OAR 860-022-0650: Annual Rate Adjustment Forecast Reporting

(1) Each electric and natural gas utility shall, on or before December 31 of each calendar year, file with the Commission and make publicly available a report identifying any rate adjustments the utility expects to propose or implement within the subsequent 12-month period. (2) The Report required under section (1) must, at a minimum: (a) Identify each rate adjustment requests that an electric or natural gas company has filed or reasonably knows or anticipates to file; (b) Identify other requests or applications that could result in a rate adjustment; (c) Provide dollar and percentage estimates on the amounts of expected rate adjustments, if the amounts in expected rate adjustments are not known with certainty; and (d) For each rate adjustment request that an electric or natural gas company has filed or reasonably knows or anticipates to file: (A) That actual or anticipated filing date with the Commission; (B) The requested or anticipated effective date of the rate adjustment; (C) The estimated overall rate impact, expressed in both dollars and percentage amounts, that would result from the rate adjustment if approved; (D) The cumulative rate impact of the rate adjustment in aggregate with all other rate adjustments that take effect between the date of the report and the date the rate adjustment takes effect; (E) Identify the classification of service or customer that may be affected by a rate adjustment and a forecast of how the rate adjustment may affect rates for the other customer classes. (3) An electric or natural gas company is not required under this section to make publicly available any information or material that is subject to confidentiality under the rules of the commission. (4) An electric or natural gas utility may request protection of confidential information submitted under section (2) of this rule by filing a motion for a protective order with the Commission.