Section 756.047 – Authority of commission to require fingerprints.
For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Public Utility Commission may require the fingerprints of a person who: (1)(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the commission; or (b) Provides services or seeks to provide services to the commission as a contractor or volunteer; and […]
Section 756.050 – Office, office supplies and sessions of commission.
(1) The Public Utility Commission shall keep office at the capital and shall be provided with suitable office quarters under ORS 276.004. Necessary office furniture, supplies, stationery, books, periodicals and maps shall be furnished, and all necessary expenses therefor shall be audited and paid as other state expenses are audited and paid. (2) The commission […]
Section 756.055 – Delegation of authority.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Public Utility Commission may designate by order or rule any commissioner or any named employee or category of employees who shall have authority to exercise any of the duties and powers imposed upon the commission by law. The official act of any commissioner or […]
Section 756.060 – Authority to adopt rules and regulations.
The Public Utility Commission may adopt and amend reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to all statutes administered by the commission and may adopt and publish reasonable and proper rules to govern proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings of public utilities and telecommunications utilities and other parties […]
Section 756.062 – Substantial compliance with laws adequate for commission activities; construction of laws generally.
(1) A substantial compliance with the requirements of the laws administered by the Public Utility Commission is sufficient to give effect to all the rules, orders, acts and regulations of the commission and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto. (2) The provisions […]
Section 756.068 – Service of notice or other legal process.
The service or delivery of any notice, order, form or other document or legal process required to be made by the Public Utility Commission may be made by mail. If by mail, service or delivery is made when the required material is deposited in the post office, in a sealed envelope with postage paid, addressed […]
Section 756.070 – Investigating management of utilities.
The Public Utility Commission may inquire into the management of the business of all public utilities and telecommunications utilities and shall keep informed as to the manner and method in which they are conducted and has the right to obtain from any public utility or telecommunications utility all necessary information to enable the commission to […]
Section 756.075 – Right of entry for examination of equipment, records or employees; use of findings.
(1) The Public Utility Commission or authorized representatives may enter upon any premises, or any equipment or facilities operated or occupied by any public utility or telecommunications utility for the purpose of making any inspection, examination or test reasonably required in the administration of ORS chapter 756, 757, 758 or 759 and to set up […]
Section 756.090 – Maintaining and producing records; expenses of examining out-of-state records.
(1) The Public Utility Commission may require by rule, or by order or subpoena to be served on any public utility or telecommunications utility the maintaining within this state or the production within this state at such time and place as the commission may designate, of any books, accounts, papers or records kept by such […]
Section 756.028 – Employee statements regarding prohibited interests.
Each employee of the Public Utility Commission shall file with the commission a statement regarding holdings of the employee and the holdings of the employee’s spouse and minor children of any pecuniary interest in any business or activity subject to the commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. Supplementary statements shall be filed as such pecuniary interests are acquired […]