Florida Public Service Commission native order document 07319-2026

BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
FILED 10/13/2026
DOCUMENT NO. 07319-2026
FPSC 	- COMMISSION CLERK
The following Commissioners participated in the disposition of this matter:
In re: Proposed amendment of Rules 25-
4.0161, Regulatory Assessment Fees;
Telecommunications Companies; 25-6.0131,
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Investor-owned
Electric Companies, Municipal Electric
Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives; 25-
7.101, Regulatory Assessment Fees; Natural
Gas Transmission Companies; 25-7.0131,
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Gas Utilities,
Gas Municipals, and Gas Districts; and 25-
30.120, F.A.C., Regulatory Assessment Fees;
Water and Wastewater Utilities.
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ISSUED: October 	13, 2026
GABRIELLA PASSIDOMO SMITH, Chairman
GARY F. CLARK
MIKE LA ROSA
BOBBY PAYNE
ANA ORTEGA
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RULES
BY THE COMMISSION:
NOTICE 	is hereby given that the Florida Public Service Commission, pursuant to Section
120.54, Florida Statutes, has adopted amendments to the following rules:
25-4.0161, F.A.C.
25-6.0131, F.A.C.
25-7.0131, F.A.C.
25-7.101, F.A.C.
25-30.120, F.A.C.
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Telecommunications Companies;
Regulatory 	Assessment 	Fees; 	Investor-owned 	Electric 	Companies;
Municipal Electric Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives;
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Gas Utilities, Gas Municipals, and Gas
Districts;
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Natural Gas Transmission Companies; and
Regulatory Assessment Fees; Water and Wastewater Utilities.
The 	rules were 	filed with 	the Department of State on October 	12, 	2026, and 	will be
effective on November 	1, 2026. A copy of the rules 	as 	filed with the Department 	is attached to
this Notice.
This docket 	is closed upon issuance of this Notice.

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By ORDER of the Florida Public Service Commission this 13th day of October, 2026 	.
Florida Public Service Commission
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25-4.0161 Regulatory Assessment Fees; Telecommunications Companies.
(1) No change.
(2)(a) For the interim period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, as applicable and as provided in
Sections 350.113 and 364.336, F.S., each company shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue as
provided below. Each company that has paid by August 15, 2011, regulatory assessment fees for the period January
1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of 0.0016 of its gross operating
revenues derived from intrastate business during the period July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. Each company
that has not paid any regulatory assessment fees for the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, shall
pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of 0.0018 of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate
business. The minimum regulatory assessment fees provided in paragraph (2)(b) shall apply and shall be filed in
accordance with the schedules provided in subsections (3) and (4). For the purpose of determining this fee, each
telecommunications company shall deduct from gross operating revenues any amount paid to another
telecommunications company for the use of any telecommunications network to provide service to its customers.
(2)(b) Effective January 1, 2012, Aas applicable and as provided in Sections 350.113 and 364.336, F.S.,
each company must shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue as provided below. This fee is shall be
referred to as a regulatory assessment fee, and each company must shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the
amount of 0.0016 of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate business. For the purpose of determining
this fee, each telecommunications company must shall deduct from gross operating revenues any amount paid to
another telecommunications company for the use of any telecommunications network to provide service to its
customers. Regardless of the gross operating revenue of a company, a minimum annual regulatory assessment fee
will shall be imposed as follows:
(a)1. No change.
(b)2. No change.
(3) Telecommunications companies that owed gross regulatory assessment fees of $10,000 or more for the
preceding calendar year must shall pay the fee and remit the appropriate form twice a year. The regulatory
assessment fee and appropriate form must shall be filed no later than July 30 for the preceding period of January 1
through June 30, and no later than January 30 of the following year for the period of July 1 through December 31.

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Telecommunications companies that owed gross regulatory assessment fees of less than $10,000 for the preceding
calendar year must shall pay the fee and remit the appropriate form once a year. The regulatory assessment fee and
appropriate form must shall be filed no later than January 30 of the subsequent year for the current calendar year
operations.
(4) If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is extended to the next
business day. If the fees are sent by registered mail, the date of the registration is the United States Postal Service’s
postmark date. If the fees are sent by certified mail and the receipt is postmarked by a postal employee, the date on
the receipt is the United States Postal Service’s postmark date. The postmarked certified mail receipt is evidence that
the fees were mailed delivered. Regulatory assessment fees are considered paid on the date they are postmarked by
the United States Postal Service or received and logged in by the Commission’s Division of Administrative and
Information Technology Services in Tallahassee. Fees are considered timely paid if properly addressed, with
sufficient postage, and postmarked no later than the due date.
(5) Commission Form PSC 1039 (08/26) PSC/TEL 159 (12/11), entitled “Local Telephone Service
Provider Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
19792, and http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00761; Form PSC/TEL 160 (12/11), entitled
“Interim Local Telephone Service Provider Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00762; Form PSC 1038 (08/26) PSC/TEL 26 (12/11),
entitled “Pay Telephone Service Provider Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19791 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
00760; and Form PSC/TEL 161 (12/11), entitled “Interim Pay Telephone Service Provider Regulatory Assessment
Fee Return,” is available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00763. These forms are
incorporated into this rule by reference and may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative
and Information Technology Services. The failure of a telecommunications company to receive a return form does
shall not excuse the company from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment fees.
(6) Each telecommunications company has shall have up to and including the due date in which to submit
the applicable form and:
(a) through (b) No change.

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(7) Where the company remits less than its full fee, the remainder of the full fee is shall be due on or before
the 30th day from the due date and must shall, where the amount remitted was less than 90 percent of the total
regulatory assessment fee, include interest as provided by paragraph (9)(b) of this rule.
(8) A company may request either a 15-day or a 30-day extension of its due date for payment of regulatory
assessment fees or for filing its return form by submitting, to the Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services, Commission Form PSC 1037 (08/26), PSC/AIT 124 (12/11) entitled “Regulatory Assessment
Fee Extension Request,” which is incorporated into this rule by reference and is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19790 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
00764. This form may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services.
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) If Where a telecommunications company receives an extension of its due date pursuant to this rule, the
telecommunications company must shall remit a charge as set out in Section 350.113(5), F.S., in addition to the
regulatory assessment fees.
(9) The delinquency of any amount due to the Commission from the telecommunications company
pursuant to the provisions of Section 350.113, F.S., and this rule, begins with the first calendar day after any date
established as the due date either by operation of this rule or by an extension pursuant to this rule.
(a) A penalty, as set out in Section 350.113, F.S., applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
(b) Interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
(10) The Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services will shall send by certified mail
a regulatory assessment fee delinquency notice to any company that fails to file a regulatory assessment fee return
and that fails to pay the regulatory assessment fee by the date specified in subsection (3), unless the company has
met the requirements of subsections (7) and (8).
(11) If a company fails to pay the regulatory assessment fee within 20 days after receiving a delinquency
notice, the Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services, in cooperation with the Division of
Economics Office of Telecommunications and the Office of General Counsel, will establish a docket and
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Requiring Payment of Delinquent Regulatory Assessment Fees, or Cancelling Certificates for Violation of Rule 25-
4.0161, F.A.C., and Section 364.336, F.S.” The company must pay the past due regulatory assessment fees, the
penalty and interest for late payment as provided in Section 350.113, F.S., and as stated in subsection (9) above, and
must also pay the applicable penalty stated in subsection (12) for failure to file the regulatory assessment fee return.
(12) Pursuant to Section 364.285, F.S., the Commission has the authority to impose a penalty or cancel a
certificate if a company refuses to comply with Commission rules, orders, or Florida Statutes. The penalty, which
includes will include collection costs, for failure to file the regulatory assessment fee return by the date stated in the
delinquency notice is shall be as follows:
(a) through (c) No change.
Failure of the company to pay the full amount due and stated in the Notice of Proposed Agency Action will
result in the cancellation of the company’s certificate.
(13) For a company’s fourth failure to pay the regulatory assessment fee after being sent a delinquency
notice, Commission staff will shall file a recommendation to the Commission for further action.
(14) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 364.336 FS. Law Implemented 350.113, 364.285, 364.336 FS. History–New 5-18-
83, Formerly 25-4.161, Amended 10-19-86, 1-1-91, 12-29-91, 1-8-95, 12-26-95, 7-7-96, 11-11-99, 12-7-04, 10-6-
05, 4-16-07, 12-4-11, _______.
25-6.0131 Regulatory Assessment Fees; Investor-owned Electric Companies, Municipal Electric Utilities,
Rural Electric Cooperatives.
(1) As applicable and as provided in Section 350.113, F.S., and Section 366.14, F.S., each company, utility,
or cooperative must shall remit to the Commission a fee based upon its gross operating revenue. This fee is shall be
referred to as a regulatory assessment fee. Regardless of the gross operating revenue of a company, utility, or
cooperative, a minimum annual regulatory assessment fee of $25 will shall be imposed.
(a) Each investor-owned electric company must shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of
0.000848 of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate business, excluding sales for resale between
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thereof.
(b) Each municipal electric utility and rural electric cooperative must shall pay a regulatory assessment fee
in the amount of 0.00009905 of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate business, excluding sales for
resale between investor-owned electric companies, municipal electric utilities, and rural electric cooperatives or any
combination thereof.
(2) No change.
(3) If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, the due date is extended to the next business
day. If the fees are sent by registered mail, the date of the registration is the United States Postal Service’s postmark
date. If the fees are sent by certified mail and the receipt is postmarked by a postal employee, the date on the receipt
is the United States Postal Service’s postmark date. The postmarked certified mail receipt is evidence that the fees
were mailed delivered. Regulatory assessment fees are considered paid on the date they are postmarked by the
United States Postal Service or received and logged in by the Commission’s Division of Administrative and
Information Technology Services in Tallahassee. Fees are considered timely paid if properly addressed, with
sufficient postage and postmarked no later than the due date.
(4) Commission Form PSC 1040 (08/26) PSC/ECO 68 (01/24), entitled “Investor-Owned Electric Utility
Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,”; is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19793
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16449; Commission Form PSC 1041 (08/26) PSC/ECO 69
(01/24), entitled “Municipal Electric Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19794 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
16450; and Commission Form PSC 1042 (08/26) PSC/ECO 70 (01/24), entitled “Rural Electric Cooperative
Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19795
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16448. These forms are incorporated into this rule by
reference and may be also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services. The failure of a company, utility, or cooperative to receive a return form does shall not excuse
the company, utility, or cooperative from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment fees.
(5) Each company, utility, or cooperative has shall have up to and including the due date in which to:
(a) though (b) No change.

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(6) Where the company, utility, or cooperative remits less than its full fee, the remainder of the full fee is
shall be due on or before the 30th day from the due date and must shall, where the amount remitted was less than 90
percent of the total regulatory assessment fee, include interest as provided by paragraph (8)(b) of this rule.
(7) A company, utility, or cooperative may request either a 15-day or a 30-day extension of its due date for
payment of regulatory assessment fees or for filing its return form by submitting to the Division of Administrative
and Information Technology Services Commission Form PSC 1037 (08/26) PSC/AIT 124 (12/11), entitled
“Regulatory Assessment Fee Extension Request,” which is incorporated into this rule by reference and is available
at: http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19941 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02620. This form may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services.
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) If Where a company, utility, or cooperative receives an extension of its due date pursuant to this rule,
the entity must shall remit a charge as set out in Section 350.113(5), F.S., in addition to the regulatory assessment
fee.
(8) The delinquency of any amount due to the Commission from the company, utility, or cooperative
pursuant to the provisions of Section 350.113, F.S., and this rule, begins with the first calendar day after any date
established as the due date either by operation of this rule or by an extension pursuant to this rule.
(a) A penalty, as set out in Section 350.113(4), F.S., applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
(b) Interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 366.05 FS. Law Implemented 350.113, 366.14 FS. History–New 5-18-83,
Amended 2-9-84, Formerly 25-6.131, Amended 6-18-86, 10-16-86, 3-7-89, 2-19-92, 7-7-96, 1-1-99, 5-7-13, 4-1-24,
______.
25-7.0131 Regulatory Assessment Fees; Gas Utilities, Gas Municipals, and Gas Districts.
(1) As applicable and as provided in Sections 350.113 and 366.14, F.S., each gas utility, municipal, or gas
district must shall remit a fee based upon its gross operating revenue. This fee is shall be referred to as a regulatory
assessment fee. Regardless of the gross operating revenue of a company, a minimum annual regulatory assessment

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fee of $25 will shall be imposed.
(a) Each investor-owned gas utility must shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of .005 of its
gross operating revenue derived from intrastate business, excluding sales for resale between public utilities,
municipal gas utilities, and gas districts or any combination thereof.
(b) Each municipal or gas district must shall pay a regulatory assessment fee in the amount of 0.001919 of
its gross operating revenue derived from intrastate business, excluding sales for resale between public utilities,
municipal gas utilities, and gas district or any combination thereof.
(2) No change.
(3) If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the due date is extended to the next
business day. If the fees are sent by registered mail, the date of the registration is the United States Postal Service’s
postmark date. If the fees are sent by certified mail and the receipt is postmarked by a postal employee, the date and
the receipt is the United States Postal Service’s postmark date. The postmarked certified mail receipt is evidence that
the fees were mailed delivered. Regulatory assessment fees are considered paid on the date they are postmarked by
the United States Postal Service or received and logged in by the Commission’s Division of Administrative and
Information Technology Services in Tallahassee. Fees are considered timely paid if properly addressed, with
sufficient postage and postmarked no later than the due date.
(4) Commission Form PSC 1044 (08/26) PSC/AFD 67 (01/99), entitled “Investor-Owned Natural Gas
Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19797,:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02613 and Form PSC 1043 (08/26) PSC/AFD 71 (07/96),
entitled “Gas Municipal or Gas District Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19796: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02614. These forms are incorporated into this rule by reference and may also be obtained from the Commission’s
Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services. The failure of a utility to receive a return form
does shall not excuse the utility from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment fees.
(5) Each utility, municipal, and gas district has shall have up to and including the due date in which to:
(a) Remit the total amount of its fee, or
(b) No change.

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(6) Where the utility, municipal, or gas district remits less than its full fee, the remainder of the full fee is
shall be due on or before the 30th day from the due date and must shall, where the amount remitted was less than 90
percent of the total regulatory assessment fee, include interest as provided by paragraph (8)(b) of this rule.
(7) A utility, municipal, or gas district may request either a 15-day or a 30-day extension of its due date for
payment of regulatory assessment fees or for filing its return form by submitting to the Division of Administrative
and Information Technology Services Commission Form PSC 1037 (08/26), PSC/AIT 124 (12/11) entitled
“Regulatory Assessment Fee Extension Request,” which is incorporated into this rule by reference and is available
at: http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19943 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02621. This form may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services.
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) If Where a utility, municipal, or gas district receives an extension of its due date pursuant to this rule,
the entity must utility, municipal, or gas district shall remit a charge as set out in Section 350.113(5), F.S., in
addition to the regulatory assessment fee.
(8) The delinquency of any amount due to the Commission from the utility, municipal, or gas district
pursuant to the provisions of Section 350.113, F.S., and this rule, begins with the first calendar day after any date
established as the due date either by operation of this rule or by an extension pursuant to this rule.
(a) A penalty, as set out in Section 350.113, F.S., applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
(b) Interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 366.05 FS. Law Implemented 350.113, 366.14 FS. History–New 5-18-83,
Formerly 25-7.131, Amended 10-19-86, 4-25-90, 7-7-96, 1-1-99, 5-7-13, _____.
25-7.101 Regulatory Assessment Fees; Natural Gas Transmission Companies.
(1) As provided in Section 368.109, F.S., each natural gas transmission company must shall pay a
regulatory assessment fee. The regulatory assessment fee is shall be 0.25 percent annually of the natural gas
transmission company’s gross operating revenue derived from intrastate business, excluding sales of gas for resale
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(2) No change.
(3) If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the due date is extended to the next
business day. If the fees are sent by registered mail, the date of the registration is the United States Postal Service’s
postmark date. If the fees are sent by certified mail and the receipt is postmarked by a postal employee, the date on
the receipt is the United States Postal Service’s postmark date. The postmarked certified mail receipt is evidence that
the fees were mailed delivered. Regulatory assessment fees are considered paid on the date they are postmarked by
the United States Postal Service or received and logged in by the Commission’s Division of Administrative and
Information Technology Services in Tallahassee. Fees are considered timely paid if properly addressed, with
sufficient postage, and postmarked no later than the due date.
(4) Commission Form PSC 1045 (08/26) PSC/AFD 244 (02/98), entitled “Natural Gas Transmission
Pipeline Company Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is incorporated into this rule by reference and is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19798: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02615. This form may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services. The failure of a utility to receive a return form does shall not excuse the utility from its
obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment fees.
(5) Each natural gas transmission company has shall have up to and including the due date in which to
remit the total amount of its fee.
(6) Where the natural gas transmission company remits less than its full fee, the remainder of the full fee is
shall be due on or before the 30th day from the due date and must shall, where the amount remitted was less than 90
percent of the total regulatory assessment fee, include interest as provided by paragraph (8)(b) of this rule.
(7) A company may request either a 15-day or a 30-day extension of its due date for payment of regulatory
assessment fees or for filing its return form by submitting, to the Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services, Commission Form PSC 1037 (08/26), PSC/AIT 124 (12/11) entitled “Regulatory Assessment
Fee Extension Request,” which is incorporated by reference in Rule 25-7.0131, F.A.C. This form may also be
obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services.
(a) through (b) No change.
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utility must shall remit a charge as set out in Section 350.113(5), F.S., in addition to the regulatory assessment fee.
(8) The delinquency of any amount due to the Commission from the company, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 368.109, F.S., and this rule, begins with the first calendar day after any date established as the due date by
operation of this rule.
(a) A penalty, as set out in Section 350.113, F.S., applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
(b) Interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum applies shall apply to any such delinquent amounts.
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 368.104 FS. Law Implemented 350.113, 368.109 FS. History–New 9-13-98,
Amended 5-7-13, _____.
25-30.120 Regulatory Assessment Fees; Water and Wastewater Utilities.
(1) As applicable and as provided in Section 350.113, F.S., each utility must shall remit a fee based upon its
gross operating revenue. This fee is shall be referred to as a regulatory assessment fee. Each utility must shall pay a
regulatory assessment fee in the amount of 0.045 of its gross revenues derived from intrastate business. The gross
revenues reported for regulatory assessment fee purposes must agree with the amount reported as operating revenue
on Schedule F-3 of the Operating Statement in the company’s Annual Report, filed in accordance with Rule 25-
30.110, F.A.C. A minimum annual regulatory assessment fee of $25 will shall be imposed if there are no revenues
or if revenues are insufficient to generate a minimum annual fee.
(2) The obligation to remit the regulatory assessment fees for any year applies shall apply to any utility that
is subject to this Commission’s jurisdiction on or before December 31 of that year or for any part of that year.
(a) For large utilities with annual revenues of $200,000 or more based on the most recent prior calendar
year, regulatory assessment fees must shall be filed with the Commission on or before July 30 for the preceding
period or any part of the period from January 1 until June 30, and on January 30 for the preceding period or any part
of the period from July 1 until December 31. Commission Form PSC 1046 (08/26), PSC/AFD 010-WL (02/05)
entitled “Large Water Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19799, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02618 and Commission Form PSC 1048 (08/26), PSC/AFD 017-WL (02/05) entitled “Large Wastewater Utility
Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19801:

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http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02619. These forms are incorporated into this rule by
reference and may also be obtained from the Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services. The
failure of a utility to receive a return form does shall not excuse the utility from its obligation to timely remit the
regulatory assessment fees.
(b) For small utilities with annual revenues of less than $200,000 based on the most recent prior calendar
year, regulatory assessment fees must shall be filed with the Commission on or before March 31 for the preceding
year ended December 31. Commission Form PSC 1047 (08/26), PSC/AFD 010-WS (02/05) entitled “Small Water
Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19800,:
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-02616 and Commission Form PSC 1049 (08/26), PSC/AFD
017-WS (02/05) entitled “Small Wastewater Utility Regulatory Assessment Fee Return,” is available at
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19802: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02617. These forms are incorporated into this rule by reference and may also be obtained from the Commission’s
Division of Administrative and Information Technology Services. The failure of a utility to receive a return form
does shall not excuse the utility from its obligation to timely remit the regulatory assessment fees.
(c) For the purpose of this rule, a utility operating both a water system and a wastewater system must shall
consider each system separately in determining the revenue threshold for filing regulatory assessment fees on either
an annual or semi-annual basis.
(d) No change.
(3) If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the due date is extended to the next
business day. If the fees are sent by registered mail, the date of the registration is the United States Postal Service’s
postmark date. If the fees are sent by certified mail and the receipt is postmarked by a postal employee, the date on
the receipt is the United States Postal Service’s postmark date. The postmarked certified mail receipt is evidence that
the fees were mailed delivered.
(4) Each utility has shall have up to and including the due date in which to:
(a) though (b) No change.
(5) No change.
(6) A utility may request either a 15-day or a 30-day extension of its due date for payment of regulatory

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assessment fees or for filing its return form by submitting to the Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services Commission Form PSC 1037 (08/26), PSC/AIT 124 (12/11) entitled “Regulatory Assessment
Fee Extension Request,” which is incorporated into this rule by reference and is available at:
http://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19942 http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-
02622. This form may also be obtained from the Commission’s Division of Administrative and Information
Technology Services.
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) If Where a utility receives either a 15-day extension or a 30-day extension of its due date pursuant to
this rule, the utility must shall remit a charge as set out in Section 350.113(5), F.S., in addition to the regulatory
assessment fee.
(7) The delinquency of any amount due to the Commission from the utility pursuant to the provisions of
Section 350.113, F.S., and this rule, begins with the first calendar day after any date established as the due date
either by operation of this rule or by an extension pursuant to this rule.
(a) Pursuant to Section 350.113, F.S., a penalty will shall be assessed against any utility that fails to pay its
regulatory assessment fee by March 31, in the following manner:
1. through 2. No change.
(b) No change.
(8) Any utility that requests and receives an extension of not more than 30 days, or remits, by the due date,
an estimated fee payment of at least 90 percent of the actual fee due, will shall not be charged interest or penalty on
the balance due if the balance is paid within the extension period.
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 367.121(1) FS. Law Implemented 350.113, 367.145, 367.161 FS. History–New 5-
18-83, Formerly 25-10.24, Amended 10-19-86, Formerly 25-10.024, Amended 11-10-86, 2-8-90, 7-7-96, 2-3-05, 5-
7-13, _____.