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§ 65-36-108. Construction With Other Regulatory Statutes

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to be an implied repeal of the service area limitations established in § 6-51-112 or chapter 34 of this title. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to change the requirements of title 7, chapter 82, with respect to the merger or acquisition of any water, sewer, or […]

§ 65-37-101. Promotional Incentives for Telecommunications Services — Policy — Implementation

It is the policy of the general assembly to encourage and not prohibit or delay attractive discount pricing and special promotional offers for telecommunications services. To implement the policy articulated in this section and to encourage low prices, notwithstanding any other law, all telecommunications providers shall be permitted to offer promotional incentives for telecommunications services, […]

§ 65-37-102. Price Discrimination

Price differences among retail telecommunications customers shall be strictly prohibited, to the extent that such differences are attributable to race, creed, color, religion, sex or national origin. All other differences in pricing among retail telecommunications customers, as of May 28, 2005, shall be presumed to be a function of the competitive market. This presumption may […]

§ 65-37-103. Retail Offering of Combinations or Bundles of Products or Services

The Tennessee public utility commission shall retain regulatory jurisdiction established in this title for specific, individual telecommunications services. Except as provided in this section, the commission shall not assert regulatory jurisdiction over the retail offering of combinations or bundles of products or services, whether or not such combinations or bundles of products or services are […]

§ 65-37-104. Financial Information or Reporting — System of Accounts

The Tennessee public utility commission shall not establish or impose upon price-regulated carriers subject to this title state-specific financial information or financial reporting requirements or a uniform system of accounts. Price-regulated carriers subject to this title may be required to file with the commission only that financial information or financial reports that are required to […]

§ 65-36-105. Use of Surplus Funds

Every municipal electric utility and every electric cooperative are hereby authorized to use surplus revenues in connection with the exercise of any power or authority they may exercise under any law; provided, that the exercise of that power or authority is not a violation of the terms and conditions of a wholesale power contract between […]

§ 65-36-106. Telephone, Telegraph and Telecommunications Services

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or other law to the contrary, if the exercise of power or authority granted by this chapter involves any system, plant, or equipment for the provision of telephone, telegraph, telecommunications services or any other like system, plant, or equipment, such exercise, whether by a municipal electric system, an […]

§ 65-36-107. Competitive Consequences of Agreement

In the exercise of their respective powers and authority, jointly and severally, under interlocal cooperation agreements entered into under the authority of this chapter and title 12, chapter 9, electric cooperatives and municipal utilities and any separate entity or body created under § 12-9-104(c), may exercise such powers and authority regardless of the competitive consequences […]

§ 65-35-102. Prohibited Acts

It is unlawful for a person to: Knowingly tap, cut, burn, break down, injure, destroy or otherwise interrupt or interfere with the current, lines, cables, poles, towers, fixtures or appliances utilized to furnish service to the general public by any telephone or telegraph company, or electric light or power company engaged in furnishing communication, light, […]

§ 65-35-103. Evidence of Violation

Any property on which it is found to have telephone, electric, gas, sanitary sewer, or water utilities tampered with in violation of § 65-35-102, and capable of receiving telephone, electricity, gas, sanitary sewer, or water service as a result of the use of any method of diversion prohibited in that section, is prima facie evidence […]