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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004)
Chapter 3 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (§§ 77-3-NEW — 77-3-809)
Article 1 - CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; RATES; SERVICE (§§ 77-3-NEW — 77-3-99)
- Section 77-3-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered]
- Section 77-3-1 - Application of article to municipal public utilities; application of chapter to eligible homeowners associations in eligible municipalities
- Section 77-3-2 - Declaration of policy
- Section 77-3-3 - Definitions
- Section 77-3-5 - Jurisdiction and powers of commission
- Section 77-3-6 - Investigations and arbitration of billing and services between public utilities and customers
- Section 77-3-7 - Bonding of commission employees; preference for full-time employees; additional personnel
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-9 - Attorney for public service commission
- Section 77-3-10 - Regulated utilities to file with commission copies of contracts with affiliates; authority of commission to disallow certain payments as operating costs
- Section 77-3-10.1 - Requirements for applications filed under Section 77-3-11 or 77-3-14 for certain certificates of public convenience and necessity
- Section 77-3-11 - Certificate of public convenience and necessity required; exceptions; complaints prompting hearing as to adequacy of service
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-13 - Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-15 - Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality
- Section 77-3-16 - Bids required on certain public utility contracts; exceptions; list of contractors and suppliers
- Section 77-3-17 - Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility
- Section 77-3-19 - Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise
- Section 77-3-21 - Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder
- Section 77-3-22 - Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions
- Section 77-3-22.1 - Preferences in transfer of ownership of privately owned water or sewer system in receivership
- Section 77-3-23 - Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate
- Section 77-3-25 - Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property
- Section 77-3-27 - Commission to investigate violations
- Section 77-3-29 - Extension of service
- Section 77-3-31 - Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities
- Section 77-3-33 - Rates, classifications and service of utilities
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-36 - Recovery of costs of political advertising from ratepayers prohibited; recovery of costs of promotional or institutional advertising regulated; definitions
- Section 77-3-37 - Changes in rates
- Section 77-3-39 - Hearing on rate change; suspension of proposed rates
- Section 77-3-40 - Hearing examiners; powers and duties; reports, recommended decisions and orders of examiners; procedures
- Section 77-3-41 - Rates fixed by commission
- Section 77-3-42 - Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases
- Section 77-3-43 - Determination of rate base
- Section 77-3-44 - Rate-regulated electric or natural gas public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities; rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to permit broadband service providers to use the electric delivery system
- Section 77-3-45 - Promulgation of rules and regulations
- Section 77-3-46 - Management reviews of public utility companies
- Section 77-3-47 - Hearings by commission
- Section 77-3-49 - Issuance of process by commission; witnesses
- Section 77-3-51 - Depositions by agreement
- Section 77-3-53 - Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence
- Section 77-3-55 - Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes
- Section 77-3-57 - Service on parties
- Section 77-3-59 - Decisions; compliance with orders
- Section 77-3-61 - Alteration of orders
- Section 77-3-63 - Record of proceedings; reporter
- Section 77-3-65 - Rehearing; stay of order
- Section 77-3-67 - Appeals to chancery court
- Section 77-3-69 - Stay of orders pending appeal
- Section 77-3-71 - Appeals to supreme court
- Section 77-3-72 - Direct appeals to supreme court from decisions of public service commission involving filings for rate changes
- Section 77-3-73 - Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts
- Section 77-3-75 - Enforcement of commission orders
- Section 77-3-77 - Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order
- Section 77-3-79 - Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties
- Section 77-3-81 - Violations of article or orders of commission; furnishing to commission of false testimony, reports, records, etc
- Section 77-3-83 - Penalties are cumulative
- Section 77-3-85 - Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions
- Section 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
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-90 - Annual reports of commission
- Section 77-3-91 - Definitions applicable to sections 77-3-91 through 77-3-95
- Section 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
- Section 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
- Section 77-3-97 - Water conservation; submetering in multiunit dwellings
- Section 77-3-99 - Election by eligible homeowners association to provide water service to its residents; continuing obligations of eligible municipality
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