§ 6.13.080. Department requirements.

(a) Each public utility to which this chapter applies or which intends to derive revenue from customers located within the county must, not later than the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or thirty calendar days before the public utility begins to provide service to those customers, whichever occurs later, provide to the department:

(1)

An acknowledgment that the public utility is operating or intends to operate within the county;

(2)

The date when the public utility began or intends to begin to derive revenue from customers located within the county;

(3)

A request for any information that is necessary to identify each of its customers affected by the fees imposed in this chapter and the specific form, if any, in which the information is requested; and

(4)

A list of resellers or other marketers to whom the public utility has provided open access and of public utilities to whom it intends to provide capacity.

(b)

Each public utility to which this chapter applies must, not later than sixty calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter, provide to the department a statement on the form provided by the department of the amount of revenue the public utility derived during that calendar quarter from the provision of electric energy, gas, telecommunications services, or personal wireless service to each of its customers located within the county.

(c)

In addition to the record keeping requirements described in Section 6.08.090 of this code, every public utility to which this chapter applies is required to maintain adequate accounting records and supporting documentation for distinguishing its revenue from customers located within the county from revenue derived from customers located within the incorporated cities in the county. The department may audit the amounts due from any public utility under this chapter and the public utility has the right to appeal the audit results as described in Section 6.08.095 of this code.

(d)

Within thirty days following the end of each calendar quarter commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2003, the public utility providing electric energy or gas shall submit to the department a report listing every customer that the public utility billed for transportation, transmission or distribution charges only, and their billing addresses.

(Ord. 3189 § 9, 2005: Ord. 2840 § 3, 2002: Ord. 2734 § 12, 2002: Ord. 2093 § 13, 1998: Ord. 1963 § 16, 1997)