Section 61-524 – SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS.
61-524. SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS. The commission shall have power to establish a system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, or to classify said public utilities and to establish a system of accounts for each class and to prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept: provided, […]
Section 61-525 – DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
61-525. DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT. The commission shall have power, after hearing, to require any or all public utilities, except such as are subject to the act of congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance […]
Section 61-526 – CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
61-526. CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. No street railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation or water corporation, shall henceforth begin the construction of a street railroad, or of a line, plant, or system or of any extension of such street railroad, or line, plant, or system, without having first obtained from the commission […]
Section 61-512 – RAILROAD SERVICE — CARS OF CONNECTING RAILROAD.
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. […]
Section 61-513 – TELEPHONE COMPANIES — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS.
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 […]
Section 61-514 – JOINT USE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT.
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 […]
Section 61-515 – SAFETY REGULATIONS.
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 […]
Section 61-502 – DETERMINATION OF RATES.
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 […]
Section 61-515A – SAFETY AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND CONDITIONS.
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 […]
Section 61-502A – RESTRICTION ON RATES AUTHORIZING RETURN ON PROPERTY NOT PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICE.
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 […]