Indiana § 8-1-31.5-12 Petition for system integrity adjustment; requirements; utility consumer
counselor; hearing and order; duration of system integrity adjustment

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-1-31.5-12 — Petition for system integrity adjustment; requirements; utility consumer counselor; hearing and order; duration of system integrity adjustment

Indiana § 8-1-31.5-12

Art. 1UTILITIES GENERALLY

Ch. 31.5System Integrity Adjustments

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Ind. Code § 8-1-31.5-12 (2026).

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(a)An eligible utility that is not collecting a system integrity adjustment may file with the commission a petition setting forth rate schedules that establish a system integrity adjustment to recover from or credit to customers the eligible utility's adjustment amount. The petition must establish that the eligible utility's system integrity collar has been satisfied on a cumulative basis following the effective date of the commission's order in the eligible utility's most recent general rate case. The eligible utility's system integrity collar may not be included in the calculation of its adjustment amount. The eligible utility shall certify in the petition that the eligible utility will use any adjustment revenues for eligible infrastructure improvements (as defined in IC 8-1-31-5).

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(a) An eligible utility that is not collecting
a system integrity adjustment may file with the commission a petition
setting forth rate schedules that establish a system integrity adjustment
to recover from or credit to customers the eligible utility's adjustment
amount. The petition must establish that the eligible utility's system
integrity collar has been satisfied on a cumulative basis following the
effective date of the commission's order in the eligible utility's most
recent general rate case. The eligible utility's system integrity collar
may not be included in the calculation of its adjustment amount. The
eligible utility shall certify in the petition that the eligible utility will
use any adjustment revenues for eligible infrastructure improvements
(as defined in IC 8-1-31-5).
(b) An eligible utility shall serve the office of the utility consumer
counselor a copy of the petition at the same time the petition is filed
with the commission. The office of the utility consumer counselor may
do the following:
(1) Examine information of the eligible utility to confirm proper
calculation of the proposed system integrity adjustment.
(2) Submit a report of the examination to the commission not later
than thirty (30) days after the petition is filed.
(c) The commission shall hold a hearing on the petition and issue its
order not later than ninety (90) days after the petition is filed.
(d) If the commission determines that the system integrity
adjustment is properly calculated, the commission shall enter an order
approving the petition. The system integrity adjustment may be
collected until the earlier of the following:
(1) Forty-eight (48) months after the date set forth in the order
entered under this subsection on which the eligible utility may
begin collecting the system integrity adjustment.
(2) The date on which the commission issues an order in the
eligible utility's next general rate case proceeding.