Rate-case process
Utility-filed general rate cases with annual power and gas-cost updates
Base rates are reset in utility-specific cases that may take up to a year. Electric power costs and purchased-gas costs are reviewed in separate annual proceedings.
Read the official framework ↗Wholesale power market
Primary organized-market or non-RTO region for the state jurisdiction.
Market coverage source ↗State rules
Full base-rate reviews set the broad revenue and return framework. Recurring riders, clauses, and reconciliations can change narrower charges between those reviews. These are governing patterns, not filing-date forecasts.
Electric and gas service
Full base-rate review
Electric and gas · Commission-regulated investor-owned electric and natural-gas utilities
Case-specific; utilities may request a rate change at any time
Case-specific; utilities may request a rate change at any time
Rate period: Historic or forecast test periods are evaluated in each filing.
Governing rule ↗Between full reviews
Electric
Annual power-cost update
Annual forecast and true-up
Electric net power costs are updated in separate annual proceedings.
Governing source ↗Natural gas
Purchased gas adjustment
Annual forecast and true-up
Purchased-gas costs are adjusted separately from base distribution rates.
Governing source ↗Current activity