18 C.F.R. Subpart B—PUHCA 2005 Accounting and Recordkeeping
Title 18 - Conservation of Power and Water Resources
(a) General. Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, every holding company shall maintain and make available to the Commission books, accounts, memoranda, and other records of all of its transactions in sufficient detail to permit examination, audit and verification of the financial statements, schedules and reports either required to be filed with the Commission or issued to stockholders, as necessary and appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates. (b) Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, beginning January 1, 2007, all holding companies must comply with the Commission's record-retention requirements for public utilities and licensees or for natural gas companies, as appropriate (parts 125 and 225 of this chapter). Until December 31, 2006, holding companies registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79a et seq.) may follow either the Commission's record-retention rules for public utilities and licensees or for natural gas companies, as appropriate (parts 125 and 225 of this chapter), or the Security and Exchange Commission's record-retention rules in 17 CFR part 257. (c) Nothing in this section shall relieve any company subject thereto from compliance with the requirements as to recordkeeping and record-retention that may be prescribed by any other regulatory agency. (a) Record-retention requirements.—(1) General. Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, beginning January 1, 2007, every service company shall maintain and make available to the Commission such books, accounts, memoranda, and other records in such manner, and preserve them for such periods as the Commission prescribes in parts 125 and 225 of this chapter, in sufficient detail to permit examination, audit, and verification, as necessary and appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates. (2) Transition period. Until December 31, 2006, service companies in holding company systems registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79a et seq.) may follow either the Commission's record-retention requirements in parts 125 and 225 of this chapter or the Securities and Exchange Commission's record-retention rules in 17 CFR part 257. (3) Nothing in this section shall relieve any service company subject thereto from compliance with requirements as to record-retention that may be prescribed by any other regulatory agency. (b) Accounting requirements.—(1) General. Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, beginning January 1, 2007, every service company that is not a special-purpose company (e.g., a fuel supply company or a construction company) shall maintain and make available to the Commission such books, accounts, memoranda, and other records as the Commission prescribes in parts 101 and 201 of this chapter, in sufficient detail to permit examination, audit, and verification, as necessary and appropriate for the protection of utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates. Every such service company shall maintain and make available such books, accounts, memoranda, and other records in such manner as are prescribed in parts 101 and 201 of this chapter, and shall keep no other records with respect to the same subject matter except: (i) Records other than accounts; (ii) Records required by federal or state law; (iii) Subaccounts or supporting accounts which are not inconsistent with the accounts required either by the Uniform System of Accounts in parts 101 and 201 of this chapter; and (iv) Such other accounts as may be authorized by the Commission. (2) Transition period. Until December 31, 2006, service companies in holding company systems registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79a et seq.), as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, may follow either the Commission's Uniform System of Accounts in parts 101 and 201 of this chapter or the Securities and Exchange Commission's Uniform System of Accounts in 17 CFR part 256. (3) Nothing in this section shall relieve any service company subject thereto from compliance with requirements as to accounting that may be prescribed by any other regulatory agency. (a) General.—(1) FERC Form No. 60. Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, every service company in a holding company system that is not a special-purpose company (e.g., a fuel supply company or a construction company) shall file with the Commission by May 1, 2006 and by May 1 each year thereafter, a report, FERC Form No. 60, for the prior calendar year. Every such report shall be submitted on the FERC Form No. 60 then in effect and shall be prepared in accordance with the instructions incorporated in such form. (2) FERC–61. Unless otherwise exempted or granted a waiver by Commission rule or order pursuant to §§366.3 and 366.4, every service company in a holding company system, including a special-purpose company (e.g., a fuel supply company or a construction company), that does not file a FERC Form No. 60 shall instead file with the Commission by May 1, 2007 and by May 1 each year thereafter, a narrative description, FERC–61, of the service company's functions during the prior calendar year. In complying with this section, a holding company may make a single filing on behalf of all such service company subsidiaries. (3) For good cause shown, the Commission may extend the time within which any such report or narrative description required to be filed pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1) or (2) of this section is to be filed or waive the requirements applicable to any such report or narrative description. The authority to act on motions for extensions of time to file any such reports or to waive the requirements applicable to any such reports or narrative descriptions, including granting or denying such motions, in whole or in part, is delegated to the Chief Accountant or the Chief Accountant's designee. (b) Transition period.—Service companies in holding company systems exempted from the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79a et seq.) need not file an annual report, FERC Form No. 60, for calendar years 2005 and 2006, after which they must comply with the provisions of this section.
Title 18: Conservation of Power and Water Resources
PART 366—PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 2005
Subpart B—PUHCA 2005 Accounting and Recordkeeping
§ 366.21 Accounts and records of holding companies.
§ 366.22 Accounts and records of service companies.
§ 366.23 FERC Form No. 60, annual report of service companies, and FERC–61, narrative description of service company functions.
