Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a municipally owned utility may file with the commission a petition setting forth rate schedules establishing an amount that will allow the adjustment of the utility’s basic rates and charges to provide for recovery of customer lead service line improvement costs. The adjustment shall be calculated as a monthly fixed charge based upon meter size.

     (b) The municipally owned utility shall serve upon the office of the utility consumer counselor a copy of its filing at the time of its filing with the commission.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-31.6-10

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-31.6-1
  • customer lead service line improvement: means an expenditure that is:

    Indiana Code 8-1-31.6-2

  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) Publication of notice of the filing is not required.

     (d) A municipally owned utility may not file a petition under this section in the same calendar year in which the utility has filed a request for a general increase in the basic rates and charges of the municipally owned utility.

As added by P.L.137-2020, SEC.8.