Chapter 196. Regulation of public utilities.
- 196.01 Definitions.
- 196.012 Interstate commerce.
- 196.015 Total service long-run incremental cost.
- 196.02 Commission's powers.
- 196.025 Duties of the commission.
- 196.027 Environmental trust financing.
- 196.03 Utility charges and service; reasonable and adequate.
- 196.04 Facilities granted other utilities; physical telecommunications connections; petition; investigation.
- 196.05 Public utility property; valuation; revaluation.
- 196.06 Uniform accounting; forms; books; office.
- 196.07 Balance sheet filed annually.
- 196.08 Audit and inspection.
- 196.09 Depreciation rates and practices; findings by commission; dividends from reserves; retirements.
- 196.10 Construction; accounting.
- 196.11 Profit sharing and sliding scales.
- 196.12 Report by public utilities; items.
- 196.13 Commission's report.
- 196.135 Confidential handling of records.
- 196.14 Public record exception.
- 196.15 Units of product or service.
- 196.16 Standard measurements; accurate appliances.
- 196.17 Tests of meters; fees.
- 196.171 Examination of meters, pipes, fittings, wires and works; entering buildings for.
- 196.175 Construction and occupancy standards.
- 196.18 Entry upon premises.
- 196.19 Publish schedules; regulations; files; joint rates.
- 196.192 Market-based compensation, rates and contracts.
- 196.193 Water and sewer rate increases without hearings.
- 196.194 Public utility individual contracts.
- 196.195 Partial deregulation of competitive telecommunications services.
- 196.196 Telecommunications utility price regulation.
- 196.197 Unbundled network elements.
- 196.198 Local measured telecommunications service.
- 196.199 Interconnection agreements.
- 196.20 Rules on service; changes in rates.
- 196.201 Regulation of private shared telecommunications systems.
- 196.202 Exemption of commercial mobile radio service providers.
- 196.203 Exemption of alternative telecommunications utilities.
- 196.204 Cross-subsidization limited.
- 196.205 Election of rate regulation of telecommunications cooperatives.
- 196.207 Telephone caller identification services.
- 196.208 Telecommunications pay-per-call and toll-free services.
- 196.209 Privacy considerations.
- 196.21 Publicity of revised schedules.
- 196.213 Notice of rate increase by small telecommunications utility.
- 196.215 Election of rate regulation and flexible regulation of small telecommunications utilities.
- 196.216 Small telecommunications utilities as small businesses.
- 196.217 Average toll rates.
- 196.218 Universal service fund.
- 196.219 Protection of telecommunications consumers.
- 196.22 Discrimination forbidden.
- 196.23 Utility service for victims of misappropriated identifying information.
- 196.24 Agents of commission; powers.
- 196.25 Questionnaires.
- 196.26 Complaint by consumers; hearing; notice; order; costs.
- 196.28 Summary investigations.
- 196.30 Utilities may complain.
- 196.31 Intervenor financing.
- 196.32 Witness fees and mileage.
- 196.33 Depositions.
- 196.34 Commission records.
- 196.36 Transcripts and tapes.
- 196.37 Lawful rates; reasonable service.
- 196.371 Rate-making principles for electric generation facilities.
- 196.372 Railroad telecommunications service.
- 196.373 Water heater thermostat settings.
- 196.374 Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs.
- 196.375 Adequate service; reasonable rates.
- 196.377 Renewable energy sources.
- 196.378 Renewable resources.
- 196.39 Change, amendment and rescission of orders; reopening cases.
- 196.395 Test, conditional, emergency and supplemental orders; waiver of conditions in orders.
- 196.40 Orders and determinations; time of taking effect.
- 196.41 Court review.
- 196.43 Injunction procedure.
- 196.44 Law enforcement.
- 196.48 Incriminating evidence.
- 196.485 Transmission system requirements.
- 196.487 Reliability of electric service.
- 196.49 Authorization from commission before transacting business; extensions and improvements to be approved; enforcement of orders; natural gas.
- 196.491 Strategic energy assessment; electric generating facilities and transmission lines.
- 196.493 Construction of nuclear power plants limited.
- 196.494 Regional transmission planning.
- 196.495 Avoidance of duplication in electric facilities.
- 196.496 Distributed generation facilities.
- 196.497 State policy regarding the long-term disposal of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste.
- 196.499 Regulation of telecommunications carriers.
- 196.50 Competing public utilities; indeterminate permits, telecommunications.
- 196.505 Construction of chapter.
- 196.51 Prior permits and franchises validated.
- 196.52 Relations with affiliated interests; definition; contracts with affiliates filed and subject to commission control.
- 196.525 Loans to officers or directors and loans to and investments in securities of holding companies; penalty.
- 196.53 Franchise, foreign corporation not to have.
- 196.54 Indeterminate permits.
- 196.58 Municipality to regulate utilities; appeal.
- 196.59 Merchandising by utilities.
- 196.595 Utility advertising practices.
- 196.60 Discrimination prohibited; penalty.
- 196.604 Rebates, concessions and discriminations unlawful.
- 196.605 Telecommunications cooperatives with federal loans.
- 196.61 Facilities in exchange for compensation prohibited.
- 196.625 Discrimination by telecommunications utilities.
- 196.63 Telecommunications interruption in crisis situation.
- 196.635 Unbilled utility service.
- 196.64 Public utilities, liability for treble damages.
- 196.642 Customer liability for treble damages.
- 196.643 Owner responsibility for service to rental dwelling unit.
- 196.645 Rate changes.
- 196.65 Penalties relating to information and records.
- 196.66 General forfeiture provisions.
- 196.665 Unlawful combinations, trusts.
- 196.67 Warning signs.
- 196.675 Unlawful for carriers and public utilities to employ assistant district attorneys or judicial officers.
- 196.68 Municipal officers, malfeasance.
- 196.69 Interference with commission's equipment.
- 196.70 Temporary alteration or suspension of rates.
- 196.71 Municipal public utility contracts.
- 196.72 Accidents; public utility report; investigation.
- 196.74 Electric lines; safety and interference.
- 196.745 Construction and operation; safety; commission orders.
- 196.76 Other rights of action; penalties cumulative.
- 196.77 Promotional rates.
- 196.78 Voluntary dissolution.
- 196.79 Reorganization subject to commission approval.
- 196.795 Public utility holding companies.
- 196.796 Real estate activities.
- 196.80 Consolidation or merger of utilities.
- 196.805 Consolidation or merger of telecommunications utilities.
- 196.807 Energy affiliate and utility employees.
- 196.81 Abandonment; commission approval required.
- 196.84 Commission's holding company and nonutility affiliate regulation costs.
- 196.85 Payment of commission's expenditures.
- 196.855 Assessment of costs against municipalities.
- 196.857 Stray voltage program.
- 196.858 Assessment for telephone relay service.
- 196.859 Assessment for telecommunications utility trade practices.
- 196.86 Assessments for air quality improvement program.
- 196.91 Acquisition of existing dams.
- 196.92 Procedure for acquiring dams.
- 196.97 Nonessential uses of natural gas.
- 196.975 Local access and transport area boundaries.