Section 113.0401. Schedules to be filed with commission.

  The schedules of rates and rules to be filed with the commission by the utility shall be classified, designated, arranged and submitted so as to conform to the requirements of current tariff or rate schedule circulars and special instructions which have been and may from time to time be issued by the commission. Provisions of the schedules shall be definite and so stated as to minimize ambiguity or the possibility of misinterpretation and shall include, together with such other information as may be deemed pertinent, the following:

(1)  All rates for service with indication for each rate of the type and voltage of service and the class of customers to which each rate applies. There shall also be shown any limitations on loads and type of equipment which may be connected, the prices per unit of service and the number of units per billing period to which the prices apply, the period of billing, the minimum bill, method of measuring demands including method of calculating or estimating loads or minimums and any special terms and conditions applicable. The discount for prompt payment or penalty for late payment, if any and the period during which the net amount may be paid shall be specified.

(2)  By municipalities, but without reference required to any particular part thereof, the voltage at which service will be supplied and the type of service (direct current or single- /or polyphase alternating current).

(3)  Forms of standard contracts required of customers for the various types of service available.

(4)  If service to other utilities, to electric cooperatives, or municipalities is furnished at a standard filed rate, either a copy of each contract or the standard contract form together with a summary of the provisions of each signed contract. The summary shall show the principal provisions of the contract and shall include the name and address of the customer, the points where energy is delivered, rate, term, minimums, load conditions, voltage of delivery and any special provisions such as rentals. Standard contracts for such sales as that of energy for resale, street lighting, municipal athletic-field lighting and for water utilities may be filed in summary form as above outlined.

(5)  Copies of special contracts for the purchase, sale, or interchange of energy.

(6)  List of villages, cities and unincorporated communities where urban rates are applicable and towns in which service is furnished.

(7)  The list of service areas and the rates shall be filed in such form as to facilitate ready determination of the rates available in each municipality and in such unincorporated communities as have service at urban rates. If the utility has various rural rates, the areas where the same are available shall be indicated.

(8)  Definitions of classes of customers.

(9)  Extension rules for extending service to new customers indicating what portion of the extension or cost thereof will be furnished by the utility; and if the rule is based on cost, the items of cost included.

(10)  Type of construction required if in excess of the standards required by the Wisconsin state electrical code.

(11)  Specification of such portion of service as the utility furnishes, owns and maintains, such as service drop, service entrance cable or conductors, conduits, service entrance equipment, meter and socket. Indication of the portions of interior wiring such as range or water-heater connection, furnished in whole or in part by the utility and statement indicating final ownership and responsibility for maintaining equipment furnished by utility.

(12)  Statement of the type of special construction commonly requested by customers which the utility allows to be connected and terms upon which such construction will be permitted, with due provision for the avoidance of unjust discrimination as between customers who request special construction and those who do not. This applies, for example, to a case where a customer desires underground service in overhead territory.

(13)  Rules with which prospective customers must comply as a condition of receiving service and the terms of contracts required.

(14)  Rules governing the establishment of credit by customers for payment of service bills.

(15)  Rules governing the procedure followed in disconnecting and reconnecting service.

(16)  Notice by customer required for having service discontinued.

(17)  Rules covering temporary, emergency, auxiliary and stand-by service.

(18)  Rules covering the type of equipment which may or may not be connected, including rules such as those requiring demand-limiting devices or power-factor corrective equipment.

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