§ 8-1-31.6-5 — Commission approval of water utility's plan for customer lead service line improvements

Indiana § 8-1-31.6-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 31.6: Customer Owned Lead Service Lines

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(a) Before a water utility may seek to include
customer lead service line improvements as eligible infrastructure
improvements:
(1) for purposes of IC 8-1-31, for public utilities; or
(2) for purpose of this chapter, for municipally owned utilities;
the water utility must first obtain approval from the commission of the
water utility's plan for the customer lead service line improvements. To
seek approval of the water utility's plan for the customer lead service
line improvements, the water utility shall file with the commission a
petition and a case-in-chief, including the information set forth in
section 6 of this chapter.
(b) After holding a properly noticed public hearing, the commission
shall approve the water utility's plan under this section if the
commission makes the required findings under section 6 of this
chapter.
(c) The commission shall issue the commission's final order on the
water utility's petition not later than two hundred ten (210) days after
the filing of the water utility's case-in-chief.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.91-2017, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.137-2020, SEC.3.