105 – Purposes of Article.

§ 105. Purposes of article. This article prescribes additional provisions affecting two or more kinds of the public service regulated by this chapter and affecting the persons and corporations furnishing such service.

106 – Approval of Loans.

§ 106. Approval of loans. Except with the consent and approval of the public service commission first had and obtained, no public utility shall loan moneys, stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, to any corporation, company, association, partnership or individual, owning or holding, directly or indirectly, any stock of said public utility.

107 – Approval of the Use of Revenues.

§ 107. Approval of the use of revenues. 1. Except with the consent and approval of the commission first had and obtained, no public utility shall use revenues received from the rendition of public service within the state for any purpose other than its operating, maintenance and depreciation expenses, the construction, extension, improvement or maintenance […]

108 – Approval of Dissolution and of Certificates of Merger or Consolidation, Certificates of Amendment of Certificates of Incorporation, and Restated Certi

§ 108. Approval of dissolution and of certificates of merger or consolidation, certificates of amendment of certificates of incorporation, and restated certificates of incorporation of public utility corporations. 1. No public utility corporation shall deliver to the department of state for filing, nor shall the department of state file, a certificate of dissolution, a certificate […]

109 – Appearances of Municipal Corporations.

§ 109. Appearances of municipal corporations. Each municipal corporation shall have the right to appear as a party before the commission or before any court in any action or proceeding involving rates, service or other matters affecting the municipal corporation or any of its residents. Any city, village, county or town may appropriate and expend […]

110 – Control of Holding Companies and of Transactions Between Affiliated Interests.

§ 110. Control of holding companies and of transactions between affiliated interests. 1. The public service commission shall have jurisdiction over holders of the voting capital stock of all public utility companies under the jurisdiction of the commission to such extent as may be necessary to enable the commission to require the disclosure of the […]

111 – Additional Information in Annual Reports; Disclosure of Stockholdings.

§ 111. Additional information in annual reports; disclosure of stockholdings. 1. Every annual report of any utility corporation reporting under this chapter to the public service commission shall contain, in addition to any other information required to be included by or pursuant to law, the following information: a. It shall state the name and address […]

111-A – Additional Information in Annual Reports; Disclosure of Compensation.

§ 111-a. Additional information in annual reports; disclosure of compensation. 1. Every gas corporation, electric corporation, steam corporation, and water-works corporation whose rates are regulated by the commission, and having a gross annual operating revenue of more than one million dollars shall prepare and include in its annual report filed with the department a compensation […]

112 – Judicial Enforcement of Rate-Fixing Orders of the Commission.

§ 112. Judicial enforcement of rate-fixing orders of the commission. 1. When a suit is brought in the federal district court praying for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the enforcement of an order of the public service commission or transit commission fixing the maximum rates, fares, prices, charges or rentals to be charged and collected […]

112-A – Appointment of Temporary Operator.

§ 112-a. Appointment of temporary operator. (a) The commission may appoint a temporary operator of a gas corporation with twenty thousand or fewer customers or water-works corporation with one thousand or fewer customers if the commission, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, makes a determination that such gas corporation or water-works corporation exhibits […]

113 – Reparations and Refunds.

§ 113. Reparations and refunds. 1. Whenever a public utility company, on its own initiative, shall file with the commission a schedule stating an increased rate or charge, and the commission shall enter upon a hearing concerning the propriety of such increased rate or charge, the commission shall by order require the interested company to […]

114 – Temporary Rates.

§ 114. Temporary rates. To facilitate prompt action by the commission in proceedings involving the reasonableness of the rates of any public utility and to avoid delay in any such rate proceeding, the commission is hereby authorized to require any public utility company to establish, provide and maintain continuing property records, including a list or […]

114-A – Rates Not to Include Cost of Legislative Lobbying.

§ 114-a. Rates not to include cost of legislative lobbying. In determining rates to be charged customers, the commission shall not include the cost of legislative lobbying on behalf of any public utility as part of any such utility’s operational costs and the commission shall not include the cost of membership dues for any organization, […]

115 – Public Letting of Contracts.

§ 115. Public letting of contracts. The commission is hereby authorized, whenever it is of opinion that the public interest so requires, to direct any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to award contracts or agreements for the construction, improvement or extension of its plant, works or system, exceeding in amount twenty-five […]

116 – Discontinuance of Water Service to Multiple Dwellings.

§ 116. Discontinuance of water service to multiple dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no public utility company shall discontinue water service to an entire multiple dwelling (as defined in the multiple dwelling law or the multiple residence law) located anywhere in this state for nonpayment of bills rendered for service unless such […]

117 – Consumer Deposits.

§ 117. Consumer deposits. Except as the right to require deposits is further limited by section thirty-six of this chapter, a gas corporation, an electric corporation, a gas and electric corporation, a water corporation, a steam corporation, a telegraph corporation, a telephone corporation or a municipality rendering equivalent utility services may, unless prohibited by the […]

118 – Payment to an Authorized Payment Agency.

§ 118. Payment to an authorized payment agency. 1. In any case where a public utility company or municipality rendering equivalent utility services permits its customers to pay their bills to a payment agency authorized by the corporation or the municipality for collection of bills, the date of payment to such authorized payment agency shall […]

119 – Reorganization of Public Utility Corporations Under the National Bankruptcy Act.

§ 119. Reorganization of public utility corporations under the national bankruptcy act. Upon determining, after hearing and investigation, that the outstanding liabilities of a public utility corporation exceed its assets and that the public interest requires that such corporation be reorganized in order to enable it to make necessary improvements and additions to its property […]

119-A – Attachments to Utility Poles; Use of Utility Ducts, Trenches and Conduits.

§ 119-a. Attachments to utility poles; use of utility ducts, trenches and conduits. 1. The commission shall prescribe just and reasonable rates, terms and conditions for attachments to utility poles and the use of utility ducts, trenches and conduits. A just and reasonable rate shall assure the utility of the recovery of not less than […]

119-B – Protection of Underground Facilities.

§ 119-b. Protection of underground facilities. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership, cooperative association, joint venture, joint stock association, business trust, their lessees, trustees or receivers, governmental unit or public authority whether or not incorporated. b. “Excavation” […]