Terms Used In Florida Statutes 367.0822

  • Commission: means the Florida Public Service Commission. See Florida Statutes 367.021
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Utility: means a water or wastewater utility and, except as provided in…. See Florida Statutes 367.021

(1) Upon petition or by its own motion, the commission may conduct limited proceedings to consider, and act upon, any matter within its jurisdiction, including any matter the resolution of which requires a utility to adjust its rates. The commission shall determine the issues to be considered during such a proceeding and may grant or deny any request to expand the scope of the proceeding to include other related matters. However, unless the issue of rate of return is specifically addressed in the limited proceeding, the commission shall not adjust rates if the effect of the adjustment would be to change the last authorized rate of return.
(2) An application for a limited proceeding must be accompanied by a fee as provided by s. 367.145.
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