16 U.S.C. § 2643 : US Code - Section 2643: Gathering information on costs of service

Search 16 U.S.C. § 2643 : US Code - Section 2643: Gathering information on costs of service

(a) Information required to be gathered
Each electric utility shall periodically gather information under
such rules (promulgated by the Commission) as the Commission
determines necessary to allow determination of the costs associated
with providing electric service. For purposes of this section, and
for purposes of any consideration and determination respecting the
standard established by section 2621(d)(2) of this title, such
costs shall be separated, to the maximum extent practicable, into
the following components: customer cost component, demand cost
component, and energy cost component. Rules under this subsection
shall include requirements for the gathering of the following
information with respect to each electric utility -
(1) the costs of serving each electric consumer class,
including costs of serving different consumption patterns within
such class, based on voltage level, time of use, and other
appropriate factors;
(2) daily kilowatt demand load curves for all electric consumer
classes combined representative of daily and seasonal differences
in demand, and daily kilowatt demand load curves for each
electric consumer class for which there is a separate rate,
representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand;
(3) annual capital, operating, and maintenance costs -
(A) for transmission and distribution services, and
(B) for each type of generating unit; and
(4) costs of purchased power, including representative daily
and seasonal differences in the amount of such costs.
Such rules shall provide that information required to be gathered
under this section shall be presented in such categories and such
detail as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section.
(b) Commission rules
The Commission shall, within 180 days after November 9, 1978, by
rule, prescribe the methods, procedure, and format to be used by
electric utilities in gathering the information described in this
section. Such rules may provide for the exemption by the Commission
of an electric utility or class of electric utilities from
gathering all or part of such information, in cases where such
utility or utilities show and the Commission finds, after public
notice and opportunity for the presentation of written data, views,
and arguments, that gathering such information is not likely to
carry out the purposes of this section. The Commission shall
periodically review such findings and may revise such rules.
(c) Filing and publication
Not later than two years after November 9, 1978, and
periodically, but not less frequently than every two years
thereafter, each electric utility shall file with -
(1) the Commission, and
(2) any State regulatory authority which has ratemaking
authority for such utility,
the information gathered pursuant to this section and make such
information available to the public in such form and manner as the
Commission shall prescribe. In addition, at the time of application
for, or proposal of, any rate increase, each electric utility shall
make such information available to the public in such form and
manner as the Commission shall prescribe. The two-year period after
November 9, 1978, specified in this subsection may be extended by
the Commission for a reasonable additional period in the case of
any electric utility for good cause shown.
(d) Enforcement
For purposes of enforcement, any violation of a requirement of
this section shall be treated as a violation of a provision of the
Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 [15 U.S.C.
791 et seq.] enforceable under section 12 of such Act [15 U.S.C.
797] (notwithstanding any expiration date in such Act) except that
in applying the provisions of such section 12 any reference to the
Federal Energy Administrator shall be treated as a reference to the
Commission.