Wis. Admin. Code ch.
PSC 7 deals with assessments attributable to acid deposition studies and monitoring activities. The statute implemented by Wis. Admin. Code ch. PSC 7 was repealed by
1997 Wis. Act 27. Therefore, there is no reason to retain this administrative rule.
Wis. Admin. Code ch.
PSC 172, which deals with the regulation of certain wireless telecommunications providers, was nullified when the Wisconsin Telecommunications Act was passed. That Act ended, with very limited exceptions, the Commission's jurisdiction over wireless providers. Wis. Admin. Code ch. 170 deals with radio common carriers, a category of telecommunications providers that no longer exists. Therefore, there is no reason to retain these administrative rules.
A variety of other changes are made to bring rule language into conformity with current drafting conventions or to eliminate obsolete language.
TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE
SECTION 1. PSC 7 is repealed.
SECTION 2. PSC 8.07(8) to (10) and (12) are repealed.
This rule making amends ch.
Trans 152, relating to Wisconsin Interstate Fuel Tax and International Registration Plan programs. The rule making clarifies Department policies regarding application requirements, business location, collections, and overdue billings. The rule making also reflects a statutory change in
1999 Wis. Act 145 that transfers appeals of certain determinations of the Department of Transportation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals to the Tax Appeals Commission.
SECTION 4. PSC 104.04(4) is amended to read:
PSC 104.04(4) The utility shall notify the commission of accidents to employes employees resulting in more than 3 days' disability. Advice given promptly by the utility that notice has been given to the industrial commission
workers' compensation division of the department of workforce development shall be deemed considered compliance with this subsection.
SECTION 5. PSC 113.0301(10)(c)4. is amended to read:
PSC 113.0301(10)(c)4. A statement that residential utility service will be continued during serious illness or protective services emergency if the occupant submits a statement or notice pursuant to sub. (12) (13).
SECTION 6. PSC 115.02(1) is renumbered 115.02.
SECTION 7. PSC 115.02(1)(a) to (e) is renumbered 115.02(1) to (5) and amended to read:
PSC 115.02(1) Wisconsin electric power company Electric Power Company.
(2) Wisconsin public service corporation Public Service Corporation.
(3) Wisconsin power and light company Power and Light Company.
(4) Northern states power company of Wisconsin
States Power Company.
(5) Madison gas & electric company Gas and Electric Company.
SECTION 8. PSC 115.02(2) is repealed.
SECTION 9. PSC 133.01(1) is repealed.
SECTION 10. PSC 134.13(1)(a)(intro.) is amended to read:
PSC 134.13(1)(a) All of the information in par. (b) shall be shown for each meter on Each each bill, including the customer's receipt, if the bill is provided by
any of the following:
Madison gas and electric company,
Northern states power company,
Superior water light and power company,
Wisconsin fuel and light company,
Wisconsin power and light company,
Wisconsin public service corporation, and
Wisconsin southern gas company shall show for each meter the following information:
SECTION 11. PSC 134.13(1)(a)1. to 15. are renumbered 134.13(1)(b)1. to 15.
SECTION 12. PSC 134.13(1)(a)1. to 7. are created to read:
PSC 134.13(1)(a)1. Madison Gas and Electric Company.
2. Northern States Power Company.
3. Superior Water, Light and Power Company.
4. Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
5. Wisconsin Gas Company, LLC.
6. Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
7. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
SECTION 13. PSC 134.13(1)(b) to (j) are renumbered 134.13(1)(c) to (k).
SECTION 14. PSC 134.13(b)(intro.) is created to read:
PSC 134.13(b)(intro.) The bill under par. (a), including the customer's receipt, shall show the following information:
SECTION 15. PSC 136.01(1) is repealed.
SECTION 16. PSC 136.04(1)(a) is repealed.
SECTION 17. PSC 136.04(1)(b) to (f) are amended to read:
PSC 136.04(1)(b) Madison gas and electric company
Gas and Electric Company.
(c) Northern states power company States Power Company.
(d) Superior water, light and power company Water, Light and Power Company.
(e) Wisconsin fuel and light company Electric Power Company.
(f) Wisconsin gas company Gas Company LLC.
SECTION 18. PSC 136.04(1)(g) is repealed.
SECTION 19. PSC 136.04(1)(h) and (i) are amended to read:
PSC 136.04(1)(h) Wisconsin power and light company Power and Light Company.
(i) Wisconsin public service corporation Public Service Corporation.
SECTION 20. PSC 136.04(1)(j) is repealed.
SECTION 21. PSC 164.01 is amended to read:
PSC 164.01 Filing of information. Any public utility engaged in furnishing
telephone telecommunications service which determines to furnish service to its
employes employees, pensioners, and officers at no charge or at charges less than those prescribed in its published schedules or tariffs, as provided in s.
196.60, Stats.,
as amended by ch. 499, laws of 1963, shall inform the public service commission
of Wisconsin as
hereinafter prescribed
in s. PSC 164.02 of the conditions and circumstances under which it will be furnished.
SECTION 22. PSC 165.01(1) is repealed.
SECTION 23. PSC 165.081(6)(c) is repealed.
SECTION 24. PSC 166.015 is amended to read:
PSC 166.015 Conforming maps. Every exchange area boundary map filed with the commission on and after June 1, 1943, shall conform to the following rules in this chapter and every such map filed before that date shall be revised on or before September 1, 1943, to conform to such rules. Exhibit A attached is a specimen map which conforms to all of the requirements established by the in these rules herein adopted.
SECTION 25. PSC 166.03 is repealed.
SECTION 26. PSC 166.07 is amended to read:
PSC 166.07 Accompanying statement. All maps filed with the commission shall be accompanied by a statement of undertaking to serve on a sheet 81
/2 x 11 inches in size in the following form:
“The attached map, dated ___________ , delineates the boundary and territory of the _______________exchange in which the ______________Telephone Company now serves and will serve the public. The Telephone Company undertakes, subject to its extension rules and filed tariffs, to make extensions of its lines and service at any time when such service may be requested or demanded by any person located within such territory as designated on such map.
“The _______________ Telephone Company will not extend its lines and service beyond the territory and exchange boundary defined on the attached map, except:
(a) to serve persons located in the territory designated as open on such map.
SECTION 27. PSC 166.11 is amended to read:
PSC 166.11 Exhibit “B", suggested statement required under s.
PSC 166.08.
Notice of Hearing
Public Service Commission
Hearing Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
Hearing Location: Public Service Commission, 610 North Whitney Way, Madison, WI
Comments Due: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 – Noon
FAX Due: Monday, June 12, 2006 – Noon
Address comments to:
Sandra J. Paske, Secretary to the Commission
Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 7854
Madison, WI 53707-7854
FAX (608) 266-3957
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin adopts an order to repeal ch.
PSC 98, Wis. Admin. Code, relating to rules adopted to meet all requirements in section 303.304 of the regulations of the Federal Price Commission in regard to increases in rates or charges of utilities, railroads, motor carriers, and carriers by water within the Public Service Commission's jurisdiction.
Analysis Prepared by the Public Service Commission
PSC Chapter
98 was created in Docket No. PC-1 on October 10, 1972. The rules were adopted to meet all requirements in section 303.304 of the regulations of the Federal Price Commission in regard to increases in rates or charges of utilities, railroads, motor carriers, and carriers by water within the Public Service Commission's jurisdiction. It was created in response to the creation of the Price Commission under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. The Price Commission was established by Executive Order No. 11627, 1971, by the Nixon Administration to stabilize prices. This was a time of freezes on the prices of all commodities and services offered for sale except the prices charged for raw agricultural products.
Present Status
The authority contained in the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, as amended, to impose a system of mandatory wage and price controls expired on April 30, 1974, Executive Order No. 11781. Executive Order No. 11788 dated June 18, 1974, provided for the orderly termination of economic stabilization activities and in Section 10 revoked Executive Order No. 11627 of October 15, 1971. It also abolished the Cost of Living Council in Section 1.
Based upon this information there is not a need for the continued existence of Chapter
PSC 98.
