§ 56-8.1. Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited
No public service corporation doing business in this Commonwealth shall grant to any member of the General Assembly or to any state, county, district, or municipal officer any free pass, free transportation, or any rebate or reduction in the rates charged by such corporation to the general public. Any public service corporation violating this section […]
§ 56-8.2. Appeals in rate cases
Any public service corporation which is required by law to file a schedule of rates with the Commission, or the Commonwealth, or any other party in interest or party aggrieved may appeal to the Supreme Court from any final decision or order of the Commission concerning such rates. Upon the granting of such appeal, the […]
§ 56-5.1. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.
§ 56-6. Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation’s violation of law
Any person or corporation aggrieved by anything done or omitted in violation of any of the provisions of this or any other chapter under this title, by any public service corporation chartered or doing business in this Commonwealth, shall have the right to make complaint of the grievance and seek relief by petition against such […]
§ 56-7. Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged
Nothing contained in this title shall in any way abridge or alter existing remedies at common law or under any other statute, but the new remedies given shall be deemed to be in addition to those already existing. Code 1919, § 3903.
§ 56-8. Repeal of charter
The charter of every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated may be repealed by any future General Assembly; but no law shall be passed for taking from a company its works or property without making to it just compensation. Code 1919, § 3891.
§ 56-3. Expenses prior to organization
The expenses incurred prior to the organization of any public service corporation, for preliminary surveys, or for stationery or advertising, or any other necessary matter or thing, may, if deemed reasonable by the president and directors, be paid by their order. Code 1919, § 3901.
§ 56-4. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 188.
§ 56-5. Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation
Any person who shall wilfully destroy, injure, or obstruct any of the works or property of a public service corporation shall be liable to such corporation for three times the amount of the actual damage thereby sustained. This section shall not relieve such person of any liability to criminal prosecution for such offense, or of […]
§ 56-1.2. Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc.
The terms public utility, public service corporation, or public service company, as used in Chapters 1 (§ 56-1 et seq.), 10 (§ 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 et seq.), and 10.2:1 (§ 56-265.13:1 et seq.) of this title, shall not refer to: 1. Any person who owns or operates property and provides electricity, natural […]