Rate-case process
Utility-filed rate cases with forecast test years and separate fuel and gas-cost reviews
Investor-owned utilities file for base-rate changes as needed. The Commission audits the filing, takes testimony, and enters an order; monitored fuel and purchased-gas costs can change in separate proceedings.
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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 file when base-rate relief is needed
Case-specific; utilities file when base-rate relief is needed
Rate period: Forecast test years are common; the filing identifies the proposed test period.
Governing rule ↗Between full reviews
Electric
Monitored fuel-cost plan
Annual plan and reconciliation
Fuel costs are forecast and reconciled outside base rates.
Governing source ↗Natural gas
Purchased-gas adjustment
Periodic adjustment and reconciliation
Commodity gas costs change separately from base distribution rates.
Governing source ↗Current activity