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Section 58-27-10. Definitions. - When used in this chapter: (1) The term "commission" means...
Section 58-27-20. Chapter inapplicable to certain areas. - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the...
Section 58-27-30. Corporations subject to chapter even before commencing operations. - Corporations formed to acquire property or to transact business which...
Section 58-27-40. Compliance with orders, decisions, directions, rules and regulations. - Each electrical utility and, to the extent covered by this...
Section 58-27-50. Assessments on electric utilities to pay expenses of Commission. - All expenses and charges incurred by the commission in the...
Section 58-27-70. Employment of staff; suits or actions arising under chapter. - The commission may employ such technical administrative and clerical staff...
Section 58-27-80. Annual report of Commission. - As a separate section or division of the annual report...
Section 58-27-90. Effect of chapter on constitutional rights and powers of municipalities. - Nothing contained in this chapter or in Title 33, Chapter...
Section 58-27-100. Effect of chapter on municipal police regulations and ordinances. - Nothing contained in this chapter or in Title 33, Chapter...
Section 58-27-110. Effect of chapter on interstate commerce. - Neither this chapter nor any provision thereof shall apply or...
Section 58-27-120. Effect of chapter on duties declared in Broad River case. - Nothing contained in this chapter, including any duty imposed, any...
Section 58-27-130. Condemnation powers of electric companies, State authorities and electric cooperatives. - Subject to the same duties and liabilities, all the rights,...
Section 58-27-140. General powers of Commission. - The commission may, upon petition: (1) ascertain and fix just...
Section 58-27-150. Promulgation of rules and regulations. - The Commission may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent...
Section 58-27-160. Investigation and examination of condition and management of utility. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may investigate and examine the...
Section 58-27-170. Joint hearings and joint or concurrent orders; joint investigations. - The commission may hold joint hearings and issue joint or...
Section 58-27-180. Valuations and revaluations of property of utilities. - The commission may, after hearing, ascertain and fix the value...
Section 58-27-190. Inspection of property; audit of books; examination of employees of utilities. - The Office of Regulatory Staff has the right at any...
Section 58-27-200. Inspection of tax returns and other information. - In the performance of its duties under this chapter, an...
Section 58-27-210. Actions to prevent or discontinue violations of law or orders of Commission. - Whenever it shall appear that any electrical utility, electric cooperative,...
Section 58-27-220. Enforcement and administration of chapter. - In addition to the foregoing expressly enumerated powers, the Office...
Section 58-27-230. Exercise of other powers of Commission not excluded. - The enumeration of the powers of the Commission as herein...
Section 58-27-240. Construction of South Carolina Rural Development Act of 1996. - No provision of the South Carolina Rural Development Act of...
Section 58-27-250. Restrictions on interruption of electric service to residential customer for nonpayment of bill; exceptions. - (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (C) of...
Section 58-27-255. Coal combustion residuals disposal. - (A) Coal combustion residuals that result from an electrical utility,...
Section 58-27-260. Joint Committee on the Electrification of Transportation. - (A) There is established the Joint Committee on the Electrification...
Section 58-27-265. Identification of regulatory challenges and opportunities associated with electrification of transportation sector. - (A) No earlier than April 1, 2023, the Public Service...
Section 58-27-270. Stakeholder process; exploration of opportunities and identification of challenges to advance electrification of transportation sector. - (A) The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff through any...
Section 58-27-410. Procedure for granting of exclusive municipal franchises to furnish light. - All cities and towns of the State may grant the...
Section 58-27-415. Franchise fee not to be paid or collected under "Stateline Accounts"; calculation of franchise fee. - (A) The State shall not pay, nor shall any person,...
Section 58-27-420. Franchises and permits shall be indeterminate. - Every permit or franchise hereafter granted to any electrical utility,...
Section 58-27-430. Exchange of old limited permit or franchise for indeterminate permit. - Any electrical utility operating under an existing permit or franchise...
Section 58-27-440. Revocation of indeterminate permit for inadequacy of service. - Whenever the service rendered by any electrical utility operating under...
Section 58-27-450. Continuance of service on expiration of franchise. - Any electrical utility which has been furnishing electricity to a...
Section 58-27-460. Promulgation of standards for interconnection of renewable energy facilities; certain generation activities prohibited. - (A)(1) The commission shall promulgate and periodically review standards for...
Section 58-27-610. Definitions. - When used in this article: (1) The term "electric supplier"...
Section 58-27-620. Service rights of and restrictions on electric suppliers. - With respect to service in all areas outside the corporate...
Section 58-27-630. Service rights and restrictions in areas within consolidated political subdivisions. - Whenever there is a consolidation of government as authorized under...
Section 58-27-640. Assignment of service areas. - The Public Service Commission shall assign, beginning as soon as...
Section 58-27-650. Reassignment of service areas. - (A) The Public Service Commission, upon agreement of the affected...
Section 58-27-660. Supplier may furnish service in area served by another. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 58-27-620 and 58-27-640: (1) Any...
Section 58-27-670. Service in area becoming part of municipality; premises located within boundaries of electric cooperative or corridor. - (1) The furnishing of electric service in any area which...
Section 58-27-680. Effect of continuation of service. - The continuation of electric service under Section 58-27-670 must not...
Section 58-27-690. Act 431 of 1984 not affected by Act 173 of 1987. - Nothing in Title 28, Chapter 2 (Sections 28-2-10 et seq.),...
Section 58-27-810. Rates shall be just and reasonable. - Every rate made, demanded or received by any electrical utility...
Section 58-27-820. Schedule of rates, service rules and regulations and service contracts shall be filed with Commission. - Under rules and regulations prescribed by the commission, every electrical...
Section 58-27-830. Utility shall not charge rates different from those in schedule. - No electrical utility shall directly or indirectly, by any device...
Section 58-27-840. Preferences and unreasonable differences in rates shall not be made; classifications may be established. - (A) No electrical utility, or consolidated political subdivision shall, as...
Section 58-27-845. Findings and enumeration of electrical utility customer rights. - (A) The General Assembly finds that there is a critical...
Section 58-27-850. Investigation and change of rates by commission. - Whenever the commission after a hearing finds that the existing...
Section 58-27-860. Proposed rate changes; prior approval. - Whenever an electrical utility desires to put into operation a...
Section 58-27-865. "Fuel cost" defined; estimated fuel costs; rebuttable presumption; duties of commission. - (A)(1) The term "fuel cost" as used in this section...
Section 58-27-870. Commission action on proposed rate changes; refund of excessive charges. - (A) After a schedule setting forth the proposed changes in...
Section 58-27-920. Schedule of rates put into effect after preliminary investigation. - The commission may, after a preliminary investigation by the Office...
Section 58-27-930. Petition for hearing on change in rates; suspension of new rates pending hearing. - If any utility affected thereby objects to an order issued...
Section 58-27-940. Order confirming, modifying or vacating former order; service; effective date of rate changes. - After a hearing provided by Section 58-27-930, the commission by...
Section 58-27-950. Petition for hearing as prerequisite to bringing cause of action challenging order. - A utility must not bring a cause of action challenging...
Section 58-27-960. Reparation orders; suits to enforce. - When a petition has been filed with the commission concerning...
Section 58-27-970. Participation in profits arising from efficiency. - For the purpose of encouraging economy, efficiency and improvements in...
Section 58-27-980. Contracts subject to control and approval of Commission. - No contract charge to be made to any person, corporation...
Section 58-27-990. Contracts with other utilities. - Subject to the approval of the Commission, electrical utilities may...
Section 58-27-1000. Charges for electricity established by municipal contract or franchise. - All charges for electricity for light, heat or power established...
Section 58-27-1010. Commission shall not regulate contracts made by municipalities. - The Commission shall not regulate any contracts made by any...
Section 58-27-1020. Capitalization for rate-making purposes. - No electrical utility shall, for rate-making purposes, capitalize its franchises,...
Section 58-27-1030. Sales of appliances shall not be considered in rate making. - Every electrical utility shall keep separate accounts to show all...
Section 58-27-1040. Certain sections cumulative. - Nothing contained in Sections 58-27-920 to 58-27-950 shall be construed...
Section 58-27-1050. Distributed energy resources; report required. - The Office of Regulatory Staff, with guidance and feedback from...
Section 58-27-1060. Electric vehicle charging stations. - (A) A person or corporation who uses an electric vehicle...
Section 58-27-1100. Issuance of bonds to offset and reduce costs due to storm recovery activity. - Upon application by an electrical utility, the commission may by...
Section 58-27-1105. Definitions. - When used in this article: (1) The term "ancillary agreement"...
Section 58-27-1110. Petition for financing order; requirements. - (A) An electrical utility may petition the commission for a...
Section 58-27-1115. Treatment of storm recovery bonds and storm recovery charges. - (A) The commission may not, in exercising its powers and...
Section 58-27-1120. Requirements for electric bills of electrical utility that has obtained a financing order and caused recovery bonds to be issued. - The electric bills of an electrical utility that has obtained...
Section 58-27-1125. Storm recovery property; security interests; sale, assignment, or transfer of storm recovery property. - (A) Provisions applicable to storm recovery property: (1) All storm...
Section 58-27-1130. Description of storm recovery property; application of section. - The description of storm recovery property being transferred to an...
Section 58-27-1135. Financing statements. - All financing statements referenced in this article are subject to...
Section 58-27-1140. Governing law. - The law governing the validity, enforceability, attachment, perfection, priority, and...
Section 58-27-1145. State not liable on any storm recovery bonds; bonds are not a debt or general obligation of the State. - Neither the State, its agencies, and instrumentalities, nor its political...
Section 58-27-1150. Entities which may invest in storm recovery bonds. - All of the following entities may legally invest any sinking...
Section 58-27-1155. Prohibited actions by the State. - (A) The State and its agencies, including the commission, pledge...
Section 58-27-1160. Assignee or financing party. - An assignee or financing party is not an electrical utility...
Section 58-27-1165. Conflicts between this article and other laws. - If there is a conflict between this article and any...
Section 58-27-1170. Commission may retain independent outside consultants; compensation. - In connection with its responsibilities under this article, the commission...
Section 58-27-1175. Validity of actions taken by an electrical utility. - If any provision of this article is held invalid or...
Section 58-27-1180. Violation of article; penalties. - A violation of this article or of a financing order...
Section 58-27-1210. Extension of facilities; commission approval. - (A) When ordered by the commission after a hearing, any...
Section 58-27-1220. Extensions by municipalities. - Any municipality operating its own plant or transmission system, if...
Section 58-27-1230. Certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be obtained prior to construction, operation or extension of system; exceptions. - No electrical utility, except a municipality within its corporate limits,...
Section 58-27-1240. Prerequisites to issuance of certificate. - Before any certificate may issue hereunder, a certified copy of...
Section 58-27-1250. Issuance or refusal of certificate or modified certificate. - The Commission may after hearing issue a certificate as prayed...
Section 58-27-1260. Order preliminary to issuance of certificate. - If an electrical utility, except a municipality within its corporate...
Section 58-27-1270. Cease and desist order when construction or operation proceeds in absence of certificate. - Whenever an electrical utility, electric cooperative, consolidated political subdivision, public...
Section 58-27-1280. Order where construction or extension causes unreasonable interference. - If any electrical utility, electric cooperative, or any governmental body...
Section 58-27-1290. Abandonment of service. - No electrical utility shall abandon all or any portion of...
Section 58-27-1300. Disposition of properties, powers, franchises or privileges; certain out-of-state property may be sold. - No electrical utility, without the approval of the commission and...
Section 58-27-1310. Lease of property and franchises. - Any electric light company organized under the laws of this...
Section 58-27-1320. Municipality may purchase property operated under indeterminate permit. - Any electrical utility operating in a city or town under...
Section 58-27-1330. Notice of municipality's intent to acquire property of utility. - When the municipal council or other governing body of any...
Section 58-27-1340. Determination of just compensation for purchase of electrical utility. - When the commission has been notified that a city or...
Section 58-27-1350. Payment of compensation and transfer of property after approval in municipal election. - After the amount of compensation and damages has been finally...
Section 58-27-1360. Acquisition of property of supplier of electricity when area annexed to or incorporated as municipality. - When an area in which electric service is being furnished...
Section 58-27-1510. Service shall be adequate, efficient and reasonable. - Every electrical utility shall furnish adequate, efficient and reasonable service....
Section 58-27-1520. Ordering improvement of service. - Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the service...
Section 58-27-1530. Certain wires shall not be erected near public road. - No electric light or power wire shall be erected or...
Section 58-27-1540. System of accounts. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may, subject to the approval...
Section 58-27-1550. Annual depreciation; depreciation reserve. - Every electrical utility may, and may be required to, charge...
Section 58-27-1560. Office of utility; removal of books and papers from State. - Each electrical utility shall have an office in one of...
Section 58-27-1570. Production of books and records. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may require the production within...
Section 58-27-1580. Furnishing information and reports; forms. - Every electrical utility must furnish the Office of Regulatory Staff...
Section 58-27-1590. Meters to measure electricity going into or out of State; records and reports. - When an electrical utility is engaged in both interstate business...
Section 58-27-1710. Securities shall not be issued without approval of Commission; exceptions. - No electrical utility, except a municipality, shall issue any securities...
Section 58-27-1720. Application for approval. - Any electrical utility, except a municipality, desiring to issue any...
Section 58-27-1730. Investigation and hearing as to value of issue of securities; certificate of authority. - The Office of Regulatory Staff must thereupon make an investigation...
Section 58-27-1740. Limitation of amount and use of proceeds of issue. - Such electrical utility shall not issue any securities in greater...
Section 58-27-1750. Certain sales of securities by or to employees prohibited. - No electrical utility shall: (1) Permit any employee to sell,...
Section 58-27-1760. Permissible sales of securities to employees. - Operating electrical utility companies may offer to their employees opportunities...
Section 58-27-1910. Promulgation of rules governing pleadings, practice and procedure. - The Commission may prescribe rules governing pleadings, practice and procedure...
Section 58-27-1920. Rules governing hearings and proceedings. - All hearings and proceedings must be governed by law and...
Section 58-27-1930. Additional hearings; notice. - The Commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided...
Section 58-27-1940. Petition alleging improper act by electrical utility. - Any person, corporation, or municipality having an interest in the...
Section 58-27-1950. Service of copy of complaint. - Upon the filing of a petition, the commission must cause...
Section 58-27-1960. Issuance and service of subpoenas and other process. - The Commission and each commissioner may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces...
Section 58-27-1970. Service of pleadings and notices. - Service of all pleadings or notices in all hearings and...
Section 58-27-1980. Time, place and notice of hearing. - The Commission shall fix the time and place of all...
Section 58-27-1990. Dismissal of petition without hearing. - The commission may dismiss any petition without a hearing if...
Section 58-27-2000. Administration of oaths; examination of witnesses; certification of official acts. - For the purposes mentioned in this chapter, commissioners may administer...
Section 58-27-2010. Contempt proceedings. - In case of failure on the part of any person...
Section 58-27-2020. Hearing before one or more commissioners. - Any hearing which the commission has power to hold may...
Section 58-27-2030. Employment and duties of special agent or examiner. - In any hearing, the commission may employ a special agent...
Section 58-27-2040. Persons entitled to be heard at hearing and to introduce evidence. - At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission...
Section 58-27-2050. Depositions. - The Office of Regulatory Staff or any party to the...
Section 58-27-2060. Self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution. - No person is excused from testifying or from producing any...
Section 58-27-2070. Copies of official documents and orders as evidence. - Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according...
Section 58-27-2080. Compensation of witnesses. - Witnesses who are summoned before the Commission shall be paid...
Section 58-27-2090. Charges by affiliated interests. - When, in the judgment of the commission, there is a...
Section 58-27-2100. Findings and orders of Commission. - After the conclusion of a hearing the Commission shall make...
Section 58-27-2110. Service of orders on parties. - A copy of such order, certified under the seal of...
Section 58-27-2120. Effective date of orders. - The order shall take effect and become operative twenty days...
Section 58-27-2130. Rescission or amendment of orders or decisions. - The commission may at any time, except in those cases...
Section 58-27-2140. Records of proceedings shall be kept. - A full and complete record shall be kept of all...
Section 58-27-2150. Rehearings. - After an order or decision has been made by the...
Section 58-27-2310. Action to vacate order of commission; limitations. - A party in interest dissatisfied with an order of the...
Section 58-27-2320. Stay or suspension of Commission's order pending review. - The pendency of proceedings to review shall not of itself...
Section 58-27-2340. Burden of proof shall be on complainant. - In all actions and proceedings arising under this chapter or...
Section 58-27-2410. General penalty. - Any person or corporation violating any provision of this chapter,...
Section 58-27-2420. Every violation shall constitute a separate offense. - Every violation of a provision of this chapter or of...
Section 58-27-2430. Penalties shall be cumulative; suit for one penalty shall not bar another suit. - All penalties accruing under this chapter shall be cumulative, and...
Section 58-27-2440. Actions to recover penalties. - Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought...
Section 58-27-2450. Principals responsible for act of agents. - In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating...
Section 58-27-2460. Penalties not applicable to municipality but to officers, agents or employees personally. - The penalties herein prescribed shall not be deemed to apply...
Section 58-27-2510. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Licensed health care provider"...
Section 58-27-2520. Termination procedures; contents. - (A) Each electrical utility must establish written procedures for termination...
Section 58-27-2530. Third-party notification program. - An electrical utility must consider establishing and maintaining a third-party...
Section 58-27-2540. Disconnection when public safety emergency exists. - Notwithstanding another provision of this article, an electrical utility may...
Section 58-27-2550. Promulgation of regulations. - Nothing in the article prohibits the commission from promulgating detailed...
Section 58-27-2560. Private right of action; duty of care. - This article does not create a new private right of...
Section 58-27-2600. Definitions. - As used in this article: (A) "Customer-generator lessee" means the...
Section 58-27-2610. Lease of renewable electric generation facility. - (A) An entity that owns a renewable electric generation facility,...
Section 58-27-2620. Application; approval; updates; investigations; revocation; civil penalties; contested cases. - (A) Before any entity other than an entity lawfully providing...
Section 58-27-2630. Registration of facility; registry; public inspection of registry; report. - (A) Not more than thirty days after installation of a...
Section 58-27-2640. Investigation of claims of violations. - The Office of Regulatory Staff shall have the authority to...
Section 58-27-2650. Section 58-27-2610 contingently effective. - Section 58-27-2610 shall not become effective until the commission has...
Section 58-27-2660. Development of consumer protection regulations. - (A)(1) The Office of Regulatory Staff and the Department of...