Revision Note Part heading added by revisor. §269-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: “Agricultural activities” means a commercial agricultural, silvicultural, or aquacultural facility or pursuit conducted, in whole or in part, including the care and production of livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, apiary products, and plant and animal production for nonfood […]
§269-10 Commission may compel attendance of witnesses, etc. In all investigations made by the public utilities commission, and in all proceedings before it, the commission and each commissioner shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, examining witnesses, and punishing for contempt, as are […]
§269-11 REPEALED. L 1983, c 98, §3.
§269-12 Notices. (a) Whenever an investigation is undertaken by the public utilities commission, reasonable notice in writing of such fact and of the subject or subjects to be investigated shall be given to the public utility or the person concerned, and when based upon complaints made to it as prescribed in section 269-7, a copy […]
§269-13 Right to be represented by counsel. At any investigation by or proceeding before the public utilities commission the public utility or the person concerned, or other respondent or party and any complainant or permitted intervenor shall have the right to be present and represented by counsel, to present any evidence desired, and to cross-examine […]
§269-14 REPEALED. L 1983, c 219, §2.
§269-14.5 Appointment of receiver for public utilities. (a) Whenever the commission finds that a regulated water utility or regulated sewer utility is failing, or that there is an imminent threat of the utility failing, to provide adequate and reasonable service to its customers, and that the failure is a serious and imminent threat to health, […]
§269-15 Commission may institute proceedings to enforce chapter. (a) If the public utilities commission is of the opinion that any public utility or any person is violating or neglecting to comply with any provision of this chapter or of any rule, order, or other requirement of the commission, or of any provisions of its franchise, […]
§269-15.5 Appeals. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an appeal from an order of the public utilities commission under this chapter shall lie, subject to chapter 602, in the manner provided for civil appeals from the circuit courts. Only a person aggrieved in a contested case proceeding provided for in this chapter may appeal […]
§269-15.51 Contested cases. (a) Chapter 91 shall apply to every contested case arising under this chapter except where chapter 91 conflicts with this chapter, in which case this chapter shall apply. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, including chapter 91, any contested case under this chapter shall be appealed from a final decision and […]
§269-15.6 Alternative dispute resolution. The commission may require the parties in any matter before the commission to participate in nonbinding arbitration, mediation, or other alternative dispute resolution process prior to the hearing. [L 2000, c 263, §1]
§269-16 Regulation of utility rates; ratemaking procedures. (a) All rates, fares, charges, classifications, schedules, rules, and practices made, charged, or observed by any public utility or by two or more public utilities jointly shall be just and reasonable and shall be filed with the public utilities commission. The rates, fares, classifications, charges, and rules of […]
§269-16.1 Performance incentive and penalty mechanisms. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the public utilities commission shall establish performance incentives and penalty mechanisms that directly tie an electric [utility’s] revenues to that utility’s achievement on performance metrics and break the direct link between allowed revenues and investment levels. The performance incentives and penalty mechanisms, […]
§269-16.2 Approval of rules of a public utility. Any rules, guidelines, or other standards of a public utility which interpret federal or state laws governing nonutility generators, or which make a nonutility generator monetarily responsible for the public utility’s costs and profits of doing business as a public utility, shall be approved by the public […]
§269-16.21 REPEALED. L 2001, c 272, §8.
§269-16.22 Power purchase agreements; cost recovery for electric utilities. All power purchase costs, including costs related to capacity, operations and maintenance, and other costs that are incurred by an electric utility company, arising out of power purchase agreements that have been approved by the public utilities commission and are binding obligations on the electric utility […]
§269-16.3 Statewide rate increase surcharge assessment on ratepayers in emergency situations. (a) Any utility that sustains damage to its facilities as a result of a state of emergency or local state of emergency, including emergencies as defined in chapter 127A, and incurs costs related to the restoration and repair of its facilities which, if assessed […]
§269-16.4 Annual fuel mix disclosure. (a) Beginning June 1, 2004, and every June 1 thereafter, each retail supplier of electricity shall disclose fuel mix information by generation category to its existing and new retail electricity customers for the prior calendar year. (b) Beginning June 1, 2004, and every June 1 thereafter, each retail supplier of […]
§269-16.5 Lifeline telephone rates. (a) The public utilities commission shall implement a program to achieve lifeline telephone rates for residential telephone users. (b) “Lifeline telephone rate” means a discounted rate for residential telephone users identified as elders with limited income and the handicapped with limited income as designated by the commission. (c) The commission shall […]
§269-16.6 Telecommunications relay services for the deaf, persons with hearing disabilities, and persons with speech disabilities. (a) The public utilities commission shall implement intrastate telecommunications relay services for the deaf, persons with hearing disabilities, and persons with speech disabilities. (b) The commission shall investigate the availability of experienced providers of quality telecommunications relay services for […]
