{"data":{"id":"us-de/26-del.-c.-304","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"26 Del. C. § 304","heading":"Rate changes; notice.","body":"(a) Unless the Commission otherwise orders, no public utility shall make any change in any existing rate except after 60 days notice to the Commission, which notice shall plainly state the changes proposed to be made in the rates then in force and the time when the changes will go into effect, and for changes to base rates, shall include the test period and test year applicable for the request. All proposed changes shall be shown by filing new schedules or shall be plainly indicated upon schedules filed and in force at the time and kept open to public inspection. Public notice of all proposed changes shall be given in a form and manner set by the Public Utilities Commission. The Commission, for good cause shown, may allow changes in rates without requiring the 60-days’ notice and/or public notice under such conditions as it may prescribe. All such changes shall be immediately indicated upon its schedules by such public utility.\n(b) In prescribing conditions for rate changes, the Commission is specifically authorized and empowered to conduct proceedings in which it limits the number or type of issues it will consider in determining whether or not to permit or allow such changes. The Commission may adopt or change regulations to govern such limited issue rate proceedings.\n(c) As part of any base rate change filing, a public utility may be subject to a regulatory accounting review of transactions included on the public utility’s books and records for ratemaking purposes, including transactions to and from affiliated companies to ensure transactions and other accounting entries are required only for the provision of regulated utility service. The regulatory accounting review may be conducted by staff for the Commission or such expert as selected by staff for the Commission. The regulatory accounting review may begin immediately upon the filing of the notice required by this section. The results of the regulatory accounting review shall be provided to all parties in the proceeding. A public utility shall not be subject to an accounting review as described in this section if there was a previous regulatory accounting review covering the same test year as proposed in the rate change filing.","path":["Title 26. Public Utilities","CHAPTER 1. Public Service Commission","Subchapter III. Rates"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title26/c001/sc03/index.html#304","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:31Z","sha256":"a2a09d38063ef473326981d100c7fc0b4aaf161994f59c9aa82846fab1c5c92e","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/26-del.-c.-303","next":"us-de/26-del.-c.-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}