Guam § 8104 - of Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the Guam Code Annotated,

§ 8104. of Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the Guam Code Annotated,

Open Government Law, at least three (3) months before

submitting it to the Commission. The published notice shall

include the Public Utility’s intention to submit a proposed

change in its rates in three (3) month’s time, its current utility

rate, the proposed rate, the amount of increase and a justification

for the increase.

(c) A Public Utility shall mail a notice to every ratepayer

at least one (1) month before submitting a rate change proposal

to the Commission. The notice shall state the Public Utility’s

intention to submit a proposal to increase its rates in one (1)

month’s time, its current utility rate, the proposed rate, the

amount of increase and a justification for the increase.

(d) The Public Utilities Commission (‘PUC’) shall

annually conduct a study comparing the staffing pattern and

manpower levels of the Public Utilities under their purview to

the staffing patterns and manpower levels of at least four (4)

other utilities in the United States Mainland which provides

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similar services to a comparable number of customers.

The first such study mandated herein shall begin no less

than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this Act. The PUC

shall publish the results of such studies in a newspaper of general

circulation, as defined in § 8104 of Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the

Guam Code Annotated, Open Government Law. The studies

shall be made available to residents attending the public hearings

on the proposed rate increase. The PUC must, in determining

approval of any proposed rate increase, take into account the

results of such studies and order reductions or other adjustments

in the operations of the Public Utility requesting a rate

adjustment, as recommended or suggested by such studies, prior

to granting approval for a rate increase.

It is the intention of I Liheslaturan Guåhan that the PUC

mandate reductions in unnecessary levels or areas of expenditure

in Public Utilities prior to, or in conjunction with, approval of

any rate increase. Any Public Utility that has received an order

from the PUC to reduce expenditures in any area of operations

shall comply with such order, and failure to do so is a grounds

for disapproval of a rate increase proposal.

(e) A Public Utility, at least one (1) month before

submitting a rate increase proposal to the Commission, shall

publish on a World Wide Web (‘Web’) page, available through

the Internet, all the information provided in its public notices

required by this Section. The Web page shall also include a

message board, or an electronic mail address, by which the

public can submit its opinions, testimony and any reactions to

the proposed rate increase or to the information provided on the

Web page.

(f) The Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port (the Port)

shall not submit any proposed rate change to the Commission

until the following actions have occurred:

(1) The Port shall publish notice of any proposed rate

change in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in