§ 10. Offices of commission; meeting; stationery, et cetera. The principal office of the public service commission shall be in the city of Albany, in rooms designated by the commissioner of general services. The public service commission shall also maintain a branch office in the city of New York. The commission shall hold stated meetings […]
§ 11. Quorum; powers of a commissioner. A majority of the duly appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum and not less than a majority of such commissioners concurring may transact any business, perform any duty or exercise any power of the commission. The commission may hold meetings of the commission at any time or place […]
§ 12. Counsel to the commission; duties. It shall be the duty of counsel to the commission, subject to the direction of the chairman, to represent and appear for the people of the state and the commission in all actions and proceedings involving any question under this chapter, or within the jurisdiction of the commission, […]
§ 13. Expenses. All officers, clerks, inspectors, experts and employees of the commission shall receive the compensation fixed by the chairman of the commission within the amounts appropriated therefor by the legislature. The commissioners and counsel to the commission may receive, in lieu of expenses, twenty-five dollars per day, and a proportionate amount thereof for […]
§ 14. Payment of salaries and expenses. All salaries and expenses of the public service commission shall be paid monthly from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller out of the funds provided therefor.
§ 15. Certain acts prohibited. Every commissioner, and every person employed or appointed to office in the department is hereby forbidden and prohibited to solicit, suggest, request or recommend, directly or indirectly, to any corporation or person subject to the supervision of the commission, or to any officer, attorney, agent or employee thereof, the appointment […]
§ 16. Reports of commission. 1. All proceedings of the commission and all documents and records in its possession shall be public records. 2. The commission shall conduct a hearing and take testimony relative to any pending legislation with respect to any person, corporation or matter within the jurisdiction of the commission, if requested to […]
§ 17. Certified copies of papers filed to be evidence. Copies of all official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission, certified by a commissioner or by the secretary or assistant secretary of the commission to be true copies of the originals, under the official seal of […]
§ 18-a. Costs and expenses of the commission and department and the assessment of such costs and expenses. 1. All costs and expenses of the department and commission shall be paid pursuant to appropriation on the certification of the chairman of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. The state treasury […]
§ 18-c. Refunds by the commission. Whenever it appears that any person, firm, corporation or municipal corporation, has paid to the commission fees or other charges in excess of the amount legally chargeable against such person, firm, corporation or municipal corporation, the commission shall have power, within three years after the date of such payment, […]
§ 19. Attendance of witnesses and their fees. 1. The commission shall have power to issue subpoenas and subpoena duces tecum. All subpoenas shall be signed and issued by a commissioner, by an officer or employee of the commission specially authorized to conduct an investigation or hearing or by the secretary or assistant secretary of […]
§ 20. Practice before the commission; immunity of witnesses. 1. All hearings before the commission or a commissioner, or an officer or employee specially authorized to conduct an investigation or hearing, shall be governed by rules to be adopted and prescribed by the commission. And in all investigations, inquiries or hearings the commission or a […]
§ 21. Court proceedings; preferences. All actions and proceedings under this chapter, and all actions and proceedings commenced or prosecuted by order of the commission, and all actions and proceedings to which the commission or the people of the state of New York may be parties, and in which any question arises under this chapter, […]
§ 22. Rehearing before commission. After an order has been made by the commission any corporation or person interested therein shall have the right to apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein, but any such application must be made within thirty days after the service of such order, unless the commission […]
§ 23. Service and effect of orders; stay. 1. Every order of the commission shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby by electronic service in a manner and format provided for in regulations established by the commission or alternatively, if non-electronic service is requested by such person or corporation, either […]
§ 24. Action to recover penalties or forfeitures. An action to recover a penalty or a forfeiture under this chapter or to enforce the powers of the commission may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state in the name of the people of the state of New York, and shall be […]
§ 24-a. Notice to be given to department of state prior to rate increase. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent general, special or local law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the commission shall to the extent the department shall so request in any cases or class of cases, give notice to the department of any […]
§ 24-b. Notice to be given Long Island power authority prior to rate increase. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent general, special or local law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the commission shall to the extent the Long Island power authority shall so request in any cases or class of cases, relating to a gas […]
§ 25. Penalties. 1. Every public utility company, corporation or person and the officers, agents and employees thereof shall obey and comply with every provision of this chapter and every order or regulation adopted under authority of this chapter so long as the same shall be in force. 2. Any public utility company, corporation or […]
§ 25-a. Combination gas and electric corporations; administrative sanctions; recovery of penalties. Notwithstanding sections twenty-four and twenty-five of this article: 1. Every combination gas and electric corporation and the officers thereof shall adhere to every provision of this chapter and every order or regulation adopted under authority of this chapter so long as the same […]
