Chapter 4. Authority of Commission Over Public Utilities  


§ 54-4-1. General jurisdiction.
§ 54-4-1.1. Wholesale electrical cooperative exempt from rate regulation -- Requirements for rate increase.
§ 54-4-1.5. Investigations, providing information, audits and recommendations by director.
§ 54-4-2. Investigations -- Hearings and notice -- Findings -- Applicability of chapter. (Effective 5/13/2014)
§ 54-4-4. Classification and fixing of rates after hearing.
§ 54-4-4.1. Rules to govern rates.
§ 54-4-7. Rules, equipment, service -- Regulation after hearing.
§ 54-4-8. Additions, improvements, extensions, repairs, or changes -- Apportioning costs.
§ 54-4-12. Telegraph and telephone -- Connections -- Joint rates -- Division of costs.
§ 54-4-13. Joint use of properties by utilities -- Adjustment of costs -- Cable television easement rights.
§ 54-4-13.1. Natural gas vehicle rate.
§ 54-4-13.4. Natural gas fueling stations and facilities -- Recovery of expenditures for stations and facilities.
§ 54-4-14. Safety regulation.
§ 54-4-15. Establishment and regulation of grade crossings.
§ 54-4-15.1. Signals or devices at grade crossings -- Duty to provide.
§ 54-4-15.2. Signals or devices at grade crossings -- Funds for payment of costs.
§ 54-4-15.3. Signals or devices at grade crossings -- Apportionment of costs.
§ 54-4-15.4. Signals or devices at grade crossings -- Provision of costs.
§ 54-4-16. Investigation and report of accidents.
§ 54-4-18. Electric, gas, and water service.
§ 54-4-19. Right to enter upon public utility premises.
§ 54-4-20. Consumer may have meter tested upon paying fee.
§ 54-4-21. Valuation of public utilities.
§ 54-4-22. Statements of valuations -- Affidavits -- Records of valuation.
§ 54-4-23. Accounts and records of utilities.
§ 54-4-24. Depreciation accounts and fund.
§ 54-4-25. Certificate of convenience and necessity prerequisite to construction and operation -- Electrical suppliers.
§ 54-4-26. Contracts calling for expenditures -- Commission to approve.
§ 54-4-27. Payment of dividends -- Notice -- Restraint.
§ 54-4-28. Merger, consolidation, or combination.
§ 54-4-29. Acquiring voting stock or securities of like utility only on consent of commission.
§ 54-4-30. Acquiring properties of like utility only on consent of commission.
§ 54-4-31. Electrical corporation to issue securities only on consent of commission -- Exceptions -- Validity of securities.
§ 54-4-37. Definitions -- Unauthorized charge to account -- Penalties -- Procedures for verification -- Authority of commission and Division of Public Utilities.
§ 54-4-39. Natural gas derived from new technologies -- Long-term contracts.
§ 54-4-40. Approval of certain agreements between an electrical corporation and municipality.