South Carolina Code 58-33-285. Review of revised rates order or failure to issue such order; Office of Regulatory Staff as party; intervention
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(A) Within thirty days of the issuance of a revised rates order pursuant to § 58-33-280(E) of this article, or within thirty days of the failure by the commission to issue a revised rates order as required pursuant to § 58-33-280(E), any aggrieved party may petition the commission for review of the revised rates order or of the failure to issue a revised rates order.
(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff and the utility must be automatic parties to any proceedings under this section.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-33-285
- commission: means Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Proceeding: means the proceeding to consider an application filed under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 58-33-220
- regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
- Revised rates: means a revised schedule of electric rates and charges reflecting a change to the utility's then current nonfuel rates and charges to add incremental revenue requirements related to a base load plant as authorized in this article. See South Carolina Code 58-33-220
- Revised rates order: means an order issued by the commission approving, modifying, or denying the utility's request to charge revised rates under this article, which revised rates order an aggrieved party may contest in an adversarial hearing before the commission. See South Carolina Code 58-33-220
- Utility: means a person owning or operating equipment or facilities for generating, transmitting, or delivering electricity to South Carolina retail customers for compensation but it shall not include electric cooperatives, municipalities, the South Carolina Public Service Authority, or a person furnishing electricity only to himself, itself, its residents, employees, or tenants when the electricity is not resold or used by others. See South Carolina Code 58-33-220
(C) In filing for intervention under this section, intervenors shall identify with particularity the specific issues they intend to raise with regard to the revised rates order.
(D) The party seeking review of the revised rates order shall serve a copy of such petition on the Office of Regulatory Staff and the utility on the same day and by the same means as it is provided to the commission.
(E) Any filing under this section must be considered a new proceeding subject to the provisions of § 58-33-240. The commission shall open a single new docket for all filings related to any one set of revised rates filed under this article.