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§ 56-232. Public utility and schedules defined - A. The term "public utility" as used in §§ 56-233...
§ 56-232.1. Regulation of service by certain gas pipeline companies to municipalities - Notwithstanding any provision of law the Commission shall regulate, to...
§ 56-232.2. Regulation of compressed natural gas service - The Commission may refrain from regulating and prescribing the rates,...
§ 56-232.2:1. Regulation of electric vehicle charging service - The Commission shall not regulate or prescribe the rates, charges,...
§ 56-232.3. Regulation of service by certain gas distribution companies to federal, state and local governmental facilities - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-232, the Commission shall regulate,...
§ 56-233. Service defined - The term "service" is used in this chapter in its...
§ 56-233.1. Public utilities purchasing practices - Every public utility subject to the annual or biennial review...
§ 56-234. Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates - A. It shall be the duty of every public utility...
§ 56-234.1. Liability to customer for violation of duty to determine and charge lowest rate applicable - It shall be the duty of every public utility, upon...
§ 56-234.2. Review of rates - The Commission shall review the rates of any public utility...
§ 56-234.3. Approval of expenditures for and monitoring of new generation facilities and projected operation programs of electric utilities - Prior to construction or financial commitments therefor, any electric utility...
§ 56-234.4. Authority to investigate utility operations to determine efficiency - The Commission shall have the authority to investigate public utilities...
§ 56-234.5. Required disclosure by certain officers and directors of certain utilities - If it comes to the attention of any elected officer...
§ 56-235. When Commission may fix rates, schedules, etc.; conformance with chapter - If upon investigation the rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint...
§ 56-235.1. Conservation of energy and capital resources - It shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate...
§ 56-235.1:1. Rates for stand-by electric service at renewable cogeneration facilities - A. The Commission shall adopt regulations pursuant to its rules...
§ 56-235.1:2. Costs of using small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses - In any proceeding under this title in which the Commission...
§ 56-235.2. All rates, tolls, etc., to be just and reasonable to jurisdictional customers; findings and conclusions to be set forth; alternative forms of regulation for electric companies - A. Any rate, toll, charge or schedule of any public...
§ 56-235.3. Procedures for investigation of rate applications - At any hearing on the application of a public utility...
§ 56-235.4. Prohibition of multiple rate increases within any twelve-month period; exception - A. The regulated operating revenues of a public utility shall...
§ 56-235.5. Telephone regulatory alternatives - A. As used in this section, "telephone company" means any...
§ 56-235.5:1. Local exchange telephone service competition policy - A. The Commission, in resolving issues and cases concerning local...
§ 56-235.6. Optional performance-based regulation of certain utilities - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...
§ 56-235.7. Jurisdiction of Commission when federal governmental facility ceases to be retail customer of electric utility - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in § 56-234, the rates...
§ 56-235.8. Retail supply choice for natural gas customers - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each...
§ 56-235.9. Recovery of funds used for capital projects prior to a rate case for strategic natural gas facilities - A. As used in this section: "Capitalized carrying cost" includes...
§ 56-235.10. Recovery of eligible safety activity costs; administration; procedure - A. As used in this section: "Eligible safety activity costs"...
§ 56-235.11. Retail rates of affiliated water utilities - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 56-235.12. Economic development programs - A. As used in this section: "Acquire utility rights-of-way" means...
§ 56-236. Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted - A. Unless the Commission determines otherwise, every public utility shall...
§ 56-236.1. Rates to be charged churches - No electric utility, subject to regulation by the Commission, shall...
§ 56-236.2. Suspension of service to sewerage system - No public utility furnishing heat, light or power to a...
§ 56-237. How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules - No change shall be made in any schedule required to...
§ 56-237.1. Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under § 56-236 - A. Every public utility, other than a public utility providing...
§ 56-237.2. Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes - Whenever pursuant to § 56-237 there shall be filed with...
§ 56-238. Suspension of proposed rates, etc.; investigation; effectiveness of rates pending investigation and subject to bond; fixing reasonable rates, etc. - The Commission, either upon complaint or on its own motion,...
§ 56-239. Appeal from action of Commission - The public utility whose schedules shall have been so filed...
§ 56-240. Proposed rates, etc., or changes thereof, not suspended effective subject to later change by Commission; refund or credit; appeal; investor-owned public utilities required to show increase complies with § 56-235.2 - Unless the Commission so suspends such schedule of rates, tolls,...
§ 56-241. Rates of telephone companies - The power of the Commission over the rates of telephone...
§ 56-241.1. Flat and measured telephone rates; certain rates prohibited - Every telephone company which offers dial tone line or substantially...
§ 56-241.2. Approval of rates for resale of telephone service - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-241.1, the Commission may approve...
§ 56-242. Temporary reduction of rates - Whenever the Commission, pending an investigation had upon its own...
§ 56-243. Duration of such temporary reduction - No temporary order made under § 56-242 shall remain in...
§ 56-244. Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction - If upon a final disposition of the issues involved in...
§ 56-245. Temporary increase in rates - Whenever the Commission, upon petition of any public utility, is...
§ 56-245.1. Meters to be kept in good working condition; defective meters - (1) Any person, firm, corporation, county, city, town or association,...
§ 56-245.1:1. Customers to be notified about nuclear emergency evacuation plans - At least once in every calendar year after July 1,...
§ 56-245.1:2. Customers to be notified of renewable power options - A. The Commission shall post on its website the names,...
§ 56-245.2. Definitions - A. When used in this article, unless expressly stated otherwise:...
§ 56-245.3. Commission to promulgate regulations and standards - A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Commission shall...
§ 56-246. Tests and equipment therefor - The Commission may purchase such materials, apparatus and standard measuring...
§ 56-247. Commission may change regulations, measurements, practices, services, or acts - If upon investigation it shall be found that any regulation,...
§ 56-247.1. Commission to require public utilities to follow certain procedures - A. The Commission shall require that public utilities adhere to...
§ 56-248. Commission to prescribe standard units of products or service - The Commission shall ascertain and prescribe for each kind of...
§ 56-248.1. Commission to monitor fuel prices and utility fuel purchases; fuel price index - A. The Commission shall monitor all fuel purchases, transportation costs,...
§ 56-249. Reports by utilities - The Commission, with or without an investigation, may require any...
§ 56-249.1. Commission may require transfer of gas, water or electricity by one utility to another; compensation - The Commission may require a public utility to transfer to...
§ 56-249.2. Certain records to be maintained - All public utilities doing business in the Commonwealth that file...
§ 56-249.3. Certain electric utilities to file reports in relation to fuel transactions, fuel purchases, fuel adjustment clauses, etc. - The Commission shall require that public electric utilities, owning and...
§ 56-249.4. How reports shall be filed; reports open to public; rules and regulations - A. The information filed pursuant to § 56-249.3 shall be...
§ 56-249.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 492.
§ 56-249.6. Recovery of fuel and purchased power costs - A. 1. Each electric utility that purchases fuel for the...
§ 56-249.7. Certain directors and officers of utility to file shareholder information - The directors and officers of any public utility as defined...
§ 56-250. Commission may authorize action by public utility in time of emergency or shortage; plans - (1) Whenever it shall appear by satisfactory evidence that any...
§ 56-251. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 478.
§ 56-253. Existing remedies retained - Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way abridge...
§ 56-254. Sale or lease of plants to cities or towns - The board of directors of any public service corporation operating...
§ 56-255. Extension of electric service to territory not being served - If, from any rural territory not now being served, application...
§ 56-256. Powers of corporations generally; rights, powers, privileges and immunities, etc. - Every corporation organized for the purpose of: (1) constructing, maintaining,...
§ 56-256.1. Height of electric power distribution lines over agricultural land - Unless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to...
§ 56-257. Manner of installing underground utility lines - A. Every operator, as defined in § 56-265.15, having the...
§ 56-257.1. Means of locating nonmetallic underground conduits - Any plastic or other nonmetallic pressurized conduit installed underground on...
§ 56-257.2. Gas pipeline safety - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall...
§ 56-257.2:1. Projects presenting material risk to public safety; licensed professional engineers; regulations - The Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring that a licensed professional...
§ 56-257.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.
§ 56-257.4. Report by the State Corporation Commission on investigation of natural gas utilities incident - The Commission shall, upon written request, make available for public...
§ 56-257.5. Manner of installing underground utility lines through agricultural operation - A. For purposes of this section: "Topsoil" means at least...
§ 56-258. Who to permit laying of pipelines in roads - The Commissioner of Highways or the board of supervisors or...
§ 56-259.1. Instruments conveying easements to public service corporations - No instrument executed by a landowner after January 1, 2002,...
§ 56-259. Rights-of-way, etc., may be contracted for; location of easements of public service corporations - A. Any corporation of the character mentioned in this chapter...
§ 56-260. Compensation for damages - If any company of the character mentioned in this chapter...
§ 56-260.1. Contract provisions exempting company from liability unlawful - No contract for an easement of right-of-way for a pipeline,...
§ 56-261. Duties of companies furnishing water or sewerage facilities - Every public service corporation engaged in the business of furnishing...
§ 56-261.1. Duties of water and sewerage companies in certain counties - Chapter 298 of the Acts of 1950, approved April 4,...
§ 56-261.2. Hydrant connections and water supply for fire protection in certain counties - Chapter 319 of the Acts of 1950, approved April 4,...
§ 56-262. Proceeding upon failure of public service corporation to perform duties - If any such public service corporation shall fail or refuse...
§ 56-263. Commission may order increase in service - The Commission, after due notice to such public service corporation,...
§ 56-264. Quo warranto in case of failure to comply with order of Commission - If any such public service corporation shall fail or refuse...
§ 56-264.1. Collection of rates, fees and charges - In the event that the rates, fees or charges charged...
§ 56-264.2. Governing board of multistate entities operating certain sewage treatment facilities; arbitration of issues; condemnation of facilities - A. As used in this section, "multistate entity" means any...
§ 56-264.3. Cost allocation and rate design - A. The provisions of this section shall apply in any...
§ 56-265. Certain sections not to limit Commission's powers - Nothing in § 56-261 or §§ 56-262 through 56-264 shall...