61-332C. PROVISIONS FOR SELECTING ELECTRIC SUPPLIER FOR NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE ENTRANCES. (1) In determining which electric supplier will provide electric service for a new service entrance, the following provisions will govern:
(a) If no electric supplier has an existing service line within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of a new service entrance the consumer shall have the right of choice of electric supplier.
(b) If only one (1) electric supplier has an existing service line within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of the new service entrance that electric supplier shall have the right to serve the consumer at the new service entrance.
(c) If more than one (1) electric supplier has an existing service line within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of the new service entrance the electric supplier whose existing service line is nearest the new service entrance shall have the right to serve the consumer at the new service entrance.
(d) If more than one (1) electric supplier has an existing service line within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of the new service entrance and it cannot be determined by proof which service line is nearest the new service entrance, then the consumer or an electric supplier shall petition the commission for an order determining which electric supplier is nearest the new service entrance.
(e) For purposes of this act distances shall mean the exact distance measured using standard land surveying practices as established by the board of professional engineers and land surveyors of the state of Idaho.
(2) No electric supplier shall construct or extend facilities, nor make any electric connections, nor permit any connection to be made from any of its facilities to any new service entrance nor shall it supply electric service to any new service entrance in violation of the provisions of this section, except as ordered by the commission pursuant to this act.
History:
[61-332C, added 1970, ch. 141, sec. 5, p. 417; am. 2000, (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 1, sec. 5, p. 6; repealed and new section added 2000, (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 1, secs. 13 and 17, pp. 9 and 11; am. 2001, ch. 29, sec. 6, p. 38.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Section 61-301 - CHARGES JUST AND REASONABLE.
Section 61-302 - MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE SERVICE.
Section 61-303 - RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST AND REASONABLE.
Section 61-304 - SCHEDULES OF COMMON CARRIERS — CONTENTS — POSTING — FORM.
Section 61-305 - SCHEDULES OF OTHERS THAN COMMON CARRIERS.
Section 61-306 - SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN FORM.
Section 61-307 - SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN RATE AND SERVICE.
Section 61-308 - SCHEDULES — JOINT RATES.
Section 61-309 - SCHEDULES — FILING BY COMMON CARRIERS A PRECEDENT TO DO BUSINESS.
Section 61-310 - ONLY SCHEDULE RATES TO BE CHARGED.
Section 61-311 - PASSES — RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN PERSONS.
Section 61-312 - PROPERTY HANDLED FREE — REDUCED RATES FOR DEPENDENTS.
Section 61-313 - SCHEDULE CHARGES ONLY PERMITTED.
Section 61-314 - SCHEDULE OF RATES WITHIN AND WITHOUT STATE.
Section 61-315 - DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENCE PROHIBITED.
Section 61-315A - CERTAIN INVERTED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL RATE STRUCTURES PROHIBITED — EXPIRATION.
Section 61-317 - SLIDING SCALE OF CHARGES — AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT.
Section 61-318 - INTERCHANGE OF TRAFFIC — DUTY OF ESTABLISHING JOINT RATES.
Section 61-319 - INTERCHANGE OF TELEPHONE MESSAGES.
Section 61-320 - FALSE BILLING — TRANSPORTATION AT LESS THAN SCHEDULED RATES PROHIBITED.
Section 61-321 - FALSE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
Section 61-322 - LONG AND SHORT HAUL.
Section 61-323 - TELEPHONE COMPANIES — LONG AND SHORT DISTANCE SERVICE.
Section 61-324 - RAILROADS — SWITCH CONNECTION.
Section 61-325 - RAILROADS — SPURS.
Section 61-326 - STREET AND INTERURBAN RAILROADS — FARES — TRANSFERS.
Section 61-327 - ELECTRIC UTILITY PROPERTY — ACQUISITION BY CERTAIN PUBLIC AGENCIES PROHIBITED.
Section 61-328 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES — SALE OF PROPERTY TO BE APPROVED BY COMMISSION.
Section 61-329 - UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION — ESCHEAT.
Section 61-330 - EVASIONS OF ACT — CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTIONS.
Section 61-331 - VIOLATION OF ACT — CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Section 61-332 - PURPOSE OF ELECTRIC SUPPLIER STABILIZATION ACT.
Section 61-332A - DEFINITIONS FOR ELECTRIC SUPPLIER STABILIZATION ACT.
Section 61-332C - PROVISIONS FOR SELECTING ELECTRIC SUPPLIER FOR NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE ENTRANCES.
Section 61-332D - WHEELING SERVICES.
Section 61-333A - INCREASED AREA — EXTENSION OF SERVICE PERMITTED.
Section 61-333C - NONMUNICIPAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED FROM EXTENDING SERVICE.
Section 61-334 - SPECIAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
Section 61-334A - REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ACT.
Section 61-334B - COMMISSION SUPERVISION AND AUTHORITY.
Section 61-334C - ELECTRIC SUPPLIER IMMUNITY.
Section 61-336 - ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES OF ELECTRICAL OR NATURAL GAS CORPORATIONS.