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26 – Enforcement Proceedings.

§ 26. Enforcement proceedings. Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion that a public utility company, corporation or person and the officers, agents or employees thereof is failing or omitting or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by any provision of this chapter or by order or regulation, […]

27 – Public Availability of Certain Competitive Requests for Proposals.

§ 27. Public availability of certain competitive requests for proposals. Any competitive requests for proposals relating to the generation of electricity, initiated as part of a proceeding before the commission and issued by any electric corporation having a retail franchise service territory in the state, shall be made available to the department and filed in […]

3 – Department of Public Service.

§ 3. Department of public service. There shall be in the state government a department of public service. The chairman of the public service commission shall be the chief executive officer of the department. He or she shall appoint and shall have the power to remove, subject to the provisions of the civil service law, […]

4 – The Public Service Commission.

§ 4. The public service commission. 1. There shall be in the department of public service a public service commission, which shall possess the powers and duties hereinafter specified, and also all powers necessary or proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission shall consist of five members, to […]

4-B – Removals.

§ 4-b. Removals. The governor may remove any public service commissioner, now in office or hereafter appointed, for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against him, and an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense, upon not less than […]

5 – Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Public Service Commission.

§ 5. Jurisdiction, powers and duties of public service commission. 1. The jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the public service commission shall extend under this chapter: b. To the manufacture, conveying, transportation, sale or distribution of gas (natural or manufactured or mixture of both) and electricity for light, heat or power, to gas plants […]

5-B – Corporations Subject to Chapter Although Not Transacting Business.

§ 5-b. Corporations subject to chapter although not transacting business. Corporations formed to acquire property or to transact business which would be subject to the provisions of this chapter, and corporations possessing franchises for any of the purposes contemplated by this chapter, shall be deemed to be subject to the provisions of this chapter although […]

8 – Additional Officers and Employees.

§ 8. Additional officers and employees. The chairman shall have power to employ such officers, clerks, inspectors, experts and employees, and to make such contracts for special services as he may deem to be necessary to carry out this chapter, or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the commission. […]

9 – Oath of Office; Eligibility of Commissioners and Officers.

§ 9. Oath of office; eligibility of commissioners and officers. Each commissioner and each person appointed to office by the chairman shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office. The oaths of office other than those of a commissioner shall be filed in the office of […]