 113.0506. Stray voltage service fees.

 

(1)  All investor-owned electric utilities which have annual gross operating revenues related to electricity of less than $100,000,000 and all electric cooperatives with retail customers organized under ch. 185 , Stats. , will be assessed a service fee of $500 per investigation under the scope of the stray voltage program.

(2)  All investor-owned electric utilities which have annual gross operating revenues related to electricity of more than $100,000,000 shall be assessed according to s. 196.857 (1m) , Stats.

(3)  Electric cooperatives with retail customers organized under ch. 185 , Stats. , will be assessed a total of $50,000 annually. Each electric cooperative shall provide an equal portion for this assessment. The amounts received under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation made in s. 20.155 (1) (L) , Stats., and credited against the assessment collected under s. 196.857 (1m) (a) , Stats. The cooperatives shall pay the total amount that is assessed within 30 days after it receives a bill for that amount from the commission. The bill constitutes notice of assessment and demand of payment.

(4)  Each applicant for stray voltage program services may be assessed a fee not to exceed $300.

(5)  Reasonable fees, based on actual costs, may be assessed for services rendered other than those for the on-farm site-related fees in subs. (1) and (4) . The fees collected in this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (1) (L) , Stats.

Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535 , eff. 8-1-00.