Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-250b-4 - Procedures for regulating rates and charges
In regulating carriers, the Department shall follow the procedures below.
(a)
(1)
Regulation of Rates. For any
initial application and for any subsequent tariff filing which proposes to
alter existing rates and charges, the Department shall require each carrier to
submit an application or filing according to the procedures established in
sections
16-1-45
et seq. of these regulations and the provisions in subdivisions (2), (3) and
(4) of this subsection, in accordance with 16-1-1 et seq. of these
regulations.
(2)
Components
Required. The Department shall require that all initial applications and
all filings submitted for cellular mobile telephone service which propose to
alter existing rates or charges shall include the following components, where
applicable, instead of the components described in sections
16-1-54 and
16-1-55
of these regulations:
(A) Supporting Data. The
Department shall require that all initial applications and all tariff filings
which propose to alter existing rates and charges shall be submitted to the
Department with sworn testimony on matters of public benefit from the affected
service and cost justification for the proposed rate. The Department may
require such additional data as it deems necessary.
(B) Effective Date. The Department shall
require that all initial applications and all tariff filings which propose to
alter existing rates and charges shall include a proposed effective date which
shall be no earlier than seven (7) days after the filing date. Such proposed
effective date shall be suspended, in any event, until after the Department
issues a decision on the application or filing.
(3)
Notice. The Department, by
publication and written notice to any person who requests in writing to receive
notice, shall include the following in its notice: the carrier's name, the
application's or filing's proposed effective date, a description of the subject
matter in the application or filing, and a statement that the application or
filing, supporting testimony and cost study are on file at the Department's
offices for examination and comment by interested persons.
(4)
Hearing. The Department
shall order a public hearing on the application or filing. A public hearing
shall be convened on or before thirty (30) days after the proposed effective
date in the application or filing. The Department shall issue its decision and
orders on or before thirty (30) days after the hearing, unless the applicant
waives such a deadline.
(b) For any tariff filing which proposes any
new service or language change without altering existing rates and charges, the
Department shall follow and shall require any carrier to follow the procedure
established in section
16-1-59A of
these regulations. The Department shall require any carrier to file any
proposed tariff filing following the procedures in section
16-1-45
et seq. of these regulations, in accordance with section
16-1-1 et seq.
of these regulations.
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