61-501. INVESTMENT OF AUTHORITY. The public utilities commission is hereby vested with power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate every public utility in the state and to do all things necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of the provisions of this act. History: [(61-501) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 29, p. 248; reen. C.L. […]
61-502. DETERMINATION OF RATES. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges or classifications, or any of them, demanded, observed, charged or collected by any public utility for any service or product or commodity, or in connection therewith, including the […]
61-502A. RESTRICTION ON RATES AUTHORIZING RETURN ON PROPERTY NOT PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICE. Except upon its explicit finding that the public interest will be served thereby, the commission is hereby prohibited in any order issued after the effective date of this act, from setting rates for any utility that grants a return on construction work in […]
61-502B. ALLOCATION OF GAIN UPON SALE OF WATER RIGHT. The gain upon sale of a public utility’s water right used for the generation of electricity shall accrue to the benefit of the ratepayers. History: [61-502B, added 1985, ch. 16, sec. 1, p. 22.]
61-503. POWER TO INVESTIGATE AND FIX RATES AND REGULATIONS. The commission shall have power, upon a hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint, to investigate a single rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, classification, rule, regulation, contract or practice, or any number thereof, or the entire schedule or schedules of rates, fares, tolls, rentals, […]
61-504. ESTABLISHMENT OF THROUGH ROUTE AND JOINT RATE. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that the rates, fares or charges in force over two (2) or more common carriers, between any two (2) points in this state, are unjust, unreasonable or excessive, or that no […]
61-505. JOINT HEARINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS — RECIPROCITY — CONTRACTS WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES OF NEIGHBORING STATES. (1) The commission shall have full power and authority to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the state of Idaho with any official, board, commission, or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in […]
61-506. INTERSTATE RATES. The commission shall have the power to investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, fares, tolls, charges and classifications, and all rules and regulations and practices in relation thereto, for or in relation to the transportation of persons or property or the transmission of messages or conversations, where any act in relation […]
61-507. DETERMINATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations for the performance of any service or the furnishings of any commodity of the character furnished or supplied by any public utility, and, on proper demand and tender of rates, such public utility shall furnish such commodity or render such service within […]
61-508. IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE ORDERED — COST. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that additions, extensions, repairs or improvements to or changes in the existing plant, scales, equipment, apparatus, facilities or other physical property of any public utility or of any two (2) or more […]
61-509. REGULATION OF TRAIN AND STREET CAR SERVICE. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that any railroad corporation or street railroad corporation does not run a sufficient number of trains or cars, or possess or operate sufficient motive power, reasonably to accommodate the traffic, passenger […]
61-510. RAILROAD SERVICE — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that the public convenience and necessity would be subserved by having connections made between the tracks of any two (2) or more railroad or street railroad corporations, so that the cars may readily […]
61-511. RAILROAD SERVICE — SPURS AND SWITCH CONNECTIONS. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that application has been made by any corporation or person to a railroad corporation for a connection or spur as provided in sections 61-324 and 61-325, and that the railroad corporation […]
61-512. RAILROAD SERVICE — CARS OF CONNECTING RAILROAD. The commission shall likewise have the power to require any railroad corporation to switch to private spurs and industrial tracks upon its own railroad the cars of a connecting railroad corporation and to prescribe reasonable terms and compensation for such service. History: [(61-512) 1913, ch. 61, sec. […]
61-513. TELEPHONE COMPANIES — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that a physical connection can reasonably be made between the lines of two (2) or more telephone corporations whose lines can be made to form a continuous line of communication, by the construction […]
61-514. JOINT USE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint of a public utility affected, shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by one (1) public utility of the conduits, subways, tracks, wires, poles, pipes or other equipment, or any part […]
61-515. SAFETY REGULATIONS. The commission shall have the power, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, by general or special orders, or regulations, or otherwise, to require every public utility to maintain and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus and premises in such manner as to promote and safeguard the […]
61-515A. SAFETY AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND CONDITIONS. Every person operating a common carrier railroad in this state shall equip each locomotive and caboose used in train or a yard switching service and every car used in passenger service with a first aid kit of a type approved by the commission, which kit shall be plainly […]
61-516. PRIORITY DESIGNATION FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROJECTS. (1) The legislature finds that the timely review and permitting of electric transmission facilities is critical to the well-being of the citizens and the economy of this state and the region. The legislature further finds that enactment of this section is necessary to promote the public interest. The […]
61-517. ACCIDENTS — INVESTIGATION — ORDER OR RECOMMENDATION OF COMMISSION — REPORT BY UTILITY. The commission shall investigate the cause of all accidents occurring within this state upon the property of any public utility or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to […]
