61-524. SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS. The commission shall have power to establish a system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, or to classify said public utilities and to establish a system of accounts for each class and to prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept: provided, that the system of accounts to be kept by railroad corporations and common carriers shall conform to the rules and requirements of the interstate commerce commission in all respects. It may also in its discretion prescribe the forms of accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by such public utilities, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic as well as the receipts and expenditures of moneys, and any other forms, records and memoranda which in the judgment of the commission may be necessary to carry out any of the provisions of this act.
The systems of accounts established by the commission and the forms of accounts, records and memoranda prescribed by it shall not be inconsistent, in the case of corporations subject to the provisions of the act of congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereto, with the systems and forms from time to time established for such corporations by the interstate commerce commission.
Where the commission has prescribed the forms of accounts, records or memoranda to be kept by any public utility not subject to the provisions of the act of congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereto, for any of its business, it shall thereafter be unlawful for such public utility to keep any accounts, records or memoranda for such business other than those so prescribed, or those prescribed by or under the authority of any other state or of the United States, excepting such accounts, records or memoranda as shall be explanatory of and supplemental to the accounts, records or memoranda prescribed by the commission.
History:
[(61-524) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 46, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:104; C.S., sec. 2472; I.C.A., sec. 59-524.]
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.