Section Puc 1604.03 - Publication of Proposed Rate Change(a) A utility shall notify the public of a proposed rate change by publishing an order of notice issued by the commission.(b) The commission's order of notice shall: (1) Plainly state the existing rates, the proposed rates and the proposed effective date thereof;(2) Be written in such a way as to be understood by the customers affected; and(3) Include the commission docket number.(c) For those rate cases involving multiple services and classes of service, the commission's order of notice shall include a summary of the charges for the major classes of service rather than delineating all charges to all classes of service.(d) The utility shall publish the order of notice no less than 14 days prior to the hearing or pre-hearing conference before the commission or, in the event no hearing is ordered, prior to the effective date.(e) The utility shall publish the notice required by this section in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected.(f) The utility shall provide to the commission prior to the effective date of any tariff change an affidavit of publication of the notice required by (a) above.(g) In addition to publication of the order of notice, the commission shall require dissemination of notice, and the utility shall complete such dissemination, to individual customers when there is reason to believe the customers are unlikely to see a published notice, as in the case of a seasonal community.N.H. Admin. Code § Puc 1604.03
#6573, eff 9-10-97; ss #8428, eff 9-10-05; ss by #10535, eff 3-4-14