Indiana Code
Chapter 17.5. Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Cooperative Corporations
8-1-17.5-25. Jurisdiction of Commission

Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may exercise jurisdiction over a surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter only to do the following:
(1) Ensure compliance with IC 8-1-2.8 concerning the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons in Indiana.
(2) Enforce rules adopted under IC 8-1-29 to ensure that a customer of a telecommunications provider is not:
(A) switched to another telecommunications provider unless the customer authorizes the switch; or
(B) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that without the customer's authorization added the services to the customer's service order.
(3) Conduct proceedings under:
(A) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); and
(B) IC 20-20-16;
concerning universal service and access to telecommunications service and equipment, including the designation of eligible telecommunications carriers under 47 U.S.C. 214.
(4) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-1.5 or IC 8-1-2-5.
(5) Issue or maintain certificates of territorial authority for communications service providers under IC 8-1-32.5.
(6) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-34 to issue and maintain certificates of franchise authority to multichannel video programming distributors offering video service to Indiana customers.
(7) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-13(c)(8) concerning the reporting of information by communications service providers.
(8) Fulfill the commission's duties under any state or federal law concerning the administration of any universally applicable dialing code for any communications service.
(9) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.3 with respect to assigned service areas for electricity suppliers.
(10) Issue:
(A) certificates of public convenience and necessity, certificates of territorial authority, and indeterminate permits under IC 8-1-2;
(B) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.5; or
(C) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.7.
(11) Determine territorial disputes between water utilities under IC 8-1.5-6.
As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.219-2011, SEC.2; P.L.109-2012, SEC.11; P.L.256-2013, SEC.13; P.L.213-2014, SEC.5; P.L.156-2017, SEC.3; P.L.73-2020, SEC.3.