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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Public Utilities
Article 1 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Rates; Service.
- § 77-3-1. Application of article to municipal public utilities.
- § 77-3-2. Declaration of policy.
- § 77-3-3. Definitions.
- § 77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission.
- § 77-3-6. Investigations and arbitration of billing and services between public utilities and customers.
- § 77-3-7. Bonding of commission employees; preference for full-time employees; additional personnel.
- § 77-3-8. Public service commission staff; Personnel Board to establish salaries; duties of staff; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission.
- § 77-3-10. Regulated utilities to file with commission copies of contracts with affiliates; authority of commission to disallow certain payments as operating costs.
- § 77-3-11. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required; exceptions; complaints prompting hearing as to adequacy of service.
- § 77-3-12. Certificate of public convenience and necessity grants exclusive right to public utility to provide services for which certificate issued; utility systems authorized to extend facilities through certificated area of another utility for purposes other than certificated need.
- § 77-3-13. Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership.
- § 77-3-14. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required for construction of electrical generating and transmitting facilities; commission to maintain analysis of electricity needs in state.
- § 77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality.
- § 77-3-16. Bids required on certain public utility contracts; exceptions; list of contractors and suppliers.
- § 77-3-17. Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility.
- § 77-3-19. Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise.
- § 77-3-21. Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder.
- § 77-3-22. Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions.
- § 77-3-22.1. Preferences in transfer of ownership of privately owned water or sewer system in receivership.
- § 77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate.
- § 77-3-25. Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property.
- § 77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations.
- § 77-3-29. Extension of service.
- § 77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities.
- § 77-3-33. Rates, classifications and service of utilities.
- § 77-3-35. Regulation of rates and charges generally; approval of certain contracts of utilities; regulation of provision of telecommunication services; adoption of alternative methods of regulation; Public Service Commission authorized to regulate only rates, terms and conditions of certain switched access services and single-line flat rate voice communication services; incumbent local exchange carrier to provide primary single-line flat rate voice communication service to premises of permanent residence or business within its franchised service territory if cost to requesting party does not exceed certain amount; commission to retain exclusive original jurisdiction over customer complaints for services continuing to be regulated; certain telecommunication utilities required only to file financial or service quality information required to be filed with Federal Communications Commission.
- § 77-3-36. Recovery of costs of political advertising from ratepayers prohibited; recovery of costs of promotional or institutional advertising regulated; definitions.
- § 77-3-37. Changes in rates.
- § 77-3-39. Hearing on rate change; suspension of proposed rates.
- § 77-3-40. Hearing examiners; powers and duties; reports, recommended decisions and orders of examiners; procedures.
- § 77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission.
- § 77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases.
- § 77-3-43. Determination of rate base.
- § 77-3-44. Rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities.
- § 77-3-45. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 77-3-46. Management reviews of public utility companies.
- § 77-3-47. Hearings by commission.
- § 77-3-49. Issuance of process by commission; witnesses.
- § 77-3-51. Depositions by agreement.
- § 77-3-53. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence.
- § 77-3-55. Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes.
- § 77-3-57. Service on parties.
- § 77-3-59. Decisions; compliance with orders.
- § 77-3-61. Alteration of orders.
- § 77-3-63. Record of proceedings; reporter.
- § 77-3-65. Rehearing; stay of order.
- § 77-3-67. Appeals to chancery court.
- § 77-3-69. Stay of orders pending appeal.
- § 77-3-71. Appeals to supreme court.
- § 77-3-72. Direct appeals to supreme court from decisions of public service commission involving filings for rate changes.
- § 77-3-73. Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts.
- § 77-3-75. Enforcement of commission orders.
- § 77-3-77. Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order.
- § 77-3-79. Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties.
- § 77-3-81. Violations of article or orders of commission; furnishing to commission of false testimony, reports, records, etc.
- § 77-3-83. Penalties are cumulative.
- § 77-3-85. Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions.
- § 77-3-87. Utilities taxed for expense of regulation by commission; collection of tax; adjustment of tax rate; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-89. Payment of expenses; audit of books and accounts; Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.
- § 77-3-90. Annual reports of commission.
- § 77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95.
- § 77-3-93. Cost of purchasing electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days included as expense item for purpose of calculating rates.
- § 77-3-95. Utilities to report to public utility staff and public service commission purchases of electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days; public comment on report; hearings.
- § 77-3-97. Water conservation; submetering in multiunit dwellings.
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