A corporation formed under this chapter shall have power to charge reasonable fees, rents, tolls, prices and other charges for service rendered which shall be sufficient at all times to pay all operating and maintenance expenses necessary or desirable for the prudent conduct and operation of its business and the principal of and interest on such obligations as the corporation may have issued or assumed in the performance of the purpose for which it was formed, and the revenues and receipts of a corporation shall first be devoted to such operating and maintenance expenses and to the payment of such principal and interest and thereafter to such reserves for improvement, new construction, depreciation and contingencies as the board may from time to time prescribe. Revenues and receipts not needed for these purposes shall be returned to the members, either in cash or in payment of past due or current charges for energy, as the board may decide, in proportion to the gross operating revenues received from each, or such return may be made by way of a general rate reduction to members, if the board so elects.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 7 - Electric Membership Corporations.
Section 37-7-2 - Formation and Purpose Generally.
Section 37-7-3 - Form and Contents of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 37-7-4 - Persons Executing Certificate to Be Residents; Acknowledgment and Filing.
Section 37-7-5 - Board of Directors - Election; Expenses; President; Secretary.
Section 37-7-6 - Board of Directors - Powers.
Section 37-7-7 - Certificates of Membership; Voting.
Section 37-7-8 - Corporate Purpose; Membership Fees; Service to Nonmembers; Service Outside State.
Section 37-7-9 - Vesting of Powers for Accomplishment of Corporate Purpose.
Section 37-7-10 - Enumerated Powers.
Section 37-7-11 - Encumbering or Disposing of Property.
Section 37-7-12 - Bonds or Obligations - Consent of Department of Finance.
Section 37-7-13 - Bonds or Obligations - Manner of Sale or Issuance.
Section 37-7-14 - Bonds or Obligations - Covenants or Agreements.
Section 37-7-16 - Consolidation.
Section 37-7-15 - Bonds or Obligations - Purchase of Own Obligations.
Section 37-7-17 - Extension of Territory.
Section 37-7-18 - Charges for Services Rendered.
Section 37-7-19 - Dissolution.
Section 37-7-20 - Foreign Corporations.
Section 37-7-21 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.