61-515. SAFETY REGULATIONS. The commission shall have the power, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, by general or special orders, or regulations, or otherwise, to require every public utility to maintain and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus and premises in such manner as to promote and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, customers and the public, and to this end to prescribe the installation, use, maintenance and operation of appropriate safety or other devices or appliances, to establish uniform or other standards of equipment, and to require the performance of any other act which the health or safety of its employees, customers or the public may demand.
History:
[(61-515) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 40, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:95; C.S., sec. 2463; I.C.A., sec. 59-515; am. 1979, ch. 218, sec. 1, p. 603.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
Chapter 5 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Section 61-501 - INVESTMENT OF AUTHORITY.
Section 61-502 - DETERMINATION OF RATES.
Section 61-502A - RESTRICTION ON RATES AUTHORIZING RETURN ON PROPERTY NOT PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICE.
Section 61-502B - ALLOCATION OF GAIN UPON SALE OF WATER RIGHT.
Section 61-503 - POWER TO INVESTIGATE AND FIX RATES AND REGULATIONS.
Section 61-504 - ESTABLISHMENT OF THROUGH ROUTE AND JOINT RATE.
Section 61-506 - INTERSTATE RATES.
Section 61-507 - DETERMINATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Section 61-508 - IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE ORDERED — COST.
Section 61-509 - REGULATION OF TRAIN AND STREET CAR SERVICE.
Section 61-510 - RAILROAD SERVICE — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS.
Section 61-511 - RAILROAD SERVICE — SPURS AND SWITCH CONNECTIONS.
Section 61-512 - RAILROAD SERVICE — CARS OF CONNECTING RAILROAD.
Section 61-513 - TELEPHONE COMPANIES — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS.
Section 61-514 - JOINT USE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT.
Section 61-515 - SAFETY REGULATIONS.
Section 61-515A - SAFETY AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND CONDITIONS.
Section 61-516 - PRIORITY DESIGNATION FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.
Section 61-518 - RAILROAD SERVICE — FURNISHING CARS.
Section 61-519 - EXPRESS SERVICE — DELIVERY OF TELEPHONE MESSAGES.
Section 61-520 - SERVICE OF ELECTRIC, GAS, AND WATER CORPORATIONS — DETERMINATION OF STANDARDS.
Section 61-521 - AUTHORITY TO ENTER PREMISES.
Section 61-522 - CONSUMER MAY HAVE COMMODITY OR APPLIANCE TESTED.
Section 61-524 - SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS.
Section 61-525 - DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
Section 61-526 - CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
Section 61-527 - CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY — EXERCISE OF RIGHT OR FRANCHISE.
Section 61-528 - CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY — CONDITIONS.
Section 61-531 - PLAN FOR CURTAILMENT OF ELECTRIC OR GAS CONSUMPTION.
Section 61-532 - ADOPTION OR REJECTION OF PLANS — PROCEDURE.
Section 61-533 - AUTHORITY TO DECLARE EMERGENCY.
Section 61-534 - CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE BY SUPPLIERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS.
Section 61-535 - ORDER FOR CURTAILMENT OF CONSUMPTION BY CONSUMERS.
Section 61-536 - LIABILITY OF SUPPLIERS.
Section 61-537 - CONTRACTS OF SUPPLIERS SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF LAW.
Section 61-538 - POLE ATTACHMENTS — REGULATION.
Section 61-539 - WATER RIGHTS OF AN ELECTRICAL CORPORATION — NO COMMISSION JURISDICTION.