D.C. Code § 34-1257.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.06
§ 34-1257.06. Use of cable system by the District during emergencies and disasters.
Status: in_force

In the case of an emergency or disaster, the cable operator shall, upon request of the Mayor, the Chairman of the Council, or the Director, make available its facilities to the District for emergency use during the emergency or disaster.
D.C. Code § 34-1256.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1256.04
§ 34-1256.04. Insurance.
Status: in_force

(a) At all times during the term of a franchise, including the time for removal of facilities, the cable operator shall hold a valid liability insurance policy and shall pay all premiums for the policy in a timely manner. The policy shall insure the District, its officers, boards, commissions, elected officials, agents, contractors, and employees against liabilities. The policy shall be issued by a company carrying a rating by Best of not less than “A” and the company shall be authorized by the District’s Superintendent of Insurance to do business in the District.
(b) The amount of the liability insurance policy, and the terms of the policy, shall be established in the franchise agreement.
(c) The form of the liability insurance policy shall be acceptable to the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel.
(d) The policy shall require 30 calendar days written notice of any cancellation to both the Office and the cable operator. If the Office or the cable operator receives a cancellation notice, the cable operator shall obtain a new bond, meeting the requirements of this section, within 30 days after receipt of the notice by the Office or the cable operator.
(e) The cable operator shall file with the Office written evidence of payment of premiums and executed duplicate copies of the liability insurance policy.
(f) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section, or with the liability insurance provisions of the franchise agreement, shall constitute a material violation of a franchise.
D.C. Code § 34-1203 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1203
§ 34-1203. Establishment of the District of Columbia Cable Television Advisory Committee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1244 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1244
§ 34-1244. Restrictive easement; unlawful attachment for access or use.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.05
§ 34-1731.05. Selection of the franchisee.
Status: in_force

In evaluating and awarding the franchise agreement, the Mayor shall give priority to entities that have the technical and financial ability to successfully provide the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents included in each proposal and provide written evidence that they meet the following criteria in the following order of priority:
(1) A proposal to provide a package of services for the largest number of digitally-disadvantaged residents, by income level, or residence in digitally-disadvantaged areas, or both;
(2) A proposal to provide a package of services to digitally-disadvantaged residents according to the fastest schedule;
(3) A proposal that includes provisions to periodically upgrade hardware provided as part of any package of services to digitally-disadvantaged residents;
(4) Such other factors as the Mayor may identify in the best interests of the District to further the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1302 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / § 34-1302
§ 34-1302. Prohibition on the issuing of permits.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2703.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2703.01
§ 34-2703.01. Information sharing for planning and design purposes.
Status: in_force

To increase safety, and minimize hazard, repair costs, and work to complete a project requiring excavation, DDOT, the Mayor, and all affected utility companies may enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the use of sharing appropriate information on underground utility locations at the design stage.
D.C. Code § 34-914 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-914
§ 34-914. Summary investigation.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Commission shall believe that any rate or charge of any public utility may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any reasonable service is not supplied by a public utility, or that an investigation of any matter relating to any public utility should for any reason be made, it may, on its own motion, summarily investigate the same with or without notice.
D.C. Code § 34-2407.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2407.03
§ 34-2407.03. Remedies not exclusive.
Status: in_force

The remedies set forth in §§ 34-2407.01 , 34-2407.02 , and 34-2413.10 [repealed] are hereby declared to be cumulative and not exclusive.
D.C. Code § 34-1502 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1502
§ 34-1502. Implementation of customer choice.
Status: in_force

(a) On and after the initial implementation date, the supply and sale of electricity shall not be regulated except as expressly set forth in this chapter.
(b) (1) Unless accelerated or delayed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, customer choice shall begin on the initial implementation date. Customer choice must be available for all consumers, regardless of customer class, no later than 2 years after the initial implementation date.
  (2) Prior to the initial implementation date, the Commission shall determine a schedule for the phase-in of customer choice. The Commission may, in its discretion, forego a phase-in and make customer choice available for all consumers on the initial implementation date.
(c) The Commission may delay the initial implementation date based on considerations of reliability, safety, or market power, but under no circumstances shall the initial implementation date be delayed beyond January 1, 2003.
(d) (1) Prior to the initial implementation date, the Commission may establish a pilot program.
  (2) (A) A minimum of 10% of each customer class shall be eligible to participate in any pilot program established by the Commission.
    (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any pilot program established by the Commission may include all commercial customers.
    (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any pilot program established by the Commission may include competitive billing.
(e) The District of Columbia and its agencies and instrumentalities shall have the right to petition the Commission prior to the initial implementation date for permission to enter into an electricity supply contract with any electricity supplier. Purchases of electric power under the supply contract may commence at any time, and under terms and conditions, as may be designated by the Commission.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, customer choice, including any pilot program under subsection (d) of this section and any supply contract under subsection (e) of this section, may not commence until legislation is enacted to conform District of Columbia taxes to the restructuring of the electric industry.
D.C. Code § 34-1264.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1264.05
§ 34-1264.05. Transition provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) All appointments, rules, regulations, orders, administrative issuances, obligations, determinations, agreements, and understandings made, established, issued, promulgated, or entered into under the authority of subchapter I of this chapter [repealed], shall remain in effect until amended, modified, superseded, or repealed.
(b) The Public Access Corporation established in accordance with § 34-1229 [repealed], may continue to serve as the Public Access Corporation required by § 34-1253.02(a) ; provided, that the Corporation shall amend its bylaws to be consistent with the provisions of this subchapter.
(c) The funds in the special account established by § 34-1207.01 [repealed], shall be transferred to the special account established by § 34-1252.03 .
D.C. Code § 34-1831 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18A / § 34-1831
§ 34-1831. Pay telephone service providers.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation, maintenance, and location of outdoor pay telephones in the District of Columbia.
(b) The Commission shall, by rules or regulations, establish standards:
  (1) To certify a pay telephone service provider seeking to provide pay telephone services in the District of Columbia;
  (2) For the registration, renewal of a registration for a pay telephone, and transfer of ownership of a registered pay telephone;
  (3) For the installation and removal of a pay telephone;
  (4) To investigate a consumer complaint regarding pay telephone service; and
  (5) to establish operating requirements for all outdoor pay telephones.
(c) The Commission shall by regulation or order prescribe procedures for reviewing any complaint relating to pay telephone services in the District of Columbia. The regulation or order shall include provisions for a formal hearing, decision, and appeal arising from any complaint.
(d) (1) In weighing evidence regarding whether a pay telephone constitutes a public nuisance, the Public Service Commission shall give great weight to the:
    (A) Written recommendation of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the pay telephone is located or proposed to be located; and
    (B) Written statement or testimony of a member of the Metropolitan Police Department.
  (2) For the purpose of this section only, great weight means that, unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise, the Public Service Commission shall defer to the opinion of the Metropolitan Police Department or Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1247 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1247
§ 34-1247. Obscenity laws.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.07
§ 34-1313.07. Underground infrastructure improvement projects plan.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 45 days after July 11, 2017, and, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, every 2 years thereafter, the electric company and DDOT shall jointly file with the Commission and concurrently serve upon OPC an application for approval of their biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
(b) No later than September 30 of each year in which an application for approval of a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvements Project Plan is not filed, the electric company and DDOT shall file a status report on the completion during the previous year and the scheduled completion during the next year of Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity contained in the current biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, or an amendment to an Underground Infrastructure Improvements Project Plan as approved by the Commission pursuant to § 34-1313.10 .
(c) As part of the initial application for approval of the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the electric company shall request authority to impose and collect specified Underground Project Charges from its electric distribution service customers to recover the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs associated with the Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan; provided, that no such charges shall be assessed against customers served under the electric company's residential aid discount or a succeeding discount program.
(d) The Commission, on its own motion or upon motion of the electric company, the District, OPC, or DDOT, or other person made a party pursuant to § 34-1313.03(a)(3) , may hold in abeyance or waive the obligation to file an application for approval of a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan and an application for a financing order for the corresponding period upon a finding of good cause as necessary or desirable:
  (1) To protect public safety;
  (2) To avoid or minimize unreasonable project costs;
  (3) Because additional DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity or Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity is unnecessary to meet the purposes of this chapter ;
  (4) Because the electric company's liability with respect to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges can reasonably be demonstrated to contribute materially to an adverse credit action by a rating agency, including a down grade or placement on credit watch; or
  (5) To otherwise promote the public interest.
D.C. Code § 34-2502 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25 / § 34-2502
§ 34-2502. Penalty for refusal to remove conduits.
Status: in_force

On violation of any of the provisions or restrictions of § 34-2501 the said Mayor shall require the permittee, after 30 days notice, to abandon the use of said conduits or pipes and remove them from the alley or alleys in which they are located, and if said permittee shall neglect or refuse to remove said conduits or pipes and place the surface of the alley in good condition within 60 days after the date of said notice, the said permittee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine of $10 for each and every day that said conduits or pipes are allowed to remain in the alley, or the said alley shall remain out of repair, which fine shall be recovered in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of said District, as other fines and penalties are now recovered in said Court.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.25 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.25
§ 34-2401.25. Water and water service supplied for the use of the government of the United States.
Status: in_force

(a) All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated in the District, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at the rates for the furnishing and readiness to furnish water applicable to other water consumers in the District. All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated outside the District in the States of Maryland or Virginia, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at rates comparable to those which may be in effect and charged to state, municipal, or county agencies or other political authorities or jurisdictions within the respective states wherein said federal facilities may be situated for similar water service from the District water supply system; provided, that conditions as to water pressure, quantity, rates of demand, and points of connection available or permissible at any time for service outside the District, if any, shall be fixed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia so as to fully protect the prior interests of water consumers within the District; provided further, that as a condition of service, at each point of federal connection to the water system of the District for service outside the District there shall be installed and maintained at the expense of the department, independent establishment, or agency of the United States which is to use water therefrom a suitable meter or meters and incidental vaults, valves, piping and recording devices, and such other equipment as the Mayor in his discretion deems necessary to control and record the use of water through each such connection. As an additional condition of service, the department, agency, or establishment which is responsible for the maintenance of any such meter shall provide the Mayor (acting through the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority) with such access to the meter as the Mayor may require to measure the actual usage of the department, agency, or establishment (including any entity under the jurisdiction of the department, agency, or establishment) for purposes of making the adjustments to annual estimates required under § 34-2401.25a(1) . Payment shall be made as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 1990, the government of the District of Columbia shall receive payment for water services from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Federal departments, independent establishments, or agencies. In accordance with the provisions of paragraphs  (2) and (3) of this subsection, one-fourth (25 percent) of the annual estimate prepared by the District government shall be paid, not later than the second day of each fiscal quarter, to the District government by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds deposited by said departments, establishments, or agencies in a United States Treasury account entitled “Federal Payment for Water and Sewer Services”. In the absence of sufficient funds in said account, payment shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the respective user agencies. Payments shall be made to the District government by the Secretary of the Treasury without further justification, and shall be equal to one-fourth (25 percent) of the annual estimate prepared by the District government pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (2) By April 15 of each calendar year the District shall provide the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head of each of the respective Federal departments, independent establishments, and agencies, for inclusion in the President’s budget of the respective Federal departments, independent establishments, or agencies, an estimate of the cost of service for the fiscal year commencing October 1st of  the following calendar year. The estimate shall provide the total estimated annual cost of such service and an itemized estimate of such costs by Federal department, independent establishment, or agency. The District’s estimates on a yearly basis shall reflect such adjustments as are necessary to
    (A) account for actual usage variances from the estimated amounts for the fiscal year  ending on September 30th of the calendar year preceding April 15th, and
    (B) reflect changes in rates charged for water and sewer services resulting from public laws or rate covenants pursuant to water and sewer revenue bond sales.
  (3) Each Federal department, independent establishment, or agency receiving water services in buildings, establishments, or other places shall pay from funds specifically appropriated or otherwise available to it, quarterly and on the first day of each such fiscal quarter, to an account in the United States Treasury entitled “Federal Payment for Water and Sewer Services” an amount equal to one-fourth (25 percent) of the annual estimate for said services as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (4) The amount or time period for late payment of water charges involving a building, establishment, or other place owned by the Government of the United States imposed by the District of Columbia shall not be different from those imposed by the District of Columbia on its most favored customer.
  (5) Repealed.
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to require the District of Columbia to seek payment for water services directly from any Federal entity which is under the jurisdiction of a department, independent establishment, or agency which is required to make a payment for such services under this section, or to allocate any amounts charged for such services among the entities which are under the jurisdiction of any such department, independent establishment, or agency. Each Federal department, independent establishment, and agency receiving water from the District of Columbia shall be responsible for allocating billings for such services among entities under the jurisdiction of the department, establishment, or agency, and shall be responsible for collecting amounts from such entities for any payments made to the District of Columbia under this section.
(d) In the case of water services provided to a department, independent establishment, or agency in Virginia through the Federally owned water main system, if the total of the metered amounts billed for all individual users of the system (as measured by the meters for each individual user) is less than the total amount as measured by the meters at the delivery points into the system at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the District government shall collect, and the Secretary of Defense shall pay, the difference to the District government in accordance with the requirements for collecting and making payments under this section.
D.C. Code § 34-1106 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1106
§ 34-1106. Property to be valued as of time of evaluation.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall value the property of every public utility within the District of Columbia actually used and useful for the convenience of the public at the fair value thereof at the time of said valuation.
D.C. Code § 34-2410.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2410.02
§ 34-2410.02. Private fire hydrants.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall not approve any permit or related plan that authorizes the installation of a private fire hydrant without an agreement, to be recorded in the land records of the Recorder of Deeds, establishing the entity or person, and successors thereof, responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the private fire hydrant in perpetuity.
D.C. Code § 34-1213 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1213
§ 34-1213. Submission of proposed franchise agreement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1433 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1433
§ 34-1433. Renewable energy credits.
Status: in_force

(a) Energy from a tier one renewable source:
  (1) Shall be eligible for inclusion in meeting the standard regardless of when the generating system or facility was placed in service; and
  (2) May be applied to the percentage requirements of the standard for either tier one renewable sources or tier two renewable sources.
(b) Energy from a tier two renewable source shall be eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard through 2017 if it is generated at a system or facility that existed and was operational as of January 1, 2004.
(c) On or after January 1, 2006, an electricity supplier may:
  (1) Receive renewable energy credits; and
  (2) Accumulate renewable energy credits under this chapter.
(d) On or before December 31, 2006, an electricity supplier shall receive 120% credit toward meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard for energy derived from wind or solar sources.
(e) After December 31, 2006, and on or before December 31, 2009, an electricity supplier shall receive 110% credit toward meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard for energy derived from wind or solar sources.
(f) On or before December 31, 2009, an electricity supplier shall receive 110% credit toward meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard for energy derived from methane under § 34-1431(14)(D) .
(g) (1) An electricity supplier may not use the incineration of solid waste to meet more than 20% of the standard for tier two renewable sources for a given year.
  (2) After December 31, 2012, the incineration of solid waste shall not be eligible to generate renewable energy credits.
(h) (1) An electricity supplier shall receive credit toward meeting the standard for electricity derived from the biomass fraction of biomass cofired with other fuels.
  (2) Credits that a renewable on-site generator surrenders to its electricity supplier to meet the standard and that the electricity supplier relies on in submitting its compliance report shall not be resold or retransferred by the renewable on-site generator.
  (3) The renewable on-site generator may retain or transfer any credits in excess of the amount needed to satisfy the standard for the renewable on-site generator’s load.
  (4) A renewable on-site generator that satisfies the standard applicable to the renewable on-site generator’s load under this subsection shall not be required to contribute to a compliance fee recovered under § 34-1435 .
  (5) The Commission shall adopt regulations or orders governing the application and transfer of credits under this subsection.
(i) A tier one renewable source or tier two renewable source that creates a renewable energy credit shall comply with all applicable environmental and administrative requirements, including air quality, water quality, solid waste, and right-to-know provisions, permit conditions, and administrative orders.
D.C. Code § 34-1219 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1219
§ 34-1219. Arbitration panel.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1256.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1256.01
§ 34-1256.01. Franchise fee.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall pay to the District a franchise fee of at least 5% of its annual gross revenues. The amount of the franchise fee shall be set forth in the franchise agreement.
(b) The franchise fee shall be paid quarterly.
(c) A cable operator shall file with the Office within 30 days after the end of each of the cable operator’s fiscal quarter, a financial statement clearly showing the gross revenues received by the cable operator during the preceding quarter. Payment of the quarterly portion of the franchise agreement fee shall be payable by certified check made to the D.C. Treasurer at the time the statement is filed. A cable operator shall also file, within 120 days after the end of the cable operator’s fiscal year, an annual report, prepared by a certified public accountant, showing the yearly total gross revenues.
(d) The District may audit and recalculate any amounts determined to be payable under this chapter or the franchise agreement. Any additional amount due the District based on the audit shall be paid within 30 days after the Office sends to the cable operator a written notice setting forth the amount due. The notice shall include a copy of the audit report. The cost of the audit shall be borne by the cable operator if it is determined that the cable operator’s payment to the District for the preceding year is increased by more than 4%.
(e) If the cable operator does not pay the recomputed amount within the 30-day period established by subsection (c) of this section, the cable operator shall be charged from the due date at the prevailing prime rate of interest.
(f) The franchise fee shall not be deemed a tax or payment in lieu of taxes or fees of general applicability imposed by the District. No cable operator may designate the franchise fee as a tax in any communication to a subscriber or any third party.
(g) If a franchise is terminated or revoked prior to its expiration date and the District invokes its right to purchase the cable operator’s cable system, the cable operator shall file with the Office, within not less than 30 days following the date that ownership and control pass to the District or its assignee, a financial statement clearly showing the gross revenues received by the cable operator since the end of the previous fiscal quarter. The cable operator shall pay the franchise fee due at the time the statement is filed.
D.C. Code § 34-1117 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1117
§ 34-1117. Sliding scale of rates and dividends.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subtitle shall be taken to prohibit a public utility, with the consent of the Commission, from providing a sliding scale of rates and dividends according to what is commonly known as the Boston sliding scale, or other financial device that may be practicable and advantageous to the parties interested.  No such arrangement or device shall be lawful until it shall be found by the Commission, after investigation, to be reasonable and just and not inconsistent with the purposes of this subtitle.  Such arrangement shall be under the supervision and regulation of the Commission.  The Commission shall ascertain, determine, and order such rates, charges, and regulations, and the duration thereof, as may be necessary to give effect to such arrangement, but the right and power to make such other and further changes in rates, charges, and regulations as the Commission may ascertain and determine to be necessary and reasonable, and the right to alter or amend all orders relative thereto, is reserved and vested in the Commission notwithstanding any such arrangement and mutual agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.02
§ 34-2405.02. Assessments for water mains.
Status: in_force

For laying or constructing water mains in the District of Columbia assessments shall be levied at the rate of $3 per linear front foot against all lots or land abutting upon that part of the street, avenue, road, or alley in which a water main shall be laid, and that for laying or constructing service sewers in the District of Columbia assessments shall be levied at the rate of $4 per linear front foot against all lots or land abutting upon that part of the street, avenue, road, or alley in which a sewer shall be laid; provided, that assessments for water mains and service sewers in the case of lots or parcels of land not more than 100 feet in depth shall be levied upon the fronts or rears of such lots or parcels of land, and not upon both the fronts and rears of such lots or parcels of land; but lots or parcels of land more than 100 feet in depth, except corner lots, shall be assessed upon both their fronts and rears when water mains or service sewers are laid abutting the same; provided, that corner lots shall be assessed for water mains and service sewers only on their short fronts with a depth of not exceeding 100 feet; any excess of the other front over 100 feet shall be subject to assessment, as hereinbefore provided; provided, that the areas of all lots or parcels of land which have been assessed for water mains by the square foot under any previous act of Congress, or of the late legislative assembly of the District of Columbia, shall not be again assessed for water mains; provided further, that when the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall deem it advantageous to lay water mains or service sewers on each side of any street, avenue, road, or alley assessments shall be levied at the rate, within the time and in the manner in this section provided for, against the lots abutting the side of the street, avenue, road, or alley in which the water main or service sewer is laid.
D.C. Code § 34-1437 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1437
§ 34-1437. Renewable electricity tracking system.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall select a market-based renewable electricity tracking system to facilitate the creation and transfer of renewable energy credits.
(b) The Commission may designate the DOEE to administer the electricity tracking system. The Commission or the DOEE may contract with a for-profit or a nonprofit entity to assist in the administration of the electricity tracking system required under this section.
(c) To the extent practicable, the tracking system shall be the generation attributes tracking system developed by PJM Interconnection.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.20 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.20
§ 34-2202.20. No inurement to private persons; exemption from District taxation.
Status: in_force

(a) All rights, property and assets of the Authority shall transfer automatically to the District government upon dissolution of the Authority.
(b) None of the property, assets or earnings of the Authority shall inure to any private person or entity.
(c) The Authority, its income, property, and transactions shall be exempt from District taxes.
D.C. Code § 34-1216 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1216
§ 34-1216. Franchise renewal procedure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06
§ 34-2202.06. General Manager; employment and duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board, by the affirmative vote of 8 of its members, shall employ a General Manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the Authority. The General Manager shall not be a member of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The General Manager shall perform duties as determined by the Board.
(b) The General Manager, in his or her sole discretion, may restrict combined sewer flow into the District from Maryland and Virginia, so long as the action does not violate § 34-2202.18 .
D.C. Code § 34-1222 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1222
§ 34-1222. District’s right to assign.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.14 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.14
§ 34-2401.14. Payment of water rents from Washington Aqueduct into General Fund.
Status: in_force

All water rents derived from the Washington Aqueduct shall be paid into the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975 [ D.C. Law 1-42 ].
D.C. Code § 34-1506 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1506
§ 34-1506. Duties of the electric company.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The electric company shall provide distribution services to all customers and electricity suppliers on rates, terms of access, and conditions that are comparable to the electric company’s own use of its distribution system. The electric company shall not operate its distribution system in a manner that favors the electricity supply of the electric company’s affiliates.
  (2) To the extent this provision is not preempted by federal law or regulation, the electric company shall provide transmission services to all customers and electricity suppliers on rates, terms, and conditions that are comparable to the electric company’s own use of its transmission system.
(b) The electric company shall maintain the reliability of its distribution system in accordance with applicable orders, tariffs, and regulations of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.05
§ 34-2202.05. Duties of the Board.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall have the following duties:
  (1) To adopt and publish internal operating rules for the conduct of Board meetings;
  (2) To develop policies for the management, maintenance, and operation of water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems under the control of the Authority;
  (3) Adopt and publish rules and regulations governing the operation of the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems under the control of the Authority;
  (4) Develop and establish a personnel system and publish rules and regulations setting forth minimum standards for all employees, including pay, contract terms, leave, retirement, health and life insurance, and employee disability and death benefits;
  (5) Select, employ, and fix the compensation and benefits for the General Manager and for the staff of the Board, as it deems necessary;
  (6) Delegate to the General Manager any authority granted to the Board under subsection (a)(2) through (5) of this section; and
  (7) To establish a procurement system which is consistent with principles of competitive procurement and to publish rules and regulations relating thereto.
(b) (1) The personnel system developed pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be in place no later than 6 months after April 18, 1996. The personnel rules and regulations shall require that no employee shall engage in outside employment, private business activity, or have any direct or indirect financial interest that conflicts, or would appear to conflict, with the fair, impartial, and objective performance of the employee’s assigned duties and responsibilities.
  (2) Department of Public Works employees whose salaries are funded by the Water and Sewer Utility Administration shall become employees of the Authority without impairment of civil service status and seniority, reduction in compensation (notwithstanding any change in job titles or duties, and except as may otherwise be provided under the personnel system developed pursuant to subsection (a)(4) or a collective bargaining agreement entered into after April 18, 1996) or loss of accrued rights to holidays, leave, and benefits. All employees of the Authority shall perform their duties under the direction, control, and supervision of the Authority; provided, however, that any employee subject to transfer whose existing duties and responsibilities are determined by the Authority and the Department of Public Works to relate directly and primarily to functions of the Department of Public Works, and for whom a position at the Department of Public Works is funded in whole or in part, shall remain an employee of the Department of Public Works and shall continue to perform duties under the direction, control, and supervision of the Department of Public Works and not under funding arrangements thereafter derived from the accounts of the Authority.
(c) The Board shall prepare, within 120 days after the end of each District government fiscal year, a detailed annual report setting forth a description of the Authority’s operations and accomplishments during the year and shall transmit copies of the report to the Mayor and the Council.
(c-1) On an annual basis, the Board shall publish on its website details about all customer inquiries received during the preceding year.
(d) The Board shall contract with an independent certified public accountant to perform an annual audit of the books and accounts of the Authority and shall submit the audit to the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Inspector General.
(e) The Board shall annually develop, adopt, and submit to the Mayor a multiyear financial plan for capital and operating expenses encompassing at least the forthcoming 5 fiscal years. The plan shall be submitted to the Mayor no less than 90 days prior to the beginning of each District government fiscal year.
(f) The Board shall carry insurance sufficient to protect the Authority, the Board, the Board members, officers, and employees of the Board, its lessees or occupants, the District government, and other participating jurisdictions against risks associated with the exercise by the Authority or the Board of any authority conferred by this chapter; provided, however, that no Board member shall be personally liable for any act or omission of the Authority, except with regard to any fraudulent or criminally prosecutable act committed by a Board member in connection with an act or omission of the Authority.
(g) (1) The Board shall assess the feasibility, including the financial benefits, if any, of engaging a private entity to lease, or purchase all or any portion of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant. This assessment shall be completed no later than 6 months after April 18, 1996. The Board shall submit its recommendation to the Mayor who shall submit his or her recommendation to the Council within 60 days of receiving the Board’s recommendation.
  (2) No contract to privatize the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be entered into by the Authority, unless the Board submits the privatization contract to the Mayor, the Mayor approves and submits the contract to the Council, and the Council approves the contract pursuant to § 1-204.51(b)(1) and the Council Contract Approval Modification Temporary Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 ( D.C. Law 11-190 ; 43 DCR 4279) (“Contract Approval Act”) and succeeding laws.
  (3) No contract to purchase or lease all or any portion of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant shall be entered into by the Authority unless the Board submits the sale or lease contract to the Mayor, the Mayor approves and submits the contract to the Council, and the Council approves the contract pursuant to § 1-204.51(b)(1) and the Contract Approval Act and any succeeding laws.
  (4) Notwithstanding any other law, any agreement or contract to operate the Blue Plains Treatment Plant shall reserve to the District the right of access and use of any water front property, including the concrete pier.
(h) (1) Within 60 days of September 18, 2007, the Board shall contract with an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the Authority’s operating and capital budgets, plans, and programs, including a review of the merits of and the timetable for all planned capital expenditures.
  (2) Within 240 days of September 18, 2007, the Board shall receive the independent consultant’s report, with recommendations for maximizing potential savings to the District’s rate-payers over the course of the implementation of both the Capital Improvement Program and the Long Term Control Plan, and shall transmit copies of the report to the Mayor and the Council within one week of its receipt by the Board.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.07
§ 34-2202.07. Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund; assets of the Water and Sewer Utility Administration of the Department of Public Works; transfer of funds and assets; pledge of revenues.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Water and Sewer Authority Enterprise Fund (“Fund”) which shall be the successor to the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund established pursuant to § 47-375(g) . The Fund shall be operated by the Authority in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(b) Subject to the provisions made by the Authority pursuant to this subchapter for security of revenue bonds, all revenues, proceeds, and moneys from whatever source derived, except those collected or received from the storm water fee, which are collected or received by the Authority shall be credited to the Fund and shall not, at any time, be transferred to, lapse into, or be commingled with the General Fund of the District of Columbia, the Cash Management Pool, or any other funds or accounts of the District of Columbia, except that funds shall be transferred to the District of Columbia Treasurer:
  (1) To pay for goods, services, and property contracted for by the Authority from the District as authorized by § 34-2202.03(4) and (10) and § 34-2202.17(c) ;
  (2) To make debt service payments required by subsection (f) of this section;
  (3) To enable the Treasurer to make disbursements on the Authority’s behalf until the Authority’s own disbursement system is established, as authorized by § 34-2202.17(f) ; or
  (4) As otherwise authorized by this subchapter.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Any pledge by the Authority of any funds on deposit in the Fund shall be effective, valid, perfected, and binding from the time the pledge is made with or without the delivery of any funds, and with or without any further action. Such pledge shall be effective, valid, perfected, and binding whether or not any statement, document, or instrument relating to such pledge is recorded or filed. The pledged revenues shall be immediately subject to the lien of the pledge, whether or not there has been any physical delivery. The lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against any person receiving distribution of revenues whether or not the parties have notice of the pledge.
(e) Within 120 days of April 18, 1996, the Mayor shall cause to be performed an independent audit of the assets and liabilities of the Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration. The independent audit shall also determine the present day value of services provided by the District government during the preceding 20-year period to the Water and Sewer Utility Administration, or any of its predecessor administrations or agencies. The audit shall determine the amount and adequacy of any funding provided by the Water and Sewer Utility Administration for these services. The Mayor shall provide the Council with a final version of the independent audit. Based upon the results of the independent audit, and notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 1-315.01 through 1-315.07 , the Mayor shall, through an intra-District government transfer, permit the Authority to use any assets the Mayor considers to be required for the Authority’s operations upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor finds appropriate, and shall transfer any liabilities that are directly attributable to the water distribution system or sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems, other than the general obligation bonds referred to in subsection (f) of this section. The District government shall retain full legal title to, and a complete equitable interest in, all assets made available for the Authority’s use. Pending the intra-District government transfer required by this subsection, all assets and liabilities of the Water and Sewer Utility Administration, as indicated on the balance sheet prepared by the Water and Sewer Utility Administration just prior to April 18, 1996, shall be transferred for the Authority’s use on an interim basis. Assets made available to the Authority pursuant to this subsection shall remain under the control of the Authority for as long as Authority revenue bonds are outstanding, unless all of the outstanding revenue bonds are defeased pursuant to § 34-2202.13 , or otherwise.
(f) The Authority shall transfer to the General Fund of the District funds necessary for the District to make debt service payments on District general obligation bonds related to the Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration. The payments shall be in the amount and made at such times as the Treasurer of the District of Columbia requires in writing, and the payments shall continue until the District’s general obligations bonds related to the Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration are fully paid.
(g) (1) Twelve months subsequent to the completion of the first full year of operation of the Authority, the chairperson of the Board shall cause a study to be undertaken to determine the feasibility of establishing the Authority as an independent regional authority and to make recommendations for the ongoing relationship of user jurisdictions to the Authority.
  (2) The feasibility study shall include base-line data obtained pursuant to the requirements for annual reports as set forth in § 34-2202.05(c) , (d), and (e), and the audit of the assets and liabilities of the Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration required by subsection (e) of this section.
  (3) The study recommendations shall include the manner in which the District would be compensated by the Authority for the District’s historic investment in the capital improvements and maintenance of the Blue Plains facility, should the Authority become an independent regional authority, as well as options for retention by the District of the land upon which any Authority plant and facilities are located within the boundaries of the District.
  (4) Within 180 days of its inception, the study and its recommendations shall be completed and submitted to the Mayor, the Council, and the appropriate official of each of the other participating jurisdictions.
D.C. Code § 34-709 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-709
§ 34-709. Commission authorized to regulate rates.
Status: in_force

Whenever, after hearing and investigation as provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall find that any rate, toll, charge, regulation, or practice of any public utility within the District of Columbia is unreasonable or discriminatory, it shall have the power to regulate, fix, and determine the same as provided in this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-809 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-809
§ 34-809. Authority of Mayor not affected; ordinances of Commissioners not affected unless modified by Commission.
Status: in_force

All the duties, powers, and authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall continue and remain in full force and effect notwithstanding this subtitle; and all powers, authority and duties of the municipality known as the District of Columbia and all rights vested in said municipality shall continue and remain in full force and effect notwithstanding this subtitle. All the lawful ordinances and regulations made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as such, and all other lawful municipal ordinances and regulations, shall continue and remain in full force and effect, and may be altered, changed, or amended, and new ordinances and regulations may be made by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, acting as such, hereafter, notwithstanding this subtitle; provided, that when any order of the Commission created by this subtitle shall be made which shall be inconsistent and repugnant to any municipal ordinance or regulation, or any ordinance or regulation made or to be made by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, acting as such, then and in such event the order of the Commission created by this subtitle shall be given full force and effect, notwithstanding such municipal ordinance or regulation.
D.C. Code § 34-1253.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1253.02
§ 34-1253.02. Public Access Corporation.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) There shall be established, pursuant to the requirements of this chapter and in accordance with Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of Title 29, a nonprofit Public Access Corporation (“Corporation”) in the District for the purpose of facilitating and governing nondiscriminatory use by the public of those specifically designated and reserved noncommercial public access channels of a cable system.
  (2) The Corporation shall have jurisdiction over the use of all public access channels and all matters related to the governance, management, time, equipment, facilities, and other services related to the public access channels.
  (3) The Corporation shall be responsible for all resources and assets dedicated to the Corporation under this chapter, and any franchise agreement, or open video system agreement.
(b) (1) The Corporation shall have no less than 3 categories of members, including:
    (A) A 13-member Board of Directors;
    (B) A 15-member Board of Advisors; and
    (C) Associate members.
  (2) The names of the members of the Corporation shall be public information.
(c) The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of the Corporation. The bylaws of the Corporation shall provide that 2 members of the Board shall always be persons nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council and that 2 members of the Board shall always be persons nominated by the chairperson of the Council committee having jurisdiction over cable television and confirmed by the Council. The chairperson and the remaining members of the Board shall be elected in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation.
(d) The Board of Advisors shall advise the Board of Directors and shall have the authority or responsibilities that the bylaws of the Corporation confer and as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Each member of the Board of Advisors shall be a resident of the District of Columbia. To the extent possible, the membership of the Board of Advisors shall include representatives of public interest organizations, civil rights groups, the health and arts communities, labor organizations, business groups, consumers, educators, religious leaders, minorities, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning persons, persons with disabilities, and child advocates.
(e) Any person nominated by the Mayor or the Council to the Board of Directors or the Board of Advisors shall be a District resident and shall not be an employee of the District, an employee or owner of a cable operator or any of its contractors.
(f) Any person nominated by the Mayor or the Council to the Board of Director or the Board of Advisors shall, to the extent possible, have knowledge of areas that include telecommunications law, television programming, corporate or foundation management, public relations, fund raising, and career development training.
(g) Neither members of the Board of Directors nor members of the Board of Advisors shall be compensated for the performance of their duties as members of these boards, except that they may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as the Corporation shall determine.
(h) The articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the Public Access Corporation shall reflect and ensure that the statutory mandates and legislative intent of the Council shall be protected and promoted by the Corporation in the issuance of regulations guaranteeing nondiscriminatory use of the public access channels; in the development of opportunities within the community-at-large for training and experience in the field of telecommunications; and in permitting any resident of the District qualified to use the public access facilities to become a member of the Public Access Corporation, with voting rights equal to those of other members. The articles shall also provide for these members to elect members of the Board.
(i) The bylaws of the Corporation shall include a requirement that an annual report of all the Corporation’s activities, including a financial audit, be submitted to the Council for its information within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation.
(j) The bylaws of the Corporation shall include rules for procurement and personnel policies.
(k) The bylaws of the Corporation shall include a requirement that the Corporation submit to the Mayor the budget of the Corporation for its next fiscal year, approved by the Board, for inclusion in the annual budget that the Mayor is required to submit to the Council pursuant to § 1-204.42 . The Corporation shall submit to the Mayor annually the budget of the Public Access Corporation for its next fiscal year, approved by the Board, for inclusion in the annual budget that the Mayor is required to submit to the Council pursuant to § 1-204.42 .
(l) The Corporation shall establish its bank account in a financial institution located in the District.
(m) The Corporation’s management and use of public access channels shall not duplicate programming or services that the District may provide on government channels.
(n) The Corporation may solicit any monies, equipment, and services provided under and in accordance with the terms of an agreement ratified by the District as a part of a grant of franchise for a cable system; and may receive monies, equipment, and services from other sources, including grants from the District, the federal government, private foundations, businesses, organizations, individuals, membership dues, and donations. Any monies, equipment, and services received pursuant to this subsection shall be utilized in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation, and in a manner consistent with the purposes and limitations of this chapter.
(o) All assets of the Corporation, including all facilities and monies dedicated to public access use by the District and the franchise agreement or open video system agreement, shall be deemed assets held by the Corporation in trust for the benefit of the citizens of the District for the purpose of developing and implementing the use and programming of public access channels. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, all assets of the Corporation shall revert to the District. In addition to all other lawful grounds, the Corporation may be dissolved involuntarily by a decree of the court in an action instituted by the Mayor, on the Mayor’s own initiative or at the request of the Council, in the name of the District when it is proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the Corporation has continued to exceed, abuse, or fail to fulfill the powers or purposes set forth in this chapter and the Corporation’s articles, has continued to exceed or abuse its bylaws, or has breached and continues to breach its fiduciary obligations to the citizens of the District. Any involuntary dissolution shall be undertaken pursuant to the notice and remedy provisions of § 29-301.53 .
D.C. Code § 34-2413.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.11
§ 34-2413.11. Potomac water to be furnished to charitable institutions without charge.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.01
§ 34-1671.01. Findings.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
(1) It is in the public interest to promote the availability to customers of adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced retail natural gas from licensed natural gas suppliers that provide customers with the price, terms, conditions, and quality options they elect to meet their respective natural gas needs.
(2) It is the intent of this chapter to:
  (A) Clarify existing law regarding the provision of competitive retail natural gas supply in the District of Columbia;
  (B) Require the Public Service Commission to license retail natural gas suppliers;
  (C) Authorize the Public Service Commission to adopt complaint procedures; and
  (D) Establish standards for the protection of customers so that:
    (i) Customers have access to reliable, safe, and affordable retail natural gas sales, including high quality customer service; and
    (ii) (I) Customers have the right to receive accurate, easily understood information about natural gas suppliers, services, plans, terms and conditions, and rights and remedies.
      (II) The information must be unbiased, accurate, and understandable in a written form, that allows for comparison of prices and terms of service.
(3) Customers are protected from unfair, deceptive, fraudulent, and anticompetitive practices, including practices such as cramming, slamming, and providing deceptive information regarding billing terms and conditions of service.
(4) Customers receive accurate and timely bills from their natural gas suppliers.
(5) Customers are entitled to protection of their privacy and are protected from improper use of their customer records or payment histories without their express consent.
(6) Customers have the right to a fair and efficient process for resolving disputes with natural gas suppliers.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.04
§ 34-1911.04. Erection and maintenance of telephone poles in alleys; poles outside designated limit; temporary permits.
Status: in_force

Said Mayor is empowered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the alleys of said city and District and the stringing thereon of telephone conductors from alley poles or housetop fixtures in one square to alley poles or housetop fixtures in another square for the purpose of enabling house connections to be made, and also to authorize the erection of telephone poles in the District of Columbia outside the limits of the section of said District described in § 34-1911.01 and the stringing thereon of telephone conductors for house connections or for connection with lines outside the District of Columbia; also to authorize the erection of such poles and the stringing thereon of such wires in the streets and avenues of said city and District in the parts thereof in which there are no public alleys, and in such other places as the public interests do not require that the lines be placed underground, or in places where it shall be deemed by said Mayor impracticable to advantageously place or operate such lines underground. During the progress of the work provided for in § 34-1911.01 said Mayor is also empowered to issue temporary permits for the erection and maintenance of poles and overhead conductors in places where the lines are ultimately to be placed underground, but where the work can not be immediately done because of the greater urgency of work in other localities, or for other reasons satisfactory to said Mayor; but in issuing such temporary permits said Mayor shall bear in mind the purpose and policy of this subchapter, which is to cause to be removed from the streets and avenues within the section of said District described in § 34-1911.01 all poles and wires attached thereto, except as hereinbefore provided, as expeditiously as may be without interfering with or impairing the efficiency of the telephone service in said District and without denying to the public reasonable telephone facilities at all times.
D.C. Code § 34-1104 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1104
§ 34-1104. Proposed changes in law to be submitted to Commission; hearings; recommendations to Congress.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1002 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 10 / § 34-1002
§ 34-1002. Antimerger law.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1516 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1516
§ 34-1516. New generating facilities in the District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

No person shall construct an electric generating facility for the purpose of the retail or wholesale sale of electricity unless the Commission first determines, after notice and a hearing, that the construction of the electric generating facility is in the public interest.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06c — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06c
§ 34-2202.06c. Storm Water Advisory Panel.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-808 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-808
§ 34-808. Orders for repairs; improvement in equipment, service.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Commission shall be of opinion, after hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that repairs, improvements, or changes in any street railroad, gas plant, electric plant, telephone line, telegraph line, pipeline, waterpower plant, or the facilities of any common carrier ought reasonably to be made, or that any addition of service or equipment ought reasonably to be made thereto, or that the vehicles or cars of any street railroad or common carrier are unclean, insanitary, uncomfortable, inconvenient, or improperly equipped, operated, or maintained, or are in need of paint, or unsightly in appearance, or that any addition ought reasonably to be made thereto, in order to promote the comfort or convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities, the Commission shall have power to make and serve an order directing that such repairs, improvements, changes, or additions to service or equipment be made within a reasonable time and in a manner to be specified therein, and every such public utility is hereby required and directed to obey every such order of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-2503 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25 / § 34-2503
§ 34-2503. Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved.
Status: in_force

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal §§ 34-2501 and 34-2502 .
D.C. Code § 34-1206 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1206
§ 34-1206. Powers and responsibilities of Office.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-902 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-902
§ 34-902. Commission may adopt rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall have power to adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to all inspections, tests, audits, and investigations, and to adopt and publish reasonable and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings of public utilities and other parties before it.
(b) The Commission shall publish rules and regulations for the administration of § 2-534(a)(15) .
D.C. Code § 34-1260.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1260.01
§ 34-1260.01. Consumer protection.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall comply with all federal and District customer service regulations and with all customer service standards contained in the franchise agreement.
(b) A cable operator shall maintain at least one office within the District, which shall be open and accessible to the public during normal business hours and limited evening and weekend hours, including facilities for 24-hour telephone subscriber assistance.
D.C. Code § 34-2403.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2403.02
§ 34-2403.02. Use of Potomac water for mechanical and manufacturing purposes.
Status: in_force

The use of Potomac water for mechanical and manufacturing purposes, or for private fountains, street and pavement washers, shall be allowed only when, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, it will not be detrimental to the general distribution of water in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1207.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1207.01
§ 34-1207.01. Cable Television special account.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.08
§ 34-1312.08. Legal investment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-305 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-305
§ 34-305. Appointment and removal of inspectors and assistant inspectors of gas and meters.
Status: in_force

The appointment and power to remove the Inspector of Gas and Meters and Assistant Inspectors of Gas and Meters from office is hereby vested in the Commission. All the powers and duties of such inspectors conferred and imposed by statute shall be exercised and performed under the supervision and control of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-903 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-903
§ 34-903. Commission to keep informed of business conduct of utilities.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the business of all public utilities is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from any public utility all necessary information to enable the Commission to perform its duties.
D.C. Code § 34-505 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-505
§ 34-505. Application of proceeds of stock.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall apply the proceeds of any such stock, certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness to any other purpose or issue the same on any less favorable terms than that specified in the certificate issued by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.16 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.16
§ 34-1313.16. Expedition.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall expedite its consideration of applications pursuant to §§ 34-1313.12 and 34-1313.13 . In proceedings to consider the applications, the Commission’s decision shall be issued no later than 120 days of the close of the period for public comment upon the application; provided, that if a protest or objection to the application is timely filed with the Commission, the period for the Commission’s decision is extended by 45 days. When calculating the time required to issue its decision, the Commission may omit any time interval for which it has determined the application to be deficient and in which a formal request for material to cure that deficiency was pending.
D.C. Code § 34-2501 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25 / § 34-2501
§ 34-2501. Conditions under which private conduits may be laid.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to grant permission to lay conduits for the transmission of electric power and pipes for the transmission of steam in alleys in the District of Columbia, under the following conditions, namely:
(1) The conduits or pipes shall be laid entirely within a square or block, and shall not cross or enter any avenue, street, or highway.
(2) The conduits and pipes shall be located as directed by said Mayor and be laid under his inspection; and the cost of such inspection, together with the cost of replacing all improved pavements disturbed in connection with said work, shall be paid in advance by the party desiring to lay said conduits or steam pipes.
(3) The conduits or pipes shall be used only to connect the premises owned and operated by the permittee, and no power or steam shall be supplied therefrom for any other purpose than the use of the permittee.
(4) The permittee shall not rent the conduit or pipe or any portion thereof.
D.C. Code § 34-732 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-732
§ 34-732. Construction of §§ 34-706 and 34-731.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 34-706 and 34-731 relating to the orders, rules, and regulations of the Public Service Commission may be enforced either as provided in § 34-706 or § 34-731 .
D.C. Code § 34-921 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-921
§ 34-921. Record of proceedings to be kept; testimony to be taken stenographically.
Status: in_force

A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings had before the Commission or its agents on any formal investigation had, and all testimony shall be taken down by a stenographer appointed by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.02
§ 34-1259.02. Test and performance monitoring.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than 90 days after a new or substantial rebuild of a cable system, or a portion of the cable system, is completed and available for service to subscribers, or at such later time as may be set forth in a franchise agreement, a technical performance test shall be conducted by the cable operator to demonstrate full compliance with the technical standards of the FCC. The test shall be performed by, or under the supervision of, a qualified registered professional engineer or an engineer with proper training and experience. A report shall be submitted to the Office, describing test results, instrumentation, calibration, test procedures, and the qualifications of the engineer responsible for the test.
(b) System monitor test points shall be established at or near the output of the last amplifier in the longest feeder line, at or near the trunk extremities, and at not fewer than 8 other widely scattered locations.
(c) The franchise agreement may require additional tests, full or partial repeat tests, different test procedures, or tests involving a specific subscriber’s terminal.
(d) The Office may require additional tests, full or partial repeat tests, different test procedures, or tests involving a specific subscriber’s terminal; provided, that a request for an additional test by the Office shall be on the basis of complaints received or other evidence indicating an unresolved controversy or significant noncompliance, and the test shall be limited to the particular matter in controversy. The Office shall endeavor to arrange a request for a test under this subsection so as to minimize hardship or inconvenience to the cable operator or subscribers.
(e) All tests performed under this section shall be conducted in conformity with Federal Communications Commission regulations and any regulations promulgated under this chapter.
(f) A copy of the annual performance test required by the Federal Communications Commission shall be simultaneously submitted to Office.
(g) The Office may employ qualified consultants to assist in the administration of this or any other section of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1633 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16A / § 34-1633
§ 34-1633. Consumer protections.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-915 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-915
§ 34-915. Hearings after summary investigation.
Status: in_force

If after making such investigation the Commission becomes satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matters so investigated, it shall furnish such public utility interested a statement notifying the public utility of the matters under investigation. Ten days after such notice has been given the Commission may proceed to set a time and place for a hearing and an investigation as hereinbefore provided.
D.C. Code § 34-1211 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1211
§ 34-1211. Grant of authority.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2305 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2305
§ 34-2305. Administrative review.
Status: in_force

Any owner or occupant of a property that receives water and sewer services may contest a water or sanitary sewer service bill rendered for water and sewer services in accordance with §§ 2-509 and 2-510 , as set forth in rules issued by the Mayor pursuant to § 34-2306 . The Mayor or the Authority shall require the owner or occupant to post a surety bond or deposit upon the filing of a request for an administrative hearing, except that the requirement to post a surety bond or deposit shall not apply to an owner who occupies a single family house. The amount of the surety bond or deposit shall be determined by the Mayor or the Authority and shall not be less than one-half of the total amount of charges, penalties, and interest owed. The surety bond or deposit shall be placed into an escrow account and accrue interest at a rate to be determined by the Mayor or the Authority.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.03
§ 34-1671.03. Role, duties, and powers of the Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders to:
  (1) Govern the licensing and the revocation, suspension, or surrender of a natural gas supplier license;
  (2) Implement customer protections;
  (3) Establish procedural rules for complaints, investigations, and dispositional hearings;
  (4) Impose a civil penalty or other remedy;
  (5) Require that residential customers’ bills indicate, as an individual line item, charges for retail natural gas sales;
  (6) Establish reasonable requirements for solicitation of residential customers;
  (7) Establish uniform contract terms, except as to price, for the enrollment agreement for residential customers;
  (8) Establish reasonable procedures for contracting between residential customers and natural gas suppliers;
  (9) Establish reasonable requirements and limitations relating to deposits, billing, contract cancellations, and disconnections of residential customers; and
  (10) Establish minimum service quality, safety, and reliability standards.
(b) The Commission shall adopt any other regulations, or issue any other orders, consistent with the policies enunciated in this chapter that are necessary to ensure the development of a competitive market for retail natural gas, billing, and any component of retail natural gas sales declared to be a potentially competitive service.
D.C. Code § 34-901 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-901
§ 34-901. Existing rates continued; schedules to be filed; application to change rates; review of ruling by Court of Appeals.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the Commission shall otherwise order, it shall be unlawful for any public utility within the District of Columbia to demand, collect, or receive a greater compensation for any service than the charge fixed on the lowest schedule of rates for the same service under the law in force on March 4, 1913.
(b) Every public utility in the District of Columbia shall, within 30 days after March 4, 1913, file in the office of the Commission copies of all schedules of rates and charges, including joint rates, in force on March 4, 1913.
(c) Any public utility desiring to advance or discontinue any such rate or rates may make application to the Commission in writing, stating the advance in or discontinuance of the rate or rates desired, giving the reasons for such advance or discontinuance.
(d) Upon receiving such application the Commission shall fix a time and place for hearing, and give such notice to interested parties as shall be proper and reasonable; if, after such hearing and investigation, the Commission shall find that the change or discontinuance applied for is reasonable, fair, and just, it shall grant the application, either in whole or in part.
(e) Any public utility being dissatisfied with any order of the Commission made under the provisions of this section may commence a proceeding against it in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in the manner as is in this subtitle provided, which action shall be tried and determined in the same manner as is in this subtitle provided.
D.C. Code § 34-303 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-303
§ 34-303. Inspectors of gas and electric meters; inspection of meters; Commission to make rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall appoint inspectors of gas meters, whose duty it shall be, when required by the Commission, to inspect, examine, and ascertain the accuracy of gas meters used or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of gas furnished for light, heat, or power by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person or corporation.
(b) No corporation or person shall furnish, set, or put in use any gas meter which shall not have been inspected and proved for accuracy, or any meter the type of which shall not have been approved by the Commission or by an inspector of the Commission.
(c) The Commission shall appoint inspectors of electric meters, whose duty it shall be, when required by the Commission, to inspect, examine, and ascertain the accuracy of any and all electric meters used or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of electric current furnished for light, heat, or power by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person or corporation, and to inspect, examine, and ascertain the accuracy of all apparatus for testing and proving the accuracy of electric meters; and when found to be or made to be correct the inspector shall stamp or mark all such meters and apparatus with some suitable device, which device shall be recorded in the office of the Commission. No corporation or person shall furnish, set, or put in use any electric meter the type of which shall not have been approved by the Commission or any meter not approved by an inspector of the Commission.
(d) Every person shall provide, repair, and maintain such suitable premises and apparatus and facilities as may be required and approved by the Commission for testing and proving the accuracy of gas and electric meters furnished for use by it, and by which apparatus every meter may be tested.
(e) If any consumer to whom a meter has been furnished shall request the Commission in writing to inspect such meter, the Commission shall have the same inspected and tested; if the same, on being so tested, shall be found to be more than 2 per centum defective or incorrect to the prejudice of the consumer, the inspector shall order the person furnishing the meter forthwith to remove the same and to place instead a correct meter, and the expense of such inspection and test shall be borne by the person; if the same, on being so tested, shall be found to be correct, the expense of such inspection and test shall be borne by the consumer.
(f) The Commission shall prescribe such rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary and shall fix uniform reasonable charges for the inspection and testing of meters upon complaint.
D.C. Code § 34-911 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-911
§ 34-911. Reasonable rates to be ordered; notice to affected utility.
Status: in_force

If upon such investigation the rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint rates shall be found to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle, the Commission shall have power to determine and by order fix and order to be substituted therefor such rate or rates, tolls, charges, or schedules as shall be just and reasonable. If upon such investigation it shall be found that any regulation, time schedule, act, or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this section, or if it be found that reasonable service is not supplied, the Commission shall have power to determine and substitute therefor such other regulations, time schedules, service, or acts and to make such orders respecting and such changes in such regulations, time schedules, service, or acts as shall be just and reasonable. And upon any investigation for the purpose of determining upon and requiring any reasonable extension or extensions of lines or of service that shall promise to be compensatory within a reasonable time, the Commission shall have power to fix, determine, and require every such extension or extensions to be made and the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be made; provided, that no hearing shall be had and no order shall be made respecting such extension or extensions, without notice to the public utility affected thereby, as provided in § 34-910 .
D.C. Code § 34-406 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-406
§ 34-406. Action pending March 4, 1913, unaffected by this subtitle.
Status: in_force

This subtitle shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, or quasi-criminal, pending on March 4, 1913, but the same may be prosecuted or defended as provided by preexisting law or regulation.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.11
§ 34-1731.11. Severability.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter or its application to a particular person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other persons or applications.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.12 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.12
§ 34-2401.12. Water rates not to be a source of revenue.
Status: in_force

The water rates levied in the District of Columbia shall never be a source of revenue other than as a means of keeping up to said District a supply of water but shall constitute a fund exclusively for the maintenance, management, and repair of the system of water distribution.
D.C. Code § 34-1801 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1801
§ 34-1801. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) Repealed.
(2) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of  Columbia.
(2A) “Consumer” means an individual who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction for any purpose other than resale.
(3) “Fund” means the Emergency and Non-Emergency Number Telephone Calling Systems Fund established under § 34-1802 .
(4) “Local exchange carrier” means a person that is engaged in the provision  of local exchange service or exchange access.
(5) “Local exchange service” means a telecommunications service provided  within an exchange area.
(6) “Person” means an individual, corporation, company, association, joint-stock company, association, firm, partnership, or other entity.
(6A) “Prepaid wireless E911 charge” means the charge that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established under § 34-1803.02 .
(6B) “Prepaid wireless telecommunications service” means a commercial mobile radio service, as defined by § 20.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that allows a caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must be paid for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount.
(6C) “Provider” means a person that provides prepaid wireless telecommunications service pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
(7) “Public safety answering point” means an answering location for 911 and  311 calls originating in a given area.
(7A) “Retail transaction” means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale.
(8) “Reverse 911 system” means a capability that allows the Metropolitan  Police Department to forward a pre-recorded message to residents and  businesses within a designated geographical area.
(8A) “Seller” means a person who sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person.
(9) Repealed.
(10) “911 system” means:
  (A) Equipment for connecting and out-switching a 911 call originating within   a local exchange carrier’s local exchange service;
  (B) Trunking facilities from a local exchange carrier to a public safety answering point;
  (C) Equipment necessary for routing a 911 call to a public safety answering point;
  (D) Facilities and staff needed to operate a call answering center;
  (E) A 311 system; and
  (F) A reverse 911 system.
(11) “311 system” means a telephone system that is used to reduce emergency  telephone call congestion by diverting non-emergency calls from the emergency  telephone lines.
D.C. Code § 34-1263.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1263.03
§ 34-1263.03. Willful or repeated violations.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a cable operator shall willfully or repeatedly fail, refuse, or neglect to conduct or operate its cable system in accordance with the terms of this chapter or the franchise, or to comply with the conditions of the use of the public rights-of-way, or in other ways violate the terms and conditions of this chapter or a franchise agreement within the preceding 3 years, the Executive Director shall notify the cable operator in writing, setting forth the nature and facts of such violations. If within 20 business days following such written notification the cable operator has not furnished proof that corrective action has been taken or is being actively and expeditiously pursued to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, or that the alleged violation did not occur, the Executive Director, through the Mayor, shall submit a resolution for termination of the franchise to the Council.
(b) If the Council determines that the cable operator had just cause for noncompliance, the Council shall direct the cable operator to comply within such time and manner and on such terms and conditions as are reasonable, or if appropriate, waive compliance in the specific matter presented.
(c) If the Council determines that the cable operator’s noncompliance was without just cause, the Council may approve the resolution to terminate the franchise.
(d) No revocation or termination shall be effective unless the Council, or a committee of the Council, shall have held a public hearing where interested parties and the public may be heard and the Council shall set forth the reasons for the termination. In the event the termination of the franchise depends upon a finding of fact, the finding of fact as made by the Council shall be deemed to be conclusive, unless modified by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) The cable operator shall not be declared in violation of or subject to any sanctions under this chapter in any case in which the performance of the cable operator is prevented for reasons beyond its control. A violation shall not be deemed beyond the cable operator’s control if committed by a person in whom the cable operator holds a controlling interest, be it directly or indirectly.
(f) The termination of a franchise under this section shall in no way affect any of the rights of the District under the franchise or any provision of law.
D.C. Code § 34-1221 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1221
§ 34-1221. Transfer of ownership to District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2702 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2702
§ 34-2702. Formation and operation of 1-call center.
Status: in_force

(a) All utility operators doing business or having underground facilities in the District of Columbia shall form and operate a one-call center for the mutual receipt of notification of proposed excavation or demolition operations within the District of Columbia. The one-call center, to which notification concerning proposed excavation or demolition should be directed, shall file with the Mayor the telephone number and address of such center, and a list of the name and address of each utility operator participating in the operation of the center.
(b) All agencies or instrumentalities of the District of Columbia owning, leasing, maintaining, or otherwise possessing an interest in underground facilities shall join and participate in the one-call center. The name and address of each District agency or instrumentality participating in the operation of the one-call center shall be included in the list transmitted by the one-call center to the Mayor.
(c) The one-call center shall provide call records to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs for enforcement purposes pursuant to § 34-2707(d) .
D.C. Code § 34-2007 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2007
§ 34-2007. Taxation of local exchange providers.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, each local exchange carrier in the District of Columbia shall be subject to the same District of Columbia taxes and fees and shall be entitled to the same tax exemptions, including, but not limited to, personal property taxes. For purposes of District of Columbia taxation only, a local exchange carrier shall include a telephone company that sells public utility services. For the taxation purposes of this chapter, the term “public utility services” shall include all local telecommunications services sold for a fee directly to the public irrespective of the technology used to provide the services, including, but not limited to, local commercial mobile services.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.01
§ 34-1312.01. Establishment of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-805 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-805
§ 34-805. People’s Counsel — Appropriations.
Status: in_force

There are authorized to be appropriated, to carry out the purposes of §§ 34-804 and 34-912 , such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1980 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.03
§ 34-1731.03. Franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall, within 30 days of March 2, 2007, issue an RFI to be followed by an RFP pursuant to the requirements of Unit A of Chapter 3 of Title 2 , for a franchise agreement for the use of District telecommunications assets for telecommunications purposes in exchange for the furnishing of a package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents. Upon an award, the Mayor shall enter into a franchise agreement with the franchisee.
(b) The franchise agreement shall be a nonexclusive agreement in the District for private use of District telecommunications assets for telecommunications purposes in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter for Internet-related telecommunications purposes.
(c) The franchise agreement shall be for a period not to exceed 5 years. One year prior to the termination of a franchise agreement, each party shall notify the other, in writing, as to whether it wants to renegotiate the franchise agreement for an additional period of time. Absent satisfactory renegotiation for a renewal period, the Mayor shall, based upon an evaluation of the bids received following the issuance of an RFP, enter into a new franchise agreement for the use of District telecommunications assets in exchange for the furnishing of a package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents. The terms of a new franchise agreement shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Under the terms of a franchise agreement, the franchisee shall be responsible for:
  (1) Offering to each digitally-disadvantaged household specified in the franchise agreement the complete package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents at no cost to the household;
  (2) Providing to each digitally-disadvantaged resident household that accepts the offer the complete package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents at no cost to the household;
  (3) Providing the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents according to a time schedule established in the franchise agreement;
  (4) Reporting to the Mayor, no less often than quarterly the number of:
    (A) The number of digitally-disadvantaged households to which the franchisee has offered the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents;
    (B) The number of digitally-disadvantaged resident households that have accepted the franchisee’s offer of that package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents, and
    (C) The number of digitally-disadvantaged resident households to which the franchisee has provided the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents by the dates specified in the schedule established in the franchise agreement;
  (5) Maintaining records, which shall be available to the Mayor on request, sufficient to identify:
    (A) All digitally-disadvantaged resident households to which the franchise has offered the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents;
    (B) All digitally-disadvantaged resident households that have accepted the franchisee’s offer of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents;
    (C) (i) All digitally-disadvantaged resident households to which the franchisee has provided the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents; and
      (ii) The date on which each digitally-disadvantaged resident household received that package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents;
    (D) (i) All complaints received by the franchisee in connection with offering and providing the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents; and
      (ii) The manner and date of resolution of each complaint;
  (6) All costs and expenses of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection; and
  (7) All costs and expenses incident to the franchisee’s use of District telecommunications assets as defined in this chapter.
(e) The franchise agreement shall establish:
  (1) The specific population of digitally-disadvantaged residents (by income level, residence in digitally-disadvantaged areas, or both) to which the franchisee agrees to offer the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents to each digitally-disadvantaged resident household;
  (2) The schedule according to which the franchisee will provide the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents to the digitally-disadvantaged resident households to be served pursuant to the franchise agreement;
  (3) Procedures for periodically upgrading hardware provided as part of any package of services to digitally-disadvantaged resident households during the course of the franchise agreement;
  (4) That the franchisee shall be subject to fees, payable to the Treasurer of the District of Columbia, for failure to adhere to the schedule described in subsection (d)(3) of this section and paragraph (2) of this subsection;
  (5) That prior to signing the franchise agreement, the Mayor and the franchisee shall define the franchisee’s specific use of District telecommunications assets; and
  (6) (i) That upon the expiration of the franchise agreement, or upon the expiration of a renewal term, all computers, peripherals, and other items furnished by the franchisee to any household pursuant to the franchise agreement shall remain the property of the household; and
    (ii) That no person who received any item or service that is part of the package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents shall be liable for any fee or charge for such item or service.
(f) The Mayor shall include in the franchise agreement the requirements of this chapter and any other provisions that the Mayor considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(g) Pursuant to the requirements of § 1-204.51 , the franchise agreement shall be subject to approval by the Council.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.03
§ 34-1313.03. Consideration of applications for a financing order.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) (A) The Commission shall publish notice to the public of an application for a financing order before deciding upon the application for a financing order and provide for a period of no less than 60 days after publication of the notice for public comment and 14 days after publication of the notice for filing of motions to intervene.
    (B) The electric company shall provide notice of the application as provided in § 34-909 , as that section reads as of July 11, 2017, or as amended or superseded.
  (2) The District, OPC, and DDOT shall each be a party to the Commission proceeding on the application, as a matter of right.
  (3) (A) Any other person desiring to be heard on the application shall file a motion to intervene with the Commission requesting to be made a party to the proceeding.
    (B) The applicant and any party to the proceeding may file an answer or oppose the granting of the motion.
    (C) The Commission shall, by order, approve or deny the motion at its reasonable discretion.
(b) (1) The Commission shall decide upon an application for a financing order based upon the pleadings in the matter and, if no protest or objection is filed in response to the Commission's public notice of the application, at its discretion, without a hearing.
  (2) A formal evidentiary hearing shall be required only if contested issues of material fact are present and those issues cannot be resolved by the Commission based on the pleadings and discovery responses filed, if any, in the matter.  Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Commission may approve, approve with condition, modify, or reject the application in whole or in part, as it considers necessary and appropriate.
  (3) The Commission may not approve the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges unless it shall have also approved the Underground Rider in an amount reasonably expected to generate sufficient revenues to permit the electric company to recover the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
(c) The Commission is authorized to issue a financing order if the Commission finds that the projected DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs to be funded by the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges are prudent and that the amount of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges is reasonable and that the Underground Rider reasonably can be expected to generate sufficient revenues to permit the electric company to recover the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
(d) (1) The Commission shall expedite its consideration of applications for financing orders.
  (2) The Commission shall issue its decision on the electric company's application no later than 60 days following the closing of the period for public comment upon the application; provided, that if a protest or objection to the application that can be resolved without an evidentiary hearing is timely filed with the Commission, the period for the Commission's decision shall be extended by an additional 15 days; provided further, that the time may be tolled at the Commission's reasonable discretion for periods in which it determines the electric company's application is deficient.
  (3) If an evidentiary hearing is required, the Commission shall issue a decision no more than 60 days following the close of the hearing record.
(e) (1) The Commission is authorized to retain the services of a financial advisor to assist it in its consideration of an application for a financing order, and in the formulation and administration of a financing order.
  (2) Notwithstanding § 34-912(a)(3) , the Commission shall pay the financial advisor amounts due from the Public Service Commission Agency Fund pursuant to § 34-912 , with any subsequent amounts due to the financial advisor paid in accordance with this chapter .
D.C. Code § 34-1731.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.08
§ 34-1731.08. Delegation of authority.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may delegate the powers established by this chapter to OCTO. In exercising this authority, OCTO may consult with such other agencies as it considers appropriate in the best interests of the District.
D.C. Code § 34-2109 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2109
§ 34-2109. Meters and measuring devices; maintenance and repairs.
Status: in_force

(a) All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provisions of this subchapter shall be under the control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Council of the District of Columbia, who shall promulgate all regulations necessary in its judgment to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter. The owner or occupant of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made at the owner’s cost, whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Bills for such repairs, if made by the District, shall be due and payable when rendered, and the Mayor is authorized to provide for stopping the supply of water to any building or establishment upon the failure to pay such charge for meter repairs.
(b) The Mayor shall impose a one-time charge of 10% for any sanitary meter service charge that remains unpaid for more than 30 days and a penalty of 1% per month compounded monthly for any sanitary meter repair service that remains unpaid for more than 60 days from the date the bill is rendered.
(c) In accordance with § 34-2407.02 , the Mayor shall impose and enforce a continuing lien upon land and land improvements that are furnished sanitary meter services if any charges remain unpaid for more than 60 days from the date the bill for services is rendered.
(d) The Mayor, with prior written notice to the owner of the date and time of entry, and consistent with constitutional guidelines, may enter any building, establishment, or other premises to inspect, install, replace, read, or repair any sanitary meter required to be installed pursuant to the Public Works Act, or to investigate whether water derived from groundwater or cooling water is being discharged from the real property into a sanitary or combined sewer system. If the Mayor is unable to gain entry to the real property after 2 attempts, the Mayor shall notify the owner or occupant to contact the Department within 3 business days after notice is mailed to the owner. If the owner or occupant fails to contact the Department, it shall be presumed that the owner refuses to permit entry to the property and the Mayor may impose a penalty of $100 and shut off the water supply to the real property. Upon the payment of the penalty of issuance of a final decision where the owner files a request for administrative review, the Mayor may restore the water supply.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.04
§ 34-2401.04. Fiscal year of Water Department.
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Water Department of the District of Columbia shall conform to the regular fiscal year of the general government; the rates shall be levied and collected at least once every 12 months, or whenever practicable in the judgment of the Council of the District of Columbia, at least once every 6 months.
D.C. Code § 34-1253.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1253.01
§ 34-1253.01. Cable Television Advisory Committee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1226 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1226
§ 34-1226. Rates and service offerings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-804 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-804
§ 34-804. People’s Counsel — Appointment, compensation, qualifications; personnel; duties.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established within the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, established by § 34-801 , an office to be known as the “Office of the People’s Counsel.” The Office shall be a party, as of right, in any investigation, valuation, revaluation, or proceeding of any nature by the Public Service Commission of or concerning any public utility operating in the District of Columbia.
(b) There shall be at the head of such Office the People’s Counsel who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of the District of Columbia, and who shall serve for a term of 4 years. The People’s Counsel shall be entitled to receive compensation at the maximum rate for Level II of the Senior Executive Attorney Service, pursuant to §§ 1-608.53 and 1-608.58 . No person shall be appointed to the position of People’s Counsel unless that person is admitted to practice before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Before entering upon the duties of such office, the People’s Counsel shall take and subscribe the same oaths as that required by the commissioners of the Commission, including an oath or affirmation before the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that he is not pecuniarily interested, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, in any public utility in the District of Columbia. The People’s Counsel shall be a District resident throughout his or her term and failure to maintain District residency shall result in a forfeiture of the position.
(c) The People’s Counsel is authorized to employ or to retain and fix the compensation of employees or independent contractors, including attorneys, necessary to perform the functions vested in the People’s Counsel by this section, § 34-2202.05a , and § 34-912 and prescribe their authority and duties.
(c-1) (1) (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 , the People's Counsel shall use a ranking system based on a scale of 100 points for all employment decisions for positions within the Office of the People's Counsel.
    (B) An individual who is a District resident at the time of application shall be awarded a 10-point hiring preference over a nonresident applicant; provided, that the individual claims the preference. This 10-point preference shall be in addition to any points awarded on the 100-point scale.
    (C) At the time of appointment, an individual who claimed the 10-point residency preference shall agree, in writing, to maintain District residency for a period of 7 consecutive years from the effective date of appointment into the position for which the individual claimed the residency preference.
    (D) An individual who claimed the residency preference and who fails to maintain District residency for 7 consecutive years from the individual's effective date of appointment shall forfeit the individual's District government employment.
    (E) Each applicant for a position covered by this paragraph shall be informed in writing of the provisions of this paragraph at the time of application.
  (2) The People's Counsel shall verify and enforce District residency requirements pursuant to § 1-515.04 .
  (3) By November 1 of each year and pursuant to § 1-515.06 , the People's Counsel shall submit to the Mayor an annual report detailing, for the previous fiscal year, compliance with residency requirements.
(d) The People’s Counsel:
  (1) Shall represent and appeal for the people of the District of Columbia at hearings of the Commission and in judicial proceedings in the District of Columbia courts when these proceedings and hearings involve the interests of users of the products of or services furnished by public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
  (2) May represent and appeal for the people of the District of Columbia at proceedings before related federal regulatory agencies and commissions and federal courts when those proceedings involve the interests of users of the products of or services furnished by public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
  (3) May represent and appear for petitioners appearing before the Commission for the purpose of complaining in matters of rates or services;
  (4) May investigate independently, or within the context of formal proceedings before the Commission, the services given by, the rates charged by, and the valuation of the properties of the public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
  (5) May develop means to otherwise assure that the interests of the users of the products of or services furnished by public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission are adequately represented in the course of proceedings before the Commission, federal or District of Columbia courts, or federal regulatory agencies and commissions involving those interests, including public information dissemination, consultative services, and technical assistance; and
  (6) May perform the functions authorized by § 34-2202.05a .
(e) In defining its positions while advocating on matters pertaining to the operation of public utility or energy companies, the Office shall consider the public safety, the economy of the District of Columbia, the conservation of natural resources, and the preservation of environmental quality, including effects on global climate change and the District's public climate commitments.
D.C. Code § 34-1508 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1508
§ 34-1508. Investigation of violations, penalties for violations.
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 or revoke a license of a market participant;
  (2) Impose a civil penalty on a market participant or the electric company;
  (3) Order a refund or credit to a customer;
  (4) Cancel a contract or part of a contract between a customer and a market participant; or
  (5) Issue a cease and desist order to a market participant or the electric company.
(b) (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 on the part of the market participant or the electric company;
    (B) The gravity and duration of the current violation; and
    (C) The good faith of the market participant or the electric company in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of the violation.
(c) The Commission may temporarily suspend a license, 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 electric supply in the District of Columbia will be harmed by the actions of a market participant or the electric company.
(d) A proceeding under this section may be initiated by the Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, the Office of the Corporation Counsel, or any aggrieved party.
(e) In connection with a proceeding under this section, a market participant or the electric company shall provide to the Commission access to any accounts, books, papers, and documents which the Commission considers necessary to resolve the matter.
D.C. Code § 34-922 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-922
§ 34-922. Certified copy of transcript to be received in evidence; copy to be furnished without cost.
Status: in_force

A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, in any investigation taken by a stenographer appointed by the Commission, being certified by such stenographer to be a true and correct transcript of all the testimony in the investigation or of a particular witness, or of other specific part thereof, carefully compared by him with his original notes, and to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had in such investigation so purporting to be taken and transcribed, shall be received in evidence with the same effect as if such reporter were present and testified to the fact so certified. A copy of such transcript shall be furnished on demand, free of cost, to any party to such investigation.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.14 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.14
§ 34-1671.14. Market power remediation.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission and the People’s Counsel shall monitor the District of Columbia retail markets for natural gas supply and sales declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services to ensure that the markets are not being adversely affected by anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive conditions.
(b) (1) If, as a result of the monitoring efforts required by subsection (a) of this section or as a result of a complaint, the Commission determines that the District of Columbia retail markets for retail natural gas sales are being adversely affected by anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions, the Commission shall take remedial action to remedy the impact of the anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions.
  (2) (A) If, as a result of the monitoring efforts required by this section, the Commission or the People’s Counsel obtain evidence that the retail markets for natural gas supply or sales declared by the Commission to be competitive services are being adversely affected by anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions other than the anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commission or the People’s Counsel shall transmit the evidence to the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other appropriate federal agency.
    (B) The Commission or the People’s Counsel may request the Attorney General to issue a report to the Council within 6 months of the transmittal of evidence by the Commission or the People’s Counsel under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, explaining the course of its investigation, the actions that it has taken or plans to take, and the reasons for those actions. The failure of the Attorney General to bring an action within 6 months of the receipt of the transmittal shall not be deemed to eliminate the Attorney General’s otherwise existing authority to act. Any report submitted under this subsection shall not include information that may compromise any investigation.
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Attorney General to investigate or take action against anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions on its own initiative.
D.C. Code § 34-731 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-731
§ 34-731. Prosecution for violation of rules.
Status: in_force

Prosecution for violation of any rule, order, or regulation issued, adopted, or approved by the Public Service Commission pursuant to this subtitle; § 50-2201.03(e) , or Chapters 28 and 30 [repealed] of Title 47, shall be on information in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia, by the Corporation Counsel or any of his or her assistants. Any person, corporation, or public utility violating any rule, order, or regulation shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000. With respect to orders, rules, or regulations made or adopted by the Public Service Commission under authority of this subtitle, this section shall be construed to apply only to the orders, rules, or regulations subject to the penalties specifically provided in § 34-706 .
D.C. Code § 34-2133 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2133
§ 34-2133. Potomac interceptor — Appropriations.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, there is authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, the sum of $3,000,000, as the federal contribution toward the cost of planning, acquiring rights-of-way for, and constructing the Potomac interceptor.
D.C. Code § 34-206 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-206
§ 34-206. “Electric plant” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “electric plant” when used in this subtitle means the material, equipment, and property owned and used, or to be used, by the electric company for or in connection with the transmission or distribution of electricity in the District of Columbia to a retail electric customer.
D.C. Code § 34-1505 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1505
§ 34-1505. Licensing requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) All electricity suppliers must obtain a license issued by the Commission in order to do business in the District of Columbia.
(b) An application for an electricity supplier license shall:
  (1) Be made to the Commission in writing on a form adopted 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) Proof of compliance with all applicable requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any independent system operator or regional or system transmission operator to be used by the applicant;
    (C) Proof of compliance with all applicable federal and District of Columbia environmental laws;
    (D) Proof of financial integrity;
    (E) Proof that the applicant has registered with the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection to do business in the District of Columbia;
    (F) An agreement or promise to be subject to all applicable taxes;
    (G) An agreement or promise to comply with all of the requirements of this chapter and all orders and regulations of the Commission issued under this chapter; and
    (H) Any other information required by the Commission.
(c) The Commission shall:
  (1) Require an applicant to post a bond or other similar instrument if, in the Commission’s judgment, the bond or similar instrument is necessary to insure an applicant’s financial integrity;
  (2) Establish the duration of a license issued under this section, procedures and requirements for license renewal, and provisions regarding the surrender and lapse of a license; and
  (3) Establish any other requirements for an applicant that the Commission determines to be in the public interest.
(d) A license may 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) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a consolidator may be required by the Commission to file a statement of intent to serve as a consolidator and to provide to the Commission such other information as reasonably may be related to the requirements of the Commission for monitoring the activities of consolidators.
D.C. Code § 34-2304 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2304
§ 34-2304. Appointment of receiver.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon nonpayment of a delinquent account by the owner, agent, lessor, or manager of a rental property that is billed directly by the Authority for water and sewer services, the Authority or a tenant who resides in the affected rental property may petition the court for the appointment of a receiver for the rental payments in the same manner as for appointment of a receiver pursuant to § 42-3303 .
  (2) The receiver may take any action deemed necessary or appropriate to collect all rental payments from the tenants of the rental property and shall establish an escrow account with these funds. The receiver shall pay the Authority from the escrow account for services provided on or after the date of the receiver’s appointment. If the owner, agent, lessor, or manager also is indebted to an electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier for utility services, the receiver may order that rents collected be equitably apportioned between the Authority and the electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier. In addition, the receiver may use the rental payments collected to reduce delinquent water and sewer charges owed to the Authority. Upon court order, the receiver shall become trustee of any escrow accounts or other funds established by the tenants or otherwise into which rents or payments for use and occupancy have been made.
  (3) The owner, agent, lessor or manager shall be liable for reasonable fees and costs determined by the court to be due the receiver, which may be recovered from the rent payments under control of the receiver, provided that no fees or costs shall be turned over until payment of current District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority service fees have been made.
  (4) The receiver may make reasonable payments to the Authority to reduce delinquent water and sewer charges until all delinquent service fees have been paid, and the receiver shall operate and maintain the structure to the best extent possible with the rents remaining after the payment. The receiver shall have the authority to recommend to the court a payment plan, which shall be binding if ordered by the court, to pay off any remaining delinquencies in service fees. Any monies remaining after the payments pursuant to this subsection shall be turned over to the owner, agent, lessor, or manager unless otherwise ordered by the court.
(b) Any receivership established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be terminated by the court upon a finding that the arrearage which was the subject of the original petition has been satisfied or that the rental property has been sold and the new owner has made satisfactory arrangements to pay the arrearages and has assumed liability for prospective District of Columbia Water and Sewer service fees.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Mayor, Authority, or a tenant from pursuing any other appropriate action or remedy at law or equity against the owner, agent, lessor, or manager of the rental property.
(d) Any owner, agent, lessor, or manager who collects or attempts to collect a rental payment from a tenant of the rental property subject to an order appointing a receiver pursuant to this section shall be found to be in contempt of court, after due notice and hearing.
(e) Any person who knowingly fails to pay water and sewer charges to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, or to make satisfactory arrangements for payment, for more than 12 months shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction. The penalty for knowingly failing to pay service fees for more than 12 months shall be a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment not more than 30 days, or both. The penalty for knowingly failing to pay water and sewer charges, or to make satisfactory arrangements for payment, in an amount of more than $10,000 and for more than 2 years shall be a fine of up to 20% of the amount owed, but not less than $5,000, or imprisonment not more than 6 months, or both.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.08
§ 34-1254.08. Franchise review prior to expiration.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Office does not commence a renewal proceeding under § 34-1254.07 , the Office shall commence a franchise review proceeding no later than 24 months before the expiration of the franchise.
(b) The Office shall commence the proceeding by having published in the District of Columbia Register a Notice of Commencement of Cable Franchise Review Prior to Expiration, which shall state the name of the cable operator, the nature of the proceedings, and the relevant procedures under this chapter and federal law.
(c) Within 120 days after commencement of the review proceeding under this section, the Office shall hold a public hearing, on at least 30 days notice published in the District of Columbia Register. The public hearing shall be held to receive testimony on at least the following issues:
  (1) The current and future cable-related community needs and interests of the District and of District residents;
  (2) The performance of the cable operator under the franchise during the then current franchise term; and
  (3) The quality of services provided by the cable operator.
(d) (1) Within 120 days after the commencement of the proceeding, the Office shall commence the following:
    (A) A formal assessment of community cable-related needs, both current and future;
    (B) A formal assessment of the cable operator’s compliance with this chapter, the franchise, and the franchise agreement over the course of the franchise; and
    (C) A formal assessment of the technical aspects of the cable system.
  (2) The Office shall complete the assessments under this section before submitting a proposed franchise agreement under subsection (h) of this section.
(e) As part of the review proceeding, the Office shall commence, at least 18 months before the expiration of the franchise, the negotiation of the terms of a new franchise agreement between the District and the applicant.
(f) The Office shall use its best efforts to reach agreement with the cable operator on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement within one year after the commencement of the negotiations under subsection (e) of this section. The Office may extend the one-year period or until the expiration date of the franchise, if additional time is necessary to finalize the terms of the proposed franchise agreement and there is good cause for not having finalized the agreement within the one-year period.
(g) The proposed franchise agreement shall contain the provisions set forth in § 34-1254.05 .
(h) If the Office and the applicant agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement under this section, the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Approval of a Cable Television Franchise consisting of the proposed franchise agreement and a summary of factors supporting the recommendation.
(i) If the Office determines that there is a basis for denial of a franchise under federal law, and determines that the franchise should be denied, the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Denial of a Franchise, including a summary of the factors supporting the recommendation and a detailed explanation of the proposed denial’s consistency with federal law.
(j) After a proposed franchise agreement is submitted to the Council under subsection (h) of this section, the Council may, by act, grant a franchise and approve the franchise agreement, with or without conditions or modifications which may override any provisions of the proposed franchise agreement, deny a franchise or reject the proposed franchise agreement and remand the proposed franchise agreement to the Office with recommendations to renegotiate any of the provisions of the agreement and submit a revised agreement to the Council, or deny a franchise or reject the proposed franchise agreement.
(k) Each applicant to whom the District grants a franchise renewal shall pay to the District, within 30 days after the franchise is granted, a franchise award fee to be set in the act granting the franchise. The payment shall be nonrefundable. A cable operator’s failure to pay the franchise award fee within the 30-day period shall make the franchise and franchise agreement void.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.17 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.17
§ 34-2401.17. Delivery of water — Arlington County, Virginia.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized, in his discretion and subject to the approval of the Chief of Engineers, upon the request of the board of supervisors of Arlington County, Virginia, to permit the delivery of water from the federal water supply pumping station at the Dalecarlia Reservoir to the Arlington County sanitary district, created by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, of March 15, 1922, and to connect the force main of said pumping station with the water main in Arlington County at the southerly end of the Chain Bridge; provided, that all expenses of installing said connection and its appurtenances and any subsequent changes therein shall be borne by said Arlington County, which shall pay such charges for the use of such water as may be determined from time to time in advance by the Secretary of the Army, the payments to be made at such time and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, all payments for the use of water to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as other water rents collected in the District of Columbia are deposited; and provided further, that the Secretary of the Army may revoke at any time any permit for the use of said water that may have been granted.
D.C. Code § 34-1561 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15B / § 34-1561
§ 34-1561. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Advanced Metering Infrastructure” or “AMI” means a system capable of providing 2-way communication with metering equipment to gather at least hourly energy consumption data on a daily basis for all customers.
(2) “ARRA” means the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, approved February 17, 2009 (123 Stat. 115; 26 U.S.C. § 1, note).
(3) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission.
(4) “Customer” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 34-1501(12) .
(5) “Electric company” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 34-207 .
(6) “Meter Data Management System” means a system that provides a single data repository which can gather data from multiple metering systems and then supply that data to multiple applications such as billing, forecasting, customer service, system operation and maintenance.
(7) “Regulatory asset” means specific costs that a public utility may defer to its balance sheet and accrue earnings thereon at its authorized rate of return.
(8) “Smart Grid” means the installation of advanced technology to enhance the operation of the electric distribution and transmission system.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.15 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.15
§ 34-2202.15. Merit personnel system inapplicable.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section and in § 34-2202.17(b) , no provision of § 1-601.01 et seq., shall apply to employees of the Authority except as follows:
  (1) Subchapters V and XVII of Chapter 6 of Title 1 shall apply to all employees of the Authority; and
  (2) Subchapters XII, XXI, XXII, and XXVI of Chapter 6 of Title 1 shall apply to employees transferred to the Authority who are covered under the Civil Service Retirement System and the District of Columbia Defined Contribution Pension Plan; provided, that all Authority employees continuously employed by the District government since December 31, 1979, shall be guaranteed rights and benefits at least equal to those currently applicable to such persons under provisions of law and rules and regulations in force prior to April 18, 1996.
(b) An employee of the Authority who is covered under the District of Columbia Defined Contribution Pension Plan, who meets the minimum requirements for participation in a retirement plan established by the Authority, may, upon written notice to the Authority, elect, instead, to be covered by the Authority’s plan.
(c) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2159 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2159
§ 34-2159. Lead water service line replacement payment assistance program.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a lead water service line replacement payment assistance program ("Program"), to be administered by the Department of Energy and Environment ("DOEE") and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water"), to provide financial assistance to certain District residential property owners who elect to replace the eligible portion of the lead water service line.
(b) (1) Under the Program, the District shall pay:
    (A) 100% of the replacement costs for residential property owners:
      (i) With household incomes of 100% or less of the area median income; or
      (ii) Whose tenants participate in District or federal housing programs; and
    (B) Repealed.
    (C) 50% of the replacement costs for residential property owners with household incomes 100% or more of the area median income; provided, the District shall not provide more than $2,500 to a property owner under this subparagraph.
  (2) The discounts described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be applied to the actual replacement costs incurred by the property owner; provided, that DOEE may establish a reasonable cap for replacements costs based on the cost of similar replacements completed by DC Water.
  (3) The discounts provided in this subsection shall be subject to the availability of funds.
  (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "area median income" means the area median income for a household of like size in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) DOEE shall develop and make available on its website an application form specific to the Program that requires only the information needed to determine eligibility for the Program.
(d) (1) Within 30 days after the receipt of a completed application, DOEE shall provide written notification to the applicant of approval or denial of the applicant's payment assistance application.
  (2) If an application is approved, DOEE shall include in the written notification the amount of the discount for which the applicant has been approved, as determined under subsection (b) of this section, and a description of the steps the applicant must take to receive the financial assistance.
  (3) If an application is approved, but funds are insufficient to assist the applicant during the current fiscal year, DOEE shall place the applicant on a waiting list for the following fiscal year and notify the applicant of their number on the waiting list.
  (4) If an application is denied, DOEE shall include in the written notification the reason for the denial and the process by which the applicant can request reconsideration.
(e) (1) DOEE shall transfer funding for the discounts to DC Water at the beginning of each fiscal year pursuant to a memorandum of understanding regarding implementation of the Program.
  (2) DC Water may use funding provided pursuant to this section to pay for administrative costs incurred in administering the Program.
(f) (1) DC Water shall publish on its website a list of approved contractors for residential property owners to use for the replacement of the eligible portion of a lead water service line. The list shall be updated at least once per fiscal year.
  (2) If a residential property owner seeks to use a contractor not on the list required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the residential property owner shall first receive written approval from DC Water to use that contractor. If a residential property owner does not receive written approval from DC Water to use a contractor and the contractor is not on the list required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, any replacement costs incurred by the residential property owner for work completed by the contractor shall not be eligible for financial assistance under the Program.
(g) (1) The property owner shall be responsible for securing and contracting with a contractor for the replacement of the eligible portion of a lead water service line. When the contractor completes the replacement of the eligible portion of the lead water service line, a copy of the invoice for the replacement of the eligible portion of the lead water service line shall be provided to DC Water.
  (2) Subject to certification of the work by DC Water, DC Water shall pay the contractor the amount of the discount for which the residential property owner was approved and notify the property owner of the payment within 30 days after receiving an invoice under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) Any replacement costs incurred by the residential property owner beyond the amount of the discount for which the residential property owner was approved shall be the responsibility of the residential property owner.
(h) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, DC Water, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this section.
  (2) The Department of Energy and Environment, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section.
(i) (1) There is established as a special fund the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (2) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:
    (A) Such amounts as may be appropriated to the Fund; and
    (B) Any amounts appropriated in Fiscal Year 2020 for the implementation of the Program that remain unspent at the end of Fiscal Year 2020.
  (3) Money in the Fund shall be used to pay the costs of implementing the Program.
  (4) Any money remaining available in the Fund 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.
(j) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, DOEE shall transmit to the Mayor and the Council and publicly post on the DOEE website a report that includes the following information for the lead water service line replacement payment assistance program ("Program") established pursuant to this section, for the preceding fiscal year:
  (1) The number of property owners that submitted an application for financial assistance, broken down by:
    (A) The categories described under subsection (b)(1) of this section; and
    (B) The Ward and Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the property is located;
  (2) The number of property owners approved by DOEE for financial assistance, broken down by:
    (A) The categories described under subsection (b)(1) of this section; and
    (B) The Ward and Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the property is located;
  (3) The most common reasons for denial of an application for payment assistance under the Program; and
  (4) Efforts made by DOEE to publicize the availability of payment assistance through the Program, including a description of the total amount of expenditures by DOEE on such efforts.
(k) For the purposes of this section, the term "eligible portion of the lead water service line" shall mean the portion of the lead water service line located on private property, or any portion of the lead water service line remaining on public property from prior work to remove a lead water service line.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.05
§ 34-2413.05. Nonprofit housing developments — Submission of willful false statements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-209 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-209
§ 34-209. “Gas company” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “gas company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person manufacturing, making, distributing, or selling gas for light, heat, or power, or for any public use whatsoever in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, and in said district selling, physically transmitting, or distributing natural gas in the District of Columbia to retail natural gas customers. The term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively, owns, leases, or manages, the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies natural gas and other related natural gas services solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants.
D.C. Code § 34-1257.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.02
§ 34-1257.02. Operation and construction of system; general requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall construct, operate, and maintain the cable system subject to the supervision and regulatory oversight of the Office and in full compliance with the laws and regulations of the District and federal government, including the Electrical Code approved pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 6 ; Department of Public Works Standard Specification for Highway and Structures; National Electrical Code, and National Electrical Safety Code.
(b) A cable operator shall exercise its best efforts to design, construct, operate, and maintain the system at all times so that signals carried are delivered to subscribers without material degradation in quality.
D.C. Code § 34-916 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-916
§ 34-916. Notice; hearing to be conducted as though complaint had been filed.
Status: in_force

Notice of the time and place for such hearing shall be given to the public utility and to such other interested persons as the Commission shall deem necessary, as provided in § 34-910 , and thereafter proceedings shall be had and conducted in reference to the matter investigated in like manner as though complaint had been filed with the Commission relative to the matter investigated, and the same order or orders may be made in reference thereto as if such investigation had been made on complaint.
D.C. Code § 34-1262.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1262.01
§ 34-1262.01. Prohibition of discrimination.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall not refuse to hire or employ, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any person for any reason provided in Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 .
(b) The provisions of the Human Rights Act shall apply to a cable operator.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.01
§ 34-2202.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Authority” means the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority established pursuant to § 34-2202.02(a) .
(1A) “Contaminant” means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
(2) “Cost” means any and all reasonable expenses related to the purposes or activities of the Authority including expenses for operation and maintenance activities; expenses for preconstruction and construction, acquisition, alteration, improvement, enlargement of furnishing, fixturing and equipping, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems of the District, including without limitation, the purchase or lease expense for all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, roads, franchises, easements, and interest acquired or used for, or in connection with the Authority; the expenses of demolishing or removing buildings or structures on land acquired by the Authority, including the expenses incurred for acquiring any lands to which the buildings may be moved or located; the expenses incurred for all utility lines, structures or equipment charges, and interest on financial obligations incurred for a period as the Authority may reasonably determine to be necessary for the effective functioning of the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems; provisions for reserves for principal and interest for extensions, operating and contingency reserves, enlargements, additions, and improvements; expenses incurred for architectural engineering, energy efficiency technology, design and consulting, financial and legal services, letters of credit, bond insurance, debt service or debt service reserve insurance, surety bonds or similar credit enhancement instruments, plans, specification studies, surveys, and estimates of expenses and of revenues; expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of improvements to the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems, the financing of such improvements, including a proper allowance for contingencies, and the provision of reasonable initial working capital for operating the improved systems and expenses for obtaining potable water for distribution.
(3) “Dedicated revenues” means revenues collected pursuant to water and sewer rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Authority.
(3A) “Endocrine disruptor compounds” means chemicals that can affect the hormones in the endocrine system of humans or wildlife and cause adverse physiologic effects, such as changes to the reproductive system or to the growth and development of the biological system.
(4) “Joint-use sewerage facilities” means the following:
  (A) Little Falls Trunk Sewer;
  (B) Upper Potomac Interceptor Sewer;
  (C) Upper Potomac Interceptor Relief Sewer;
  (D) Rock Creek Main Interceptor Sewer;
  (E) Rock Creek Main Interceptor Relief Sewer;
  (F) Potomac River Interceptor Sewer;
  (G) Potomac River Sewage Pumping Station;
  (H) Potomac River Force Mains;
  (I) Watts Branch Trunk Sewer;
  (J) Anacostia Force Main (Project 89 Sewer);
  (K) Anacostia Force Main & Gravity Sewer;
  (L) Outfall Sewers (Renamed Potomac River Trunk Sewers);
  (M) Outfall Relief Sewers (Renamed Potomac River Trunk Relief Sewers);
  (N) Upper Oxon Run Trunk Sewer;
  (O) Upper Oxon Run Trunk Relief Sewer;
  (P) Lower Oxon Run Trunk Sewer;
  (Q) Lower Oxon Run Trunk Relief Sewer;
  (R) Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant (Blue Plains); and
  (S) Potomac Interceptor Sewer.
(5) “Other participating jurisdictions” means Montgomery County, Maryland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia.
(6) “Revenue bond” means any revenue bond, note, or other obligation (including refunding bonds, notes, or other obligations) used to borrow money to finance, assist in financing, or to refinance undertakings authorized by § 1-204.90 , and this chapter.
(7) “Service sewer” means a sewer with which connection may be directly made for the purpose of providing sewage facilities to abutting property.
(8) “Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems” means all the facilities used, or to be used, for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage and stormwater flow, including the following:
  (A) Sewers carrying the following:
    (i) Sewage mixed with storm and surface water;
    (ii) Sewage discharged from sanitary conveniences;
    (iii) Commercial or industrial wastes;
    (iv) Water distributed after use;
    (v) Stormwater run-off; and
    (vi) Both sanitary sewage run-off and stormwater run-off;
  (B) Sanitary, stormwater, and combined pumping stations;
  (C) Wastewater treatment plants, including the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
  (D) Facilities for the processing, management, and disposal of biosolids.
(9) “Sewer” means a pipe or conduit carrying sewage or stormwater flow.
(9A) Repealed.
(9B) Repealed.
(9C) “Unregulated contaminant” means the contaminants regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 141.40.
(10) “Water and sewer rates” means the fees imposed by the Authority on its retail customers for water, sewer, and stormwater services pursuant to this chapter.
(11) “Water distribution system” means all the facilities used, or to be used, for the distribution of potable water situated within the public space of the District.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.08
§ 34-2405.08. “Service sewer” defined.
Status: in_force

A service sewer within the meaning of the provisions of this subchapter shall be a sewer with which connection may be directly made for the purpose of providing sewerage facilities to abutting property, and such sewers shall be so indicated on the records of the Sewer Division of the Engineer Department of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1803 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1803
§ 34-1803. Assessments.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) There is imposed upon all local exchange carriers, including wireline and wireless carriers and interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) service providers, as defined by 47 C.F.R. § 9.3, that connect users who dial or enter the digits 9-1-1 to the District’s public safety answering points, a monthly tax calculated on the basis of each individual telephone line sold or leased in the District as follows:
    (A) For wireline local exchange service:
      (i) $0.76 per exchange access line in the District of Columbia;
      (ii) $0.62 per Centrex line in the District of Columbia; and
      (iii) $0.62 per private branch exchange station in the District of Columbia;
    (B) For wireless telephone exchange service, $0.76 for each telephone number that has a District of Columbia billing address; and
    (C) For interconnected VoIP service, as defined by 47 C.F.R. § 9.3, $0.76 for each line, trunk, or path that can access to, connect with, or interface with 911 service based on primary place of use.
  (2) The PBX tax per station shall be converted into a per-trunk tax based on a ratio of 8 PBX stations to one PBX trunk.
(b) Each local exchange carrier shall submit the tax imposed under subsection (a) of this section to the Mayor on a quarterly basis.
(c) As part of the annual request for appropriations from the Fund, the Mayor shall provide a report to the Council addressing whether the tax imposed under this section should be adjusted.
(d) Each local exchange carrier is authorized to state on the invoice to customers a separate line item stating the amount of tax levied pursuant to this section.
(e) The provisions of this section do not apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications service, which shall be subject to the provisions of § 34-1803.02 .
D.C. Code § 34-1254.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.07
§ 34-1254.07. Franchise renewal; commencement under federal cable act.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office may commence a franchise renewal proceeding under section 626(a) of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 546(a)).
(b) (1) Upon commencement of a franchise renewal proceeding under this section, the Office shall commence the following:
    (A) A formal assessment of community cable-related needs, both current and future;
    (B) A formal assessment of the cable operator’s compliance with this chapter, the franchise, and the franchise agreement over the course of the franchise; and
    (C) A formal assessment of the technical aspects of the cable system.
  (2) The Office shall complete the assessments under this section prior to taking action under subsection (e) of this section.
(c) If the Office commences a proceeding under section 626(a) of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 546(a)), the cable operator shall submit a proposal for renewal of the franchise within such time, and with such information, as the Office shall establish by regulation.
(d) The Office shall provide public notice of the proposal through publication of a Notice of Cable Franchise Renewal Proposal in the District of Columbia Register.
(e) After the submission of a completed renewal proposal the Office shall:
  (1) Within 90 days, provide to the Council a written recommendation that the franchise should be renewed, along with a proposed franchise agreement which shall meet the standards of § 34-1254.05 ; or
  (2) Within 120 days, issue a preliminary assessment that the franchise should not be renewed and commence an administrative proceeding consistent with section 626(c) of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 546(c)). After the completion of the administrative proceeding, the Office shall transmit to the Council a written proposed decision granting or denying the proposal for renewal based upon the record of the proceeding and stating the reasons for the proposed decision. If the proposed decision is to deny the renewal, the Office shall provide a detailed explanation of the proposed denial’s [sic] consistent with federal law.
D.C. Code § 34-304 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-304
§ 34-304. Excessive charges a complete defense in suit to collect for gas or electricity furnished.
Status: in_force

If it be alleged and established in an action brought in any court for the collection of any charge for gas or electricity that a price has been demanded in excess of that fixed by the Commission or by statute no recovery shall be had therein, but the fact that such excessive charges have been made shall be a complete defense to such action.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.04
§ 34-2202.04. Establishment of a board of directors.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors (“Board”) comprised of 11 members.
  (2) (A) Six Board members shall be District residents, appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, of whom:
      (i) No more than 4 may be District employees or officials; and
      (ii) One shall be the Director of the District Department of the Environment or a cabinet-level officer, as determined by the Mayor.
    (B) The nomination of a Board member shall be submitted to the Council for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve the nomination by resolution within this 90-day review period, the nomination shall be deemed disapproved.
  (3) The Mayor shall appoint persons recommended by the other participating jurisdictions to the remaining 5 Board positions. These 5 Board members shall only participate in decisions directly affecting the general management of joint-use sewerage facilities. Of the 5 non-District Board members appointed by the Mayor:
    (A) One Board member shall be a person recommended by Fairfax County, Virginia, pursuant to jurisdictional law;
    (B) Two Board members shall be persons recommended by Montgomery County, Maryland, pursuant to jurisdictional law; and
    (C) Two Board members shall be persons recommended by Prince George’s County, Maryland, pursuant to jurisdictional law.
  (4) The Mayor shall also appoint an alternate for each Board member, in the same manner as set forth for Board members in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, who may attend all Board meetings but who may act only in the absence of the Board member for whom he or she has been appointed the alternate.
(b) Any Board member or alternate who is an employee of the District government, including an elected official, shall be removed from the Board upon leaving the employment of the District government or elected office.
(c) Any Board member or alternate who is an employee of the government of one of the other participating jurisdictions, including an elected official, may, upon leaving the employment of the government or elected office, have his or her membership on the Board terminated by the Mayor or, at the Mayor’s initiative, following consultation with the appropriate official set forth in subsection (a)(3) of this section.
(d) Board members and alternates shall serve 4-year terms. Of the 11 Board members and alternates initially appointed to the Board, 3 District appointees and 2 other participating jurisdiction appointees shall serve 4-year terms, 2 District appointees and 2 other participating jurisdiction appointees shall serve 3-year terms, and 1 District appointee and 1 other participating jurisdiction appointee shall serve 2-year terms.
(e) Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Board member whose vacancy is being filled. If any Board member or alternate is appointed to fill an unexpired term with more than 2 years remaining in the term, upon expiration of the term, that Board member or alternate shall be deemed to have served a full 4-year term. At the end of a term, a Board member or alternate shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.
(f) The Mayor shall appoint a chairperson of the Board from among the 6 District Board members.
(g) The Mayor shall remove any Board member or alternate from office for misconduct or neglect of duty, as defined by the Board in its by-laws, or for other good cause, after notice to the Board member. Prior to removing a Board member or alternate appointed pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of this section, the Mayor shall consult with the official or officials who recommended the Board member or alternate. The Mayor shall also remove a Board member or alternate appointed pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of this section upon the request of the official or officials who recommended the board member or alternate, if grounds exist for removal under this subsection.
(h) Should a Board member or alternate be indicted for the commission of a felony, the Board member or alternate shall be automatically suspended from serving on the Board. Upon a final determination of guilt, the term of the Board member or alternate shall be automatically terminated. Upon a final determination of innocence, the Mayor may reinstate the Board member or alternate.
(i) All Board meetings shall be subject to the provisions of § 1-207.42 . For meetings open to the public, including committee meetings, the Board shall provide a method for the public to remotely attend the meeting, and include information on how the public may remotely attend as part of any notice posted on the Board's website.
(j) Before any meeting of the Board, Board members shall be notified of the meeting. Six Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The existence of a quorum and an affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, who are permitted to participate in the matter under consideration, shall be required to approve any Board action; except, that 7 affirmative votes shall be required for approval of the Authority’s budget and 8 affirmative votes shall be required for the hiring or firing of the General Manager. No vacancy in membership shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the Board.
(k) A Board member not otherwise compensated by the District or one of the other participating jurisdictions shall be entitled to compensation by the Authority at the rate of $50 per meeting, not to exceed $4,000 per year. Board members shall not be entitled to reimbursement for expenses, except that transportation, parking, or mileage expenses incurred in the performance of official duties of the Board may be reimbursed, not to exceed $20 per meeting.
D.C. Code § 34-205 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-205
§ 34-205. “Electric generating facility” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “electric generating facility” when used in this subtitle means all buildings, easements, real estate, mains, pipes, conduits, fixtures, meters, wires, poles, lamps, devices, and materials of any kind operated, owned, used, or to be used by a person for the generation of electricity. The term includes all buildings, easements, real estate, mains, pipes, conduits, fixtures, meters, wires, poles, lamps, devices, and materials of any kind operated, owned, used, or to be used by a person for cogeneration of electricity.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.02
§ 34-1731.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Backhaul” means the transmission of voice and data traffic from the wireless network to a wireline network infrastructure.
(2) “Census tracts” means geographical areas defined by median household income according to the most recent census for the District of Columbia published by the United States Bureau of the Census.
(3) “Connectivity” means connection from a home to a telecommunications provider’s network.
(4) “DC-Net” means the District government’s telecommunications service network and information technology infrastructure.
(5) “Digitally-disadvantaged areas” means census tracts in the District of Columbia with median income below the median income in the District as a whole.
(6) “Digitally-disadvantaged population” means low-income residents of the District of Columbia.
(7) “Digitally-disadvantaged residents” means residents of digitally-disadvantaged areas.
(8) “Digitally-disadvantaged resident household” means all digitally-disadvantaged residents residing at a fixed single-family address in the District of Columbia that define themselves as a family unit.
(9) “District telecommunications assets” means nonexclusive access to District-owned pole-mounted street light fixtures and buildings and backhaul on DC-Net from selected District locations to carrier hotel at 1275 K Street N.W., Washington, D.C., for Internet-related services.
(10) “Franchisee” means a person or entity that enters into a franchise agreement pursuant to a successful bid and award.
(11) “Low-income resident” means any District of Columbia resident whose income meets the eligibility standards for reduced price meals according to the Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Price Meals for the National School Lunch Program, as established annually pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and 17(c)(4) of AN ACT To provide assistance to the States in the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of school lunch programs, and for other purposes, approved June 4, 1946 (60 Stat. 233; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1758(b)(1) and 1766(c)(4)), and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, approved October 11, 1966 (80 Stat. 885; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1772 (a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)).
(12) “OCTO” means Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
(13) “Package of services for digitally-disadvantaged residents” means some combination of connectivity, computers, software, computer training, support, and Internet service provider services.
(14) “RFI” means a request for information.
(15) “RFP” means a request for proposals.
D.C. Code § 34-2160 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2160
§ 34-2160. Community education.
Status: in_force

DC Water shall provide:
(a) (1) Public education about the risks of lead water service lines, including for residents who are non-English speakers or have a low level of literacy; and
  (2) Upon request, annual free lead test kits to property owners and lessees of commercial and residential buildings.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06a
§ 34-2202.06a. Storm Water Administration.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-102 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1 / § 34-102
§ 34-102. Corporations subject to this subtitle.
Status: in_force

Corporations formed to acquire property or to transact business which would be subject to the provisions of this subtitle, and corporations possessing franchises for any of the purposes contemplated by this subtitle shall be deemed to be subject to the provisions of this subtitle, although no property may have been acquired, business transacted, or franchises exercised.
D.C. Code § 34-1248 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1248
§ 34-1248. “Rent-a-citizen” practice discouraged.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2403.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2403.03
§ 34-2403.03. Large-quantity consumers to maintain water meters.
Status: in_force

(a) The supply of water to all manufacturing establishments, hotels, livery stables, and other commercial buildings, shall be determined by meters erected and maintained at the expense of the consumer.
(b) The bill for water meter service, including a charge for any repair made by the District, shall be due and payable when rendered. The Mayor shall impose a one-time charge of 10% for any water meter service charge that remains unpaid for more than 30 days and a penalty of 1% per month compounded monthly for any water meter repair service that remains unpaid for more than 60 days from the date the bill is rendered.
(c) In accordance with § 34-2407.02 , the Mayor shall impose and enforce a continuing lien upon land and land improvements that are furnished water meter services if any charges remain unpaid for more than 60 days from the date the bill for services is rendered.
(d) The Mayor, with prior written notice to the owner of the date and time of entry, and consistent with constitutional guidelines, may enter any building, establishment, or other premises to inspect, install, replace, read, or repair any water meter required to be installed pursuant to the Public Works Act. If the Mayor is unable to gain entry to the real property after 2 attempts, the Mayor shall notify the owner or occupant to contact the Department within 3 business days after notice is mailed to the owner. If the owner or occupant fails to contact the Department, it shall be presumed that the owner refuses to permit entry to the property and the Mayor may impose a penalty of $100 and shut off the water supply to the real property. Upon the payment of the penalty or issuance of a final decision where the owner files a request for administrative review, the Mayor may restore the water supply.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.04
§ 34-2405.04. Water main and service sewer assessments payable in three installments.
Status: in_force

Assessments for water mains and service sewers shall be payable in 3 equal installments, the 1st of which shall be due and payable without interest within 30 days from date of service of notice or of the last publication of notice as the case may be, the second within 1 year, and the third within 2 years from the date of assessment, and interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall be charged on all amounts which shall remain unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of service of notice or last publication as the case may be; but the owner of the property assessed may, at his option, at any time after the levying of such assessment, pay the same in full; provided, that if any installment of any assessment for water main or service sewer levied under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be paid when due and payable the property against which said assessment was levied may be sold for said delinquent installment at the next ensuing annual tax sale in the same manner and under the same conditions as property sold for delinquent general taxes, if said installment shall not have been paid prior to said sale.
D.C. Code § 34-2003 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2003
§ 34-2003. Universal Service Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission shall establish a Universal Service Trust Fund, and determine those services which shall constitute universal service in the District of Columbia, the costs of providing universal service, and the amount of subsidy needed to maintain the Universal Service Trust Fund. Any subsidy necessary to support universal service shall be separately funded out of the Universal Service Trust Fund, and administered by a Universal Service Trust Fund administrator named by the Public Service Commission.
(b) (1) Upon an annual determination by the Public Service Commission of the amount needed to support a universal service subsidy, the PSC shall bill and collect from all local exchange carriers (“LEC”) and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service providers operating in the District at any time during the previous year an amount representing each carrier’s share of the total universal service subsidy. To the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, the determination of each LEC’s share and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service provider’s share shall be in proportion to each LEC’s and Voice Over Internet Protocol Service provider’s total revenues for local telecommunications or telecommunications services derived from end users in the District during the previous year.
  (2) The Commission may exempt from the requirements of this subsection any LEC or Voice Over Internet Protocol Service provider whose share of the total universal service subsidy the Public Service Commission determines to be de minimis.
(c) There shall be no fiscal year limitation on the funds in the Universal Service Trust Fund, and any funds unspent in one fiscal year may be used to offset the amounts required to be contributed by local exchange carriers to the fund in the next fiscal year.
(d) The universal service subsidy derived from the Universal Service Trust Fund shall be available for eligible customers regardless of the local exchange carrier which the eligible customers choose to use.
D.C. Code § 34-1235 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1235
§ 34-1235. Violations subject to penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2407.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2407.01
§ 34-2407.01. Discontinuance of water service for failure to pay water charges.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to provide for the collection of water charges, in advance or otherwise, from the owner or occupant of any building, establishment, or other place furnished water or water service by the District, and to shut off the water supply to any such building, establishment, or other place upon failure of the owner or occupant thereof to pay such water charges within 30 days from the date of rendition of the bill therefor. Such authority to shut off the water supply may be exercised by the Mayor regardless of any change in ownership or occupancy of such building, establishment, or other place. When the water supply to any such building, establishment, or other place has been shut off for failure to pay such water charges, whether the water supply to such building, establishment, or other place was shut off before or after May 18, 1954, the Mayor shall not again supply such building, establishment, or other place with water until all arrears of water charges, together with penalties and the costs actually incurred in shutting off and restoring the water supply, are paid.
(b) If the water supply to any property has been shut off for failure to pay District water and sanitary sewer service charges, and later restored without the express authorization of the Mayor, the Mayor shall impose a fine in an amount not less than 20% of the delinquent charges or more than $100, whichever is greater, upon the owner or occupant of the property, unless the Mayor determines that the owner or occupant did not restore or solicit a person to restore the water.
D.C. Code § 34-2110 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2110
§ 34-2110. Additional charge for overdue bills; enforcement of lien.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, in order to encourage the prompt payment of the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter, to impose an additional charge of 10% for any sanitary sewer service charge remaining unpaid for more than 30 days, impose a penalty at the rate of 1% per month compounded monthly for any sanitary sewer service charge that remains unpaid for more than 60 days, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to shut off the water of premises for which such charge is not paid within 30 days, and to have and enforce a continuing lien for such charge upon the land and any improvements thereon furnished such sanitary sewer service, in the same manner and to the same extent as if §§ 34-2407.01 , 34-2407.02 , 34-2407.03 , and 34-2413.10 [repealed] were set forth in this subchapter, and such sections shall be deemed to be applicable in every particular to the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter; provided, that whenever said lien is enforced by the sale of property against which it has been assessed, so much of the proceeds of such sale as represents said unpaid sanitary sewer service charges shall be credited to the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975.
(b) The Mayor may defer or forgive, in whole or in part, any sanitary sewer service charges due the District of Columbia with respect to any qualified real property approved pursuant to § 6-1503 .
D.C. Code § 34-610 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-610
§ 34-610. Production of incriminating evidence compellable; immunity from prosecution.
Status: in_force

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing books, accounts, and papers in any proceeding based upon or growing out of any violation of the provisions of this subtitle, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but no person having so testified shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may have testified or produced any documentary evidence; provided, that no person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury; provided further, that the immunity hereby conferred shall extend only to a natural person who, in obedience to a subpoena, gives testimony under oath or produces evidence, documentary or otherwise, under oath.
D.C. Code § 34-1551 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15A / § 34-1551
§ 34-1551. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Building” means all of the individual units served through the same utility-owned meter within a property defined as Class 2 Property under § 47-813(c-6) .
(2) “Building owner, operator, or manager” means any person or entity responsible for the operation and management of a building.
(3) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission.
(4) “Energy allocation equipment” means any device, other than submetering equipment, used to determine approximate electric or natural gas usage for any nonresidential rental unit within a building.
(5) “Electricity supplier” shall have the same meaning as in § 34-1501(17) .
(6) “Natural gas supplier” shall have the same meaning as in § 34-1671.02(12) .
(7) “Nonresidential rental unit” means real property leased for commercial purposes.
(8) “Owner-paid areas” means the portion of the real property for which the owner bears financial responsibility for energy costs, which portions include areas outside individual units or in owner-occupied or shared areas.
(9) “Public utility,” “utility,” or “utility company” shall have the same meaning as in § 34-214 .
(10) “Submetering equipment” means equipment used to measure actual electricity or natural gas usage in any nonresidential rental unit when the equipment is not owned or controlled by the electric or natural gas utility serving the building in which the nonresidential rental unit is located.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.15 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.15
§ 34-2401.15. Water not to be diverted beyond District.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in §§ 34-2401.16 and 34-2401.17 no portion of the water conveyed or to be conveyed through or by means of the Washington Aqueduct, or any appurtenance thereof, shall be diverted to the supply or use of any building, premises or establishment located outside of the limits of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-302 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-302
§ 34-302. Approval of construction of gas or electric plant.
Status: in_force

No person shall begin the construction of a gas plant or an electric plant without first having obtained the permission and approval of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1242 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1242
§ 34-1242. Minority contracting requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1432 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1432
§ 34-1432. Renewable energy portfolio standard.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall implement a renewable energy portfolio standard which applies to all District of Columbia retail electricity sales, except as provided under subsection (b) of this section.
(a-1) (1) For nonresidential solar heating, cooling, or process heat property systems producing or displacing greater than 10,000 kilowatt hours per year, the solar collectors used shall be SRCC OG-100 certified and the energy output shall be determined by an onsite energy meter that meets performance standards established by OIML.
  (2) For nonresidential solar heating, cooling, or process heat property systems producing or displacing 10,000 or less than 10,000 kilowatt hours per year, the solar collectors used shall be SRCC OG-100 certified and the energy output shall be determined by the SRCC OG-300 annual system performance rating protocol or the solar collectors used shall be SRCC OG-100 certified and the energy output shall be determined by an onsite energy meter that meets performance standards established by OIML; and
  (3) For residential solar thermal systems, the systems shall be SRCC OG-300 system certified and the energy output shall be determined by the SRCC OG-300 annual rating protocol or the solar collectors used shall be SRCC OG-100 certified and the energy output shall be determined by an onsite energy meter that meets performance standards established by OIML.
(b) (1) If the standard becomes applicable to electricity sold to a customer after the start of a calendar year, the standard shall not apply to electricity sold to the customer during that portion of the year before the standard became applicable.
  (2) The standard shall not apply to electricity sold to the District of Columbia government, not including independent agencies, authorities, or instrumentalities, beginning January 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2029.
  (3) The District of Columbia government shall not purchase renewable energy credits that do not meet the requirements of the standard until the electricity sold to the District of Columbia government is in compliance with the standard.
(c) The renewable energy portfolio standard shall be as follows:
  (1) In 2011, 4% from tier one renewable sources, 2.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.40% from solar energy;
  (2) In 2012, 5% from tier one renewable sources, 2.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.50% from solar energy;
  (3) In 2013, 6.5% from tier one renewable sources, 2.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.50% from solar energy;
  (4) In 2014, 8% from tier one renewable sources; 2.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.60% from solar energy;
  (5) In 2015, 9.5% from tier one renewable sources, 2.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.70% from solar energy;
  (6) In 2016, 11.5% from tier one renewable sources, 2% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.825% from solar energy;
  (7) In 2017, 13.5% from tier one renewable sources, 1.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 0.98% from solar energy;
  (8) In 2018, 15.5% from tier one renewable sources, 1% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 1.15% from solar energy;
  (9) In 2019, not less than 17.5% from tier one renewable sources, 0.5% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 1.85% from solar energy;
  (10) In 2020, not less than 20% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 2.175% from solar energy;
  (11) In 2021, not less than 26.25% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 2.5% from solar energy;
  (12) In 2022, not less than 32.5% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 2.6% from solar energy;
  (13) In 2023, not less than 38.75% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 3.0% from solar energy;
  (14) In 2024, not less than 45.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 3.65% from solar energy;
  (15) In 2025, not less than 52.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 4.3% from solar energy;
  (16) In 2026, not less than 59.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 5.0% from solar energy;
  (17) In 2027, not less than 66.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 5.65% from solar energy;
  (18) In 2028, not less than 73.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 6.3% from solar energy;
  (19) In 2029, not less than 80.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 7.0% from solar energy;
  (20) In 2030, not less than 87.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 7.65% from solar energy;
  (21) In 2031, not less than 94.0% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 8.3% from solar energy;
  (22) In 2032, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 9.0% from solar energy;
  (23) In 2033, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 9.65% from solar energy;
  (24) In 2034, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 10.3% from solar energy;
  (25) In 2035, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 11.0% from solar energy;
  (26) In 2036, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 11.65% from solar energy;
  (27) In 2037, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 12.3% from solar energy;
  (28) In 2038, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 13.0% from solar energy;
  (29) In 2039, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 13.65% from solar energy;
  (30) In 2040, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 14.3% from solar energy; and
  (31) In 2041 and thereafter, not less than 100% from tier one renewable sources, 0% from tier two renewable sources, and not less than 15.0% from solar energy.
(d) Subject to subsections (a) and (c) of this section, an electricity supplier shall meet the standard by obtaining the equivalent amount of renewable energy credits that equal the percentage required under this section for each electricity product sold at retail by the electricity supplier.
(e) (1) Subject to subsections (a) and (c) of this section, an electricity supplier shall meet the solar requirement by obtaining the equivalent amount of renewable energy credits from solar energy systems no larger than 15MW in capacity located within the District or in locations served by a distribution feeder serving the District; provided, that renewable energy credits from solar energy systems larger than 15MW in capacity located on property owned by the District, or by any agency or independent authority of the District, may be used to meet the solar requirement.
  (2) As of January 1, 2015, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, an electricity supplier may meet the remaining non-solar tier one renewable source requirement of the renewable energy portfolio standard by obtaining the equivalent amount of renewable energy credits from solar energy systems that do not satisfy the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) Any solar energy system that is not located within the District or in a location served by a distribution feeder serving the District and that was certified as eligible to produce renewable energy credits meeting the solar requirement of the renewable energy portfolio standard by the Commission prior to February 1, 2011, shall be decertified by the Commission effective January 1, 2025.
(f) No later than March 1, 2017, the Commission shall provide a report to the Council that includes:
  (1) An estimate of the amount of solar energy generated annually by solar energy systems in the District that could qualify to be used to meet the annual solar energy requirement, but for which renewable energy credits cannot be purchased by electricity suppliers to meet the solar energy requirement; and
  (2) A recommendation for how the Commission could adjust the annual solar requirement to account for the amount of solar generation identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 34-1128 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1128
§ 34-1128. New schedules to be filed; summaries of rates to be provided upon request.
Status: in_force

(a) Copies of all new schedules shall be filed, as hereinbefore provided, in every station and office of such public utility where payments are made by consumers or users 10 days prior to the time the same are to take effect, unless the Commission shall prescribe a less time.
(b) Summaries of all rate schedules, including all rates, explanations, and conditions of service, applicable as to the type of service received by a ratepayer shall be provided as of right by the public utility to any ratepayer upon request and without expense to the ratepayer.
D.C. Code § 34-806 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-806
§ 34-806. Employees; expenses; expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall have the power in each and every instance to employ and to prescribe the duties of such officers, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, inspectors, experts, and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. The Commission is hereby authorized, within the appropriation made by Congress, to incur and pay incidental expenses for postage, printing, blanks, books, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, stationery, binding, rebinding, repairing and preservation of records, desks, office furniture and supplies, traveling expenses of the Commission, the commissioners, and every officer, agent, and employee thereof, and all other general expenses reasonably necessary to be incurred in carrying out the purposes of this subtitle. All payments and disbursements, as provided in this subtitle, shall be made by the Disbursing Officer of the District of Columbia upon proper vouchers, certified as required by the Commission; and the Commission is hereby also granted power and authority to designate and appoint during its pleasure such officers, clerks, inspectors, and employees of the District of Columbia and members of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia to perform any of the duties which the Commission may from time to time, respectively, assign to them, and to employ any assistance within the limits of the appropriations for its use made by act of Congress.
(a-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 , each qualified District resident applicant shall receive an additional 10-point preference over a qualified non-District resident applicant for all positions within the Commission unless the applicant declines the preference. This 10-point preference shall be in addition to, and not instead of, qualifications established for the position. All persons hired after February 6, 2008, shall submit proof of residency upon employment in a manner determined by the Commission. An applicant claiming the hiring preference under this section shall agree in writing to maintain bona fide District residency for a period of 7 consecutive years from the effective date of hire and shall provide proof of such residency annually to the director of personnel for the Commission for the first 7 years of employment. Failure to maintain District residency for the consecutive 7-year period shall result in forfeiture of employment.
(b) The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts with the District government, the United States government, and other public and private entities for goods and services, as needed, to achieve its purposes in carrying out its statutory duties.
D.C. Code § 34-1103 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1103
§ 34-1103. Commission to compel compliance with laws and ordinances.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall have power, after hearing and notice by order in writing, to require and compel every public utility to comply with the provisions of this subtitle, and with other laws of the United States applicable, and any municipal ordinance or regulation relating to said public utility, and to conform to the duties upon it thereby imposed or by the provisions of its own charter, if any charter has or shall be granted it;  provided, that nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve any public utility, its officers, agents, or servants, from any punishment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty for violation of any such law, ordinance, regulation, or duty imposed by its charter, nor to limit, take away, or restrict the jurisdiction of any court or other authority which on March 4, 1913, had or which may thereafter have power to impose any such punishment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty.
D.C. Code § 34-1258.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1258.03
§ 34-1258.03. Allocation of PEG channels.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) At least 2 PEG channels on the analog tier and at least 2 PEG channels on the digital tier shall be assigned and allocated to the Public Access Corporation for use as public channels.
  (2) At least one PEG channel on the analog tier shall be assigned and allocated to the University of the District of Columbia for use as an educational channel.
  (3) At least one PEG channel on the analog tier shall be assigned and allocated to the District of Columbia Public Schools for use as an educational channel.
  (4) At least one PEG channel on the analog tier shall be assigned and allocated to the Council for use as a government channel.
  (5) At least one PEG channel on the analog tier shall be assigned and allocated to the Mayor for use as a government channel.
(b) The Office shall allocate and assign public, educational, and government channels and negotiate and enter into operating agreements for the use of the channels; provided that:
  (1) No public access channel shall be allocated or assigned to an entity other than the Public Access Corporation.
  (2) No operating agreement shall be required for a channel operated by the Council, the Mayor, or the Public Access Corporation.
  (3) Channels for the use of the Council or the Mayor shall not be subject to discretionary assignment or allocation by the Office and channels for such use shall be made available upon the request of the Council or the Mayor, subject to availability.
  (4) The allocation and assignment of a public, educational, or government channel on the analog tier, other than an allocation and assignment to the Council or the mayor or an allocation and assignment set forth in subsection (a) of this section, shall be submitted to the Council for its review and approval through a proposed resolution transmitted by the Mayor to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturday, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess; provided, that if the Council does not approve or disapprove the allocation and assignment by resolution within the 45-day period, the proposed resolution shall be deemed approve.
(b-1) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the PEG channels allocated to the Council under subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be under the exclusive control of the Council; provided, that, subject to subsection (b)(3) of this section, the Office shall manage the channels, pursuant to § 34-1252.02(8) , as the agent of the Council; provided further, that any video recordings or other documents, media, or intangible rights created in connection with the operation of the PEG channels shall be held by the Office as a custodian on behalf of the Council.
  (2) The control of the Council shall include the right to direct which proceedings of the Council, including any event conducted by or on behalf of the Council, its committees, members, or staff, whether on the PEG channel allocated to the Council or an auxiliary website from which the proceedings may be downloaded, streamed, or otherwise viewed, may be:
    (A) Recorded;
    (B) Broadcast; or
    (C) Re-broadcast.
  (3) The Secretary to the Council, as the Council’s representative, shall determine the programming for the Council’s PEG channels in accordance with this subsection.
  (4) The Secretary to the Council may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Office to implement this subsection.
(c) The Office shall establish, by regulation, the process for allocating PEG channels before allocating or assigning channels under this section. The regulations shall not diminish the autonomy or authority of the Public Access Corporation established by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.06
§ 34-1312.06. Financing and closing documents.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1314.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1314.04
§ 34-1314.04. Gas company recovery of gas plant relocation costs.
Status: in_force

(a) The gas company may establish a regulatory asset for the operating and capital-related costs of any gas plant relocation that is necessary for the completion of DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity incurred by the gas company between base rate cases and that are not recovered by any other means; provided, that:
  (1) The gas plant relocation work is pursuant to a written communication from DDOT informing the gas company that the relocation of certain of the gas company’s gas plant is necessary for the completion of DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity; and
  (2) The gas plant relocation work is in addition to work performed and costs incurred by the gas company in the ordinary course of business.
(b) The regulatory asset shall accrue a pre-tax rate of return at the gas company’s authorized rate of return approved by the Commission in the most recent base rate case.
(c) The creation of a regulatory asset for the gas company’s gas plant relocation costs shall not affect the authority of the Commission to review the prudence of costs associated with the relocation of any gas plant due to DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity. In any Commission proceeding reviewing the gas company’s costs for any gas plant relocation that is necessary for the completion of any DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity, the gas company shall have the burden to prove that:
  (1) The gas plant relocation was necessary for the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity to be completed; and
  (2) All of the gas plant relocation costs were prudently incurred.
D.C. Code § 34-606 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-606
§ 34-606. Appeal limited to questions of law.
Status: in_force

In the determination of any appeal from an order or decision of the Commission the review by the Court shall be limited to questions of law, including constitutional questions; and the findings of fact by the Commission shall be conclusive unless it shall appear that such findings of the Commission are unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious.
D.C. Code § 34-2105.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105.03
§ 34-2105.03. Nonprofit housing developments — Rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1314.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1314.01
§ 34-1314.01. Commission and OPC funding.
Status: in_force

(a) The costs to be incurred by the Commission and the OPC, respectively, with respect to the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter and any proceedings under this chapter shall constitute expenses that are recoverable from the Public Service Commission Agency Fund and the Office of People’s Counsel Agency Fund, as provided by § 34-912 .
(b) For the purpose of funding the participation of OPC in the proceedings provided for by this chapter and in light of the expedited nature of those proceedings, it is necessary to ensure that OPC has available at the commencement of those proceedings the funds necessary for its participation in those proceedings. Therefore, to effect this result, any proceedings for which a commencement date or timeline is specified by this chapter shall be deemed to begin for purposes of § 34-912(a) no less than 60 days before the date specified by this chapter for commencement of the proceedings.