18 C.F.R. § 35.3 Notice requirements.
Title 18 - Conservation of Power and Water Resources
(a) Rate schedules. All rate schedules or any part thereof shall be tendered for filing with the Commission and posted not less than sixty days nor more than one hundred-twenty days prior to the date on which the electric service is to commence and become effective under an initial rate schedule or the date on which the filing party proposes to make any change in electric service and/or rate, charge, classification, practice, rule, regulation, or contract effective as a change in rate schedule, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, or unless a different period of time is permitted by the Commission. Nothing herein shall be construed as in any way precluding a public utility from entering into agreements which, under this section, may not be filed at the time of execution thereof by reason of the aforementioned sixty to one hundred-twenty day prior filing requirements. The proposed effective date of any rate schedule filing having a filing date in accordance with §35.2(c) may be deferred at the written request of the filing public utility submitted to the Secretary prior to its acceptance by the Commission. (b) Construction of facilities. Rate schedules predicated on the construction of facilities may be tendered for filing and posted no more than one hundred-twenty days prior to the date set by the parties for the contract to go into effect. The Commission, upon request, may permit a rate schedule or part thereof to be tendered for filing and posted more than one hundred-twenty days before it is to become effective. (16 U.S.C. 284(d); Pub. L. 95–617; Pub. L. 95–91; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267) [44 FR 16372, Mar. 19, 1979; 44 FR 20077, Apr. 4, 1979]
Title 18: Conservation of Power and Water Resources
PART 35—FILING OF RATE SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS
Subpart A—Application
§ 35.3 Notice requirements.
