The commission is vested with the power and jurisdiction, and it is made its duty, to supervise and regulate every public utility defined in § 23-1-101 and to do all things, whether specifically designated in this act, that may be necessary or expedient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction, or in the discharge […]
(a) The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to and include: (1) (A) All matters pertaining to the regulation and operation of all: (i) Common carriers; (ii) Railroads; (iii) Express companies; (iv) Car companies; (v) Freight lines; (vi) Toll bridges; (vii) Ferries; (viii) Steamboats; (ix) Street railroads; (x) Telegraph companies; (xi) Telephone companies; (xii) Pipeline […]
Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as giving the Arkansas Public Service Commission any jurisdiction over taxicab or truck service in cities or towns, and of railroad, taxicab, or motor bus service between cities or towns, jurisdiction over which is vested in the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(a) Upon complaint or upon its own motion and upon reasonable notice and after a hearing, the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have the power to: (1) Find and fix just, reasonable, and sufficient rates to be thereafter observed, enforced, and demanded by any public utility; (2) Determine the reasonable, safe, adequate, and sufficient service […]
The commission is empowered after hearing and upon notice to make and from time to time in like manner to alter or amend such reasonable rules pertaining to the operation, accounting, service, and rates of public utilities and of the practice and procedure governing all investigations by and hearings and proceedings before the commission as […]
The commission may establish by order a uniform system of accounts to be kept by any public utility subject to the commission’s jurisdiction or may classify the public utilities and establish a system of accounts for each class, and the commission may prescribe the manner in which the accounts shall be kept.
The commission shall have the power and authority by order to require any public utility from time to time to furnish on forms prescribed by the commission a verified, itemized, and detailed inventory or appraisal of any or all of its property as to which the commission should have knowledge in order to enable it […]
(a) The commission may require any public utility to file: (1) Annual reports in such form and of such content and at such time as the commission may require; and (2) Special reports concerning any matter about which the commission is authorized to inquire or to keep itself informed. (b) All reports shall be under […]
At any time, the commission may require persons, firms, associations, or corporations, so far as they may be subject to its jurisdiction under the terms of this act, to furnish any information which may be in his, her, its, or their possession respecting the rates, tolls, fares, charges, or practices in conducting his, hers, its, […]
(a) (1) The commission, whenever it may be necessary in the performance of its duties, may investigate and examine the condition and operation of public utilities or any particular utility. (2) In conducting such investigations, the commission may proceed either with or without a hearing as it may deem best, but it shall make no […]
The commission shall have power, through its members, inspectors, or employees, to enter into, upon, and to inspect the property of any public utility so far as may be proper, in order to exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon the commission in this act.
(a) The failure or refusal of any public utility, if persisted in, to permit the inspection or examination of its physical properties, premises, plants, equipment, accessories, books, papers, files, documents, contracts, agreements, or accounts shall be deemed cause for the cancellation of its charter or license to do business in this state. (b) When such […]
(a) The commission shall have the power, either as a commission or by any of its members, to subpoena witnesses and take testimony and administer oaths to any witness in any proceeding or examination instituted before it or conducted by it in reference to any matter within its jurisdiction. (b) In all hearings and proceedings […]
(a) The commission shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) Two hundred dollars ($200) for filing each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity as required by §§ 23-3-201 — 23-3-205; and (2) Such fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document as shall be determined by the commission […]
The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall make and submit to the Governor during the month of June of each year a report containing a full and complete account of its transactions and proceedings for the preceding calendar year, together with such other facts, suggestions, and recommendations as it may deem of value to the people […]
(a) All facts and information, including all reports, records, files, books, accounts, papers, and memoranda in the possession of the commission, shall be public and open to public inspection at all reasonable times. (b) (1) Whenever the commission determines it to be necessary in the interest of the public or, as to proprietary facts or […]
