Common use of Rate Case Expenses Clause in Contracts

Rate Case Expenses. The Settling Parties agree and recommend the Commission approve Lakes Region’s recovery of its reasonable rate case expenses for this proceeding through a surcharge to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shores’ customers. Lakes Region’s rate case expenses may include, but are not limited to, legal and consultant expenses, incremental administrative expenses such as copying 01. Lakes Region agrees to file its final rate case expenses and proposal for surcharge recovery, pursuant to Puc 1905.02, no later than 30 days from the date of the Commission’s order approving permanent rates in this proceeding. The Settling Parties agree that Staff will review Lakes Region’s proposal and provide a recommendation for the Commission’s consideration prior to the issuance of an order on rate case expense recovery. The resulting surcharge shall be reflected as a separate item on all ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shores customers’ bills. Upon issuance of the Commission’s order approving rate case expense recovery, Lakes Region agrees to file, within 15 days of that order, a compliance tariff supplement including the approved surcharge relating to the total recovery of rate case expenses, as well as the average monthly surcharge per customer.