Mississippi Code
Article 1 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Rates; Service
§ 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases

If the commission, after following the procedures described above, has reasonable cause to believe that inefficient or uneconomical procurement or use of fuel or purchased energy has resulted in unreasonable or unjust charges or costs to the consumers, then the commission shall initiate a procedure for hearing as provided for in Section 77-3-47 for the purpose of determining whether or not any of the costs or charges included in the fuel adjustment charges to the consumers were unreasonable or unjust. If the commission upon hearing shall find that any charges for the purchase or procurement of fuel or purchased energy were unreasonable or unjust, then the commission shall order that such costs or charges be refunded to the appropriate person or persons together with interest at the same rate prescribed in Section 77-3-39, Section 77-3-69 and Section 77-3-71. In lieu of payment, the utility may credit the service account with the amount due under this subsection if the consumer entitled to the refund is, at that time, a consumer of the utility.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 3 - Regulation of Public Utilities

Article 1 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Rates; Service

§ 77-3-1. Application of article to municipal public utilities

§ 77-3-3. Definitions

§ 77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission

§ 77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission

§ 77-3-13. Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership

§ 77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality

§ 77-3-17. Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility

§ 77-3-19. Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise

§ 77-3-21. Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder

§ 77-3-22. Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions

§ 77-3-22.1. Preferences in transfer of ownership of privately owned water or sewer system in receivership

§ 77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate

§ 77-3-25. Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property

§ 77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations

§ 77-3-29. Extension of service

§ 77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities

§ 77-3-35. Regulation of rates and charges generally; approval of certain contracts of utilities; regulation of provision of telecommunication services; adoption of alternative methods of regulation; Public Service Commission authorized to regulate o...

§ 77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission

§ 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases

§ 77-3-44. Rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities

§ 77-3-45. Promulgation of rules and regulations

§ 77-3-46. Management reviews of public utility companies

§ 77-3-47. Hearings by commission

§ 77-3-49. Issuance of process by commission; witnesses

§ 77-3-51. Depositions by agreement

§ 77-3-53. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence

§ 77-3-55. Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes

§ 77-3-57. Service on parties

§ 77-3-59. Decisions; compliance with orders

§ 77-3-61. Alteration of orders

§ 77-3-63. Record of proceedings; reporter

§ 77-3-65. Rehearing; stay of order

§ 77-3-71. Appeals to supreme court

§ 77-3-73. Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts

§ 77-3-75. Enforcement of commission orders

§ 77-3-77. Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order

§ 77-3-79. Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties

§ 77-3-83. Penalties are cumulative

§ 77-3-85. Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions

§ 77-3-87. Utilities taxed for expense of regulation by commission; collection of tax; adjustment of tax rate; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

§ 77-3-89. Payment of expenses; audit of books and accounts; Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

§ 77-3-90. Annual reports of commission

§ 77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95