Chapter 3
Regulatory Powers of Administration

Index of Sections

§ 39-3-1. Services for which certificate of necessity required.

§ 39-3-1.1. Purchasing cooperatives.

§ 39-3-1.2. Aggregation of electrical load by municipality or group of municipalities.

§ 39-3-2. Persons and companies eligible for certificates.

§ 39-3-3. Certificate requirement for water carriers.

§ 39-3-3.1. Petition for certificate by water carrier — Notice of pendency.

§ 39-3-4. Water carriers entitled to certificate as of right.

§ 39-3-5. Petition for certificate of necessity — Notice of pendency.

§ 39-3-6. Appeals.

§ 39-3-7. Fixing standards for service.

§ 39-3-7.1. Prohibited practices.

§ 39-3-8. Standards for measurement and testing of service.

§ 39-3-9. Testing of measuring devices.

§ 39-3-10. Filing and availability of rate schedules.

§ 39-3-11. Notice of change in rates — Suspension of change — Hearings.

§ 39-3-11.1. Changes in rates of publicly owned water authorities.

§ 39-3-11.2. [Repealed.]

§ 39-3-11.3. Providence Water Supply Board transfer.

§ 39-3-12. Burden of proof to sustain increased rates — Modification of requirements.

§ 39-3-12.1. Information required of water utility.

§ 39-3-12.2. Certain advertising costs prohibited on rate base.

§ 39-3-13. Emergency suspension of rate schedules.

§ 39-3-13.1. Power to order refunds.

§ 39-3-14. Accounting and records of utilities.

§ 39-3-15. Security issues for which permission required.

§ 39-3-16. [Repealed.]

§ 39-3-17. Procedure for obtaining authority for security issues.

§ 39-3-18. Order of division as to security issue.

§ 39-3-19. Unauthorized securities.

§ 39-3-20. Securities of foreign utilities.

§ 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.

§ 39-3-22. Security dividends — Distribution of proceeds of securities.

§ 39-3-23. Charters amended — Availability of information.

§ 39-3-24. Transactions between utilities for which approval required.

§ 39-3-25. Proceedings for approval of transactions between utilities.

§ 39-3-26. Charters amended to authorize approved transactions.

§ 39-3-27. Definitions.

§ 39-3-28. Filing of agreements with affiliates.

§ 39-3-29. Effect of failure to file agreements.

§ 39-3-30. Investigation and order as to transaction between affiliates.

§ 39-3-31. Court order to cease practice impairing service.

§ 39-3-32. Disallowance of payments to affiliates in rate proceedings.

§ 39-3-33. Rules of division.

§ 39-3-34. Utilities to which restrictions apply.

§ 39-3-35. Municipal rights and franchises subject to regulation.

§ 39-3-36. Notice of railroad hearing.

§ 39-3-37. Public utilities — Informational mailings.

§ 39-3-37.1. Conservation notice on water bills.

§ 39-3-37.2. Informational notice on electric bills.

§ 39-3-37.3. Informational notice on electric bills — Electric distribution company.

§ 39-3-38. Wholesale contracts for the sale of water — Rates or charges.

§ 39-3-38.1. Rate adjustments — Purchase and sale of water between regulated water-supply boards.

§ 39-3-39. Purchase of power from small production facilities by electric utilities.

§ 39-3-40. Storage, transportation, and distribution of gas — Regulation — Penalties.

§ 39-3-41. Regulations for pay-per-call services.

§ 39-3-42. [Repealed.]

§ 39-3-43. [Repealed.]

§ 39-3-44. Payment of public utility bills.