Article 2 Services, Rates, Charges, Etc

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §56-234 Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates
  • §56-234.1 Liability to customer for violation of duty to determine and charge lowest rate applicable
  • §56-234.2 Review of rates
  • §56-234.3 Approval of expenditures for and monitoring of new generation facilities and projected operation programs of electric utilities
  • §56-234.4 Authority to investigate utility operations to determine efficiency
  • §56-234.5 Required disclosure by certain officers and directors of certain utilities
  • §56-235 When Commission may fix rates, schedules, etc.; conformance with chapter
  • §56-235.1 Conservation of energy and capital resources
  • §56-235.10 Recovery of eligible safety activity costs; administration; procedure
  • §56-235.11 Retail rates of affiliated water utilities
  • §56-235.12 Economic development programs
  • §56-235.1:1 Rates for stand-by electric service at renewable cogeneration facilities
  • §56-235.1:2 Costs of using small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses
  • §56-235.2 All rates, tolls, etc., to be just and reasonable to jurisdictional customers; findings and conclusions to be set forth; alternative forms of regulation for electric companies
  • §56-235.3 Procedures for investigation of rate applications
  • §56-235.4 Prohibition of multiple rate increases within any twelve-month period; exception
  • §56-235.5 Telephone regulatory alternatives
  • §56-235.5:1 Local exchange telephone service competition policy
  • §56-235.6 Optional performance-based regulation of certain utilities
  • §56-235.7 Jurisdiction of Commission when federal governmental facility ceases to be retail customer of electric utility
  • §56-235.8 Retail supply choice for natural gas customers
  • §56-235.9 Recovery of funds used for capital projects prior to a rate case for strategic natural gas facilities
  • §56-236 Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted
  • §56-236.1 Rates to be charged churches
  • §56-236.2 Suspension of service to sewerage system
  • §56-237 How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules
  • §56-237.1 Notification of intent to seek rate change in schedules required to be filed under § 56-236
  • §56-237.2 Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes
  • §56-238 Suspension of proposed rates, etc.; investigation; effectiveness of rates pending investigation and subject to bond; fixing reasonable rates, etc
  • §56-239 Appeal from action of Commission
  • §56-240 Proposed rates, etc., or changes thereof, not suspended effective subject to later change by Commission; refund or credit; appeal; investor-owned public utilities required to show increase complies with § 56-235.2
  • §56-241 Rates of telephone companies
  • §56-241.1 Flat and measured telephone rates; certain rates prohibited
  • §56-241.2 Approval of rates for resale of telephone service
  • §56-242 Temporary reduction of rates
  • §56-243 Duration of such temporary reduction
  • §56-244 Increase to make up for losses due to excessive temporary reduction
  • §56-245 Temporary increase in rates
  • §56-245.1 Meters to be kept in good working condition; defective meters
  • §56-245.1:1 Customers to be notified about nuclear emergency evacuation plans
  • §56-245.1:2 Customers to be notified of renewable power options
  • §56-245.1:3 Disconnection suspension for utilities
  • §56-245.1:4 Notice procedures for nonpayment; disconnecting utility service