(a) Whether the rate generates revenues at least sufficient to cover relevant short and long run costs of the utility during the term of the rates;
(b) Whether the rate generates revenues sufficient to insure that just and reasonable rates are established for remaining customers of the utility;
(c) For electric and natural gas utilities:
(A) Whether it is appropriate to incorporate interruption of service in the utility’s rate agreement with the customer; and
(B) Whether the rate agreement requires the utility to acquire new resources to serve the load; and
(d) For electric utilities, for service to load not previously served, the effect of the rate on the utility’s average system cost through the residential exchange provision of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, Public Law 96-501, as amended.
(2) The commission may prescribe such changes in the form in which the schedules are issued by any public utility as may be found to be expedient. The commission shall adopt rules which allow any person who requests notice of tariff filings described under subsection (1) of this section to receive such notice. [Amended by 1971 c.655 §72; 1977 c.682 §1; 1987 c.900 §1; 2021 c.90 §2]