Title 34, Public Utilities.

(a)(1) The electric company shall provide distribution services to all customers and electricity suppliers on rates, terms of access, and conditions that are comparable to the electric company’s own use of its distribution system. The electric company shall not operate its distri…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “forecast of extreme temperature” means a National Weather Service forecast for the District of Columbia of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or above during any time of a day or of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below during any time of a day. (b) An…

(a)(1) Unless a customer consents in writing, a market participant or the electric company may not disclose information that: (A) Is about the customer; and (B) Was supplied to the market participant or electric company by the customer. (2) This restriction shall not apply to: (A…

(a) For a violation of any provision of this chapter or a violation of any regulation or order issued under this chapter, after notice and a hearing, the Commission may: (1) Suspend or revoke a license of a market participant; (2) Impose a civil penalty on a market participant or…

(a) Standard offer service is electricity supply made available on and after the initial implementation date to: (1) Customers not yet allowed to choose an electricity supplier under the phase-in of customer choice under § 34-1502; (2) Customers who contract for electricity with …

(a) The electric company shall be provided an opportunity to recover all of its prudently incurred and verifiable net transition costs, subject to full mitigation, following the Commission’s determination under subsection (b) of this section. In connection with the foregoing: (1)…

(a)(1) The electric company may make an application to the Commission to recover all costs that have been or will be incurred by the electric company under public purpose programs established by law or ordered by the Commission, including the consumer education program establishe…

(a) The Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel shall monitor the District of Columbia retail markets for electricity supply and services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services to ensure that the markets are not being adversely affected by ant…

(a) Other than its provision of standard offer service, the electric company shall not engage in the business of an electricity supplier in the District of Columbia except through an affiliate. (b) An affiliate of the electric company must obtain a license under § 34-1505 to enga…

(a)(1) The Mayor may develop and administer a municipal aggregation program for the purchase of electricity supply and electricity supply services by District of Columbia ratepayers. (1A)(A) There is established a fund designated as the Municipal Aggregation Fund, which shall be …

No person shall construct an electric generating facility for the purpose of the retail or wholesale sale of electricity unless the Commission first determines, after notice and a hearing, that the construction of the electric generating facility is in the public interest.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “renewable energy source” means one of the following sources of energy: (1) Solar; (2) Wind; (3) Tidal; (4) Geothermal; (5) Biomass; (6) Hydroelectric facilities; and (7) Digester gas. (b) Every 6 months after the initial implementation date,…

(a) The Commission may establish a program which affords eligible customer-generators the opportunity to participate in net energy metering. (b) Any net energy metering program established by the Commission shall be subject to the following: (1) The program may include, as the Co…

(a) A community renewable energy facility may produce no greater than 5 megawatts of electricity and must have at least 2 subscribers. (b) A subscriber to an eligible community renewable energy facility may offset no more than 120% of the subscriber’s electricity consumption over…

(a) In overseeing a sale by the electric company of any or all of its generation assets, the Commission shall ensure that the sale: (1) Will not affect the reliability of the electricity supply in the District of Columbia in a deregulated electricity supply market; and (2) Will m…

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the Commission to modify, set aside, or otherwise adjust the terms of a settlement approved by the Commission in Formal Case No. 945. To the extent the existence of a settlement obviates the need for proceedings or findings as ar…

(a) An entity selling or reselling an interest in a community renewable energy facility shall provide a disclosure to the potential subscriber that includes the following, prior to the sale or resale of that subscription: (1) A good faith estimate of the annual kilowatt hours to …

Pursuant to §§ 34-1101 and 34-901, the electric company may seek recovery of any costs associated with the implementation of this chapter in a base rate case. In a base rate case filing that includes recovery of such costs, the electric company shall include in its filing with th…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Building” means all of the individual units served through the same utility-owned meter within a property defined as Class 2 Property under § 47-813(c-6). (2) “Building owner, operator, or manager” means any person or entity respon…

(a) The Commission shall promulgate rules, including standards, under which any owner, operator, or manager of a building which is not individually metered for electricity or gas for each nonresidential rental unit may install submetering equipment or energy allocation equipment …

(a) Energy submetering equipment or energy allocation equipment may be used in a building if it is authorized in the rental agreement or lease for the nonresidential rental unit. All energy submetering equipment and energy allocation equipment shall meet the requirements and stan…

For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Advanced Metering Infrastructure” or “AMI” means a system capable of providing 2-way communication with metering equipment to gather at least hourly energy consumption data on a daily basis for all customers. (2) “ARRA” means the Ameri…

(a) The electric company may implement an Advanced Metering Infrastructure for all consumers, provided, that the electric company obtains a sufficient amount of federal funds for AMI implementation under the ARRA. The sufficiency of the amount of the federal funds obtained shall …

A suitable and impartial person, competent as a chemist, who is not a stockholder or employee in any gas works, shall be appointed by the Public Service Commission to be designated and known as Inspector of Gas and Meters, whose duties shall be to test and determine the illuminat…

A laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission, in the central part of the City of Washington, at a distance as near as may be, of 2,000 feet from any gasworks, and furnished with suitable…

Two additional laboratories shall be provided and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and shall be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Mayor, at a total cost not to exceed …

The company, person or persons furnishing the gas may, if they see fit, on each occasion of the testing of the gas by the Inspector, be represented by some officer, but such officer shall not interfere in the testing.

Daily inspections, Sundays excepted, shall be made at any time after 12:00 noon and before 12:00 midnight, in the discretion of the Inspector of Gas and Meters.

If any person or persons, supplied with gas, neglect or refuse to pay the amount due for the same, such company may stop the gas from entering the premises of such person or persons. In no case shall the officers, servants, or workmen of the company remove a meter from premises s…

Any association or corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas for illuminating and fuel purposes in the District of Columbia, through its president or other duly authorized officer, shall make a sworn statement to Congress annually, on or before the 1st day of Februar…

(a) No part of any money appropriated by any act shall be used for the payment to the Washington Gas Light Company or the Georgetown Gas Light Company for any gas furnished by said companies for use in any of the public buildings of the United States or the District of Columbia a…

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1) It is in the public interest to promote the availability to customers of adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced retail natural gas from licensed natural gas suppliers that provide customers with the price, terms, conditio…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or has directly or indirectly, any economic interest in another person. (2) “Ant…

(a) The Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders to: (1) Govern the licensing and the revocation, suspension, or surrender of a natural gas supplier license; (2) Implement customer protections; (3) Establish procedural rules for complaints, investigations, and dispositi…

Any licensee or other person who knowingly engages in business activities that are regulated under this chapter, with or without filing an application, is deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the courts of the District of Columbia, for an action aris…

(a) A natural gas supplier shall obtain a license issued by the Commission to do business in the District of Columbia. (b) An application for a natural gas supplier license shall: (1) Be made to the Commission in writing by form prescribed by the Commission; (2) Be verified by oa…

(a) The gas company shall provide distribution services to all customers and natural gas suppliers on rates, terms, and conditions that are comparable to the gas company’s own use of its distribution system. The gas company shall not operate its distribution systems in a manner t…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “forecast of extreme temperature” means a National Weather Service forecast for the District of Columbia of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below during any time of a day. (b) A gas company shall not disconnect residential gas service durin…

(a) The Commission shall order the gas company, in conjunction with the Office of the People’s Counsel and the District of Columbia Energy Office, to implement a consumer education program to inform residential customers of changes in the natural gas industry and provide natural …

(a) The Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders specifying the necessary minimum service requirements of a licensed natural gas supplier regarding the marketing, solicitation, sale, or provision, directly or through its agent, of retail natural gas. (b) The minimum ser…

(a) A natural gas supplier shall provide the Commission with such information regarding its retail natural gas sales as the Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Commission shall take such measures as it considers necessary to protect the…

(a)(1) The Commission shall have jurisdiction upon the complaint of any person, the People’s Counsel, or on its own initiative regarding the provision by a licensed natural gas supplier of any service for which it is subject to licensure. (2) The Commission shall have jurisdictio…

(a) For a violation of any provision of this chapter or a violation of any regulation or order issued under this chapter, after notice and a hearing, the Commission may: (1) Suspend, revoke, or conditionally rescind the license of a natural gas supplier if the Commission determin…

The rights, remedies, and prohibitions accorded by the provisions of this chapter are in addition to and cumulative of any right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by the common law or any statute of the District of Columbia and nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny, …

This chapter shall not be construed to exempt natural gas suppliers from otherwise applicable District of Columbia or federal consumer protection laws.

(a) The Commission and the People’s Counsel shall monitor the District of Columbia retail markets for natural gas supply and sales declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services to ensure that the markets are not being adversely affected by anticompetitive cond…