Title 30, Title 30: Public Service

§ 505. Service No company holding a certificate of public good under this chapter may abandon or curtail any service subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission or abandon all or any part of its facilities if it would thereby effect the abandonment, curtailment, or impairment o…

§ 506. Renewal Certificates with a limited duration may be renewed during or at the end of the period, after opportunity for hearing held according to the criteria for the granting of an original certificate in section 504 of this title and after the Commission has made the findi…

§ 508. Unauthorized operation; penalty A person or company rendering service that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under this chapter, without holding a certificate of public good issued by the Public Utility Commission for that purpose under this c…

§ 509. Amendment and revocation; fines; assurance of discontinuance (a) For good cause, after opportunity for hearing, the Commission may amend or revoke any certificate of public good awarded pursuant to section 503 or 504 of this title. (b) If the Commission finds that a compan…

§ 510. Notice to subscribers regarding quality of service (a) Annually, every company shall cause to be mailed to each of its subscribers a notice that: (1) states that the Commission and the Department of Public Service desire to hear the views of subscribers regarding the quali…

§ 511. Extensions for transfer or sale At the end of a certificate period that was not renewed, or if a certificate is revoked, the Commission may grant the company a period of time, not to exceed one year, to transfer ownership or sell company assets. (Added 1987, No. 271 (Adj. …

§ 512. Assistance to unserved areas (a) The legislative body of a municipality unserved by a cable television system, and that desires such service, may request the assistance of the Department of Public Service. Upon receipt of any request from a municipality in an unserved area…

§ 513. Municipal cable television systems (a) A municipality may establish de novo a cable television system in an area otherwise unserved after proceeding under section 512 of this title. A municipality may do so under this section without obtaining amendments to and General Ass…

§ 514. Annual report At the time of filing its annual report under section 22 of this title, each company shall also file with the Commission and the Department the following: (1) a map sufficiently outlining the company’s service territory and describing its existing plant and a…

§ 515. Acquisition of control of a company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission (a) No person, corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association shall acquire ownership of greater than 40 percent of the voting securities in a company as defined in su…

§ 516. Modification by the Commission of cable television tariff requirements (a) The Commission may modify, reduce, or suspend requirements under sections 225 and 226, subsection 227(a), and section 229 of this title if it finds that provisions of federal law have the effect of …

§ 517. Line extensions (a) A company may enter into agreements under this section with government, nonprofit, or private entities, including projects authorized or affiliated with the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, a municipality or fire district pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 26…

§ 518. Retransmission fees; reporting (a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide the Attorney General with information necessary to investigate certain conduct within the cable and broadcast network industries to determine whether unfair methods of competition are occ…