The Public Service Commission shall appoint an attorney who shall assist and advise the commission in all matters affecting its powers and duties and to perform such duties and services in connection with this chapter and the enforcement thereof as the commission may require. Such attorney shall be a member of the Mississippi State Bar, shall have practiced law for a minimum of five (5) years and shall possess considerable knowledge of utility regulation generally and of the case law, statutory law and the common law relating thereto. The attorney for the commission shall, upon request of the commission, aid in any investigation or hearing held under the provisions of this chapter. His salary shall be set by the commission, and his salary and expenses shall be paid in the same manner and from the same funds as the salary and expenses of the commissioners.
Structure 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
§ 77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission
§ 77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission
§ 77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality
§ 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
§ 77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate
§ 77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations
§ 77-3-29. Extension of service
§ 77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities
§ 77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission
§ 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases
§ 77-3-45. 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
§ 77-3-59. 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
§ 77-3-90. Annual reports of commission
§ 77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95