Section 365:37 – Expense of Investigations.
365:37 Expense of Investigations. – I. Whenever any investigation by the commission or the department of energy shall be necessary to enable the commission to pass upon any petition for authority to issue stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, for authority to operate as a public utility or to expand operations as […]
Section 365:38 – Rate Proceeding.
365:38 Rate Proceeding. – Whenever any investigation or proceeding shall be necessary to enable the commission to pass upon the reasonableness of the rates or charges by a public utility, the utility shall pay to the department of energy the expenses involved in the investigation, including the amounts expended by the commission and the […]
Section 365:38-a – Proceeding Costs.
365:38-a Proceeding Costs. – The commission may allow recovery of costs associated with utility proceedings before the commission, provided that recovery of costs for utilities and other parties shall be just and reasonable and in the public interest. For purposes of this section, other parties shall be defined as retail customers that are subject […]
Section 365:39 – Disposal of Fees.
365:39 Disposal of Fees. – All sums collected in fees by the commission or paid to it as costs shall be paid to the state treasurer at least once each month, with an itemized statement of the same. Source. 1913, 145:21. PL 238:37. RL 287:38. 1951, 203:11 par. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
Section 365:40 – Compliance Required.
365:40 Compliance Required. – Every public utility and all officers and agents of the same shall obey, observe, and comply with every order made by the commission under authority of this title so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Source. 1911, 164:18. 1913, 145:18. PL 238:38. RL 287:39. 1951, 203:11 […]
Section 365:41 – Penalty Against Utility.
365:41 Penalty Against Utility. – Any public utility which shall violate any provisions of this title, or fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, direction or requirement of the commission or the department of energy, shall be subject to a civil penalty, as determined by the commission, not to […]
Section 365:42 – Penalty Against Agent.
365:42 Penalty Against Agent. – Every officer and agent of any such public utility who shall wilfully violate, or who procures, aids, or abets any violation of this title, or who wilfully fails to obey, observe, and comply with any order of the commission, or procures, aids or abets any such public utility in […]
Section 365:43 – Recovery of Forfeiture.
365:43 Recovery of Forfeiture. – Any forfeiture incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state, and when recovered shall be paid to the state treasurer. Source. 1911, 164:19. PL 238:41. RL 287:42. 1951, 203:11 par. 43, eff. Sept. […]
Section 365:44 – Institution of Action.
365:44 Institution of Action. – The commission shall have authority to direct the institution of such action, and the attorney general may institute it without direction whenever he shall have knowledge that such forfeiture has been incurred. Source. 1911, 164:19. PL 238:42. RL 287:43. 1951, 203:11 par. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.
Section 365:27 – Notice.
365:27 Notice. – Orders of the commission granting authority or permission to do any act or thing need not be served; but the exercise in any part of the authority or permission granted in any such order shall charge the party so exercising such authority or permission with full knowledge of said order; and […]