D.C. Code § 34-2107 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2107
§ 34-2107. Methods of determination of sanitary sewer service charges.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all temporary and emergency legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) The sanitary sewer service charges established under the authority of this subchapter shall be based on the following:
  (1) A billing methodology that takes into account both the water consumption of, and water service to, a property where water is supplied from the District water supply system.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) (A) For any unimproved real property under construction that discharges groundwater into a District-owned sanitary sewer, or combined sewer, or for any real property using water, part of which is from a source or sources other than the District water supply system, the real property owner shall pay a sanitary sewer service charge separate from and in addition to any sanitary sewer service charge levied in paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection. For any improved real property that discharges groundwater into a District-owned sanitary or combined sewer, the real property owner shall not be subject to payment of a separate and additional charge for discharges of groundwater, but shall pay for discharges of cooling water into a District-owned sanitary of combined sewer that are derived from a source or sources other than the District water supply system.
    (B) (i) For unimproved real property under construction the separate and additional sanitary sewer service charge shall apply to and be measured by the quantity of water that is derived from the groundwater and is discharged into the District sanitary or combined sewer system.
      (ii) For improved real property, the separate and additional sanitary sewer service charge shall apply to and be measured by the quantity of water that is derived from the cooling water and is discharged into the District sanitary or combined sewer system.
      (iii) For real property using water from a source or sources other than the District water supply system, such separate and additional charge shall be measured by the quantity of water from the source or sources other than the District water supply system discharged into the District sanitary or combined sewer system from the property.
    (C) Unless the Mayor determines that it is not practicable, the owner of the real property shall install and maintain, at a location approved by the Mayor and without cost to the District, any sanitary meter or device necessary to measure the quantity of groundwater, cooling water, or water from other than the District water supply system that is discharged into the District’s sanitary sewers.
    (D) For purposes of this section, the determination made by the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 47 as to whether property is improved or unimproved shall apply.
  (4) Wherever a property upon which a sanitary sewer service charge is imposed uses water from the water supply system of the District for an industrial or commercial purpose in such manner that the water so used is not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, the quantity of water so used and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District may be excluded in determining the sanitary sewer service charge on such property, if such exclusion is previously requested in writing by the owner or occupant thereof. Upon such request, the quantity of water so used and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District shall be measured by a device or devices approved by the Mayor, installed and maintained without cost to the District, and the sanitary sewer service charge to be imposed on such property shall be the amount which would have been charged such property if the amount of water so used and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District had not been included in the amount of water used by such property; provided, that all water from the water supply system of the District used by such property shall be paid for at established rates, whether or not such water is discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District. Where in the opinion of the Mayor, it is not practicable to install a measuring device to determine continuously the quantity of water used for such industrial or commercial purposes and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, the Mayor shall determine periodically, in such manner and by such methods as the Mayor may prescribe, the quantity of water from the water supply system of the District discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, and the sanitary sewer service charge shall be based on such estimated quantity of water at the percentage authorized by this paragraph. Any dispute as to such estimated amount shall be decided by the Mayor and such decision shall be final; and in the event the owner or occupant fails to furnish and maintain such measuring devices or to facilitate the periodic determinations by the Mayor as prescribed herein, then the privilege of excluding some portion of the water used from the District water supply system from the charges for sanitary sewer service shall be forfeited and the charges for sanitary sewer service shall be based on the full amount of the water used from the District water supply system.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Council of the District of Columbia is authorized, in its discretion, from time to time to establish 1 or more sanitary sewer service charges at such amount as the Council, on the basis of a recommendation made by the Mayor, finds it necessary to meet the expense to the District of furnishing sanitary sewer services, including debt retirement.
(c) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.03
§ 34-2413.03. Nonprofit housing developments — Forgiveness of outstanding charges.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1311.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1311.01
§ 34-1311.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(a) (1) Repealed.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) Repealed.
  (4) Repealed.
  (4A) "Certified business enterprise" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-218.02(1D) .
  (4B) "Certified joint venture" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-218.02(1E) .
  (5) “Chief Financial Officer” means the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.
  (6) Repealed.
  (7) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia as it may be constituted from time to time and any successor agency exercising the same or similar functions.
  (8) Repealed.
  (8A) “Distribution service customer class cost allocations” means the allocation of the electric company’s revenue requirement to each customer rate class on the basis of the total rate class distribution service revenue minus the customer charge revenue.
  (9) “DDOT” means the District Department of Transportation.
  (10) “DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements” means underground conduits, duct banks electrical vaults, manholes, transformer pads, and similar facilities for the distribution of electricity within the District, including facilities ancillary to the foregoing, designed by the electric company, constructed or to be constructed by DDOT, and transferred to, owned, and maintained by the electric company after certain inspections and approvals by the electric company for the exclusive use of the electric company in the distribution of electricity within the District.
  (11) “DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity” means the civil engineering for and the construction and installation of DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements.
  (12) “DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Annual Revenue Requirement” means that amount of revenue required by the District to pay the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs for the applicable year.
  (13) "DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge" means a charge imposed by the District on the electric company pursuant to a financing order issued by the Commission, which charge shall be used by the District to pay the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs.
  (14) “DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs” means any cost incurred by DDOT, including capitalized costs relating to an underground electric plant, capitalized costs associated with design and engineering work, expenses that DDOT incurs for the development of annual construction plans, contingency for the cost to complete and place in service the electric plant to be installed in the applicable biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, and other expenses incurred or expected to be incurred by or for the account of DDOT in undertaking DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity, including preliminary expenses and investments and other costs that reasonably may be incurred in support of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity.
  (14A) "DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Fund" means the fund established by § 34-1313.03a .
  (15) Repealed.
  (16) Repealed.
  (17) Repealed.
  (18) “Electric company” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-207 and as used in this chapter shall mean the Potomac Electric Power Company, and its permitted successors and assigns.
  (19) “Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements” means underground electrical cable, fuses, switches, transformers, and ancillary facilities, including above-ground pad-mounted transformers, and other equipment, constructed or to be constructed by the electric company, that may include underground conduit and duct banks for the distribution of electricity within the District, electrical vaults, manholes, transformers and transformer pads, and other ancillary electric distribution infrastructure to be procured, constructed, or installed by the electric company and not included in DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements (except as otherwise approved by the Commission), that is included in a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan approved by the Commission, and that is required in conjunction with constructing and operating new underground facilities to be used for the distribution of electricity, but does not include the construction of a new underground electric plant when the costs associated with the construction and operation of such an underground electric plant, including capital costs, are to be recovered through rates, as approved by the Commission pursuant to § 34-901 and not through the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges or Underground Project Charges.
  (20) “Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity” means the civil and electrical engineering for, and acquisition, construction and installation of, Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements and the removal of overhead electric distribution facilities no longer used, or useful, in providing electric distribution service in the District due to the construction of Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements.
  (21) “Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs” means any costs incurred by the electric company, including the amortization of regulatory assets and capitalized costs relating to electric plant including depreciation expense and design and engineering work incurred, or expected to be incurred, by the electric company in undertaking Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity, and contingency for the cost to complete and place in service the electric plant to be installed in the applicable biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, and the unrecovered value of electric company property that is retired, together with any demolition cost or similar cost that exceeds the salvage value of the property. The term includes preliminary expenses and investments associated with Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity that are incurred by the electric company prior to receipt of an order applicable to costs incurred with respect to the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity in addition to expenses that may be incurred for development of annual construction plans, customer communication, and other expenses that may develop in support of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity.
  (22) “Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Revenue” means the aggregation of receipts, collections, payments, moneys, claims, and other proceeds derived from Underground Project Charges.
  (23) “Electric plant” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-206 .
  (24) "Financial advisor" means an entity whose services were retained by the Commission on July 31, 2014, as may be extended by the Commission from time to time, and any successor or replacement of the entity, to assist the Commission in the issuance, amendment, or administration of a financing order.
  (25) Repealed.
  (26) Repealed.
  (27) “Financing order” means an order of the Commission pursuant to this chapter that grants, in whole or in part, an application filed pursuant to this chapter by the electric company and that, among its other provisions, authorizes the imposition of DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges and the imposition and periodic true-up of the Underground Rider.
  (28) “Gas company” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-209 and as used in this chapter shall mean the Washington Gas Light Company, and any successor thereto.
  (29) “Gas plant” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-210 .
  (30) “Home Rule Act” means Chapter 2 of Title 1 [ § 1-201.01 et seq.].
  (31) Repealed.
  (32) “Lateral feeder” means a 1-kV to 35-kV (phase-to-phase) line tapped off of a distribution mainline primary feeder for supplying loads, which may be protected by a fuse at the interconnection point to the mainline primary feeder, and may have one phase, 2 phases, or 3 phases.
  (33) “Mainline primary feeder” means a 1-kV to 35-kV (phase-to-phase) distribution line originating at the substation distribution bus that supplies lateral feeders and distribution transformers that convert voltage to customer service levels, which are normally 3-phase circuits.
  (33A) "Majority interest" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-218.39a(b)(1) .
  (34) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or an Authorized Delegate.
  (35) Repealed.
  (36) “OPC” means the Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia and any successor thereto.
  (37) “Public Utilities Commission Act” means Subtitle I of Title 34 [ § 34-101 et seq.].
  (38) “Secondary feeder” means the portion of an electric distribution circuit originating at the low-voltage secondary winding of a distribution transformer and transmitting power at customer service voltage levels to interconnect with a customer service drop line, which has voltages less than 1000 V, often 480/277 V, 208/120 V, or 120/240 V and can be single phase or 3 phase.
  (39) Repealed.
  (40) Repealed.
  (41) “Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan” means a construction plan prepared by DDOT and the electric company that identifies DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity and the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity planned to be undertaken in a 2-year period, which may be amended from time to time with the approval of the Commission.
  (42) “Underground Project Charge” means an annually adjusted surcharge paid by all distribution service customers of the electric company (except for customers served under the electric company's residential aid discount or a succeeding discount program) for its recovery of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs, together with the electric company’s rate of return as approved by the Commission.
  (42A) "Underground Rider" means an annually adjusted rider to the electric company's volumetric distribution service rates paid by all distribution service customers of the electric company (except for customers served under the electric company's residential aid discount or a succeeding discount program) for its recovery of an amount equal to the aggregate of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
  (43) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-216 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-216
§ 34-216. “Street railroad” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “street railroad” when used in this subtitle includes every such railroad, whether wholly or partly in the District of Columbia, by whatsoever power operated, or any extension or extensions, branch or branches thereof, for public use in the conveyance of persons or property for compensation, and includes all equipment, construction, maintenance, repairs, switches, spurs, tracks, terminals, terminal facilities of every kind, trackage, joint or reciprocal trackage, transfers of passengers between street railways having connecting lines and street railways having independent lines, subways, tunnels, and stations, used, operated, or owned by or in connection with any such street railroad, and all the property of the same used in the conduct of its business.
D.C. Code § 34-909 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-909
§ 34-909. Public notice of rate applications or changes in conditions of service; opportunity for public response; notice to utility; setting time and place for hearing and investigation.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of every rate application or change in condition of service proposed and filed with the Public Service Commission shall be given by the utility to each residential or commercial rate payer affected by the proposed rate application or change. The notice shall be available for viewing at a utility’s website, and either by electronic notice to those ratepayers who have registered for electronic billing with the utility or by written notice in the affected ratepayer’s billing envelope. The notice shall be sent in not later than the next billing period following the filing; no filing may be approved by the Commission without adequate time for rate payer response. Each notice shall be sufficiently accurate and detailed for the rate payer to understand the filing, including the rate payer’s specified affected interest. The notice shall provide the specific rate or service change affecting the rate payer, including the proposed percentage and dollar increase for the rate and rider category of the customer. For every proceeding in which the Commission has a public hearing, the public shall be given a timely opportunity to present its views, as evidence of record, with at least 45 days notice, with notice widely and publicly distributed in a form sufficiently detailed and complete to permit the public to realize its specific and affected interest.
(b) The Commission shall, prior to the formal hearing, notify the public utility complained of that a complaint has been made, and 10 days after the notice has been given the Commission may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and an investigation as hereinafter provided.
D.C. Code § 34-1501.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1501.01
§ 34-1501.01. Policy findings.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia adopts the following policy findings in support of community renewable energy:
(1) Local communities benefit from the deployment of tier one renewable energy in the District, and the Council hereby encourages the Department to establish programs that support development of such projects;
(2) It is in the public interest that the Department encourages broad participation in District-based tier one renewable electric generation by District residents, not-for-profit entities, and for-profit entities through outreach efforts and programs in all 8 wards;
(3) It is in the public interest that the Department enables the development and deployment of community renewable energy facilities for the following purposes:
  (A) To allow renters and low- to moderate-income retail electric customers to own interests in tier one renewable energy generating facilities;
  (B) To allow interests in tier one renewable energy generation facilities to be portable and transferrable;
  (C) To facilitate market entry for all potential subscribers, while prioritizing those persons most sensitive to market barriers; and
  (D) To encourage developers to promote participation by renters and low- to moderate-income retail electric customers; and
(4) It is in the public interest for developers to encourage participation by renters and low- to moderate-income retail electric customers.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.16 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.16
§ 34-2401.16. Delivery of water — Nearby Maryland; contract.
Status: in_force

For the protection of the health of the residents of the District of Columbia and the employees of the United States government residing in Maryland near the District of Columbia boundary, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, upon the request of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, a body corporate, established by Chapter 313 of the Acts of 1916 of the State of Maryland, or upon the request of its legally appointed successor, is authorized to deliver water from the water supply system of the District of Columbia to said Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or its successor for distribution to territory in Maryland within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District as designated in the aforesaid act, or any amendment thereto, and to connect District of Columbia water mains with water mains in the state of Maryland at such points at or near the District of Columbia line as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, under the conditions hereinafter named, namely:
(1) That before such connections shall be made the said Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or its legally appointed successor shall secure authority from the legislature of the State of Maryland to enter into an agreement with the said Mayor of the District of Columbia outlining the conditions under which the service is to be rendered.
(2) The agreement between the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the said Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or its legally appointed successor shall provide, among other things:
  (A) That the meters on each of said connections shall be located within the District of Columbia and shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia;
  (B) The rates at which water will be furnished, said rates to be based on the actual cost to the United States and the District of Columbia of delivering water to the points designated above, including an interest charge at 4% per annum and the cost of any payment required by § 113 of the Omnibus Budget Support Act of 1992 [ D.C. Law 9-145 ] and a suitable allowance for depreciation;
  (C) That payments for water so furnished shall be made through the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia at such times as the Mayor of the District of Columbia may direct, said payments to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as other water rents collected in the District of Columbia are deposited;
  (D) That at no time shall the amount of water furnished the said Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or its successor exceed the amount that can be spared without jeopardizing the interests of the United States or of the District of Columbia;
  (E) That the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have at all times the right to investigate the distribution system in Maryland, and if, in his opinion, there is a wastage of water he shall have the right to curtail the supply to said sanitary district to the amount of such wastage.
D.C. Code § 34-2705 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2705
§ 34-2705. Requirements of person responsible for excavation or demolition.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements of § 34-2704 , each person responsible for an excavation or demolition operation shall:
  (1) Plan the excavation or demolition to avoid damage to or minimize interference with underground facilities in and near the construction area;
  (2) Maintain a clearance between an underground facility and the cutting edge or point of any mechanized equipment, taking into account the known limit of control of such cutting edge or point as may be reasonably necessary to avoid damage to such underground facility; and
  (3) Provide such support for underground facilities in and near the construction area, including support during backfilling operations, as may be reasonably necessary for the protection of such facilities.
(b) If a facility is damaged, under no circumstances shall a contractor backfill an excavation without first receiving permission from the utility operator whose facility was damaged.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall excuse the failure to obtain a permit to excavate in public space in compliance with § 9-431.01 .
(d) Persons and operators excavating for routine maintenance, including patch-type paving, will not be required to comply with the notification and marking procedures of this chapter, if they excavate within the limits of the original excavation, and if the excavation does not exceed 12 inches in depth below the grade existing prior to said excavation.
(e) If a person engaged in or preparing to engage in excavation or demolition observes evidence of the presence of an unmarked underground facility in the area of a planned or ongoing excavation or demolition or observes a discrepancy between the marked or unmarked underground facilities, the person may not begin or continue the excavation or demolition unless the person:
  (1) Has repeated the notification to the one-call center required by § 34-2704 ; and
  (2) Has received notification from the one-call center that the notices from the utility operators required by § 34-2704(c)(3) have been provided.
D.C. Code § 34-608 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-608
§ 34-608. Authority of Commission to rescind its order after appeal is filed.
Status: in_force

The Commission may at any time, rescind, alter, modify, or amend its order. If, after appeal is filed, the Commission shall rescind the order or decision appealed from, the appeal shall be dismissed; if it shall alter, modify, or amend the same, such altered, modified, or amended order or decision shall take the place of the original order and the Court shall proceed thereon as though the late order had been made by the Commission in the first instance.
D.C. Code § 34-1435 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1435
§ 34-1435. Recovery of fees and costs.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall allow the local distribution company to recover actual dollar-for-dollar prudently costs incurred, including a compliance fee under § 34-1434 , in complying with a mandated renewable energy portfolio standard. The electricity distribution company may also pass through its prudently incurred additional costs, if any, associated with complying with the standard, through the end of the year of standard offer service in which the requirement took effect.
(b) An electricity supplier may recover a compliance fee if:
  (1) The payment of a compliance fee is the least-cost measure to ratepayers as compared to the purchase of tier one renewable sources, tier two renewable sources, or solar energy to comply with a renewable energy portfolio standard; or
  (2) There are insufficient tier one renewable sources, tier two renewable sources, or solar energy available for the electricity supplier to comply with a renewable energy portfolio standard.
(c) Any cost recovery under this section:
  (1) May be in the form of a nonbypassable surcharge to current applicable customers; and
  (2) Shall be disclosed on applicable customer bills.
D.C. Code § 34-2302 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2302
§ 34-2302. Amnesty program.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an amnesty program for any person liable for delinquent water and sanitary sewer services. The amnesty program shall permit the person to pay the full amount of outstanding charges for water and sanitary sewer services, without the imposition of any interest or fine otherwise provided by law.
(b) The amnesty program shall be available during the period from October 1, 1990, through December 31, 1990.
(c) A person may participate in the amnesty program by filing an application for amnesty with the Mayor that includes a copy of the person’s most recent water and sanitary sewer service bill and a cashier’s check, certified check, or money order in the amount of the bill as computed under subsection (a) of this section. The application for amnesty and the payment shall be filed in person or by mail postmarked no later than midnight on December 31, 1990. Cash payments may not be mailed for purposes of this section.
(d) Any person who files an application for amnesty under this section shall be precluded from filing a request for an administrative hearing pursuant to § 34-2305 .
(e) The Mayor shall publicize, for 3 consecutive weeks, the terms and conditions of the amnesty program in at least 2 daily and 2 weekly newspapers published and circulated generally in the District of Columbia.
(f) Revenue received from the amnesty program shall be credited to the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by § 47-131 .
D.C. Code § 34-302.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-302.01
§ 34-302.01. Rule for purchases of distribution transformers.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall adopt a rule in accordance with § 8-1771.06 .
D.C. Code § 34-1509 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1509
§ 34-1509. Standard offer service.
Status: in_force

(a) Standard offer service is electricity supply made available on and after the initial implementation date to:
  (1) Customers not yet allowed to choose an electricity supplier under the phase-in of customer choice under § 34-1502 ;
  (2) Customers who contract for electricity with an electricity supplier, but who fail to receive delivery of electricity under such contracts;
  (3) Customers who cannot arrange to purchase electricity from an electricity supplier; and
  (4) Customers who do not choose an electricity supplier.
(b) (1) Standard offer service shall be provided by the electric company from the initial implementation date through February 7, 2005.
  (2) (A) The rate cap specified in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall apply beginning on the initial implementation date and shall end on February 7, 2005.
    (B) (i) Subject to the time limitation in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, and except for the charges specified in sub-subparagraph (ii) of this subparagraph, the total rate charged to a customer receiving standard offer service shall not exceed the total of the rates authorized by the Commission and charged to the customer on December 31, 1999.
      (ii) The rate cap specified in sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph shall not apply to charges imposed for the recovery of costs under § 34-1511 .
  (3) (A) During the period in which the rate cap specified in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection is in effect, the Commission shall have the authority to set, in a manner that is just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory, the rate charged to a customer receiving standard offer service.
    (B) The Commission shall ensure that any rate cut promulgated under paragraph (2) of this subsection does not hinder the development of a competitive market for electricity supply.
  (4) During the period in which the rate cap specified in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection is in effect, the Commission may allow the recovery of any extraordinary costs based on the circumstances of the electric company if the Commission determines that the action is necessary and in the public interest.
(c) Before January 2, 2004, the Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders establishing terms and conditions for standard offer service and for the selection of an electricity supplier or suppliers (retail, wholesale, or both) to provide standard offer service after February 7, 2005. The terms and conditions applicable to the selection of an electricity supplier or suppliers shall include:
  (1) Protection against a standard offer service provider’s failure to provide service;
  (2) An appropriate rate design, subject to the restrictions in subsection (d) of this section;
  (3) The appropriate length of a standard offer service contract awarded under subsection (d) of this section; and
  (4) A contingency plan in the event of insufficient or inadequate bids; provided, that a contingency plan may award the standard offer service to the electric company or an affiliate of the electric company if it is in the public interest.
(d) (1) After the regulations or orders mandated by subsection (c) of this section are issued, the Commission shall conduct competitive bid procedures for the selection of a retail electricity supplier or suppliers to provide standard offer service for the District of Columbia after February 7, 2005; authorize the electric company, as a wholesale electricity supplier, to conduct competitive bid procedures to obtain third-party contracts to provide standard offer service for the District of Columbia after February 7, 2005; or both. If competitive bid procedures for the selection of a retail electricity supplier or suppliers to provide standard offer service are conducted by the Commission, the competitive selection of retail electricity supplier or suppliers to provide standard offer service shall occur before July 2, 2004. In conducting retail bid procedures or facilitating the wholesale bid process under this subsection, the Commission:
    (A) Shall ensure that the price for standard offer service will not hinder the development of a competitive electricity supply market in the District of Columbia; and
    (B) May, in its discretion, solicit the payment, by the retail electricity supplier or suppliers chosen to provide standard offer service, of a bid premium.
  (2) Any bid premium collected by the Commission under this section shall be deposited into the Reliable Energy Trust Fund established under § 34-1514 [repealed].
(e) The Commission shall determine the threshold financial viability of wholesale bidders.
D.C. Code § 34-2134 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2134
§ 34-2134. Potomac interceptor — Acquisition of land in Maryland or Virginia; transfer of land from department or agency of United States.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, any land or any interest in land located in Maryland or Virginia needed for construction and operation of the Potomac interceptor. Title to any such land or interest in land shall be taken in the name of the United States but shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Mayor. For the purpose of acquiring any such land or any interest in land, the Mayor shall be deemed to be an officer of the government within the meaning and for the purposes of § 257 [revised; see now 40 U.S.C. § 3113] of Title 40, United States Code. The provisions of §§ 258a-258 e and 258f [revised; see now 40 U.S.C. §§ 3114 to 3118] of Title 40, United States Code, shall be applicable to any condemnation proceedings instituted pursuant to authority of this subchapter.
(b) When any land under the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States may be needed for the construction or operation of the Potomac interceptor, the appropriate officer of such department or agency is authorized, upon request of the Mayor, to transfer to the Mayor jurisdiction over so much of such land, or of such interests therein, as the Mayor shall request.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.06
§ 34-1911.06. Repairs and renewals.
Status: in_force

The said Mayor is empowered to authorize any such individual, company, or corporation owning and operating on June 20, 1902, any lines of street poles and wires and any alley poles or alley-pole line within the District of Columbia and outside of the section described in § 34-1911.01 to continue to maintain the same, with such repairs and renewals as may be necessary to keep them in good order and condition of repair, and to add thereto such poles and wires as may be necessary for the purpose of making house connections or for connecting with telephone lines outside the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.11
§ 34-1671.11. Investigations of violations; penalties for violation.
Status: in_force

(a) For a violation of any provision of this chapter or a violation of any regulation or order issued under this chapter, after notice and a hearing, the Commission may:
  (1) Suspend, revoke, or conditionally rescind the license of a natural gas supplier if the Commission determines, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that the natural gas supplier:
    (A) Has obtained or attempted to obtain a license through fraud, deception, or misrepresentation;
    (B) Has provided false or misleading information to the Commission, knowingly or with reckless disregard;
    (C) Has committed fraud or engaged in market advertising or trade practices that are unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive;
    (D) Has disclosed information about a customer or used information about a customer for any purpose other than the purpose for which the information was originally acquired, without the customer’s written consent, unless the disclosure is for bill collection or credit rating reporting purposes or a lawful disclosure about the energy consumption of a non-residential tenant to the tenant’s building owner; provided, that disclosure of aggregated consumption data to the owner of the building for which the data is requested shall be permissible if at least 5 customer accounts are aggregated and no single customer account represents more than 80% of the total aggregated energy consumption;
    (E) Has been convicted of any fraud-related crimes;
    (F) Has not fulfilled the licensing requirements under this chapter or is not authorized to transact business in the District of Columbia;
    (G) (i) Has violated any consumer protection law or regulation of the United States, District of Columbia, or of any state; or
      (ii) Has had its authority to engage in the supply and sale of natural gas revoked or suspended by any other state, agency, or authority for reasons consistent with this section;
    (H) Has violated or failed to comply with the provisions of any regulation or order adopted by the Commission; or
    (I) Is incapable of discharging the functions of a natural gas supplier;
  (2) Impose a civil penalty;
  (3) Order a refund or credit to a customer;
  (4) Cancel a contract or part of a contract between a customer and a natural gas supplier;
  (5) Order that any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter cease and desist from future violations thereof or take affirmative corrective action as may be necessary with regard to any act or practice found unlawful by the Commission;
  (6) Issue a letter of warning, reprimand, or censure with regard to any act, conduct, or practice that in the judgment of the Commission, upon consideration of the relevant facts and circumstances, does not warrant the initiation of more severe action;
  (7) Examine any record, book, document, account, electronic data, or paper maintained by or for any natural gas supplier in the provision of natural gas; or
  (8) (A) For the purpose of preserving evidence of an unlawful act or practice, after notice and hearing, impound any record, book, document, account, paper, electronic data, goods, ware, item, or facility used or maintained by or for any natural gas supplier in the course of supplying natural gas;
    (B) As may be necessary, the Commission shall issue an order protecting the confidentiality of items subject to this paragraph.
(b) The Commission, on its own initiative or upon proper motion of the People’s Counsel or any aggrieved party, may take any of the following actions:
  (1) Require any person to file a statement or report in writing under oath as to the facts and circumstances concerning the rendition of any service or conduct of any sale incidental to the discharge of this chapter;
  (2) Examine under oath any person in connection with any act or practice subject to the requirements of this chapter; or
  (3) Examine or inspect any goods, ware, item, or facility used in the supply of natural gas.
(c) The Commission may enter a temporary order suspending or limiting any license issued by the Commission, pending a final determination after notice and hearing, if the Commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that customers or the reliability of natural gas supply in the District of Columbia will be harmed by the actions of a natural gas supplier or that there is imminent danger to the public health, safety, or welfare. In such instance, the Commission shall move expeditiously to reach a final determination.
(d) (1) A civil penalty imposed by the Commission under this section shall not exceed $10,000 per violation.
  (2) The Commission shall determine the amount of the civil penalty after considering:
    (A) Any history of prior violations;
    (B) The gravity and duration of the current violation;
    (C) The degree of the violator’s culpability;
    (D) The prospective effect of the penalty on the ability of the violator to conduct business;
    (E) Any good faith effort on the part of the violator in attempting to achieve compliance; and
    (F) Other factors the Commission may consider appropriate.
(e) The Commission or the People’s Counsel, in addition to any other proceeding authorized by law, may seek and obtain in a summary proceeding in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia an injunction prohibiting the act or practice.
D.C. Code § 34-1252.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1252.02
§ 34-1252.02. Powers and responsibilities of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment.
Status: in_force

In addition to the general authority of the Office set forth in § 34-1252.01(a) , the Office shall have the powers and responsibilities to:
(1) Promulgate rules or regulations to administer or enforce this chapter;
(2) Issue guidelines, instructions, application forms, and other documents that are necessary or useful to the administration or enforcement of this chapter;
(3) Prescribe fees in accordance with this chapter;
(4) Receive and review applications to provide cable service in the District;
(5) Negotiate, on behalf of the District, franchise agreements and other agreements necessary for the implementation of this chapter;
(6) Draft and adopt a model franchise agreement, which shall be updated as needed to reflect changes in cable law, technology, standards and changes in the cable-related needs and interests of the District;
(7) Monitor and enforce cable operator compliance with the provisions of this chapter, regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, franchise agreements, and any other agreements entered into with the District pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to a franchise agreement;
(8) Coordinate, manage, and oversee the use of, and the programming on, all government channels;
(8A) Negotiate use or license agreements, with or without monetary considerations, for the use of production studios, facilities, and equipment owned or controlled by the Office; provided, the Office shall:
  (A) Require users of the studios, facilities, or equipment to maintain comprehensive insurance for the duration of the use and include the Office as an additional insured; and
  (B) Implement an overall fee structure that compensates the Office for any additional costs the Office occurs in implementing the use program;
(9) Make reasonable requests of a cable operator in furtherance of this chapter, any regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or the general public interest in cable service and cable systems;
(10) Establish reasonable conditions and restrictions on cable operators necessary or useful to protect and promote the public interest in cable television or to protect the public health, safety, or welfare;
(11) Intervene in, and resolve, disagreements between cable operators and subscribers or other lawful users of cable service;
(12) Ensure that cable operators provide uniform, nondiscriminatory access to their cable system and cable services;
(13) Ensure that the District maintains an environment conducive to the competitive operation of multiple cable operators;
(14) Educate the public on the benefits and uses of cable television;
(15) Conduct periodic evaluations of the cable system to ensure compliance with this chapter and with regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or to ensure the public health, safety, or welfare;
(16) Solicit and accept funds from private, nonprofit, and government entities to underwrite specifically designated programming on government channels; provided, that the Office shall first establish policies to preclude commercialization on behalf of the underwriter or grantors, the broadcasting of comparative product descriptions, claims of product performances or superiority, price information, or any control over programming content by the grantor or the underwriter; provided further, that the solicitation and acceptance of funds shall be conducted in accordance with Mayor’s Order 2002-2, issued January 11, 2002 (49 DCR 900), or its successors;
(17) Repealed.
(18) Allocate and assign public, educational, and government channels and negotiate and enter into operating agreements for the use of the channels, subject to the provisions set forth in § 34-1253.02 and part H of this subchapter ;
(19) Recommend to the Council amendments to this chapter, a franchise agreement, or any other agreements related to cable service or a cable system;
(20) Submit an annual report to the Council which shall include an account of franchise agreement fees received and distributed, a review of any plans submitted during the year by the cable operator for development of new services, and a report on cable operator compliance with this chapter, regulations, and any franchise agreement; and
(21) Establish written formal, collaborative arrangements (sometimes called partnerships) with private and nonprofit entities to implement the purposes of this subchapter .
D.C. Code § 34-1214 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1214
§ 34-1214. Amendment of franchise agreement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2708 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2708
§ 34-2708. Mandamus or injunction.
Status: in_force

If any person proposes to engage or is engaging in excavation or demolition in the District of Columbia without complying with this chapter, or in a negligent or unsafe manner, or by using a procedure which has resulted in, or is likely to result in, damage to an underground facility, the owner of such underground facility or the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may commence an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, for the purpose of having such negligent or unsafe excavation or demolition stopped and prevented, by either mandamus or injunction. The Court may join as parties any persons necessary or proper to make its judgment or process effective and, if appropriate, shall issue a final order granting such relief.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.03
§ 34-1259.03. Periodic evaluations; performance hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once every 3 years following the grant of a franchise, the Office shall conduct a performance evaluation of the cable operator and the cable system. The evaluation shall include a public hearing to allow public comment on the cable operator’s performance.
(b) During the evaluation process, a cable operator shall fully cooperate with the Office, and shall provide all information and documents the Office needs to reasonably perform its review, including information and documents that may be considered proprietary or confidential.
(c) If any books, records, maps, plans, or other requested documents are voluminous, or for security reasons cannot be copied and moved, then the cable operator may request that the inspection take place at another location; provided, that the cable operator shall make necessary arrangements for copying documents selected by the Office after review, and the cable operator shall pay all travel and additional copying expenses incurred by the Office in inspecting those documents or having those documents inspected by its designee.
(d) The Office may hold a hearing on the performance of a cable operator, or a specific aspect of the performance of a cable operator, at any time.
D.C. Code § 34-2151 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2151
§ 34-2151. Lead Service Line Priority Replacement Assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(b) WASA may provide grants to eligible District homeowners up to $2,500 to assist them in the replacement of the portion of their lead service line that is located on their private property.
(c) Payments to eligible homeowners are subject to appropriation and the availability of funds. This chapter does not establish a right to funds on the part of any person.
D.C. Code § 34-1434 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1434
§ 34-1434. Reporting requirements and compliance fee.
Status: in_force

(a) Each electricity supplier shall submit an annual compliance report to the Commission, by a date and in a form prescribed by the Commission.
(b) (1) Each report shall include clear and concise information that:
    (A) Demonstrates that the electricity supplier has complied with the applicable standard under § 34-1432 and includes the submission of the required amount of renewable energy credits; or
    (B) Demonstrates the amount of electricity sales by which the electricity supplier fails to meet the applicable renewable energy portfolio standard.
  (1A) In calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 each report shall also include:
    (A) The number of contracts that are exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 4 of the Renewable Portfolio Standard Expansion Amendment Act of 2016, effective October 8, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-154; D.C. Official Code § 34-1434, note) , the length of each exempt contract, and the amount of electricity associated with each exempt contract; and
    (B) The number of contracts that are exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 101(b)(2) of the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, passed on 2nd reading on December 18, 2018 (Enrolled version of Bill 22-904), the length of each exempt contract, and the amount of electricity associated with each exempt contract.
  (2) Each report shall also include any other information that the Commission by regulation or order may consider relevant.
(c) If an electricity supplier fails to comply with the renewable energy portfolio standard for the applicable year, the electricity supplier shall pay into the Fund a compliance fee of:
  (1) Five cents for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier one renewable sources;
  (2) One cent for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier two renewable sources; and
  (3) For each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required solar energy sources, the following amounts:
    (A) Fifty cents in 2016 through 2023;
    (B) Forty-eight cents in 2024;
    (C) Forty-six cents in 2025;
    (D) Forty-four cents in 2026;
    (E) Forty-two cents in 2027;
    (F) Forty cents in 2028;
    (G) Thirty-eight cents in 2029;
    (H) Thirty-six cents in 2030;
    (I) Thirty-four cents in 2031;
    (J) Thirty-two cents in 2032;
    (K) Thirty cents in 2033 through 2041; and
    (L) Ten cents in 2042 and thereafter.
(c-1) A compliance fee required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be paid to DOEE for deposit into the Fund between October 1 and November 1 following the year the electricity supplier failed to comply with the renewable energy portfolio standard.
(d) Beginning on March 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, energy companies that sell electricity in the District of Columbia shall file an energy portfolio report for the preceding calendar year with DOEE, which shall include a breakdown of the average cost per kilowatt hour of electricity that the company sold in the District of Columbia by source of generation, to include coal, gas, oil, nuclear, solar, land-based wind, off-shore wind, and other renewable sources. The breakdown of cost should also include the average capital cost per kilowatt, as well as the average fixed and variable costs associated with operations and maintenance per megawatt.
(e) Repealed.
(f) The DOEE shall publish on its website at least annually a report that describes progress towards the solar generation goals provided in the renewable energy portfolio standard and a comparison with other sources of energy used in the District. Each report shall detail the equitable distribution of resources consistent with the policy findings in § 34-1501.01 .
D.C. Code § 34-1313.13 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.13
§ 34-1313.13. Application to amend order authorizing Underground Project Charges, financing order.
Status: in_force

An application to amend an existing Commission order authorizing the electric company to impose and collect Underground Project Charges shall describe the purpose to be accomplished by the proposed amendment, the financial impacts, if any, to the electric company’s customers that are likely to result from the amendment, if approved, and shall include each item set forth in § 34-1313.08(c) and, with respect to the financing order for the corresponding period, shall include the information required pursuant to § 34-1313.02 . The application to amend shall apply only to future Underground Project Charges and the future Underground Rider.  Any approval of an application to amend shall allow for recovery by the electric company through:
            
            (1) Underground Project Charges of any prudent and reasonable expenses or costs for any project previously approved by the Commission; and
            
            (2) The Underground Rider, any amounts paid with respect to DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
D.C. Code § 34-2303 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2303
§ 34-2303. Opportunity for a tenant to receive service in own name; payment made by tenant.
Status: in_force

(a) If an owner of rental property or his or her agent is billed directly by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (“Authority”) for water and sanitary sewer services provided to the rental property, and the owner or his or her agent fails to pay a delinquent account for the services, each tenant who resides in the affected property may receive water and sanitary sewer services in his or her own name without liability for the charges accrued while the services were billed directly to the owner of the rental property. A tenant shall receive water and sanitary sewer services in his or her own name only if it is deemed practicable by the Mayor in accordance with rules issued pursuant to § 34-2306 .
(b) Any payment made by a tenant of rental property pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed in lieu of an equal amount of rent and shall be deducted from any rent due and owing or to become due and owing to the owner, agent, lessor, or manager of the rental property.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Mayor from pursuing any other appropriate action or remedy at law or equity against an owner, agent, lessor, manager, or tenant of a rental property.
D.C. Code § 34-2105 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105
§ 34-2105. Sanitary sewer service charge.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1233 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1233
§ 34-1233. Installation of facilities.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1113 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1113
§ 34-1113. Accounts to be closed annually; verified balance sheet to be filed with Commission; copy of balance sheet to Congress.
Status: in_force

The accounts shall be closed annually on the 31st day of December, and a balance sheet of that date promptly taken therefrom. On or before the 1st day of February following such balance sheet, together with such other information as the Commission shall prescribe, verified by an owner or officer of the public utility, shall be filed with the Commission, and a copy thereof transmitted to Congress.
D.C. Code § 34-411.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.03
§ 34-411.03. Third-Party Notification program; entity requirement.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days after June 5, 2018, an entity shall enroll in the Third-Party Notification program of each utility company from which the entity receives service and, notwithstanding having designated another person or body to be a third-party contact, designate the appropriate managing agency, or agencies, as a third-party contact.
(b) An entity shall provide the managing agency, or agencies, a completed Third-Party Notification program enrollment form from each utility company providing service to the entity showing that the managing agency has been designated the entity's third-party contact.
D.C. Code § 34-1258.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1258.02
§ 34-1258.02. Funding for PEG channels.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall contribute at least 1% of its gross revenues to the operations of the Public Access Corporation.
(b) A cable operator shall provide at least 1% of its gross revenues as continuing capital support for the public, educational, and government access channels. The Public Access Corporation shall receive at least 25% of the capital support payments provided pursuant to this subsection.
(c) A cable operator may be required to provide equipment and facilities in support of PEG channels. The requirements for equipment and facilities in support of PEG channels shall be specified in a franchise agreement.
(d) A cable operator shall make equipment and production assistance available that will permit PEG channel users and the cable operator to produce programming at locations other than the studio, and the requirements for such availability and use shall be set forth in the franchise agreement. A cable operator may be required to make equipment and production assistance available to PEG channel users at its studio; provided, that the requirement for such availability and use shall be set forth in the franchise agreement. The cable operator shall provide use of the equipment, production facilities, and production assistance for PEG channel users at an amount set forth or provided for in the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-1250 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1250
§ 34-1250. Civil penalties; prosecutions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1230 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1230
§ 34-1230. Operational requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1226.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1226.01
§ 34-1226.01. Subscriber fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.16 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.16
§ 34-2202.16. Charges and fees and rate setting.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all temporary and emergency legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) The Authority shall collect and abate charges, fees, assessments, and levies for services, facilities, or commodities furnished or supplied by it.
(b) (1) The Authority shall, following notice, public comment period, and public hearing, establish and adjust retail water and sewer rates. The District members of the Board shall establish the retail water and sewer rates prior to the Board’s consideration of the Authority’s budget. The water and sewer rates levied by the Authority shall only be a source of revenue for the maintenance of the District’s supply of water and sewage systems, and shall constitute a fund exclusively to defray any cost of the Authority.
  (2) At a public hearing held pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the public shall be given a timely opportunity to present its views, as evidence of record, with at least 45 days' notice, with notice widely and publicly distributed in a form sufficiently detailed and complete to permit the public to realize its specific and affected interest.
  (2A) (A) The Authority shall accept public comments on any establishment or adjustment of retail water and sewer rates from the date of publication of the notice of the proposed rulemaking to the date that is 5 days after the public hearing held pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (B) No more than 15 days after the end of the public comment period described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, but before the Board committee with jurisdiction over the ratemaking process makes recommendations to the full Board for the final rate proposal, the Authority shall:
      (i) Transmit to the Board a report responding to comments received during the public comment period; and
      (ii) Publish the report on the Authority website in a manner accessible to the public.
  (2B) (A) The Authority shall provide a method for the public to remotely attend and participate in public hearings held pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (B) Notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include information on how the public may remotely attend and participate in the public hearing.
  (3) If the Office of People's Counsel submits written comments related to the establishment or adjustment of water and sewer rates under this subsection, the Authority shall respond in writing why it accepted or rejected, in whole or in part, any recommendations submitted by the Office of the People's Counsel.
(b-1) (1) The Authority shall offer financial assistance programs to mitigate the impact of any increases in retail water and sewer rates and the impervious area charge on low-income residents of the District, including a low-impact design incentive program.
  (2) Within 6 months of March 25, 2009, the authority shall provide a report to the Council of the District of Columbia detailing the number of low-income residents affected by increases in retail water and sewer rates and the impervious area charge and strategies that will significantly increase enrollment in existing discount programs available to low-income ratepayers.
(b-2) At least 45 days before the public hearing held pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section, the Authority shall transmit a copy of the Independent Review of the Proposed Rates Report and the Cost of Service study to the Mayor and the Council and publish both the report and study on the Authority's website in a manner accessible to the public.
(c) In the absence of applicable standards, charges shall be levied and collected as determined by the Authority in accordance with § 1-204.87(b) .
(c-1) (1) (A) The Authority shall assess an impervious area charge on any property in the District based on a billing methodology that takes into account the amount of impervious surface on a property that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the ground as occurring under natural conditions, or that causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow, relative to the flow present under natural conditions.
    (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "surface" includes rooftops, footprints of patios, driveways, private streets, other paved areas, athletic courts and swimming pools, and any path or walkway that is covered by impervious material.
  (2) The impervious area charge shall be the obligation of the property owner. Failure to pay the impervious area charge shall result in a lien being placed upon the property without further notice to the owner. The Mayor may enforce the lien in the same manner as in § 34-2407.02 .
  (3) Any owner or occupant of a property that is assessed an impervious area charge may contest an impervious area charge bill according to the same procedures provided to owners or occupants of properties that receive water and sewer service, under § 34-2305 .
(d) The Authority may impose additional charges and penalties for late payment of bills.
(d-1) The Authority shall collect a stormwater user fee established by the Director of the District Department of the Environment (“Director”), which charge the Director shall establish by rule and may from time to time amend.
(d-2) The fee shall be collected from each property in the District of Columbia, and shall be based on an impervious area assessment of the property.
(d-3) The Mayor shall coordinate the development and implementation of the MS4 stormwater user fee with DC WASA’s impervious area charge, to ensure that both fee systems employ consistent methodologies.”.
(d-4) The Mayor shall offer financial assistance programs to mitigate the impact of any increases in stormwater user fees on low-income residents of the District, and shall evaluate the applicability of similar existing District low-income assistance programs to the stormwater user fee.
(d-5) A landlord shall not pass a stormwater user fee charge to a tenant which is more than the stormwater user fee charge prescribed by the Director.
(d-6) The stormwater user fee shall be the obligation of the property owner. Failure to pay the stormwater user fee shall result in a lien being placed upon the property without further notice to the owner. The Mayor may enforce the lien in the same manner as in § 34-2407.02 .
(d-7) Any owner or occupant of a property that is charged a stormwater user fee may contest a stormwater user fee bill rendered for managing stormwater runoff, according to the same procedures provided to owners or occupants of properties that receive water and sewer services, under § 34-2305 .
(e) The Authority is authorized to shut off the water distribution to any building, establishment, or other place upon failure of the owner or occupant thereof to pay the charges, including the impervious area charge and the storm water fee, within 90 days from the date of rendition of the bill.
(f) (1) The Authority shall treat as timely challenges to a residential customers' bill made in writing and received by the Authority within 20 calendar days after the date the bill is rendered.
  (2) If a residential customer's challenge to a bill is timely, the Authority shall suspend the residential customer's obligation to pay the disputed bill until the customer has received the result of the Authority's investigation of the challenge in writing.
  (3) Where a residential customer contacts the Authority regarding billing in any manner other than in writing, the Authority shall inform the customer of the requirement that a challenge to a residential customer's bill must be made in writing and received within 20 calendar days after the date the bill is rendered to be considered timely.
  (4) The Authority shall include on the front of a residential customers' bill the specific date by which a challenge under paragraph (1) of this section must be received by the Authority to be considered timely.
(g) The Authority shall include the following information on residential customers' bills and the Authority's website:
  (1) A local customer assistance telephone number and e-mail address for the Authority, with the hours of operation noted; and
  (2) The address and customer assistance telephone numbers for the Office of the People's Counsel.
D.C. Code § 34-1518.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1518.01
§ 34-1518.01. Community renewable energy facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) A community renewable energy facility may produce no greater than 5 megawatts of electricity and must have at least 2 subscribers.
(b) A subscriber to an eligible community renewable energy facility may offset no more than 120% of the subscriber’s electricity consumption over the previous 12 months; except, that this subsection shall not apply to subscribers of a project constructed through the Solar for All Program established by § 8-1774.16 .
(c) Each subscription shall represent a percentage of the community renewable energy facility’s generating capacity; provided, that the subscription is intended primarily to offset part or all of the subscriber’s own electrical requirements.
(d) All individual billing meters for subscriptions to community renewable energy facilities shall be within the District of Columbia.
(e) A community renewable energy facility may be built, owned, or operated by a third party under contract with a subscriber organization.
(f) A community renewable energy facility may add capacity and subscribers to its facility if the added capacity and subscribers do not reduce the electrical production benefit to existing subscribers.
(g) A community renewable energy facility may update its subscribers no more frequently than once per month. Each month the owner of a CREF or its designated agent shall provide the following information about its subscribers to the electric company as required to facilitate net metering for subscribers:
  (1) Name, address, and account number of each subscriber; and
  (2) The percentage interest of each subscriber in the capacity of the CREF;
(h) The electric company may require that a CREF and its subscribers have their meters read on the same billing cycle.
(i) If the electrical capacity of a community renewable energy facility is not fully subscribed, the SOS administrator shall purchase the energy associated with the unsubscribed capacity at the PJM Locational Marginal Price for the PEPCO zone, adjusted for ancillary service charges.
(j) Subscribers shall be eligible to receive electricity credits so long as the CREF continues to generate and provide power to the distribution grid, regardless of the bankruptcy or contractual default of any subscriber or of the subscriber organization.
(k) A community renewable energy facility shall not add subscribers without adhering to the consumer protection provisions contained in § 34-1507 .
(l) A community renewable energy facility may not sell subscriptions totaling more than 100% of its energy generation.
D.C. Code § 34-1109 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1109
§ 34-1109. Uniform accounts to be rendered; separate account of other business may be required.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall keep and render to the Commission, in the manner and form prescribed by the Commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted.  Every public utility engaged directly or indirectly in any other business than that of the conduct of a street railway, or the production, transmission, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or the conveyance of telegraph or telephone messages, shall, if required by the Commission, keep and render separately to the Commission in like manner and form the accounts of all such other business, in which case all the provisions of this subtitle shall apply with like force and effect to the books, accounts, papers, and records of such other business.
D.C. Code § 34-1431 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1431
§ 34-1431. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
  (1) “Black liquor” means the spent cooking liquor from the Kraft process of paper making.
  (1A) “Brush” means shrubs and stands of short, scrubby trees that do not reach merchantable size.
  (2) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission.
  (3) “Customer generation” means generation that is not principally dedicated to selling power into the wholesale market.
  (4) “Dunnage” means loose materials or padding used to support or protect cargo within shipping containers.
  (5) "DOEE" means the Department of Energy and Environment.
  (6) “Electricity supplier” means a person, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or, markets electricity for sale to customers. The term excludes the following:
    (A) Building owners, lessees, or managers who manage the internal distribution system serving such building and who supply electricity solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants;
    (B) (i) Any person who purchases electricity for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or
      (ii) Any apartment building or office building manager who aggregates electric service requirements for his or her building or buildings, and who does not:
        (I) Take title to electricity;
        (II) Market electric services to the individually-metered tenants of his or her building; or
        (III) Engage in the resale of electric services to others;
    (C) Property owners who supply small amounts of power, at cost, as an accommodation to lessors or licensees of the property; and
    (D) A consolidator.
  (6A) “Fuel input” means the higher heating value of the input fuel type, measured in BTU/LB, based on the standardized heating value of fuel type, multiplied by the annual fuel used in as delivered tons, multiplied by 2000.
  (7) “Fund” means the District of Columbia Renewable Energy Development Fund.
  (8) “PJM Interconnection” means the regional transmission organization that is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that functionally controls the transmission system for the region that includes the District of Columbia.
  (9) “Qualifying biomass” means a solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic waste material that is segregated from other waste materials, and is derived from any of the following forest-related resources, with the exception of old growth timber, construction and demolition-derived wood, whole trees not part of a closed-loop biomass system that are cleared solely for the purpose of energy production, unsegregated solid waste, or post-consumer wastepaper:
    (A) Mill residue;
    (B) Repealed.
    (C) Slash;
    (D) Brush;
    (E) Yard waste;
    (F) A waste pallet, crate, or dunnage;
    (G) Agricultural sources, including tree crops, vineyard materials, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues; or
    (H) Cofired biomass, subject to the condition under § 34-1433(f) .
  (10) "Renewable energy credit" or "credit" means a credit representing one megawatt-hour of energy produced by:
    (A) A tier one or tier two renewable source located within the PJM Interconnection region; or
    (B) Until January 1, 2029, a tier one or tier two renewable source located within a state that is adjacent to the PJM Interconnection region that was certified by the Commission as of [March 22, 2019].
  (11) “Renewable energy portfolio standard” or “standard” means the percentage of electricity sales at retail in the District of Columbia that is to be derived from tier one renewable sources and tier two renewable sources in accordance with § 34-1432(c) .
  (12) “Renewable on-site generator” means a person that generates electricity on site from a tier one renewable source or tier two renewable source for the person’s own use.
  (13) “Slash” means:
    (A) Tree tops, branches, bark, or other residue left on the ground after logging or other forestry operations; or
    (B) Tree debris left after a natural catastrophe.
  (14) “Solar energy” means radiant energy, direct, diffuse, or reflected, received from the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy, that is collected, generated, or stored for use at a later time.
  (15) “Tier one renewable source” means one or more of the following types of energy sources:
    (A) Solar energy;
    (B) Wind;
    (C) Qualifying biomass used at a generation unit that achieves a total system efficiency of at least 65% on an annual basis, can demonstrate that they achieved a total system efficiency of at least 65% on an annual basis through actual operational data after one year, and that started commercial operation after January 1, 2007.
    (D) Methane from the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials in a landfill or wastewater treatment plant;
    (E) Geothermal;
    (F) Ocean, including energy from waves, tides, currents, and thermal differences;
    (G) Fuel cells producing electricity from a tier one renewable source under subparagraph (C) or (D) of this paragraph; and
    (H) Raw or treated wastewater used as a heat source or sink for a heating or cooling system.
  (16) “Tier two renewable source” means one or more of the following types of energy sources:
    (A) Hydroelectric power other than pumped storage generation;
    (B) Waste-to-energy; or
    (C) Qualifying biomass used at a generation unit that:
      (i) Started commercial operation on or before December 31, 2006; or
      (ii) Achieves a total system efficiency of less than 65%; or
      (iii) Uses black liquor.
    (17) “Total system efficiency” means the sum of the net useful thermal energy output measured in BTUs divided by the total fuel input. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “useful thermal energy output” means energy in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that is used in production and beneficial measures for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end use energy requirements and for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed. The term “useful thermal energy output” does not include thermal energy used for the purpose of drying or refining biomass fuel.
D.C. Code § 34-1604 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1604
§ 34-1604. Officer of company may be present at tests.
Status: in_force

The company, person or persons furnishing the gas may, if they see fit, on each occasion of the testing of the gas by the Inspector, be represented by some officer, but such officer shall not interfere in the testing.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.02
§ 34-2401.02. Operations of Water Department to be under direction of Engineer’s Office.
Status: in_force

The operations of the Water Department of the District of Columbia shall be under the direction of the Engineer’s Office of the District, subject to the control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1803.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1803.03
§ 34-1803.03. Additional revenues.
Status: in_force

All revenues from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund:
(1) Steam (including arrearage payments) for the Correctional Treatment Facility received by the District since October 1, 2007; and
(2) From fines paid due to automated photo enforcement in any one fiscal year:
  (A) Aggregate revenues in excess of $105,791,000 in fiscal year 2013;
  (B) Aggregate revenues in excess of $141,348,000 in fiscal year 2014;
  (C) Aggregate revenues in excess of $155,812,000 in fiscal year 2015;
  (D) Aggregate revenues in excess of $148,020,000 in fiscal year 2016; and
  (E) Aggregate revenues in excess of $140,618,000 in fiscal year 2017 and in each fiscal year thereafter.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.41 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.41
§ 34-2202.41. Operation and Maintenance Account.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Contents of account. — There is hereby established within the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund the Operation and Maintenance Account, consisting of all funds paid to the District of Columbia on or after April 26, 1996 which are:
    (A) Attributable to waste water treatment user charges;
    (B) Paid by users jurisdictions for the operation and maintenance of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility and related waste water treatment works; or
    (C) Appropriated or otherwise provided for the operation and maintenance of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility and related waste water treatment works.
  (2) Use of funds in account. — Funds in the Operation and Maintenance Account shall be used solely for funding the operation and maintenance of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility and related waste water treatment works and may not be obligated or expended for any other purpose, and may be used for related debt service and capital costs if such funds are not attributable to user charges assessed for purposes of section 204(b)(1) [33 U.S.C. § 1284(b)(1)] of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
(b) EPA Grant Account. — (1) Contents of account. — There is hereby established within the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and EPA Grant Account, consisting of all funds paid to the District of Columbia on or after April 26, 1996, which are:
    (A) Attributable to grants from the Environmental Protection Agency for construction at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility and related waste water treatment works; or
    (B) Appropriated or otherwise provided for construction at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility and related waste water treatment works.
  (2) Use of funds in account. — Funds in the EPA Grant Account shall be used solely for the purposes specified under the terms of the grants and appropriations involved, and may not be obligated or expended for any other purpose.
D.C. Code § 34-1407 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1407
§ 34-1407. Extension of conduits; ducts for use of fire and police wires; maximum price of current; additional charge for nonpayment of bills.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to grant permits for the repair, enlargement, and extension, under proper regulations, of existing electric-lighting conduits, and in every conduit constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this section, 3 ducts shall be reserved for the use of the United States and the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-701 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-701
§ 34-701. False statements in securing approval for stock issue.
Status: in_force

Each and every director, president, secretary, or other official of any such public utility who shall make any false statement to secure the issue of any stock, certificate of stock, bond, mortgage, or other evidence of indebtedness, or who shall, by false statement knowingly made, procure of the Commission the making of the certificate herein provided, or issue, with knowledge of such fraud, negotiate, or cause to be negotiated, any such stock, certificate of stock, bond, mortgage, or other evidence of indebtedness in violation of this subtitle, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term of not less than 1 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
D.C. Code § 34-1304 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / § 34-1304
§ 34-1304. Submission of Appropriateness standards to the Council.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1256.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1256.02
§ 34-1256.02. Security fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days after the approval of a franchise, a cable operator shall deposit with a bank located in the District, in an interest bearing escrow account established in the name of the District, a sum to be determined by the Office or set forth in a franchise agreement, as a security fund for the cable operator’s faithful performance of all the provisions of the franchise agreement; its compliance with all orders, permits, and directions of any District agency having jurisdiction over the cable operator’s acts or defaults under the franchise agreement; payment of any claims and liens due to the District by reason of the construction, operation, or maintenance of the cable system.
(b) Of the security fund, no less than 20% shall be in cash, with the balance in the form of an irrevocable, unconditional letter of credit or other instrument in a form acceptable to the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel. The letter of credit or other instrument shall in no event require the consent of the cable operator prior to the collection by the District of any amount covered by such letter of credit or other instrument. The cable operator shall be entitled to interest on the cash portion of the security fund at a rate equal to whatever rate the District is actually earning on the cash.
(c) The security fund, including any interest, shall become the property of the District to the extent necessary to cure outstanding violations, including outstanding liquidated damages that may be provided for in the franchise agreement, in the event that the franchise is terminated or revoked.
(d) The bond shall require 30 calendar days written notice of any cancellation to both the Office and the cable operator.
(e) Any failure by a cable operator to make deposits into or maintain the security fund as provided in this section shall be a material breach of the franchise and shall be grounds for the termination or revocation of the franchise. The procedures to follow in the event of a material breach may be set forth in the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-2105.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105.01
§ 34-2105.01. Nonprofit housing developments — Eligibility for rate reduction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1234 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1234
§ 34-1234. Construction and service schedules; maps.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1262.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1262.03
§ 34-1262.03. Employment of District residents.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in a cable franchise agreement, a cable operator’s employee workforce and subcontractors shall consist of not less than 51% District residents.
D.C. Code § 34-2409.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2409.02
§ 34-2409.02. Rates.
Status: in_force

The fireplug tax shall be levied with reference to the value of the building so taxed, and shall not be more than $5 nor less than $1 per year.
D.C. Code § 34-807 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-807
§ 34-807. Authority of Interstate Commerce Commission withdrawn; rules and regulations to remain in force; joint action in regulation of public-service company.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority vested by law in the Interstate Commerce Commission by virtue and under the Act of Congress, approved May 23, 1908, entitled “An Act authorizing certain extensions to be made in the lines of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, the City and Suburban Railway of Washington, and the Capital Traction Company, in the District of Columbia and for other purposes” shall no longer be exercised by the Interstate Commerce Commission; provided, that the orders, rules, and regulations made by the Interstate Commerce Commission shall continue to be in force until changed, repealed, altered, or amended by the Commission created by this subtitle, which said Commission is hereby given power and jurisdiction to issue and, at its pleasure, to revoke all permits, or licenses, to carry this subtitle into effect, and its rules and regulations shall be valid and binding on all public-service corporations and on all persons.
(b) The Commission may act jointly or concurrently with any official board or commission of the United States or any state thereof in any proceeding relating to the regulation of any public utility. Any such action may be under an interstate compact or agreement, or under the concurrent power of the States to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the federal government, or otherwise.
D.C. Code § 34-1237 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1237
§ 34-1237. Compliance not excused by failure to enforce franchise.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.03
§ 34-1911.03. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any individual, company, or corporation owning and maintaining such poles and wires attached thereto on or over any street or avenue within the section of the District described in § 34-1911.01 who shall willfully neglect or refuse to remove the same, as provided in § 34-1911.02 , shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $25 for each and every day during which such failure to remove said poles and wires shall continue, which amount may be recovered by the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 34-2002 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2002
§ 34-2002. Regulation of local exchange carriers.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission may, upon petition by the incumbent local exchange carrier and pursuant to procedures developed by the PSC, reclassify any telecommunications service offered by the incumbent local exchange carrier.
(b) Pursuant to the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104), the Public Service Commission shall establish a procedure to facilitate entry into the District for providers of all forms of telecommunications service in order to foster the availability of competitive telecommunications options to consumers in the District, and to encourage the development of a technological infrastructure which will afford District residents increased access to the information highway.
(c) The procedure established by the Public Service Commission shall provide that local exchange carriers will be regulated according to each LEC’s respective market power in the local exchange market, and in such manner as to prohibit abuse of monopoly power and facilitate adjustments in pricing as developing competition dictates a need for market flexibility.
(d) (1) The Public Service Commission, in lieu of requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, shall grant any telecommunications service provider seeking to provide services within the District the authority to do so within 15 days of an applicant’s filing with the Commission of a Statement of Business Operations, as described in subsection (e) of this section, and the payment of an application fee of $1000. The provider shall be exempt from any other certification requirements if the applicant demonstrates in its Statement of Business Operations that it or its affiliates have at least three years experience providing telecommunications services pursuant to authorizations by the FCC or a state regulatory body and that it or its affiliates derives over $50 million in gross annual revenues from telecommunications services.
  (2) Any telecommunications service provider possessing a certificate of convenience and public necessity to operate within the District of Columbia as of September 9, 1996 is exempted from the requirements in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) For applicants other than those meeting the criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, subsequent to the applicant’s filing of the Statement of Business Operations as described in subsection (e) of this section, and the payment of an application fee of $1000, the Commission may request additional information to determine whether the applicant has sufficient experience and financial stability to ensure the continued provision of local exchange services within the District. For such applicants, the Commission may waive the minimum experience and gross annual revenue requirements if it can determine that certification is in the public interest and that the applicant has sufficient experience and financial stability to ensure the continued provision of local exchange services within the District.
    (A) If the PSC requests additional information from the applicant, such request must be provided in writing within 15 days of the applicant’s filing.
    (B) The applicant shall be afforded 15 days to provide the additional information requested by the PSC.
    (C) Upon receipt of the additional information from the applicant, the PSC must determine within 15 days whether the additional information satisfies the PSC in respect to the applicant’s ability to ensure continued provision of telecommunication services to District consumers.
    (D) If the PSC determines that the additional information provides the necessary assurances, the PSC shall authorize the applicant to provide services within the District of Columbia; if the Commission determines that the applicant has not demonstrated sufficient experience and financing, the applicant shall be provided written notice of the deficiency.
(e) The Statement of Business Operations required by this section shall contain, at a minimum, the following information of each telecommunications service provider:
  (1) Name, address, and telephone number of corporate contact;
  (2) Name, address, and telephone number of a registered agent in the District of Columbia;
  (3) Telephone number for customer service;
  (4) Name, address, and telephone number of a regulatory contact person;
  (5) A copy of the provider’s articles of incorporation;
  (6) A signed tax attestation form;
  (7) A brief description of the type of service to be offered;
  (8) Financial statements for the last three years from the applicant or its affiliate; and
  (9) Any other information the Public Service Commission may require.
(f) All local exchange carriers authorized by the PSC to provide service within the District must file and maintain tariffs with the Public Service Commission for each service offered within the District. The tariffs shall describe the service being offered, list all terms and conditions, and specify the rate or rates charged for the service.
(g) Tariffs of competitive telecommunications service providers shall not be regulated or otherwise reviewed by the Public Service Commission, except as otherwise specified in subsection (h) of this section, for interconnection, and in § 34-2003 for Universal Service Trust Fund subsidies. Tariffs filed by competitive telecommunications providers shall be deemed just and reasonable. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Public Service Commission shall not regulate, fix, or prescribe the tolls, charges, rate structure, terms and conditions of service, rate base, rate of return, operating margin, earnings, cost of service, or the issuance of debt, equity, or other securities of any competitive telecommunications service provider, except that nothing in this chapter shall limit the authority of the PSC to establish service quality standards for such telecommunications service providers, to regulate terms and conditions of service (but not including rates, charges, and rate structure) to protect the public safety and welfare, provide for continued quality of telecommunications service, and safeguard the rights of consumers.
(h) All local exchange carriers in the District are required to unbundle network elements to the extent that federal law requires, and to interconnect networks and exchange local exchange service calls under terms that are reasonable and efficient.
  (1) All LECs shall reciprocally terminate each other’s local exchange service calls and shall financially compensate each other for this service if the PSC determines that a traffic imbalance exists. As between any two LECs, if at any time after implementation of local number portability pursuant to this chapter the traffic terminated by one provider, on a quarterly basis, is at least 5 % greater than the traffic terminated by the other provider, the two affected LECs shall mutually negotiate an agreement regarding the charges, terms, and conditions for the termination of local exchange service calls that originate on their respective networks.
  (2) Any agreement adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted for approval to the PSC. The PSC shall approve or reject the agreement, with written findings as to any deficiencies. If the PSC does not act to approve or reject the agreement within 90 days after submission by the LECs, the agreement shall be deemed approved. The PSC shall make a copy of each agreement approved pursuant to this subsection available for public inspection and copying within 10 days after the agreement is approved.
  (3) If an agreement between the two affected providers has not been finalized within 90 days from the date one provider notifies the other provider of the traffic exchange imbalance, then either provider may petition the PSC to fix charges set at the economic costs, and the terms and conditions for the continued termination of local exchange service calls. The PSC shall resolve each issue set forth in the petition and shall conclude the resolution of any unresolved issues not later than 9 months after the date on which one LEC received notification of the traffic imbalance.
  (4) The incumbent local exchange carrier shall make available any interconnection, service, or network element provided under an agreement approved pursuant to this subsection to any other requesting LEC upon the same terms and conditions as those provided in the agreement.
(h-1) For a violation of any provision of this chapter or a violation of any rule or order issued under this chapter, after notice and a hearing, the Commission may:
  (1) Suspend or revoke the certification of a telecommunications service provider;
  (2) Impose a civil penalty on a telecommunications service provider;
  (3) Order a refund or credit to a customer;
  (4) Cancel a contract or part of a contract between a customer and a telecommunications service provider; or
  (5) Issue a cease and desist order to a telecommunications service provider.
(h-2) (1) A civil penalty imposed by the Commission under this section shall not exceed $10,000 per violation.
  (2) The Commission shall determine the amount of the civil penalty after considering:
    (A) The number of previous violations of the telecommunications service provider;
    (B) The gravity and duration of the current violation; and
    (C) The good faith of the telecommunications service provider in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of the violation.
(h-3) The Commission may temporarily suspend a certification, issue a temporary cease and desist order, or take any other appropriate temporary remedial action, pending a final determination after notice and hearing, if the Commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that customers or the reliability of the telecommunications service in the District of Columbia will be harmed by the actions of a telecommunications service provider.
(h-4) A proceeding under this section may be initiated by the Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, the Office of the Attorney General, or any aggrieved party.
(h-5) In connection with a proceeding under this section, a telecommunications service provider shall provide to the Commission access to any accounts, books, papers, and documents which the Commission considers necessary to resolve the matter.
(i) Regulation of the Bell Operating Company:
  (1) Existing and proposed tariffs of the BOC must:
    (A) Contain rates that are just and reasonable; and
    (B) Ensure that the BOC does not unjustly discriminate in favor of itself or any other telecommunications provider in the provision of any telecommunications service or network element.
  (2) The Public Service Commission may, pursuant to the Commission’s existing procedures, suspend and reject any proposed or existing tariffs of the BOC if it fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) The BOC shall unbundle each network element and shall make those network elements available under nondiscriminatory terms and conditions filed with the PSC, including cost-based prices that are identical to those used in the provision of its own services and the services provided by its affiliates.
  (4) The rate that the BOC charges for any service shall not be less than the sum of rates charged to others for any network elements unbundled pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection which are also used by the BOC to provide that service, and any other costs incurred by the BOC to provide that service.
  (5) The incumbent LEC shall offer for resale at wholesale rates any telecommunications service that the carrier provides at retail to noncarriers. The incumbent LEC shall not prohibit nor impose unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on the resale of such telecommunications service, except that the Public Service Commission may prohibit a reseller that obtains at wholesale rates a telecommunications service that is available at retail only to a category of subscribers from offering such service to a different category of subscribers.
  (6) The BOC shall afford to any competitive telecommunications service provider offering, or seeking to offer, a telecommunications service reasonable and nondiscriminatory access to poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way integral to the efficient transmission, routing, or other provision of local exchange service or exchange access; and the PSC shall determine the criteria for ensuring that such access shall be equal in type and quality to the access which the BOC affords to itself or to any other person, and that such access is made available by the BOC on rates, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.
(j) The BOC may petition the Public Service Commission for an alternative form of regulation, or for forbearance of regulation. The Public Service Commission shall approve or disapprove a plan for alternative regulation or for forbearance within 270 days of the BOC filing its petition, after notice and a public hearing, provided it finds that:
  (1) The plan is in the public interest;
  (2) The BOC has filed and received approval for a tariff for each network element; provided, that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Public Service Commission from implementing any settlement arrived at in respect to a formal case in process, or any future case, so long as such settlement establishes tariffs that are not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal Telecommunications Act;
  (3) The plan will produce fair, just, and reasonable rates for telecommunications services in the District based upon the Commission determination that existing rates at the time the plan is approved are fair, just, and reasonable;
  (4) The plan accounts for changes in technology and the structure of the telecommunications industry that are occurring;
  (5) The plan specifies how customers will benefit from any efficiency gains, cost savings arising out of the regulatory change, and improvements in productivity as a result of technological change;
  (6) The plan will maintain the quality and availability of telecommunications services;
  (7) The plan contains adequate safeguards to ensure that the BOC does not discriminate in favor of any telecommunications provider, including itself, in the provision and pricing of any telecommunications service;
  (8) The plan contains adequate safeguards to ensure that no service is receiving a subsidy, unless such a subsidy is necessary to maintain basic residential local exchange service for eligible customers pursuant to this section; and
  (9) The plan does not unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage any customer class or provider of competitive services.
(k) Within 30 days of September 9, 1996, and pursuant to the authority given to State Commissions under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Public Service Commission shall initiate a proceeding to address and resolve the issues associated with competition in the local exchange, including, but not limited to:
  (1) Local number portability;
  (2) Unbundling;
  (3) Universal service;
  (4) Wholesale rates for the resale of BOC services;
  (5) Numbering resources and local dialing parity;
  (6) Collocation of network equipment;
  (7) Directory listings and directory assistance;
  (8) Service quality standards;
  (9) Incentives to facilitate the involvement in the telecommunications industry in the District of Columbia of small and disadvantaged businesses, including telecommunications service providers with gross annual revenues of less than $50 million; and in addressing the issue of incentives to assist small and disadvantaged businesses, the PSC shall monitor the Federal Communications Commission implementation of § 257 [47 U.S.C. § 257] of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 to follow the development of strategies which may be useful to the District of Columbia; examine ways to facilitate access for eligible District of Columbia businesses to the capital and programs of the Telecommunications Development Fund established by § 714 [47 U.S.C. § 614] of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996; and require, to the extent permissible under the federal Telecommunications Competition Act of 1996, that telecommunications providers authorized to operate in the District of Columbia agree to provide, in the manner that the existing monopoly utilities historically have agreed to provide them, contracting opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses and employment and training programs for District residents;
  (10) Strategies necessary to implement the mandate to state commissions contained in § 706 [47 U.S.C. § 157, note] of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 to encourage the deployment on a reasonable and timely basis of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans, including, in particular, elementary and secondary schools and classrooms, and methods of facilitating access for eligible District of Columbia institutions to the funding and assistance available from the National Education Technology Funding Corporation, as well as the development of incentives for telecommunications providers authorized to operate in the District of Columbia to invest appropriate resources in the National Education Technology Funding Corporation;
  (11) The application of quality service standards; and
  (12) Any other issues the Commission may determine to be necessary.
(l) A Public Service Commission order, including appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law, resulting from the proceeding required pursuant to subsection (k) of this section shall be issued no later than 12 months subsequent to the initiation of that proceeding.
(m) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Public Service Commission shall expend no more than $250,000, and the Office of the People’s Counsel shall expend no more than $150,000 for the proceeding required by subsection (k) of this section unless either of those agencies presents to the Council of the District of Columbia a written determination that funds in excess of these amounts will be required to carry out the provisions of subsections (k) and (l) of this section along with a resolution requesting authorization to expend a specific additional amount, and that resolution shall be deemed approved if not disapproved by the Council within a 30-day period of review.
(n) Within 12 months of September 9, 1996, or upon a finding of the PSC, whichever is earlier, the Public Service Commission shall promulgate rules in respect to the notice requirements for abandonment of any service, and delineate the responsibilities, if any, incumbent upon the telecommunications service provider consequent to service abandonment.
D.C. Code § 34-1314.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1314.02
§ 34-1314.02. Commission rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the Commission’s authorization under § 34-2802 to adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.14 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.14
§ 34-2202.14. Procurement system inapplicable.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 34-2202.17(b) , Chapter 3A of Title 2 [ § 2-351.01 et seq.] shall not apply to the Authority.
D.C. Code § 34-2410.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2410.04
§ 34-2410.04. Inspection of private fire hydrants.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall have a right of access for the inspection of any private fire hydrant in the District of Columbia to determine operational ability and compliance with applicable standards. The Mayor and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall designate, through a memorandum of understanding, the agency or authority responsible for the inspection of private fire hydrants (“Inspection Agency”). If such a memorandum of understanding is not executed and in effect, then the Mayor shall be the Inspection Agency for purposes of this subchapter.
(b) The Inspection Agency shall regularly inspect all private fire hydrants in the District of Columbia to determine operational ability and compliance with applicable standards.
(c) Upon determination by the Inspection Agency that a private fire hydrant is in need of maintenance, repair, or replacement, and if ownership has been determined pursuant to § 34-2410.05 , the Inspection Agency shall notify:
  (1) The Mayor and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority of the status of the private fire hydrant; and
  (2) The owner of the private fire hydrant, in writing, of:
    (A) The location of the private fire hydrant in need of maintenance, repair, or replacement;
    (B) The owner’s responsibility with regard to the maintenance, repair and replacement of the private fire hydrant;
    (C) The maintenance, repair, and replacement identified as necessary for the private fire hydrant;
    (D) The owner’s responsibility to effect the maintenance, repair, and replacement identified in the notice within a specified period of time, which shall be not less than 60 days of the date on which notice is provided under this section; and
    (E) The right of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to effect the maintenance, repair and replacement of the private fire hydrant and bill the owner as described in § 34-2410.03 .
(d) The Inspection Agency shall keep and maintain records of all inspections made of a private fire hydrant and shall make the records available to the owner of the private fire hydrant upon request. The records shall be kept and maintained for not less than 10 years.
D.C. Code § 34-1405 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1405
§ 34-1405. Electric lighting wires east of Rock Creek.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, under conditions and regulations to be prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, to permit the erection of poles and the stringing of overhead wires thereon outside of the fire limits and east of Rock Creek for electric lighting purposes only.
D.C. Code § 34-2006 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2006
§ 34-2006. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall not apply to cable television services performed pursuant to an existing cable television franchise agreement with the District of Columbia which is in effect on September 9, 1996. To the extent that a cable television company seeks to provide local exchange services within the District of Columbia, such company shall be regulated under the provisions of this chapter for their local exchange services.
(b) Pursuant to the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, this chapter shall not apply to licensed or unlicensed wireless services authorized by the Federal Communications Commission operating in the District of Columbia.
(c) This chapter shall not:
  (1) Apply to the provision, rates, charges, or terms of service of Voice Over Internet Protocol Service or Internet Protocol-enabled Service;
  (2) Alter the authority of the Commission to enforce the requirements as are otherwise provided for, or allowed by, federal law, including the collection of Telecommunications Relay Service fees and universal service fees;
  (3) Alter the authority of the Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications with respect to the provision of video services in the District of Columbia; or
  (4) Alter the Commission’s existing authority over the regulation of circuit-switched local exchange services in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1263.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1263.01
§ 34-1263.01. Compliance.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall not be excused from complying with any of the terms and conditions of this chapter or the franchise agreement, as a result of any failure of the District, upon any one or more occasions, to insist upon the cable operator’s performance or to seek the cable operator’s compliance with any one or more of such terms or conditions.
(b) A pending litigation or an appeal to a regulatory body or court of competent jurisdiction shall not excuse a cable operator from the performance of its obligations under this chapter or the franchise agreement unless a stay is obtained or the cable operator is otherwise excused from performance by operation of law. Failure of the cable operator to perform such obligations because of pending litigation or appeal, in the absence of a stay issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, may result in forfeiture or revocation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-908 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-908
§ 34-908. Investigation of unjust discriminatory rates, schedules, or services; no order to be entered without formal hearing.
Status: in_force

Upon its own initiative or upon reasonable complaint made against any public utility that any of the rates, tolls, charges, or schedules, or services, or time and conditions of payment, or any joint rate or rates, schedules, or services, are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any time schedule, regulation, or act whatsoever affecting or relating to the conduct of any street railway or common carrier, or the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or any service in connection therewith, or the conveyance of any telegraph or telephone message, or any service in connection therewith, is in any respect unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained, the Commission may, in its discretion, proceed, with or without notice, to make such investigation as it may deem necessary or convenient of any public utility. But no order affecting said rates, tolls, charges, schedules, regulations, or act complained of shall be entered by the Commission without a formal hearing.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.19 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.19
§ 34-1313.19. Review and analysis.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) By December 31, 2022, the Mayor, the Commission, the OPC, and the electric company shall issue a jointly written report to the Council that:
    (A) Evaluates the effectiveness of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity and the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity in improving the reliability of electric power distribution service and reducing the frequency of electric power outages;
    (B) Evaluates the impact of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity and the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity on tree canopy;
    (C) Evaluates the impact of the Underground Rider and the Underground Project Charges on the electric company’s residential customers, weighing the cost implications of the Underground Rider and the Underground Project Charge compared to the savings to the customers from improved reliability and the cost reductions from reducing overhead line maintenance and vegetation management;
    (C-i) Evaluates whether the impact of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity and the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity otherwise is in the public interest; and
    (D) Provides recommendations regarding whether the Council should:
      (i) Repealed.
      (ii) Adjust the limit of the electric company's investment to be recovered through the Underground Project Charges as set forth in § 34-1313.10(d) ;
      (ii-I) Adjust the limit of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Charges as set forth in § 34-1313.01(a)(2) ; or
      (iii) Expand the undergrounding of feeders to include all or a portion of the remaining overhead mainline primary and lateral feeders or other alternatives such as to begin full undergrounding of feeders pursuant to amended selection criteria, relative to the primary and secondary selection criteria set forth in § 34-1313.08 .
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) The report required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include any separate statements of the Mayor, Commission, OPC, or the electric company that the Mayor, Commission, OPC, or the electric company requests be included in the report.
(b) The Council shall conduct a public hearing in each quadrant of the District regarding the report, findings, and recommendations that were filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within 90 days of the filing of the report.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.05
§ 34-1671.05. Licensing requirements for retail natural gas suppliers.
Status: in_force

(a) A natural gas supplier shall obtain a license issued by the Commission to do business in the District of Columbia.
(b) An application for a natural gas supplier license shall:
  (1) Be made to the Commission in writing by form prescribed by the Commission;
  (2) Be verified by oath or affirmation;
  (3) Be accompanied by an application fee determined by the Commission; and
  (4) Contain the following:
    (A) Proof of technical and managerial competence;
    (B) An affidavit agreeing to comply with all applicable consumer protection and environmental laws and regulations, the requirements of this chapter, and orders and regulations of the Commission issued under this chapter;
    (C) Proof of financial integrity;
    (D) (i) Proof that the applicant has registered with the Mayor to transact business in the District of Columbia; and
      (ii) The address of the applicant’s registered office and name of the registered agent in the District of Columbia.
    (E) An agreement or promise to be subject to applicable taxes;
    (F) A statement indicating:
      (i) Whether the applicant has been denied a natural gas supplier license in any state in the United States;
      (ii) Whether a natural gas supplier license has been suspended or revoked by any state in the United States; and
      (iii) Where, if any, other natural gas supplier license applications are pending in the United States; and
    (G) Any other information required by the Commission.
(c) The Commission:
  (1) May require an applicant to post a bond or other approved security instrument to insure an applicant’s financial integrity;
  (2) Shall establish procedures and requirements regarding the revocation or surrender of a license;
  (3) Shall enter an order providing for notice to appropriate persons and an opportunity for written comment on the application;
  (4) Shall take no action on an application until it is considered complete and filed; provided, that if after 30 days of receipt by the Commission an application fails in any respect to be complete, the Commission shall notify the applicant in writing of the deficiencies and the application shall not be regarded as filed;
  (5) (A) Shall, within a reasonable time after the filing of a completed application, issue a final order, granting or denying a license; and
    (B) Shall issue a license authorizing the natural gas supplier to provide retail natural gas sales in the District of Columbia if the applicant is found to be fit, willing, and able to perform properly the service proposed and to conform to the applicable provisions of this chapter and the regulations and orders of the Commission, and to the extent the proposed service will be consistent with the public interest;
  (6) Shall deny an application upon a showing that the applicant or anyone acting in concert with the applicant has a history of violations of laws, rules, or regulations designed to protect the public;
  (7) Shall establish any other requirements for an applicant that the Commission determines to be in the public interest;
  (8) May adopt regulations or issue orders to implement this subsection, including the protection of confidential or proprietary information; and
  (9) Upon just cause, may determine that any deadline imposed under this subsection regarding the granting of a license shall be tolled until such time as the Commission determines whether the license shall be granted.
(d) A license shall not be transferred without the prior approval of the Commission.
(e) All monies collected by the Commission under this section shall be used exclusively for the daily operations of the Commission.
(f) All natural gas suppliers licensed by the Commission shall continue to possess financial and technical capability to render service and offer service pursuant to contractual terms and conditions. This is a continuing obligation and may be reviewed by the Commission at any time.
(g) (1) A licensee shall remain in good standing and the Commission may periodically request that a licensee certify that it remains in good standing to transact business in the District of Columbia.
  (2) A licensee shall promptly notify the Commission of any change of its registered agent or registered office.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.22 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.22
§ 34-2401.22. Penalty for damaging or defacing water pipes.
Status: in_force

Every person who maliciously breaks, injures, defaces, or destroys any main or pipe, bend, branch, valve, hydrant, service pipe, or any other fixture used for the distribution of water throughout the streets and avenues, or for its introduction into the houses, tenements, or buildings of the District of Columbia, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the District jail for not more than 2 years.
D.C. Code § 34-403 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-403
§ 34-403. Chapters to be liberally construed; severability of provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subtitle shall be interpreted and construed liberally in order to accomplish the purposes thereof, and where any specific power or authority is given the Commission by the provisions of this subtitle the enumeration thereof shall not be held to exclude or impair any power or authority otherwise in this subtitle conferred on said Commission; provided, that the supply and sale of electricity shall not be regulated by the Commission except as expressly set forth in Chapter 15 of this title ; provided further, that the supply and sale of natural gas by a licensed natural gas supplier shall not be regulated by the Commission except as expressly set forth in Chapter 16C of this title ; provided further, that Internet Protocol-enabled Service, as defined in § 34-2001(7A) , or Voice Over Internet Protocol-enabled Service, as defined in § 34-2001(23) , shall not be regulated by the Commission. The Commission hereby created shall have, in addition to the powers in this subtitle specified, mentioned, and indicated all additional, implied, and incidental power which may be proper and necessary to effect and carry out, perform, and execute all the said powers herein specified, mentioned, and indicated. A substantial compliance with the requirements of this subtitle shall be sufficient to give effect to all the rules, orders, acts, and regulations of the Commission, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto. That each section of this subtitle, and every part of each section, are hereby declared to be independent sections and the holding of any section or sections or part or parts thereof to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part thereof.
D.C. Code § 34-2156 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2156
§ 34-2156. Non-liability of the District and the Water and Sewer Authority.
Status: in_force

The replacement of a lead service line that is located on private property and that is funded, in whole or in part, pursuant to this chapter shall not be the responsibility of the District or WASA. Neither the District nor WASA shall be liable for any negligent acts or acts of omission associated with the replacement of lead service lines, and the District shall incur no liability associated with the replacement of the lines.
D.C. Code § 34-2602 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / § 34-2602
§ 34-2602. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Action” means any project or activity proposed by a public utility that, if implemented, would be likely to have a significant effect on the quality of the environment. The term “action” shall include a new and continuing project or activity that is directly undertaken by a public utility or its agent or subsidiary, that would require the issuance of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use or permission to act by the Commission. The term “action” shall not include:
  (A) A project or activity of an administrative nature that does not involve an exercise of discretion;
  (B) An enforcement proceeding;
  (C) An emergency action that responds to an immediate threat to public health or safety;
  (D) Maintenance or repair that does not involve a substantial change in an existing structure or facility;
  (E) A normal extension of electric company service;
  (F) The extension or replacement of a gas distribution facility;
  (G) The extension or replacement of a telephone line as defined in § 34-221 ; and
  (H) The installation, repair, or replacement of equipment or a device identified in § 34-206 , with the exception of an electric generating facility or overhead transmission line of 69,000 volts and over.
(2) “Environment” means the physical conditions that will be affected by a proposed action, including the land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, objects of historic, health, or aesthetic significance, existing patterns of population concentration, distribution, or growth, and existing community or neighborhood characteristics, including traffic patterns and noise levels.
D.C. Code § 34-222 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-222
§ 34-222. “Waterpower company” defined.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1260.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1260.02
§ 34-1260.02. Protection of privacy.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Personally identifiable information” does not include any record of aggregate data which does not identify particular persons.
  (2) “Cable operator” includes, in addition to persons within the definition of cable operator in § 34-1251.03(7) , any person who is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, a cable operator.
(b) At the time of entering into an agreement to provide any cable service or other service to a subscriber and at least once a year thereafter, a cable operator shall provide notice in the form of a separate, written statement to such subscriber which clearly and conspicuously informs the subscriber of the following:
  (1) The nature of personally identifiable information collected or to be collected with respect to the subscriber and the nature of the use of such information;
  (2) The nature, frequency, and purpose of any disclosure which may be made of such information, including an identification of the types of persons to whom the disclosure may be made;
  (3) The period during which such information will be maintained by the cable operator;
  (4) The times and place at which the subscriber may have access to such information in accordance with subsection (d) of this section; and
  (5) The limitations provided by this section with respect to the collection and disclosure of information by a cable operator and the right of the subscriber under subsections (f) and (h) of this section to enforce such limitations.
(c) A cable operator shall not use the cable system to collect personally identifiable information concerning any subscriber without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber except for the following purposes:
  (1) To obtain information necessary to render a cable service or other service provided by the cable operator to the subscriber; or
  (2) To detect unauthorized reception of cable communications.
(d) A cable operator shall not disclose personally identifiable information concerning any subscriber without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber and shall take such actions as are necessary to prevent unauthorized access to personally identifiable information by a person other than the subscriber or cable operator, except if:
  (1) The disclosure is necessary to render, or conduct a legitimate business activity directly related to, a cable service or other service provided by the cable operator to the subscriber;
  (2) The disclosure is subject to subsection (h) of this section, made pursuant to a court order authorizing such disclosure, if the subscriber is notified of such order by the person to whom the order is directed; or
  (3) The disclosure is of the names and addresses of subscribers to the cable service; provided, that:
    (A) The cable operator has provided the subscriber the opportunity to prohibit or limit such disclosure; and
    (B) The disclosure does not reveal, directly or indirectly, the extent of any viewing or other use by the subscriber of a cable service or other service provided by the cable operator, any channel or class of channels to which the subscriber subscribes, or the nature of any transaction made by the subscriber over the cable system;
    (C) The disclosure is otherwise consistent with District law and regulation.
(e) A cable subscriber shall be provided access to all personally identifiable information regarding that subscriber which is collected and maintained by a cable operator. Such information shall be made available to the subscriber at reasonable times and at a convenient place designated by the cable operator. A cable subscriber shall be provided reasonable opportunity to correct any error in the information.
(f) A cable operator shall destroy personally identifiable information if the information is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and there are no pending requests or orders for access to such information under subsection (b) of this section or pursuant to a court order.
(g) A cable operator shall not engage in or permit the transmission of any aural, visual, or digital signal, including “polling” the channel selection from any subscriber’s premises without first obtaining written permission of the subscriber. This provision is not intended to prohibit the use of transmission of signals useful only for the control or measurement of system performance.
(h) A cable operator shall not engage in or permit the installation of any special terminal equipment in any subscriber’s premises that will permit transmission from subscriber’s premises of 2-way services using aural, visual, or digital signals without first obtaining written permission from the subscriber.
(i) In addition to any other lawful remedy available to a cable subscriber, any person aggrieved by any act of a cable operator in violation of this section may bring a civil action in the Superior Court and the Court may award the following:
  (1) Actual damages or liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $ 1,000, whichever is higher;
  (2) Punitive damages; and
  (3) Reasonable attorneys’ fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.
D.C. Code § 34-1127 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1127
§ 34-1127. Change in schedule; notice.
Status: in_force

No change shall be made in any schedule, including schedules of joint rates, except upon 10 days notice to the Commission, and all such changes shall be plainly indicated upon existing schedules, or by filing new schedules in lieu thereof 10 days prior to the time the same are to take effect; provided, that the Commission, upon application of any public utility, may prescribe a less time within which a reduction may be made.
D.C. Code § 34-2108 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2108
§ 34-2108. Persons obligated to pay sanitary sewer service charge.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all temporary and emergency legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) The owner or occupant of each building, establishment, or other place in the District connected with any District sewer conducting sanitary sewage shall pay the sewer service charge authorized by this subchapter.
(b) If the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter is based on a water charge any part of which is for a period beginning prior to the imposition of the sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the sanitary sewer service charge shall be prorated, on a monthly basis, on so much of such water charge as shall have accrued subsequent to August 1, 1954.
(c) In computing the charge for sanitary sewer service, if such charge is for a period beginning prior to a change in the established sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the charge shall be based on the rate in effect at the time the charge is rendered.
(d) The owner or occupant of each property in the District shall pay any impervious area charge that the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority establishes pursuant to § 34-2202.16(c-1) .
D.C. Code § 34-1252.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1252.03
§ 34-1252.03. OCTFME Special Account.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the OCTFME Special Account ("Account"), which shall be administered by the Director of OCTFME in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Repealed.
(d) The following revenue shall be deposited in the Account:
  (1) Fees and penalties collected pursuant to this chapter, to regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or to a franchise agreement, including franchise fees, application fees, and transfer fees;
  (2) Collections by the District on indemnities, insurance, and bonds pursuant to this chapter, to regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or to a franchise agreement;
  (3) PEG funding provided by a cable operator pursuant to a cable franchise agreement, which shall be used exclusively for PEG purposes;
  (3A) Fees derived from film permits applied for or issued pursuant to § 2-1204.11d ;
  (4) Other payments authorized by this chapter, by regulations promulgated under this chapter, or by an agreement entered into under the authority of this chapter; and
  (4A) All other revenues owed and accruing to the District from the establishment, regulation, and operation of industries under this subchapter .
  (5) Repealed.
(e) Money in the Account shall be used for the uses and purposes set forth in this subchapter .
(f) Any money remaining available in the Account at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.
D.C. Code § 34-2704 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2704
§ 34-2704. Notification prior to excavation.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in § 34-2709 , no person shall excavate or engage in demolition in a street, highway, or public space, or on private property, without first notifying at least 96 hours, but no more than 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) ('time limit"), before the commencement of the proposed excavation or demolition, each utility operator that may have underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation or demolition. The notification shall be accomplished by the person notifying the one-call center, in any manner approved by the one-call center, within the time limit, and the one-call center shall, in turn, notify the appropriate utility operators.
(b) The  notice required by subsection (a) of this section must contain the name, address, and telephone number of the person responsible for the proposed excavation or demolition, the utility job number, the planned starting date, the anticipated duration, the type of excavation or demolition work to be conducted, the location of the proposed excavation or demolition, with a maximum length per notice of 1,320 feet, and whether or not explosives are to be used.
(c) (1) If it is determined by a utility operator that a proposed excavation or demolition is planned in such proximity to an underground facility that the underground facility may be damaged, dislocated, or disturbed, the utility operator shall identify the approximate horizontal location of the underground facility on the ground to within 2 feet from the outermost part of the underground facility within 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) by marking, staking, locating, or otherwise providing the location of the utility operator's underground facility.  The method of identifying the location shall conform to standards and requirements, including the use of the color-coding system, established in regulations issued by the Mayor.
  (2) If it is determined by a District of Columbia agency or instrumentality that a proposed excavation or demolition is planned in such proximity to an underground facility that the facility may be damaged, dislocated, or disturbed, the District of Columbia agency or instrumentality shall identify the approximate horizontal location of the underground facility on the ground to within 2 feet from the outermost part of the underground facility within 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) by marking, staking, locating, or otherwise providing the location of the District of Columbia agency or instrumentality underground facility. The method of identifying the location shall conform to standards or requirements, including the use of the color-coding system, established in regulations issued by the Mayor.
  (3) After receiving notice from the one-call center as described in subsection (a) of this section, a utility operator shall, within 72 hours, notify the one-call center whether it has marked its underground facilities as required by this section, determined that it has no underground facilities that are required to be marked, or provide another valid response to the status of the ticket.  No person may begin excavation or demolition until receiving notification from the one-call center that the notices from the utility operators have been provided.
(d) (1) When the actual excavation or demolition operation enters the immediate vicinity of an underground facility, the person responsible for excavation or demolition shall provide adequate protection to the underground facility, including the provision of support as needed, and expose the underground facility by hand digging.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "immediate vicinity of an underground facility" means the space within 18 inches from the outermost part of the underground facility to the proposed excavation marked in the field.
(e) Repealed.
(f) Repealed.
(g) The notification through the one-call center is valid for 15 days excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the time of notification to the one-call center. Three days before the end of the 15-day period, or at any time when line-location markings on the ground become illegible, the person excavating or demolishing shall contact the one-call center and request the re-marking of the lines. The utility operator shall re-mark the lines as soon as possible. However, the re-marking of the lines shall be completed within 48 hours from the time of the request.
(h) For the purposes of this section, a District of Columbia agency or instrumentality shall mark buried infrastructure for traffic operations, including streetlights and traffic signals.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.01
§ 34-2405.01. Water mains and service sewers erected at discretion of Mayor; costs assessed against abutting property.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed, whenever in his judgment the same may be necessary for the public safety, health, comfort, or convenience, to construct water mains and service sewers in any street, avenue, road, or alley in the District of Columbia; and the Assessor of said District shall levy assessments for the same against abutting property in the amount and manner hereinafter prescribed.
D.C. Code § 34-706 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-706
§ 34-706. Failure to perform duty or obey Commission order; violation of pipeline safety regulation.
Status: in_force

(a) If any public utility shall violate any provision of this subtitle, or shall do any act herein prohibited, or shall fail or refuse to perform any duty enjoined upon it for which a penalty has not been provided, or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the Commission, or any judgment or decree made by any court upon its application, for every such violation, failure, or refusal such public utility shall forfeit and pay to the District of Columbia the sum of $5,000 for each such offense. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this section, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any public utility acting within the scope of his employment and instructions shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such public utility.
(b) Any person who violates any regulation issued by the Commission governing safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, shall be subject to a civil penalty as set forth in the Commission’s regulations, Title 15 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (15 DCMR), for each violation for each day that violation persists. Civil penalties established by the Commission shall not exceed maximum civil penalties established by federal laws and regulations governing the safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission may adjudicate the occurrence of a violation under this section and impose sanctions in accordance with its regulations. Any such civil penalty may be compromised by the Commission. In determining the amount of such penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered. The amount of such penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the District of Columbia to the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the District of Columbia courts.
(d) In connection with a proceeding under this section, a public utility shall provide to the Commission access to any accounts, books, papers, and documents which the Commission considers necessary to resolve the matter.
(e) (1) Any public utility that fails to comply with regulations establishing reliability performance standards may be subject to a civil penalty of up to $100,000 for each violation.
  (2) In determining the amount of a penalty, the Commission may consider the following:
    (A) The public utility’s previous violations, including the following:
      (i) The gravity of the violations;
      (ii) The duration of the violations; and
      (iii) The number of violations.
    (B) The gravity and duration of the current violation; and
    (C) The public utility’s good-faith attempt to achieve compliance with the regulations.
  (3) A penalty imposed under this subsection shall not be passed on to ratepayers in rates or in any other manner by the public utility.
  (4) The civil penalty set forth in this subsection shall apply only to regulations of the Public Service Commission designated as “reliability performance standards”. To qualify as a reliability performance standard, a regulation must include the phrase “reliability performance standard adopted by the Public Service Commission”.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.13 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.13
§ 34-2202.13. District repayment option.
Status: in_force

(a) The District retains the right to direct the Authority to purchase its own bonds and notes, subject to the terms and conditions of § 34-2202.10(h) , for the purpose of dissolving or altering the Authority after such bonds and notes are cancelled or defeased.
(b) The District further retains the right to direct the Authority to defease bonds, and the authority shall do so, conditioned upon the District providing moneys, which together with the moneys of the Authority available for defeasance, would be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of § 34-2202.13a(a)(1) .
D.C. Code § 34-1671.12 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.12
§ 34-1671.12. Rights, remedies, prohibitions; cumulative.
Status: in_force

The rights, remedies, and prohibitions accorded by the provisions of this chapter are in addition to and cumulative of any right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by the common law or any statute of the District of Columbia and nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny, abrogate, or impair any such common law or statutory right, remedy, or prohibition.
D.C. Code § 34-1121 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1121
§ 34-1121. Examination and test of appliances.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall provide for the examination and testing of any and all appliances used for the measuring of any product or service of a public utility. Any consumer or user may have any such appliance tested upon payment of the fees fixed by the Commission. The Commission shall declare and establish reasonable fees to be paid for testing such appliances on the request of the consumers or users, the fee to be paid by the consumer or user at the time of his request, but to be paid by the public utility and repaid to the consumer or user if the appliance be found defective or incorrect to the disadvantage of the consumer or user.
D.C. Code § 34-1114 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1114
§ 34-1114. Examination and audit of accounts; allocation of items to accounts; authority of agents, accountants, and examiners.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall provide for the examination and audit of all accounts, and all items shall be allocated to the accounts in the manner prescribed by the Commission. The agents, accountants, or examiners employed by the Commission shall have authority, under the direction of the Commission, to inspect and examine any and all books, accounts, papers, records, and memoranda kept by such public utility.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.05
§ 34-1254.05. Minimum contents of franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The proposed franchise agreement shall contain the following provisions:
  (1) The applicant shall construct, operate, and maintain a state-of-the-art cable system.
  (2) The capacity of the cable system shall be at least 750 MHz, with both downstream and upstream capacity.
  (3) The cable system shall be capable of providing Internet access services.
  (4) The applicant shall pay a franchise fee of at least 5% of gross revenues.
  (5) The applicant shall contribute at least 1% of gross revenues to the operations of the Public Access Corporation;
  (6) The applicant shall provide at least 8 PEG channels on the analog portion of the cable system and at least 10 PEG channels on the digital portion of the cable system.
  (7) The applicant shall provide at least 1% of gross revenues each year as continuing capital support for the public, educational, and government access channels.
  (8) The applicant shall enter into an agreement regarding contracting with, and procuring from, local, small, and disadvantaged business enterprises.
  (9) The applicant shall enter into a First Source agreement.
  (10) The applicant shall provide significant financial resources or capacity or equipment to an institutional network.
  (11) The construction schedule required by § 34-1257.03 .
(b) The term of a franchise agreement shall not exceed 15 years in the case of an initial franchise and shall not exceed 10 years in the case of a renewed franchise.
(c) The proposed franchise agreement shall include procedures for amending the franchise agreement, including the District’s right to amend the franchise agreement in order to take advantage of advancements in technology.
(d) The proposed franchise agreement shall also cover matters regarding system construction, operation, and maintenance; indemnity, insurance and bonding requirements; reports and records; default and remedies; notices; and all terms and conditions related to the provision of cable service the Office deems necessary or appropriate.
D.C. Code § 34-1123 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1123
§ 34-1123. Schedule of rates to be filed; existing rates to remain in force until changed.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall file with the Commission, within a time to be fixed by the Commission, schedules, which shall be open to public inspection, showing all rates, tolls, and charges which it has established and which are in force at the time for any service performed by it within the District of Columbia, or for any service in connection therewith or performed by any public utility controlled or operated by it. The rates, tolls, and charges shown on such schedules shall not exceed the rates, tolls, and charges allowed by law on March 4, 1913, and shall be the lawful rates, tolls, and charges within the District of Columbia, and shall remain and be in force until set aside by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1229.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1229.01
§ 34-1229.01. Public access.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1511 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1511
§ 34-1511. Recovery for public purpose programs.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The electric company may make an application to the Commission to recover all costs that have been or will be incurred by the electric company under public purpose programs established by law or ordered by the Commission, including the consumer education program established under § 34-1504 . To the extent the costs are determined by the Commission to be just and reasonable, the Commission shall allow the electric company to recover the costs.
  (2) In determining whether an electric company should be permitted to recover costs described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commission shall ensure that such costs:
    (A) Have not been or will not be recovered through rates charged by the electric company;
    (B) Have not been or will not be recovered through the sale of any or all of the electric company’s generation assets; or
    (C) Have not or will not be recovered through a competitive transition charge imposed under § 34-1510 .
(b) All costs recoverable under this section may be recovered through a surcharge or other appropriate cost recovery mechanism to be determined by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-708 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-708
§ 34-708. Each day’s default to constitute separate and distinct offense.
Status: in_force

Every day during which any public utility, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, shall fail knowingly or willfully to observe and comply with any order or direction of the Commission, or to perform any duty enjoined by this section, shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of such order, or direction, or of this subtitle, as the case may be.
D.C. Code § 34-1803.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1803.02
§ 34-1803.02. Collection and remittance of prepaid wireless E911 charge.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A prepaid wireless E911 charge of 2.0% of the sales price per retail transaction occurring in the District shall be collected by the seller from the consumer, and remitted to the District. The amount of the prepaid wireless E911 charge shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the consumer by the seller.
  (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, a retail transaction that is effected in person by a consumer at a business location of the seller shall be treated as occurring in the District if that business location is in the District and any other retail transaction shall be treated as occurring in the District if the retail transaction is a sale at retail as described in § 47-2001(n)(1)(T) that is subject to tax pursuant to § 47-2002 .
(b) The prepaid wireless E911 charge is the liability of the consumer and not of the seller or of any provider, except that the seller shall be liable to remit all prepaid wireless E911 charges that the seller collects from consumers, except for deductions pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, including all such charges that the seller is deemed to collect where the amount of the charge has not been separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller.
(c) If the amount of the prepaid wireless E911 charge that is collected by a seller from a consumer is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller, the amount shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by the District.
(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, when prepaid wireless telecommunications service is sold with one or more other products or services for a single, non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in subsection (a) of this section shall apply to the entire non-itemized price unless the seller elects to apply the percentage to:
    (A) The amount of the prepaid wireless telecommunications service disclosed to the consumer as a dollar amount; or
    (B) The portion of the price identified by the seller that is attributable to the prepaid wireless telecommunications service by reasonable and verifiable standards from the seller’s books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including non-tax purposes.
  (2) If a minimal amount of prepaid wireless telecommunications service is sold with a prepaid wireless device for a single, non-itemized price, then the seller may elect not to apply the percentage specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection to the transaction. For the purposes of this paragraph, an amount of service denominated as 10 minutes or less, or $5 or less, is minimal.
(e) The Office of Tax and Revenue shall establish regulations governing collection, remittance, and other administrative provisions that are consistent with existing provisions governing the collection, remittance, and administration of the tax imposed by § 47-2002 .
(f) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain 3% of prepaid wireless E911 charges that are collected by the seller from consumers.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.05
§ 34-1921.05. Regulations for inspection; ducts for use of fire and police wires.
Status: in_force

All subways, conduits, manholes, and overhead lines constructed or erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe as to inspection, location, character of conduit construction, and height of poles and wires; provided, that in all conduits so constructed, such space shall be furnished to the District government and the United States as may be necessary for purposes related exclusively to the government and public safety, free of charge; provided further, that the number of ducts so reserved in any one conduit shall not be more than 2.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.03a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.03a
§ 34-1313.03a. DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director of DDOT in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) All payments from the electric company of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges shall be deposited in the Fund.
(c) The Fund shall be used solely to pay for DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs.
(d) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
(e) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 34-1229 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1229
§ 34-1229. Public Access Corporation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1226.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1226.02
§ 34-1226.02. Rate regulation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1212 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1212
§ 34-1212. Evaluation of applications.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1251.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1251.03
§ 34-1251.03. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) Repealed.
(2) “Affiliate” means, when used in relation to any person, another person who owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with such person.
(3) “Basic service” means the lowest tier of cable service that includes the retransmission of local broadcast signals.
(4) “Cable service” means:
  (A) The one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service; and
  (B) The subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of video programming or other programming service.
(5) “Cable facility” means antennae, transmitters, poles, wires, cables, conduits, amplifiers, instruments, and any other equipment used to provide cable service in the District, including any appliances used in connection with, or appurtenant to, any item listed in this paragraph.
(6) “Cable operator” means a person or group of persons:
  (A) Who provides cable service over a cable system or over an open video system and directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system or open video system; or
  (B) Who controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of a cable system or open video system.
(7) “Cable system” means the cable facilities, including the set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment, that are used to provide cable service to multiple subscribers within the District. The term cable system shall not include:
  (A) A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcast stations;
  (B) A facility that serves subscribers without using any public rights-of-way;
  (C) A facility of a common carrier that is subject, in whole or in part, to the provisions of Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1070; 47 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) (“Communications Act of 1934”) provided, that such a facility shall be considered a cable system to the extent it is used in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers, unless the extent of such use is solely to provide interactive on-demand services;
  (D) An open video system that is certified by the FCC pursuant to section 653 of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 573); provided, that the term cable system shall be construed to include an open video system under the circumstances set forth in § 34-1251.04 ; or
  (E) A facility of any electric utility used solely for operating its electric utility systems.
(8) “Control” means actual working control in whatever manner exercised, including, without limitation, working control through ownership, management, debt instruments, or negative control. A rebuttable presumption of the existence of control shall arise from the beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, by a person, or group of persons acting in concert, of more than 20% of a person.
(9) “Converter” means an electronic device that may serve as an interface between a cable signal transmission and a subscriber’s television receiver or other terminal equipment, and which may perform a variety of functions, including signal security, descrambling, electronic polling, frequency conversion, and channel selection.
(10) Repealed.
(10A) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment.
(11) “District” means the government of the District of Columbia or the geographic location of the District of Columbia, as applicable.
(12) “Educational channel” means a specifically designated channel on a cable system set aside for use by a public or private school, scientific or educational institution, or consortium of schools or institutions.
(12A) “Entertainment industry” means film, television, music, video, photography, gaming, digital media, and entertainment production.
(13) Repealed.
(14) “Fair market value” means the price that a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller for a cable system as a going concern in an arm’s-length transaction, but with no value allocated to the franchise itself.
(15) “Federal cable act” means the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, approved October 30, 1984 (98 Stat. 2779; 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-573 ).
(16) “FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or its successor agency.
(17) “Franchise” means an authorization, or renewal of an authorization, issued by the Council, to construct or operate a cable system.
(18) “Franchise agreement” means a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter, between the District and a cable operator that sets forth, subject to this chapter and other laws, the terms and conditions under which a franchise shall or may be exercised.
(19) “Gross revenues” means all revenues received by a cable operator, or an affiliate of a cable operator, before payment of expenses and other costs, from the operation or use of its cable system or open video system, including revenues derived from cable services including cable modem service, interactive services, the sale or lease of subscriber equipment, installation and other service fees, the sale of advertising time (and related services), earnings from home shopping channels, and any item defined as gross revenue in a franchise agreement.
(20) “Government channel” means a specifically designated channel on a cable system set aside for use by the District government.
(21) “Installation” means the connection of cable service to a subscriber’s television receiver or other terminal equipment.
(22) “Institutional network” or “I-Net” means a one-way and two-way network with upstream and downstream capacity, and including dedicated, high speed data, video, television, audio communications and telephony facilities, designed and constructed to connect District government buildings and facilities, and other buildings and facilities designated or authorized by the District.
(23) “Office” means the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment established by § 34-1252.01 .
(24) “Open video system” means the cable facilities, including the set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment, that are designed to provide cable service to multiple subscribers within the District, and which the FCC, in accordance with section 653 of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 573), has certified as compliant with Title VI of the federal cable act and its rules.
(25) “Other programming service” means a service other than cable service that a cable operator makes available to all subscribers generally.
(26) “PEG” means public access, educational, and governmental channels with channel capacity designated for public access channels, educational channels, and government channels, and the facilities and equipment for the use of the channels.
(27) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, or any other legal entity, excluding the government of the District of Columbia and its agencies.
(28) “Public access channel” means a channel on a cable system that is reserved for noncommercial use by members of the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
(29) “Public rights-of-way” means the surface, the airspace above the surface, and the area below the surface of any street, road, avenue, highway, parkway, concourse, boulevard, park, public space, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, or any other property to which the District has title, easement, or jurisdiction.
(30) “Subscriber” means a person who:
  (A) Lawfully receives cable service provided by a cable operator by means of or in connection with its cable system or open video system, whether or not a fee is paid for such cable service; and
  (B) Does not further distribute the cable service.
(31) “Video programming” means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station.
D.C. Code § 34-702 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-702
§ 34-702. Demanding or receiving greater or less than established rates.
Status: in_force

If any public utility or any agent or officer thereof shall, directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever, or otherwise, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it in or affecting or relating to the conduct of a street railroad or street railroad corporation, common carrier, gas plant, gas company, electric plant, electric company, telephone line, telephone corporation, telegraph line, or telegraph corporation, or pipeline company, or to the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or the conveyance of telephone or telegraph messages, or for any service in connection therewith than that prescribed in the public schedules or tariffs then in force or established as provided herein, or than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person, firm, or corporation other than one conducting a like business for a like and contemporaneous service, such public utility shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be a misdemeanor and unlawful, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay to the District of Columbia not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense; and such agent or officer so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each offense.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06h — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06h
§ 34-2202.06h. Continued testing and remediation.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of the report from the Panel set forth in § 34-2202.06e , the General Manager shall create and implement a plan that considers potential remediation options and continued testing for unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the Panel’s report.
(b) If formal remediation steps cannot be taken for a specific contaminant, the General Manager shall provide evidence of infeasibility of remediation for that contaminant.
(c) The General Manager shall submit the plan to the Mayor and the Council.
(d) The Authority shall be required to implement the provisions of this section upon a transfer by the Chief Financial Officer of the District from the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia to the Authority of the funding necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.03
§ 34-1312.03. Payment and security.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1264.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1264.04
§ 34-1264.04. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, in accordance with the procedures of subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-912 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-912
§ 34-912. Expenses of investigation to be borne by utility; deposit for costs; limitation of expenditures in hearings; reimbursement fee.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) There are established within the District of Columbia treasury 2 fiduciary funds to be known as the “Public Service Commission Agency Fund” and the “Office of the People’s Counsel Agency Fund”. These funds shall be accounted for under procedures established pursuant to subchapter V of Chapter 3 of Title 47 , or any other applicable law. The Public Service Commission Agency Fund shall be used exclusively by the Commission for the payment of its expenses and the Office of the People’s Counsel Agency Fund shall be used exclusively by the Office for the payment of its expenses arising from any investigation, valuation, revaluation, or proceeding of any nature by the Commission of or concerning any public utility operating in the District of Columbia, and all expenses of any litigation, including appeals, arising from any such investigation, valuation, revaluation, or proceeding or from any other order or action of the Commission. Expenses shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, the cost of independent contractors, such as attorneys. Funding for both funds shall be provided through a special franchise tax which shall be paid by each public utility being investigated, valued, revalued, or otherwise affected through a proceeding of the Commission, subject to the limitations enumerated in paragraph (3) of this subsection. Any deposits made through this special franchise tax to each agency fund by any public utility may be amortized over whatever period the Commission shall deem proper and shall be allowed for in the rates to be charged by each utility.
  (2) When any such investigation, valuation, revaluation, or other proceeding of any nature is begun by the Commission or the Office of the People’s Counsel, either the Commission or the Office of the People’s Counsel shall, according to rules issued pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subsection, determine from time to time the reasonable and necessary expenditures required to fully carry out their respective statutory responsibilities with regard to such investigation, valuation, revaluation, or other proceeding. Once the Commission has determined its requirements, the Commission may call upon the utility in question from time to time for the prompt deposit of the special franchise tax deposit to the Public Service Commission Agency Fund determined by the Commission to be reasonable and necessary, subject to the limitations provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection. Once the Office of the People’s Counsel has determined its requirements, the Office shall submit its determination for review by the Commission. Based on the record established by the Office’s determination of its requirement for special franchise tax funds, the Commission shall review the Office’s determination solely to determine whether it is consistent with the statutory authority of and rules issued by the Office, whether it is supported by findings, whether those findings are sustained by substantial evidence in the record submitted to the Commission, and whether it is within the limitations enumerated in paragraph (3) of this subsection. The Commission shall complete its review within 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) of receipt of the Office’s determination. After completing its review, the Commission shall either call upon the utilities for the prompt deposit of the special franchise tax deposit to the Office of the People’s Counsel Agency Fund or inform the Office in writing of any specific failures of the Office to meet the Commission’s enumerated standard of review. Within 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) of any resubmission by the Office, the Commission shall similarly act. If the Commission still notes a failure to meet its standard of review, the Office may appeal to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals under procedures enumerated in § 34-605 . If the Commission fails to take action on any submission or resubmission by the Office within the required time frame, the submission or resubmission shall be deemed approved, and the Commission shall carry out its duty to obtain the requested deposit. All such sums shall be deposited in the District of Columbia Treasury. Those sums which are to be used by the Commission for its expenses shall be deposited in the Public Service Commission Agency Fund and those sums which are requested by the Commission on behalf of the Office shall be deposited in the Office of the People’s Counsel Agency Fund, to be disbursed in the manner provided for by law for other expenditures of the government of the District of Columbia. The balance of any sums for a specific proceeding remaining in each fund after a 12-month period in which actual expenditures for that proceeding were 5% or less of the fund balance, shall be returned to the utility which made the deposit. The balance of any sums for a specific proceeding remaining after the final disposition of the proceeding or any litigation arising therefrom shall be returned promptly to the utility which made the deposit.
  (3) In any valuation or rate case, neither the Commission nor the Office may individually seek special franchise tax deposits of more than one-quarter of one percent of the jurisdictional valuation of the public utility which is the subject of the proceeding. In all other investigations docketed as formal proceedings by the Commission, neither the Commission nor the Office shall individually seek special franchise tax deposits in any one year of more than one-twentieth of one percent of the jurisdictional valuation of each public utility which is the subject of one or more investigations during that year; provided, that the Office may seek special franchise tax deposits of not more than one-quarter of one percent of the jurisdictional valuation of the public utility which is the subject of the proceeding in any instance where the public utility alleges in a proceeding before a federal court or federal agency that the bankruptcy of a company with whom it has contracts may have adverse consequences to ratepayers of the District of Columbia. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Commission may determine the jurisdictional valuation of the public utility which is the subject of the formal proceeding whenever it deems necessary, in accordance with § 34-1106 , based on the operations of the utility over whatever 12-month period it deems appropriate.
  (4) Should any public utility fail to make any special franchise tax deposit ordered by the Commission pursuant to this section, the Commission shall certify this failure to the Mayor for collection pursuant to the provisions of subchapter XIII of Chapter 18 of Title 47 .
  (5) The Commission and the Office shall issue rules reasonable and necessary to provide procedures for the determination of their needs for funds from their respective agency funds. These rules shall include provisions for full disclosure of all special franchise tax deposits prior to the issuance of the deposit orders by the Commission on its own behalf and on behalf of the Office. Full disclosure shall include, but not be limited to, the name of each contractor to be hired, the qualifications of each contractor, a brief description of the work to be done by each contractor, the number of persons employed by each contractor and the hourly rate to be charged by each person thus employed, and the estimated value of each contract.
  (6) Repealed.
  (7) The Commission and the Office shall issue reports to the Mayor and the Council by February 15 of the succeeding fiscal year on deposits to and disbursements from their respective agency funds during each fiscal year. Copies of the reports shall be provided to each public utility.
  (8) Neither the staff of the Commission nor any consultant hired by the Commission shall appear as a party to, advocate, or intervenor in any Commission proceeding. Individual staff members and consultants may appear on behalf of the Commission as expert witnesses at the direction of the Commission to present testimony on selected issues after the Commission makes a finding of the issues to be decided in the proceeding and a determination that testimony in addition to that to be presented by the parties or intervenors is required by the Commission to develop a complete record. The staff members and consultants shall not advocate a position on the merits. Expert witnesses may be represented by counsel appointed by the Commission for this purpose. The General Counsel or the General Counsel’s designee may, at the direction of the Commission and on behalf of the Commission, cross-examine any witness in any proceeding before the Commission.
  (9) (A) Each public utility shall furnish the Commission a statement of all costs of participation to be incurred in each Commission and related court proceeding or in complying with the provisions of this title. The statement shall include, but is not limited to, the projected costs and expenses both direct and indirect, an allocation of all projected internal overhead, expenses, and salaries, the name of each contractor to be hired and the value of each contract. This statement shall be compiled and filed with the Commission, with a copy to the Office of People’s Counsel, when filing a request for a change in rates or services with the Commission. Each public utility shall also file annually with the Commission, with a copy to the Office, a statement of costs for the previous fiscal year no later than 3 months after the completion of the fiscal year.
    (B) The records to be kept and the information presented in the annual statement shall be by case, matter, investigation, or proceeding and shall describe all costs and expenses, external and internal, retained and employed, direct and indirect, including an allocation of all internal overhead, expenses, and employee salaries to each proceeding or matter. If an allocation of costs is made, the report shall fully explain the allocation method used. If any services were provided to the public utility by consultants or contractors, copies of the relevant contracts shall be provided with the annual statement. The Office of the People’s Counsel may submit to the public utility a request for further information concerning the annual statement.
(b) (1) All amounts appropriated for the Public Service Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel for each fiscal year shall be repaid during such fiscal year by the public utilities, natural gas suppliers, electricity suppliers, and telecommunications service providers as a reimbursement fee.
  (2) The Public Service Commission shall annually determine the amount of the reimbursement fee to be paid by each natural gas supplier, electricity supplier, and telecommunications service provider authorized to provide service in the District, excluding the local exchange carrier, and the formula by which the amount shall be determined.
  (3) (A) The amount of the reimbursement fee to be paid by each public utility other than those subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be equal to the amounts appropriated, less the amount to be reimbursed by the providers subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, multiplied by the fraction, as determined by the Mayor, represented by the gross revenues of the public utility derived from utility operations in the District of Columbia that are regulated by the Public Service Commission during the immediately preceding fiscal year (or other 12-month period as the Mayor may designate), divided by the gross revenues of all public utilities from utility operations in the District of Columbia during such period. The fee shall be paid by the public utilities during such fiscal year to the Treasurer of the District of Columbia, at such time or times and in such manner as the Mayor by regulation may require.
    (B) If the total amount paid or obligated by the Public Service Commission and the People’s Counsel during such fiscal year pursuant to appropriations for such fiscal year is less than the amounts appropriated by more than 5%, the Mayor shall refund to or credit each public utility, natural gas supplier, electricity supplier, and telecommunications service provider subject to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and paragraph (2) of this subsection a portion of the difference, rounded to the nearest dollar, as equals the difference multiplied by the fraction, representing the gross revenues of the public utility, natural gas supplier, electricity supplier, or telecommunications service provider, divided by the gross revenues of all public utilities, natural gas suppliers, electricity suppliers, and telecommunications service providers.
    (C) Subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall apply as of Fiscal Year 2012.
  (4) Repealed.
  (5) The funding provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to local exchange carriers that are not the incumbent local exchange carrier; except, that such providers may be assessed for a proportionate share of the costs of the proceeding required under § 34-2002(k) , up to a maximum amount of $25,000 each.
  (6) Repealed.
  (7) (A) For any proceeding required to arbitrate disputes between carriers pursuant to the procedures established in this chapter, the Commission may assess, on a nondiscriminatory basis, each local exchange carrier who is a participant in any dispute, an amount equal to the actual cost to the Commission of conducting the arbitration, and the Commission shall present to the Council along with its annual budget request, an accounting of the expenditures of the PSC for each proceeding.
    (B) For any proceeding, other than the proceeding called for in § 34-2002(k) and the proceedings referenced in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, which the Commission may determine is necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the Commission and, when appropriate to its mission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, may assess, on a nondiscriminatory basis, the parties who are participants in the proceeding in an amount equal to the actual costs of the proceeding, and the Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel shall present to the Council along with each agency’s annual budget request, an accounting of the expenditures of each agency for each proceeding.
  (8) Five dollars of the license tax paid for each passenger vehicle for hire by common carriers under § 47-2829(d) , shall be deemed the reimbursement fee payable by such common carriers under this subsection.
  (9) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue regulations to carry out this subsection, and may delegate all or any of the authority vested in the Mayor by this subsection to such agency or agencies, including the Public Service Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel, as the Mayor may deem appropriate.
  (10) A public utility or service provider that fails to comply with a reimbursement order issued by the Commission pursuant to this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in § 34-706 .
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the Commission from using the Public Service Commission Agency Fund for the payment of any and all expenses that it incurs in the performance of its duties.
D.C. Code § 34-1311.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1311.03
§ 34-1311.03. Procurements.
Status: in_force

Section 2-356.04 shall apply to procurements for architectural and engineering services, as that term is defined in § 2-351.04(3) , to carry out the purposes of this chapter , however, the District may:
(a) (1) Set aside contracts for such services for certified business enterprises and certified joint ventures in which a certified business enterprise holds a majority interest; or
  (2) Award preferences to certified business enterprises as provided in § 2-218.43 as part of the evaluation of statements of qualifications submitted in response to a request for qualifications.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06b — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06b
§ 34-2202.06b. Storm Water Permit Compliance Enterprise Fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1228 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1228
§ 34-1228. Capability requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-411.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.02
§ 34-411.02. Third-Party Notification program; utility company requirement.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Within 60 days after June 5, 2018, each utility company shall have implemented a Third-Party Notification program, including providing the enrollment form required by § 34-411.03(b) .
  (2) The enrollment form shall include a provision giving an entity, or other customer, designating a third-party contact the option of making the address, telephone number, and account records of the entity, or other customer, confidential, except in circumstances that the information is required by law to be provided.
(b) (1) A utility company shall send a duplicate of any notification of a past-due bill or termination of service because of a past-due bill sent to an entity to the third-party contact managing agency no more than 2 days after the initial notification was sent to the entity.
  (2) Notwithstanding the requirement set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a utility company shall provide such duplicate notifications only in cases where the third-party contacts have been and remain authorized by the participating entity.
D.C. Code § 34-1202.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1202.01
§ 34-1202.01. Council authorized to grant franchise; franchise required; condition and term of franchise.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1256.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1256.03
§ 34-1256.03. Indemnification of the District.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall, at its sole cost and expense, indemnify and hold harmless the District, its officers, elected officials, agents, contractors, and employees against all claims, suits, causes of action, proceedings, judgments for damage arising out of the cable system under the franchise.
(b) Failure to comply with subsection (a) of this section, or with the indemnification provisions in the franchise agreement, shall constitute a material breach of the franchise. The procedures to follow in the event of a material breach may be set forth in the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-601 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-601
§ 34-601. Schedules to conform to orders of Commission; schedule of changes to be approved by Commission.
Status: in_force

All public utilities to which an order of the Commission applies shall make such changes in their schedules on file as may be necessary to make the same conform to said order, and no change shall thereafter be made by any public utility in any such rates, tolls, or charges, or in any joint rate or rates, without the approval of the Commission. Certified copies of all other orders of the Commission shall be delivered to the public utility affected thereby in like manner, and the same shall take effect within such reasonable time thereafter as the Commission shall prescribe.
D.C. Code § 34-1506.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1506.01
§ 34-1506.01. Disconnection of service in extreme temperature prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “forecast of extreme temperature” means a National Weather Service forecast for the District of Columbia of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or above during any time of a day or of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below during any time of a day.
(b) An electric company shall not disconnect residential electric service during the day preceding and the day of a forecast of extreme temperature or if the forecast of extreme temperature precedes a holiday or weekend day, on any day during the holiday or weekend.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.04
§ 34-1731.04. Insurance and bonds; liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The franchisee shall assume all legal responsibility for, and shall hold the District harmless from, any costs or liability that arise because of injury to persons or property caused by, or in relation, to the provision of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents or the franchisee’s use of District telecommunications assets pursuant to this chapter and the franchise agreement.
(b) The Mayor shall require the franchisee to obtain liability insurance sufficient to insure against all liability or costs that arise because of injury to persons or property caused by, or in relation to, the provision of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents and the franchisee’s use of District telecommunications assets pursuant to this chapter and the franchise agreement.
(c) The Mayor shall require the franchisee to obtain a performance bond sufficient to guarantee the provision of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents pursuant to this chapter and the franchise agreement.
(d) No person aggrieved or damaged in any way by any act or omission of the franchisee related to the offering or provision of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents or the franchisee’s use of District telecommunications assets pursuant to this chapter and the franchise agreement shall have a cause of action against the District.
D.C. Code § 34-1262.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1262.02
§ 34-1262.02. Affirmative action.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to maximize opportunities for minority employment and participation in the cable television industry, each cable operator shall make a positive and good faith effort to establish employment goals and timetables designed to achieve minority representation equal to the minority population of the District by the end of the first year of the franchise and throughout the balance of the franchise term; provided, that qualified or qualifiable minority persons are available. The adoption and implementation of goals and timetables by a cable operator shall not constitute a discriminatory practice prohibited under this chapter. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “qualifiable” refers to minority persons who can be trained in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(b) Upon the grant of a franchise, the cable operator shall submit its construction and skilled trades apprenticeship-training programs to the Director of the District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council for approval and registration pursuant to § 32-1431 .
(c) The cable operator shall report annually to the Office of Human Rights regarding the status of its training programs including a detailed analysis of the cable operator’s efforts to achieve its goals and timetables.
(d) Failure to comply with any provision of this section shall constitute an unlawful discriminatory practice and shall subject the cable operator to fines imposed by the Office of Human Rights of not less than $1,000 for each day that the violation persists and any other penalties that may be imposed pursuant to District law or this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06e — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06e
§ 34-2202.06e. Water Quality Assurance Advisory Panel.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Water Quality Assurance Advisory Panel (“Panel”) for the purpose of providing information to the public and guidance to the Mayor and the General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (“General Manager”) on levels of unregulated contaminants in District drinking water and the presence and effects of endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater effluent. The Panel shall make recommendations regarding the testing and treatment of the District’s drinking water and wastewater.
(b) Within 90 days of the completion of one year of unregulated contaminant testing of drinking water and a study on the presence and effects of endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater effluent, the Panel shall convene a public meeting to discuss the following:
  (1) An analysis of the health and environmental impact of unregulated contaminants as tested for a full calendar year pursuant to § 34-2202.06d ;
  (2) Recommendations for continued monitoring of unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds that were tested under §§ 34-2202.06d and 34-2202.06g ;
  (3) Additional testing for unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds not being tested under § 34-2202.06d or § 34-2202.06g ;
  (4) Recommendations for improving the reduction of unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds at their source;
  (5) Methods for improving public awareness and education related to unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds;
  (6) Coordination with regional jurisdictions to improve source water quality;
  (7) Information sharing related to treatment alternatives analysis conducted at the Washington Aqueduct;
  (8) Treatment alternatives that reduce or eliminate unregulated contaminants in District’s drinking water and endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater effluent; and
  (9) Presenting the latest research related to unregulated contaminants and endocrine disruptor compounds regarding their effect on the environment and public health to the public.
(c) Pursuant to Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 141.40, 120 days after the Panel convenes, it shall issue a report to the Mayor and the General Manager summarizing the discussion set forth in subsection (b) of this section and any resulting water quality recommendations. The Panel may convene thereafter to provide the Mayor, the General Manager, and the public with additional recommendations regarding the monitoring and treatment of unregulated contaminants in the District’s drinking water.
(d) The report shall be made public on the Authority’s website upon submission to the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 34-1519 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1519
§ 34-1519. Sale of generation assets.
Status: in_force

(a) In overseeing a sale by the electric company of any or all of its generation assets, the Commission shall ensure that the sale:
  (1) Will not affect the reliability of the electricity supply in the District of Columbia in a deregulated electricity supply market; and
  (2) Will minimize market power problems in a deregulated electricity supply market.
(b) (1) The electric company shall not sell any of its generation assets to an affiliate of the electric company.
  (2) (A) By the initial implementation date, the electric company shall transfer at book value any unauctioned generation assets to an affiliate of the electric company.
    (B) Relations between the affiliate identified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and the electric company shall be governed by a code of conduct to be issued by the Commission, which establishes functional, operational, structural, and legal separation between the electric company and the affiliate and prevents the electric company from subsidizing the activities of the affiliate. The code of conduct required by this subsection shall include the following protections:
      (i) A prohibition on the release of proprietary customer information from the electric company to the affiliate;
      (ii) A prohibition on the use by the affiliate of office space owned or used by the electric company;
      (iii) A prohibition on the sharing of employees by the electric company and the affiliate;
      (iv) A requirement that the electric company and the affiliate maintain separate books and records; and
      (v) A requirement that the electric company and the affiliate allocate and account for all shared expenses.
(c) (1) Beginning on the initial implementation date, the electric generating facility at Benning Road in the District of Columbia may only be dispatched by PJM, or must run for local reliability, thus ensuring the reliability of electricity supply in the District of Columbia.
  (2) Beginning on the initial implementation date, the electric generating facility at Buzzard’s Point in the District of Columbia may only be dispatched by PJM, or must run for local reliability, thus ensuring the reliability of electricity supply in the District of Columbia.
(d) Within 2 years after a sale by the electric company of its electric generating facilities at Benning Road and Buzzard’s Point in the District of Columbia, the Commission shall report to the Council on the feasibility of decommissioning those electric generating facilities.
D.C. Code § 34-1264.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1264.01
§ 34-1264.01. Obscenity.
Status: in_force

The cable operator and all users of the cable system shall comply with all federal laws regarding obscenity on cable television and all District laws regarding obscenity.