Section 134.04. Schedules to be filed with commission.

  The schedules of rates and rules shall be filed with the commission by the utility and 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 of gas 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 and consumptions, 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 type of gas supplied and the type of service (firm and/or interruptible).

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

(4)  If service to other utilities or municipalities for resale 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 gas is delivered, rate, term, minimums, load conditions, heating value of gas, pressures, and any special provisions such as rentals.

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

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

(7)  Definitions of classes of customers.

(8)  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.

(9)  Type of construction required of the customer if different from requirements in ch. PSC 135 .

(10)  Designation of such portion of the service facilities as the utility furnishes, owns, and maintains.

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

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

(13)  Rules governing disconnecting and reconnecting service.

(14)  Notice required from customer for having service discontinued.

(15)  Rules covering temporary, emergency, auxiliary, and standby service.

(16)  Rules covering the type of equipment which may or may not be connected.

(17)  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.

History: 1-2-56 ; r. and recr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38 , eff. 3-1-59; reprinted to restore dropped copy, Register, February, 1985, No. 350 .