Title 39, Title 39 Utilities and Carriers

If, upon a hearing and investigation, it shall be found that any rate, toll, charge, or joint rate or rates is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or that any regulation, …

Whenever the division shall believe that any of the rates, tolls, charges, or any joint rate or rates, charged, demanded, exacted, or collected by any public utility are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of this title, or that any re…

If, after making a summary investigation, the division becomes satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matters so investigated, it shall furnish to the public utility interested, a statement notifying the public utility of the m…

Notice of the time and place for a hearing and investigation shall be given to the public utility and to such other interested persons as the division shall deem necessary, as provided in § 39-4-5, and thereafter the proceedings shall be had and conducted in reference to the matt…

The division shall cause a certified copy of all its orders to be served upon an officer or agent of the public utility affected thereby, and upon the complainant if any there be, and all orders shall of their own force take effect and become operative ten (10) days after service…

The public utilities administrator may, at any time, upon notice to the public utility and after opportunity to be heard as provided in § 39-4-5, rescind, alter, or amend any order fixing any rate, toll, charge, joint rate or rates, or any other order made by the public utilities…

All orders, decisions, requests, or ordinances hereafter made by any town or city council under the provisions of §§ 39-8-2, 39-8-3, and 39-8-12, shall be subject to the supervision and control of the division as provided in this section. Upon the written complaint of any public …

Whenever the commission shall find upon a hearing and an investigation that the plant or equipment of any public utility is inadequate, insufficient, or unsuited to the public needs, or that repairs, improvements, or changes in the plant or equipment ought reasonably to be made, …

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, accounts, papers, records, or documents in any investigation or inquiry by, or upon any hearing before, the division or member thereof when ordered to do so by the division or member, upon the ground that the…

Every public utility, and all officers and agents thereof, shall obey, observe, and comply with every order of the division made under the authority of chapters 1 — 5 of this title as long as the order shall be and remain in force. Every public utility that shall violate any of t…

Whenever the division shall be of the opinion that a public utility, subject to its supervision, is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or by order of the division, or is doing anything, is about to do anything, or is permitting any…

An action to recover a penalty or forfeiture under this chapter shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state in the name of the state, and shall be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment by the administrator. All money recovered in any action, togethe…

(a) Upon a written complaint made against any public utility by any city or town council, or by the water supply management division of the department of environmental management, or by any corporation, or by any twenty-five (25) qualified electors, that any of the rates, tolls, …

The division shall, prior to a formal hearing, notify the public utility complained of that a complaint has been made, and ten (10) days after notice has been given, the division may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and an investigation as hereinafter provided.

The division shall give the public utility and the complainant, if any, ten (10) days’ notice of the time and place where and when the hearing and investigation will be held, and the matters considered and determined. Both the public utility and the complainant shall be entitled …

The division may, in its discretion, when complaint is made of more than one rate or charge, order separate hearings thereon, and may consider and determine the several matters complained of separately and at such time as it may prescribe. No complaint shall at any time be dismis…

In any matter within the jurisdiction of the division of public utilities and carriers, involving water rates, charges, or accommodation of the public, or the safety or potability of drinking water, and affecting the inhabitants of any particular community in any town or city, th…

Upon any hearing and investigation, the division may require the public utility to file with it a copy of any contract for the purchase of electricity, light, heat, or power, certified by its secretary or treasurer, which shall be open to inspection by the complainant or counsel …

If, upon a hearing and investigation had under the provisions of this chapter, the division shall find any existing rates, tolls, charges, or joint rate or rates of any public utility, to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential or …