Water/Sewer Utility Regulation
The Water/Sewer Division monitors and evaluates regulatory policy initiatives as well as water utility performance for reliability and service quality. Cases investigated by this division fall into several categories including:
- Rate change
- General rate changes
- Distribution system improvement charges (DSIC)
- Periodic trackers
- Certificates of territorial authority
- Not-for-profit and investor-owned sewer utilities only
- Rulemaking and tariff Changes
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Service area matters
- Conservation initiatives
- Formal complaints
For Consumers
- File a complaint
- Regulated water/sewer utilities
- Residential bill survey: Water | Sewer
- Tariffs
- Water facts
- Withdrawn utilities
- Municipal water utilities: Alphabetically | By Date
- All other water and/or sewer utilities Alphabetically | By date
- 30-day filings announce to the public actions taken by utilities outside the context of a general rate case. These filings allow utilities to request changes to their rates, charges, rules or regulations. Within the allotted 30-day period, any person or entity that has an objection to the filing can submit an objection in writing to the Commission.
- Guidelines for submitting an objection
For Utility Companies
- IURC Water Rate Design Committee
- 30-day filing process
- Annual report filing process
- Public utility fee report
- Application for certificate of territorial authority (Rule 3: 170 IAC 8.5-3)
(This application is only for not-for-profit and investor-owned sewer utilities) - Distribution improvement system charges (Rule 1.1: 170 IAC 6-1.1)
- Regulatory flexibility reports
- Sewer tracker application
- Sewer tracker procedure
- Small utility toolkit
- Small utility filing
- Small utility filing brochure
- Water tracker application
(This application is electronically fillable) - Water tracker procedure (Rule 5: 170 IAC 6-5)
Related Links
- Alliance of Indiana Rural Water
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Call Before You Dig - 811
- Department of Natural Resources - Water Division
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Indiana Finance Authority
- Indiana Rural Water Association (IRWA)
- Indiana Section American Water Works Association
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
- National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)
- National Regulatory Research Institute
- Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP)
- Water Guidelines (EPA)
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