Common use of Cost of Service Clause in Contracts

Cost of Service. The Settling Parties agree that Unitil shall employ the “Basic Customer” classification method in its next base distribution rate case to apportion distribution costs as part of its cost of service study. The Settling Parties further agree that the Company is not precluded from also presenting the “Minimum System Method” or any other classification methodology in its next base distribution rate case, nor is the Company precluded from advocating for a classification methodology different from the “Basic Customer” classification methodology in its next base distribution rate case.