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278.040 Public Service Commission -- Jurisdiction -- Regulations.
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The Public Service Commission shall regulate utilities and enforce the
provisions of this chapter. The commission shall be a body corporate, with
power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. The commission may adopt a
seal bearing the name "Public Service Commission of Kentucky," which seal
shall be affixed to all writs and official documents, and to such other
instruments as the commission directs, and all courts shall take judicial note of
the seal.
The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to all utilities in this state. The
commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation of rates and
service of utilities, but with that exception nothing in this chapter is intended to
limit or restrict the police jurisdiction, contract rights or powers of cities or
political subdivisions.
The commission may adopt, in keeping with KRS Chapter 13A, reasonable
regulations to implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 278 and investigate
the methods and practices of utilities to require them to conform to the laws of
this state, and to all reasonable rules, regulations and orders of the
commission not contrary to law.
Effective:July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1982. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 8, effective April 1, 1979. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 2, effective March 29, 1976. -- Recodified 1942 Ky.
Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3952-2,
3952-12, 3952-13, 3952-27.
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