There is hereby established a Public Utilities Staff, which shall be completely separate and independent from the Public Service Commission and the Public Service Commission staff. Such staff shall consist of the personnel positions of the executive director, the economic and planning division, legal division, engineering division and accounting division with a State Personnel Board […]
A person who serves as (a) Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, (b) Executive Director of the public utilities staff, or (c) Executive Secretary of the commission shall not, while employed with or within one (1) year after leaving the commission or public utilities staff, accept employment with, receive compensation directly or indirectly from, or […]
A public service commissioner, commission or public utilities staff employee, or consultant assisting the commission in investigating, compiling, evaluating and analyzing the record shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, regarding any issue in a contested proceeding other than communications necessary to procedural aspects of maintaining an orderly process, with any commission employee or consultant who […]
Nothing in this chapter prevents the public utilities staff, the public service commission staff or the commission from entering into agreements with other agencies to coordinate and share services, to conduct joint projects or investigations on matters within the authority and jurisdiction of the parties thereto, or to temporarily assign staff to such projects. No […]
All valid rules, orders and directives heretofore enforced, issued or promulgated by the Public Service Commission shall remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, modified or superseded by duly authorized rules, orders or directives of the Public Service Commission. The Public Service Commission shall ensure that the public utilities staff, upon request, shall […]
There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund.” Such fund shall be the sole fund of the Public Utilities Staff for all monies collected and deposited to the credit of or appropriated to the Public Utilities Staff. The fund shall be administered […]
The public utilities staff created pursuant to Section 77-2-1 and the Public Service Commission and commission staff shall have and possess all of the rights and powers to perform all of the duties vested by this chapter. The functions of the commission, with the aid and assistance of its staff, shall be regulatory and quasi-judicial […]
For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the meaning ascribed as follows: “Regulatory function” means all duties and procedures concerning the execution and enforcement of the laws, rules, orders, directives, duties and obligations imposed for the control and government of the persons or businesses regulated, together with investigative activities […]
An executive director of the public utilities staff shall be appointed, on or before July 1, 1990, by the Governor, from recommended candidates to be selected by the Public Service Commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve for a term of six (6) years. On or before May 15, 1990, the […]
The executive director shall have general charge of the operations and administration of the Public Utilities Staff. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the executive director to supervise and manage the offices and personnel on the Public Utilities Staff and formulate written policies and procedures for the effective and efficient operation thereof. The […]
