Title 34 — Public Utilities.
37 chapters · 573 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 34-201 “Commission” defined
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For the purpose of this subtitle the term “Commission” or “Public Service Commission” when used herein shall mean the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia or any successor Commission, which shall include any regulatory or other body that possesses or exercises th…
D.C. Code § 34-202 “Commissioner” defined
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The term “Commissioner” when used in Chapters 1-11 of this title and Chapter 33 of Title 42 shall mean one of the members of such Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-203 “Common carrier” defined
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The term “common carrier” when used in this subtitle includes express companies and every corporation, street railroad corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court wha…
D.C. Code § 34-204 “Corporation” defined
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The term “corporation” when used in this subtitle includes a corporation, company, association, and joint-stock company or association.
D.C. Code § 34-205 “Electric generating facility” defined
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The term “electric generating facility” when used in this subtitle means all buildings, easements, real estate, mains, pipes, conduits, fixtures, meters, wires, poles, lamps, devices, and materials of any kind operated, owned, used, or to be used by a person for the generation of…
D.C. Code § 34-206 “Electric plant” defined
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The term “electric plant” when used in this subtitle means the material, equipment, and property owned and used, or to be used, by the electric company for or in connection with the transmission or distribution of electricity in the District of Columbia to a retail electric custo…
D.C. Code § 34-207 “Electrical company” defined
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The term “electric company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person and doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatso…
D.C. Code § 34-208 “Extension or extensions” defined
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The term “extension or extensions” when used in this subtitle shall include the reasonable extension of the service and facilities of every street railroad, street railroad corporation, gas plant, gas company, electric plant, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telepho…
D.C. Code § 34-209 “Gas company” defined
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The term “gas company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person manufacturing, making, distributing, or selling gas for light, heat, or power, or for any public use whatsoever in the Di…
D.C. Code § 34-210 “Gas plant” defined
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The term “gas plant” when used in this subtitle means the material, equipment, and property owned and used, or to be used, by the gas company for or in connection with the transmission or distribution of natural gas in the District of Columbia to a retail natural gas customer.
D.C. Code § 34-211 “Joint rates” defined
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The term “joint rates” when used in this subtitle with reference to street railways shall be taken to mean rates between unrelated lines in effect on March 4, 1913, under then existing law or under contract, or which may thereafter be specifically authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 34-212 “Person” defined
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The word “person” when used in this subtitle means every individual, corporation, company, association, joint-stock company, association, firm, partnership, or other entity.
D.C. Code § 34-213 “Pipeline company” defined
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The term “pipeline company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, managing, or controlli…
D.C. Code § 34-214 “Public utility”, “utility” or “utility company” defined
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The term “public utility”, “utility” or “utility company” as used in this subtitle shall mean and embrace every street railroad, street railroad corporation, common carrier, gas plant, gas company, electric company, telephone corporation, telephone line, telegraph corporation, te…
D.C. Code § 34-215 “Service” defined
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The term “service” is used in this subtitle in its broadest and most inclusive sense.
D.C. Code § 34-216 “Street railroad” defined
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The term “street railroad” when used in this subtitle includes every such railroad, whether wholly or partly in the District of Columbia, by whatsoever power operated, or any extension or extensions, branch or branches thereof, for public use in the conveyance of persons or prope…
D.C. Code § 34-217 “Street railroad corporation” defined
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The term “street railroad corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any cour…
D.C. Code § 34-218 “Telegraph corporation” defined
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The term “telegraph corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or …
D.C. Code § 34-219 “Telegraph line” defined
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The term “telegraph line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, instruments, machinery, appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, and routes used, operated, controlled, or owned …
D.C. Code § 34-220 “Telephone corporation” defined
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The term “telephone corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and persons, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or…
D.C. Code § 34-221 “Telephone line” defined
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The term “telephone line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, receivers, transmitters, instruments, machines, and appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, appurtenances, and r…
D.C. Code § 34-222 “Waterpower company” defined
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Repealed Repealed.