TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 8: UTILITIES
§ 8446. Fixing of Just and Reasonable Rates, Charges and Rents. (a) If, as part of a complaint, or an authorization process for changing rates, charges, or rents, or under an investigation order issued by the Commission at its own initiative, the Commission determines after holding a hearing that any rate, charge or rent of any regulated entity is or shall be in violation of any provisions hereof, incompatible with the purposes hereof, unreasonable or shall offer improper advantages or preferences to said regulated entity, or otherwise endangers the stability of the provision of the entity’s services to the Commonwealth, the Commission may determine and fix what the just and reasonable rates, charges, and rents shall be, or the maximum or minimum rates, charges or rents that must be observed. (b) The Commission may order a regulated entity to cease and desist from said rates, charges, or rents to the extent that the Commission deems necessary, and may prohibit the entity from publishing, demanding, or charging any rate, charge, or rent that is different from that fixed by the Commission, or in excess of the maximum or less than the minimum, as the case may be. Source: PL 12-39, § 1(b) (8319), modified; repealed and reenacted by PL 15-35, § 2 (8433), modified.