Chapter 757 — Chapter 757

ORS 757.005 Definition of public utility. (1)(a) As used in this chapter, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, “public utility” means

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ORS 757.006 People’s utility districts and electric cooperatives excluded from term “public utility.” For purposes of ORS chapter 757, the term “public utility” does not include a people’s utility district organized under ORS chapter 261 or an electric cooperative organized under ORS chapter 62. [2016 c.28 §18c]

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ORS 757.007 Contract and rate schedule filing for certain furnishers of heat exempt from regulation; procedure. (1) Every person exempt from regulation under ORS 757.005 (1)(b)(E) shall file with the Public Utility Commission, not later than 30 days prior to their effective date, all contracts and schedules establishing rates, terms and conditions for the provision of heating services

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ORS 757.009 Procedure for reregulation of furnishers of heat. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Public Utility Commission may, upon written complaint or upon the commission’s own motion, regulate, under ORS 757.205 to 757.240, or any part thereof, any person otherwise exempt from regulation under ORS 757.005 (1)(b)(E) as follows

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ORS 757.010 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.015 “Affiliated interest” defined for ORS 757.105 (1) and 757.495. As used in ORS 757.105 (1) and 757.495, “affiliated interest” with a public utility means

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ORS 757.020 Duty of utilities to furnish adequate and safe service at reasonable rates. Every public utility is required to furnish adequate and safe service, equipment and facilities, and the charges made by any public utility for any service rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith shall be reasonable and just, and every unjust or unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited. [Amended by 1971 c.655 §66]

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ORS 757.025 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §14; renumbered 756.062]

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ORS 757.030 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.035 Adoption of safety rules and regulations; enforcement. (1) The Public Utility Commission has power, after a hearing had upon the motion of the commission or upon complaint, to require by general or special orders embodying reasonable rules or regulations, every person or municipality, their agents, lessees or acting trustees or receivers, appointed by court, engaged in the management, operation, ownership or control of telegraph, telephone, signal or power lines within this state, upon the public streets or highways, and also upon all other premises used, whether leased, owned or controlled by them, to construct, maintain and operate every line, plant, system, equipment or apparatus in such manner as to protect and safeguard the health and safety of all employees, customers and the public, and to this end to adopt and prescribe the installation, use, maintenance and operation of appropriate safety or other devices, or appliances, to establish or adopt standards of construction or equipment, and to require the performance of any other act which seems to the commission necessary or proper for the protection of the health or safety of all employees, customers or the public

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ORS 757.039 Regulation of hazardous substance distribution and storage operations; cooperation with federal agencies; disclosure of reports and information. (1) As used in this section, “hazardous substance or material” means

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ORS 757.040 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §101; renumbered 758.035]

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ORS 757.045 [Amended by 1967 c.394 §1; repealed by 1971 c.781 §1]

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ORS 757.046 Performance-based regulation of electric companies; legislative declaration of public interest; incentives and penalties. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 757.050 Authority of commission to order extension of service to unserved areas. The Public Utility Commission has power to require any public utility, after a public hearing of all parties interested, to extend its line, plant or system into, and to render service to, a locality not already served when the existing public convenience and necessity requires such extension and service. However, no such extension of service shall be required until the public utility has been granted such reasonable franchises as may be necessary for the extension of service, and unless the conditions are such as to reasonably justify the necessary investment by the public utility in extending its line, plant or system into such locality and furnishing such service. [Amended by 1971 c.655 §67]

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ORS 757.053 Alternative means for meeting energy conservation requirements. Notwithstanding the specific requirements imposed on an electric company by ORS 469.631 to 469.645 and 469.860 to 469.900, an electric company meets the requirements of ORS 469.631 to 469.645 and 469.860 to 469.900 if the electric company

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ORS 757.054 Cost-effective energy efficiency resources and demand response resources; legislative findings; planning and pursuit by electric company required; consumer credit; rules. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 757.055 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.056 Information on energy conservation to be furnished by certain utilities; rules. (1) As used in this section, “energy conservation services” means services provided by public utilities to educate and inform customers and the public about energy conservation. Such services include but are not limited to providing answers to questions concerning energy saving devices and providing inspections and making suggestions concerning the construction and siting of buildings and residences

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ORS 757.060 [Amended by 1955 c.145 §1; repealed by 1961 c.691 §20]

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ORS 757.061 Regulation of water utilities; rules. (1) For the purposes of this section

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ORS 757.063 Regulation of associations furnishing water upon petition. (1) Any association of individuals that furnishes water to members of the association is subject to regulation in the same manner as provided by this chapter for public utilities, and must pay the fee provided for in ORS 756.310, if 20 percent or more of the members of the association file a petition with the Public Utility Commission requesting that the association be subject to such regulation

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ORS 757.065 [Renumbered 756.370]

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ORS 757.066 Ordered sale of water utility; violation of standards affecting safe and adequate service; notice; alternatives to sale. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 757.068 Use of fees to make emergency repairs to water service plants; order to make emergency repairs. (1) In each biennium the Public Utility Commission may use not more than $100,000 of the fees collected under ORS 756.310 to make emergency repairs to the plants of public utilities providing water service. The commission may expend moneys under the provisions of this section only if the commission determines that

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ORS 757.069 Notice of delinquency on water bill. (1) If a customer of a water utility fails to pay a water bill for more than 120 days after the bill becomes due, the water utility shall mail notice of the delinquency to the persons who are listed as the owners of the property in the real property tax records for the county only if the utility asserts that the property owners are responsible for the bill. The notice must be mailed to the addresses of the owners as reflected in the real property tax records

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ORS 757.070 [Renumbered 756.375]

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ORS 757.072 Agreements for financial assistance to organizations representing customer interests; rules. (1) A public utility providing electricity or natural gas may enter into a written agreement with an organization that represents broad customer interests in regulatory proceedings conducted by the Public Utility Commission relating to public utilities that provide electricity or natural gas. The agreement shall govern the manner in which financial assistance may be provided to the organization. The agreement may provide for financial assistance to other organizations found by the commission to be qualified under subsection (2) of this section. More than one public utility or organization may join in a single agreement. Any agreement entered into under this section must be approved by the commission before any financial assistance is provided under the agreement

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ORS 757.075 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.077 Incorrect billings; collections; refunds. (1) If a public utility determines that a current or former customer of the public utility was previously billed an incorrect amount for a service provided by the public utility under rate schedules or tariffs in effect for the public utility on the date on which the service was provided, the public utility may

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ORS 757.080 [1953 c.356 §1; 1961 c.354 §1; 1971 c.655 §30a; renumbered 756.380]

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ORS 757.081 Utility bills to include information regarding commission’s consumer services. The Public Utility Commission shall require each public utility to include at the bottom of every utility bill the following information

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ORS 757.083 Cost categories included in residential customer rates; visual representation made publicly available. (1) As used in this section and ORS 757.218, “electric or natural gas company” means any entity that is a public utility that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity or natural gas to retail customers in this state

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ORS 757.085 [1953 c.356 §2; 1961 c.354 §2; renumbered 756.385]

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ORS 757.090 [1953 c.356 §3; 1961 c.354 §3; renumbered 756.390]

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ORS 757.095 [1969 c.372 §2; 1971 c.655 §69; renumbered 757.039]

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ORS 757.105 Filing of budget; rules; review by commission; pensions as operating expenses. (1) The Public Utility Commission has the right and power of regulation, restriction and control over the budgets of expenditures of public utilities, as to all items covering

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ORS 757.107 Supplemental budgets and orders. Adjustment and additions to such budget expenditures may be made from time to time during the year by filing supplementary budgets with the Public Utility Commission. The provisions of ORS 757.105 (3) apply to adjustments and additions to budgets. [Amended by 1971 c.655 §83]

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ORS 757.110 Effect of budget orders. (1) Any finding and order made and entered by the Public Utility Commission under ORS 757.105 or 757.107 shall have the effect of prohibiting any unapproved or rejected expenditure from being recognized as an operating expense or capital expenditure in any rate valuation proceeding or in any proceeding or hearing unless and until the propriety thereof has been established to the satisfaction of the commission. Any such finding and order shall remain in full force and effect, unless and until it is modified or set aside by the commission or is set aside, modified or remanded in a proceeding for judicial review of an order in the manner provided by ORS 756.610

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ORS 757.115 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §20; renumbered 756.105]

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ORS 757.120 Accounts required. (1) Every public utility shall keep and render to the Public Utility Commission, in the manner and form prescribed by the commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted. All forms of accounts which may be prescribed by the commission shall conform as nearly as practicable to similar forms prescribed by federal authority

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ORS 757.125 Duty of utility to keep records and accounts; duty of commission to furnish blanks. (1) The Public Utility Commission shall prescribe the accounts and records required to be kept, and every public utility is required to keep and render its accounts and records accurately and faithfully in the manner prescribed by the commission and to comply with all directions of the commission relating to such accounts and records

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ORS 757.130 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.135 Closing accounts and filing balance sheet; rules; auditing accounts. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the accounts required under ORS 757.120 and 757.125 shall be closed annually on December 31 and a balance sheet of that date promptly taken therefrom. On or before a date prescribed by the Public Utility Commission by rule, such balance sheet, together with such other information as the commission shall prescribe, verified by an officer of the public utility, shall be filed with the commission

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ORS 757.140 Depreciation accounts; use of certain undepreciated investment in rates. (1) Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation account. The Public Utility Commission shall ascertain and determine the proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the several classes of property of each public utility. The rates shall be such as will provide the amounts required over and above the expenses of maintenance, to keep such property in a state of efficiency corresponding to the progress of the industry. Each public utility shall conform its depreciation accounts to the rates so ascertained and determined by the commission. The commission may make changes in such rates of depreciation from time to time as the commission may find to be necessary

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ORS 757.145 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.150 [Repealed by 1971 c.655 §250]

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ORS 757.155 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §90; renumbered 757.480]

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ORS 757.160 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §91; renumbered 757.485]

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ORS 757.165 [Amended by 1971 c.655 §92; renumbered 757.490]

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