§ 39-4-1. Investigation of personal injuries and deaths. Every public utility shall, whenever any accident attended with loss of human life, or serious injury occurs within this state, directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, give immediate notice thereof to the division. In the event of any accident, the division, […]
§ 39-4-10. Orders as to unreasonable practices or inadequate services. If, upon a hearing and investigation had under the provisions of this chapter, the division of public utilities and carriers shall find that any regulation, measurement, practice, act, or service or any public utility is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation […]
§ 39-4-11. Orders as to unsafe or improper conditions. If, upon a hearing and investigation, the division shall find that the regulations, practices, acts, plant or equipment, appliances, or service of any public utility, or any condition suffered, permitted, or maintained by any public utility is unsafe and nonpotable or improper, or that the public […]
§ 39-4-11.1. Order to rebate or cancel charges. Whenever the division of public utilities and carriers is in receipt of a determination that drinking water is not safe and potable, as determined by certification of the director of health, the division shall thereupon order the public utility to rebate to or credit the accounts of […]
§ 39-4-12. Payment of investigation expense by utility. If, upon a hearing and investigation, it shall be found that any rate, toll, charge, or joint rate or rates is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this title, or that any regulation, measurement, practice, […]
§ 39-4-13. Summary investigation by division. Whenever the division shall believe that any of the rates, tolls, charges, or any joint rate or rates, charged, demanded, exacted, or collected by any public utility are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of this title, or that any regulation, measurement, practice, or […]
§ 39-4-14. Formal investigation — Notice to utility. If, after making a summary investigation, the division becomes satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matters so investigated, it shall furnish to the public utility interested, a statement notifying the public utility of the matters under investigation. Ten […]
§ 39-4-15. Notice and proceedings on motion of division. Notice of the time and place for a hearing and investigation shall be given to the public utility and to such other interested persons as the division shall deem necessary, as provided in § 39-4-5, and thereafter the proceedings shall be had and conducted in reference […]
§ 39-4-16. Service of orders — Effective date. The division shall cause a certified copy of all its orders to be served upon an officer or agent of the public utility affected thereby, and upon the complainant if any there be, and all orders shall of their own force take effect and become operative ten […]
§ 39-4-17. Rescission or alteration of orders. The public utilities administrator may, at any time, upon notice to the public utility and after opportunity to be heard as provided in § 39-4-5, rescind, alter, or amend any order fixing any rate, toll, charge, joint rate or rates, or any other order made by the public […]
§ 39-4-18. Review of grade crossing ordinances. All orders, decisions, requests, or ordinances hereafter made by any town or city council under the provisions of §§ 39-8-2, 39-8-3, and 39-8-12, shall be subject to the supervision and control of the division as provided in this section. Upon the written complaint of any public utility, or […]
§ 39-4-19, 39-4-20. [Repealed.]
§ 39-4-2. Order to repair or make changes in plant or equipment. Whenever the commission shall find upon a hearing and an investigation that the plant or equipment of any public utility is inadequate, insufficient, or unsuited to the public needs, or that repairs, improvements, or changes in the plant or equipment ought reasonably to […]
§ 39-4-21. Privilege against self-incrimination. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, accounts, papers, records, or documents in any investigation or inquiry by, or upon any hearing before, the division or member thereof when ordered to do so by the division or member, upon the ground that the testimony or […]
§ 39-4-22. Penalties for violations. Every public utility or water supplier pursuant to chapter 15.4 of title 46 [repealed], and all officers and agents thereof, shall obey, observe, and comply with every order of the division made under the authority of chapters 1 — 5 of this title as long as the order shall be […]
§ 39-4-23. Action in supreme court to prevent violations. Whenever the division shall be of the opinion that a public utility, subject to its supervision, is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or by order of the division, or is doing anything, is about […]
§ 39-4-24. Actions for penalties and forfeitures. An action to recover a penalty or forfeiture under this chapter shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state in the name of the state, and shall be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment by the administrator. All money recovered in any action, together […]
§ 39-4-3. Investigations on complaint against utility — “Safe and potable” defined. (a) Upon a written complaint made against any public utility by any city or town council, or by the water supply management division of the department of environmental management, or by any corporation, or by any twenty-five (25) qualified electors, that any of […]
§ 39-4-4. Notice of complaint — Time and place of hearing. The division shall, prior to a formal hearing, notify the public utility complained of that a complaint has been made, and ten (10) days after notice has been given, the division may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and an […]
§ 39-4-5. Notice of hearing on complaint — Right to appear and summon witnesses. The division shall give the public utility and the complainant, if any, ten (10) days’ notice of the time and place where and when the hearing and investigation will be held, and the matters considered and determined. Both the public utility […]
