D.C. Code § 34-1227 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1227
§ 34-1227. Inspection of books and records; filing and posting certain enumerated documents.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1105 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1105
§ 34-1105. Commission to ascertain cost of construction, replacement value, outstanding stock; information to be printed in annual report.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall ascertain, as soon and as nearly as practicable, the amount of money expended in the construction and equipment of every public utility, including the amount of money expended to procure any right-of-way; also the amount of money it would require to secure the right-of-way, reconstruct any roadbed, track, depots, cars, conduits, subways, poles, wires, switchboards, exchanges, offices, works, storage plants, power plants, machinery, and any other property or instrument not included in the foregoing enumeration used in or useful to the business of such public utility, and to replace all the physical properties belonging to the public utility. It shall ascertain the outstanding stock, bonds, debentures, and indebtedness, and the amount, respectively, thereof, the date when issued, to whom issued, to whom sold, the price paid in cash, property, or labor therefor, what disposition was made of the proceeds, by whom the indebtedness is held, so far as ascertainable, the amount purporting to be due thereon, the floating indebtedness of the public utility, the credits due the public utility, other property on hand belonging to it, the judicial or other sales of said public utility, its property or franchises, and the amounts purporting to have been paid, and in what manner paid therefor, and the taxes paid thereon. The Commission shall also ascertain in detail the gross and net income of the public utility from all sources, the amounts paid for salaries to officers and the wages paid to its employees, and the maximum hours of continuous service required of each class. Whenever the information required by this section is obtained it shall be printed in the annual report of the Commission. In making such investigation the Commission may avail itself of any information in possession of any department of the government of the United States or of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1116 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1116
§ 34-1116. Commission to keep informed of new construction; construction account.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall keep itself informed of all new construction, extensions, and additions to the property of all public utilities, and shall prescribe the necessary forms, regulations, and instructions to the officers and employees of all public utilities for the keeping of construction accounts, which shall clearly distinguish all operating expenses and new construction.
D.C. Code § 34-1124 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1124
§ 34-1124. Rules and regulations affecting rates to be filed.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall file with and as a part of such schedule all rules and regulations that in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged for any service.
D.C. Code § 34-2709 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2709
§ 34-2709. Emergency excavation or demolition.
Status: in_force

Compliance with the notice requirements of § 34-2704 shall not be required for an emergency excavation or demolition involving an imminent danger to life, health, or property; provided, that reasonable precautions have been taken to protect underground facilities. The appropriate utility operators shall, in any event, be notified directly and as soon as possible. The appropriate utility operator shall respond by marking the approximate horizontal location of the underground facility within 2 hours of notification of the emergency excavation or demolition, where practicable. An imminent danger to life, health, or property exists whenever there is a substantial likelihood that loss of life, health, or property will result before the procedures under § 34-2704 can be fully complied with.
D.C. Code § 34-1125 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1125
§ 34-1125. Copy of rate schedule to be available for public inspection.
Status: in_force

A copy of so much of said schedules as the Commission shall deem necessary for the use of the public shall be printed in plain type and kept on file in every station and office of such public utility where payments are made by the consumers or users, open to the public, in such form and place as to be readily accessible to the public and so as to be conveniently inspected.
D.C. Code § 34-2102 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2102
§ 34-2102. Use of the General Fund for sanitary sewage works.
Status: in_force

Subject to appropriations, amounts in the General Fund of the District of Columbia (including any special account therein) as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975 [ D.C. Law 1-42 ] shall be available for use by or under the direction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia for:
(1) The construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, relocation, replacement, renovation, and repair of the sanitary sewage works of the District, including all expenses;
(2) Payment of a portion of such administrative expenses as may not be wholly allocated to the sanitary sewage works or to any other sewage works of the District, but which expenses are incurred in connection with the operation of the sanitary sewage works and either or both the stormwater sewer system and the combined sewer system. The portion of such expenses to be paid from the General Fund of the District of Columbia (including any special account therein) shall be fixed from time to time by the Mayor at such a percentage of the total of such expenses for the said sewer systems as the Mayor, in his discretion, may determine;
(3) Payment of such portion of all expenses for the construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, relocation, replacement, renovation, and repair of the combined sewer system of the District as the Mayor, in his discretion, determines to be attributable to the sanitary sewer function of such combined sewer system;
(4) Payment of the District’s contribution to the expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River basin;
(5) Payments by the District to agencies in the State of Maryland providing services to the District for conveying, treating, or disposing of sanitary sewage; provided, that the said fund shall not be available to pay the cost of providing sewage service to institutions of the District located in the State of Maryland;
(6) Payments to other funds of the District for such expenses or estimated expenses as are or may be incurred in the administration of this subchapter;
(7) Payment to the United States Treasury of the interest, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, on loans to the District for the purposes of this Act;
(8) Repayment to the United States Treasury of the principal amount of each loan made to the District in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and of any advancements made to the District in accordance with the provisions of § 34-2103 ; and
(9) Refund of part or all of any sanitary sewer service charges erroneously paid; provided, that application for refund shall be made within 2 years after such erroneous payment.
D.C. Code § 34-2158 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2158
§ 34-2158. Full lead water service line replacement.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4) of this subsection, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water") shall not replace the portion of a water service line that is on public property unless it also replaces the portion of the lead water service line that is on private property, if any, subject to the consent of the property owner.
  (2) DC Water may replace the portion of a water service line that is on public property without replacing the portion of the lead water service line that is on private property if:
    (A) DC Water requests the consent of the private property owner in writing to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property, and DC Water receives notice that the property owner does not consent to replacement of the portion of the lead water service line on private property;
    (B) DC Water requests the consent of the private property owner in writing to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property, including an initial request sent by mail, and a second request sent 60 days after the initial request by mail or hand delivery to the property, as well as electronically, if feasible, but does not receive a response from the property owner within 120 days after DC Water sends the initial request;
    (C) The replacement is necessary to repair a damaged or leaking water service line and, prior to commencing work to replace any portion of the water service line, DC Water requests the consent of the private property owner, in writing via hand delivery to the property, to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property, including documentation describing the health risks created to occupants by a partial lead water service line replacement.
    (D) In the event of the exceedance of a lead action level:
      (i) The replacement is required pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 141.84 to address the lead exposure; and
      (ii) DC Water requests the consent of the private property owner in writing to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property, including an initial request sent by mail, and a second request sent 30 days after the initial request by mail or hand delivery to the property, as well as electronically, if feasible, but does not receive a response within 60 days after DC Water makes the initial request.
  (2A) In cases where DC Water replaces the portion of the water service line on public property pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section:
    (A) If DC Water has not received a response from the private property owner to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property as of 14 days after delivery of the request described in subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section, DC Water shall request the consent of the private property owner by telephone and e-mail, if DC Water possesses that contact information; and
    (B) DC Water shall complete the lead water service line replacement on private property if the private property owner provides consent within 30 days after DC Water's request under subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section.
  (3) The cost of replacing lead water service lines on private property pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, including overhead expense, shall be paid by DC Water using funds appropriated for this purpose in the District's annual budget.
  (4) If DC Water does not have sufficient funds from the District or the private property owner to replace a portion of a lead water service line on private property, DC Water shall not replace the portion of the lead water service line on public property unless:
    (A) The replacement is necessary to repair a damaged or leaking lead water service line; or
    (B) In the event of an exceedance of a lead action level, the replacement is required pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 141.84 to address the lead exposure.".
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if DC Water learns that an owner of private property wishes to pay to replace the portion of a lead water service lines on his or her private property, DC Water may replace the portion of the lead water service line on public property at the same time. The cost to replace the portion of the lead water service line located on public property shall be paid by DC Water.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect DC Water's authority under § 8-205(b) to, where DC Water deems such action necessary, perform maintenance or repair work on private property, in which case, the cost, including overhead expense, shall be paid by the property owner.
(d) For the purposes of this chapter , the term "lead water service line" means a water service line containing any lead and shall include a:
  (1) Brass water service line; or
  (2) Galvanized water service line.
D.C. Code § 34-1603 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1603
§ 34-1603. Additional laboratories for testing gas of Washington Gas Light and Georgetown Gas Light Companies.
Status: in_force

Two additional laboratories shall be provided and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and shall be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Mayor, at a total cost not to exceed $1,000, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Washington Gas Light Company. One of the said laboratories shall be located in the northwestern portion of the City of Washington and the other in the southeastern portion of said city, and the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratories shall be paid for by the said Washington Gas Light Company. A laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the Georgetown Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and shall be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Mayor at a total cost not to exceed $1,000, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company; provided, that the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratory shall be paid by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company; provided further, that the Washington Gas Light Company and the Georgetown Gas Light Company shall, at the beginning of each fiscal year, in proportion to their respective receipts from sales of gas for the fiscal year immediately preceding, provide in advance, by depositing with the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, a sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of maintaining the service of inspecting and testing illuminating gas and gas meters, herein provided for, as estimated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $500 per annum for each of the said additional laboratories.
D.C. Code § 34-1238 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1238
§ 34-1238. Effect of specific time for performance.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-411.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.05
§ 34-411.05. Nonliability of a third-party contact and Ombudsman.
Status: in_force

A third-party contact, whether a managing agency or other designee, and the Ombudsman shall not have any:
(a) (1) Responsibility for paying a past-due bill;
  (2) Liability regarding a past-due bill or any other charges that may accrue;
  (3) Authority to delay or prevent termination of service; or
  (4) Authority to make a payment arrangement for the entity.
D.C. Code § 34-904 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-904
§ 34-904. Inspection of books and examination of officers of utilities.
Status: in_force

The Commission or any commissioner or any person or persons employed by the Commission for that purpose shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect the books, accounts, papers, records, and memoranda of any public utility, and to examine, under oath, any officer, agent, or employee of such public utility in relation to its business and affairs. Any person other than one of said commissioners who shall make such demand shall produce his authority to make such inspection or examination.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.09
§ 34-1731.09. Human Rights Act compliance.
Status: in_force

Each franchise agreement shall comply with § 2-1402.67 .
D.C. Code § 34-301 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-301
§ 34-301. Public Service Commission; general powers.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall, within its jurisdiction:
(1) Have general supervision of all gas companies and electrical companies having authority under any general or special law or under any charter or franchise to lay down, erect, or maintain wires, pipes, conduits, ducts, or other fixtures in, over, or under the streets, highways, and public places in the District of Columbia for the purpose of furnishing or distributing gas or of furnishing or transmitting electricity for light, heat, or power, or maintaining underground conduits or ducts for electrical conductors, and all gas plants and electric plants owned, leased, or operated by any person.
(2) Investigate and ascertain, from time to time, the quality and quantity of gas supplied by persons or corporations; examine or investigate the methods employed by such persons and corporations in manufacturing, distributing, and supplying gas and in transmitting or distributing electricity for light, heat, or power, and in transmitting the same, and have power to order such with respect to manufacturing, distributing, or supplying such gas, or with respect to transmitting or distributing such electricity as will reasonably promote the public interest, preserve the public health, and protect those using such gas or electricity and those employed in the manufacture and distribution of gas or the transmission or distribution of electricity or in the manufacture and operation of the works, wires, poles, lines, conduits, ducts, and systems connected therewith, and have power to order reasonable improvements and extensions of the works, wires, poles, lines, conduits, ducts, and other reasonable devices, apparatus, and property of gas companies and electric companies.
(3) Have power by order to fix from time to time standards for determining the purity or the measurement of the illuminating power of gas to be manufactured, distributed, or sold by persons or corporations for lighting, heating, or power purposes, and to prescribe from time to time the efficiency of the electric transmission or distribution system, and by order to require the gas so manufactured, distributed, or sold to equal the standards so fixed by it, and to prescribe from time to time the reasonable minimum and maximum pressure at which gas shall be delivered by said persons or corporations. For the purpose of determining whether the gas manufactured, distributed, or sold by such persons or corporations for lighting, heating, or power purposes conforms to the standards of illuminating power, purity, and pressure, and for the purpose of determining whether the efficiency of the electric transmission or distribution system conforms to the orders issued by the Commission, the Commission shall have power, of its own motion, to examine and investigate the plants and methods employed in manufacturing, delivering, and supplying gas or transmitting or distributing electricity, and shall have access, through it members or persons employed and authorized by it to make such examinations and investigations, to all parts of the manufacturing plants owned, used, or operated for the manufacture, transmission, or distribution of gas or the transmission or distribution of electricity by any such person or corporation. Any employee or agent of the Commission who divulges any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of any such inspection or examination, except insofar as he may be directed by the Commission, or by a court or judge thereof, or authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each offense.
D.C. Code § 34-1406 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1406
§ 34-1406. Permits for repair, extension, and enlargement of conduits.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to grant permits for the repair, enlargement, and extension, under proper regulations to be prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, of electric lighting conduits existing on June 6, 1900, and in every conduit constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this section, 3 ducts shall be reserved for the use of the United States and the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-2703 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2703
§ 34-2703. Availability of permit drawings.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall make available to each utility operator a copy of all approved permit drawings, including those which bear the exact nature and location of all excavation to be carried out, as they are issued to persons for excavation or demolition in public space where utility facilities exist. Applicants for permits will provide additional copies of plans as required for this purpose.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.24 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.24
§ 34-2401.24. Unauthorized opening of mains or pipes.
Status: in_force

No person, unless by consent of the Chief of Engineers, shall tap or open the mains or pipes laid or hereafter to be laid by the United States, under a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.03
§ 34-1254.03. Evaluation of an initial franchise application.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 45 days after receiving an application under § 34-1254.02 , the Office shall certify the application as complete or shall transmit to the applicant a description of missing information and the time by which the missing information must be provided.
(b) Upon certifying the application as complete, the Office shall have published in the District of Columbia Register a Notice of the Filing of an Application for a Cable Franchise, which shall contain the name of the applicant, the nature of the application, and a description of the procedures under this chapter.
(c) Within 120 days after certifying an application as complete, the Office shall determine whether the applicant has the ability and commitment to adequately provide cable service in the District and to meet the cable-related needs and interests of the District and of District residents. In making this determination, the Office may procure the assistance of qualified technical, financial, and legal consultants.
(d) In determining the ability and commitment of an applicant to adequately provide cable service in the District and to meet the cable-related needs and interests of the District and of District residents, the Office shall consider the following:
  (1) Whether the proposed plans for the cable system are feasible and reasonable, considering the applicant’s legal, financial, and technical resources and abilities and any other relevant factors;
  (2) Whether the applicant has the ability, willingness, and commitment to construct, operate, and maintain a state-of-the-art cable system in the best interests of the District and of District residents;
  (3) Whether the applicant has the ability to adapt to and implement new technologies, services, and programming;
  (4) Whether the proposed cable system will serve the public interest and meet the cable-related needs of the District;
  (5) Whether the applicant has had a previous franchise application denied by the District or any other franchising authority;
  (6) Whether the applicant has filed materially misleading information in its application or intentionally withheld information that the applicant is required to provide;
  (7) Whether the applicant has demonstrated a willingness and the ability to comply with the requirements of this chapter and any regulations promulgated under this chapter; and
  (8) Any other relevant information.
(e) In making a determination under this section, the Office may hold a public hearing to receive testimony on the applicant and the application. The Office shall have a notice of the hearing published in the District of Columbia Register and shall hold the hearing on no less than 15 days notice. The Office may consider multiple applications at a hearing.
(f) In making a determination under this section, the Office may accept written and oral testimony and any other materials relevant to the application or its determination.
(g) If the Office determines that an applicant does not possess the ability and commitment to adequately provide cable service in the District and meet the cable-related needs and interests of the District and District residents, the Office shall give the applicant additional time, not to exceed 90 days, and shall in writing indicate the deficiencies in the application and recommend how the applicant can correct the deficiencies. If the applicant, after the additional time, remains unable to meet the standards of this section, the application shall be denied. The Office shall transmit to the Council a notice of denial of application and shall set forth the reasons for the denial.
D.C. Code § 34-1253.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1253.03
§ 34-1253.03. Public Service Commission regulation of the use of existing utility companies’ rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission shall regulate the rates, terms, and conditions for cable operators’ use of existing utility company rights-of-way located within the District, including the use of existing utility poles and underground conduits in accordance with federal law and regulations, and shall ensure that all rates, terms, and conditions are just and reasonable.
(b) In regulating rates, terms, and conditions under this section, the Public Service Commission shall consider the interests of both cable service subscribers and utility consumers.
(c) The Public Service Commission shall resolve disagreements among cable operators and public utilities, including the use of public rights-of-way by a cable operator to install and maintain the cable operator’s cable system.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.06
§ 34-1259.06. Submission of correspondence by cable operator.
Status: in_force

A cable operator shall submit to the Office copies of all correspondence, petitions, reports, applications, and other documents between the cable operator and federal agencies having appropriate jurisdiction in matters affecting cable operation, or any District agencies within 15 days of such correspondence, petitions, reports, applications, and other documents being submitted or received by the cable operator, or within a time set forth in a franchise agreement, whichever is greater.
D.C. Code § 34-1107 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1107
§ 34-1107. Valuation; notice and hearing; statement of valuation to be filed.
Status: in_force

Before final determination of such value the Commission shall, after notice of not less than 30 days to the public utility, hold a public hearing as to such valuation in the manner hereinafter provided for a hearing, which provisions, so far as applicable, shall apply to such hearing. The Commission shall, within 10 days after such valuation is determined, serve a statement thereof upon the public utility interested, and shall file a like statement with the District committees in Congress.
D.C. Code § 34-2707 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2707
§ 34-2707. Liability for damages; civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if any underground facility is damaged through the fault of any person, that person shall be liable to the owner of the underground facility for the total cost of the repair or, if necessary, the replacement of the damaged underground facility.
(b) If any underground facility is damaged by any person carrying out excavation or demolition without having complied with the notice provisions of this chapter, that person shall be liable to the owner of the underground facility for treble the cost of the repair or replacement of the damaged underground facility.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of $2,500 for the first violation, $5,000 for the second violation, and $10,000 for the third or subsequent violation.  Action to recover the civil penalties provided for in this section shall be brought by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  All penalties recovered from such action, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be paid into the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
(d) Civil fines and penalties may be imposed by the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 ("Civil Infractions Act") as alternative sanctions for any violations of the provisions of this chapter or rules issued pursuant to this chapter .  The adjudication of any such infraction, fine, or penalty shall be pursuant to the Civil Infractions Act .
D.C. Code § 34-1254.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.06
§ 34-1254.06. Procedure for Council review and approval of initial franchise.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Office and the applicant agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement under § 34-1254.05 , the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Approval of a Franchise Application consisting of the franchise application, the proposed franchise agreement, and a summary of factors supporting the recommendation.
(b) If at the end of the initial or extended negotiation period under § 34-1254.04 , the Office and the applicant are unable to agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement, the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Denial of a Franchise Application consisting of the franchise application and a summary of the factors supporting the recommendation. The summary shall describe specific deficiencies of the application and a general description of why the application should not be granted.
(c) 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.
(d) Each applicant to whom the District grants a franchise 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. An applicant’s failure to pay the franchise award fee within the 30-day period shall make the franchise and franchise agreement void.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.08
§ 34-2202.08. Delegation of Council authority to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

The Council delegates to the Authority the power of the Council under section 490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act ( § 1-204.90 ) to issue revenue bonds to finance, refinance, or assist in the financing or refinancing of any undertakings of the Authority pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1404 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1404
§ 34-1404. Electric lighting wires west of Rock Creek.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to issue permits to electric light companies existing on July 8, 1898, in the District of Columbia for the extension of overhead electric wires existing on July 8, 1898, outside the fire limits and west of Rock Creek to be used for lighting purposes only.
D.C. Code § 34-707 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-707
§ 34-707. Destruction of apparatus or appliance of Commission.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall destroy, injure, or interfere with any apparatus or appliance owned or operated by or in charge of the Commission or its agent shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.10 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.10
§ 34-1731.10. Not a franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not constitute, or be construed to comprise, a franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-2005 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2005
§ 34-2005. Access to buildings.
Status: in_force

The Public Service Commission shall have the authority to promulgate rules to ensure that access to public and privately owned buildings is afforded in a manner which does not unjustly or unreasonably discriminate between or among providers of telecommunications services. The Commission may initiate a rulemaking proceeding pursuant to this section only after determining that (1) federal telecommunications law and regulations authorize state public utility commissions to promulgate rules regarding building access; (2) substantial evidence exists that unjust and unreasonable discrimination regarding building access impaired telecommunications services competition in the District of Columbia; and (3) that promulgation of rules by the Commission regarding building access is the only effective means of removing the impairment to competition.
D.C. Code § 34-2411.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2411.01
§ 34-2411.01. Delivery of water — Falls Church, Virginia, and adjacent areas; installation expenses; payments; revocation of permit.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Army, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, is hereby authorized in his discretion, upon request of the City Council of the City of Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, or any other competent state or local authority in the Washington metropolitan area in Virginia, to permit the delivery of water from the District of Columbia water system at the Dalecarlia Filtration Plant, or at other points on said water system to the Falls Church water system for the purpose of supplying water for the use of said City and such adjacent areas as are now or shall hereafter be served by the water system of said City; or to any other competent state or local authority in said metropolitan area in Virginia. The Secretary of the Army is hereby further authorized, in his discretion and upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, and said Mayor, to permit the delivery of such water through the water mains of Arlington County by a connection to Arlington mains at the southerly end of Chain Bridge, or to make connections with the Arlington County water system at 1 or more points along the boundary line of Arlington County; provided, that all expense of installing any such connection or connections or other appurtenances and any subsequent changes therein shall be borne by said City of Falls Church, or such other communities of said metropolitan area requesting such services; provided further, that all payments for water taken directly from the mains of the water supply system of the District of Columbia at the Dalecarlia Filtration Plant, or from other points on said water system, shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Army and said Mayor may prescribe; all such payments to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as other water rents now collected in the District of Columbia are now deposited, but for water as may be supplied through the water mains of Arlington County, as hereinabove authorized, such payments shall be made by said Arlington County in the same manner as payments for water supplied for the use of said Arlington County; provided further, that payment for water delivered to communities in said metropolitan area from or through the water mains of Arlington County shall be made to said County as may be mutually arranged on an equitable basis and as approved by the Secretary of the Army and said Mayor; and provided further, that the Secretary of the Army, directly or upon the request of the Mayor, may revoke at any time any permit for the use of said water that may have been granted.
D.C. Code § 34-2105.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105.02
§ 34-2105.02. Nonprofit housing developments — Forgiveness of outstanding charges.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2706 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2706
§ 34-2706. Damage caused by excavation or demolition.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each person responsible for any excavation or demolition operation which results in damage to an underground facility shall, immediately upon discovery of such damage, notify the operator of such facility of the location and the nature of the damage, and shall allow the operator reasonable time to accomplish necessary repairs before continuing the excavation or demolition in the immediate area of the damaged facility.
(b) Each person responsible for any excavation or demolition operation that results in damage to an underground facility, permitting the escape of any flammable, toxic, or corrosive gas or liquid shall, immediately upon discovery of such damage, notify the utility operator, 911, and any other agency identified by the Mayor and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary to protect persons and property.
D.C. Code § 34-1225 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1225
§ 34-1225. Insurance; performance bond; indemnification of District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.13 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.13
§ 34-2401.13. Payment of water tax into General Fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1213.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1213.01
§ 34-1213.01. Grant of franchises.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2403.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2403.01
§ 34-2403.01. Prevention of water waste.
Status: in_force

In order to prevent unnecessary waste of Potomac water, and in order to more fully enforce the laws in relation to the distribution of the same, the Chief of Engineers is authorized, after giving notice, to shut off the water when such notice shall be disregarded from any places where a waste of water is occurring.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.13a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.13a
§ 34-2202.13a. Defeasance of bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority’s bonds shall no longer be considered outstanding and unpaid and shall be deemed fully met and discharged for the purposes of § 34-2202.07(e) and the security provided by the pledges of and liens on, revenues, assets, and property, if the Authority:
  (1) Deposits with an escrow agent, which shall be a bank, trust company, or national banking association with requisite trust powers, in a separate defeasance escrow account, established and maintained by the escrow agent solely at the expense of the Authority and held in trust for the bond owners, sufficient moneys or direct obligations of the United States, principal of and interest on which, when due and payable, will provide sufficient moneys, together with moneys so deposited, to pay when due the principal and interest of bonds issued by the Authority to be defeased; and
  (2) Delivers to the defeasance escrow agent an irrevocable letter of instruction to apply the moneys or investments to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the Authority to be defeased as they become due and payable.
(b) The defeasance escrow agent shall not invest the defeasance escrow account in any investment callable at the option of its issuer if the call could result in less than sufficient moneys being available for the purposes required by this section.
(c) The defeasance escrow account specified in subsection (a) of this section may be established and maintained without regard to any limitations placed on these accounts by any act or resolution of the Authority now existing or adopted after April 9, 1997, except for this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1504 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1504
§ 34-1504. Role, duties, and powers of the Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission’s assessment, approval, and oversight of restructuring plans, pilot programs, and the transition process, and regulation of the restructured electric industry, shall ensure orderliness and electric system reliability and shall take into consideration the interests of customers, electricity suppliers, and the electric company.
(b) Unless otherwise specified, the Commission shall adopt regulations or issue the orders required under this chapter before the initial implementation date. This requirement shall not affect the validity of amendments to those regulations or orders adopted after the initial implementation date.
(c) (1) The Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders to:
    (A) Implement competitive billing under § 34-1503 ;
    (B) Govern the licensing of electricity suppliers and other market participants under § 34-1505 ;
    (C) (i) Require access by customers and electricity suppliers to the electric company’s distribution system on a non-discriminatory basis in accordance with § 34-1506 ; and
      (ii) Prevent the electric company from operating its distribution system in any manner that favors the electricity supply of the electric company’s affiliates in violation of § 34-1506 ;
    (D) Implement the consumer protections in § 34-1507 ;
    (E) Establish procedural rules for complaints, investigations, and dispositional hearings under § 34-1508 ;
    (F) Govern proceedings under § 34-1512 ;
    (G) Establish the universal service, energy efficiency, and renewable source programs mandated by § 34-1514 [repealed]; and
    (H) Govern the construction of new electric generating facilities under § 34-1516 .
  (2) (A) (i) Under criteria established by Commission regulation or order, the Commission shall determine for each electricity supplier licensed under § 34-1505 whether it is feasible for that electricity supplier to disclose every 6 months emissions on a pound per megawatt-hour basis and the fuel mix of the electricity sold by that supplier in the District of Columbia. For fuel mix, the categories include electricity generated from coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, wind, and other sources. For emissions, the categories include carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, and any other pollutants specified by the Commission.
      (ii) The Commission shall make a determination of feasibility under sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph either within 6 months after the date on which an electricity supplier receives a license under § 34-1505 or within 6 months of April 12, 2005.
    (B) If the Commission determines under subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph that it is feasible for an electricity supplier to disclose the emissions and fuel mix of the electricity sold by that supplier in the District of Columbia, the Commission, by regulation or order, shall require the electricity supplier to disclose every 6 months the emissions and fuel mix of the electricity sold by the supplier in the District of Columbia in the categories provided in subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph.
    (C) If the Commission determines under subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph that it is not feasible for an electricity supplier to disclose the emissions and fuel mix of the electricity sold by the supplier in the District of Columbia, the Commission, by regulation or order, shall require the electricity supplier to disclose to its customers every 6 months a regional emissions and fuel mix average in the categories provided in subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph.
  (3) The Commission shall, by regulation or order, require the unbundling of electric company rates, charges, and services into standardized categories determined by the Commission.
  (4) The Commission shall, by regulation or order, require that customers’ bills indicate, as an individual line item, charges for electricity supply.
  (5) The Commission shall issue regulations or orders to:
    (A) Establish reasonable restrictions on telemarketing;
    (B) Establish reasonable procedures for contracting between residential and small commercial customers and electricity suppliers; and
    (C) Establish reasonable requirements and limitations relating to deposits, billing, contract cancellations, and disconnections.
  (6) (A) The Commission shall order the electric company, in conjunction with the Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, and the District of Columbia Office of Energy, to implement a consumer education program informing consumers of changes in the electric industry.
    (B) As part of the consumer education program under this paragraph, the Commission shall develop and maintain information regarding rates charged and services provided by licensed electricity suppliers to small commercial and residential customers. The information required in this subparagraph shall be:
      (i) Readily understandable and formatted to provide a comparison of rates and services offered by electricity suppliers; and
      (ii) Made available to the public through the ordinary means of publication of the Commission, including posting on the Internet.
    (C) Any dispute regarding the consumer education program mandated by this paragraph shall be resolved by the Commission.
  (7) The Commission may adopt any other regulations, or issue any other orders, consistent with the policies enunciated in this chapter and necessary to ensure the development of a competitive market for electricity supply, billing, and any component of electric service declared to be a potentially competitive service.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission may regulate the regulated services of the electric company through alternative forms of regulation.
  (2) The Commission may adopt an alternative form of regulation if the Commission finds that the alternative form of regulation:
    (A) Protects consumers;
    (B) Ensures the quality, availability, and reliability of regulated electric services; and
    (C) Is in the interest of the public, including shareholders of the electric company.
  (3) Alternative forms of regulation may include:
    (A) Price regulation, including price freezes or caps;
    (B) Revenue regulation;
    (C) Ranges of authorized return;
    (D) Rate of return;
    (E) Categories of services; and
    (F) Price-indexing.
(e) (1) The Commission may declare that a component of electric service, other than electricity supply and billing, is a potentially competitive service if:
    (A) Provision of the service by alternative sellers will not harm any class of customers;
    (B) Provision of the service will decrease the cost of providing the service to customers in the District of Columbia or increase the quality or innovation of the electric service to customers in the District of Columbia;
    (C) Effective competition in the market for that service is likely to develop; and
    (D) Provision of the service by alternative sellers will not otherwise jeopardize the safety and reliability of electric service in the District of Columbia.
  (2) Any order declaring a component of electric service to be a potentially competitive service shall provide for the recovery by the electric company of all verifiable costs that would have been recoverable under the traditional regulatory structure but which will not be recoverable as a result of the order under subsection (c)(1) of this section.
(f) (1) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the Commission from implementing or modifying a pilot program under § 34-1502(d) .
  (2) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the Commission from allowing the adoption of a supply contract under § 34-1502(e) .
D.C. Code § 34-411.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.01
§ 34-411.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
(a) (1) "Assisted living residence" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-102.01(4) .
  (2) "Community residence facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(4) .
  (3) "Entity" means an assisted living residence, a community residence facility, or a nursing facility operating in the District.
  (4) "Managing agency" means the District government agency that has oversight of an entity.
  (5) "Nursing facility" means a 24-hour institution or distinct part of a 24-hour institution that:
    (A) Is primarily engaged in providing nursing care and related services to residents who require medical or nursing care, or rehabilitation services to persons who are injured, disabled, or sick;
    (B) Is not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases; and
    (C) Has in effect a transfer agreement that meets the requirements of section 1802 of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 291; 42 U.S.C. § 1395a), with one or more hospitals.
  (6) "Ombudsman" means the District of Columbia Long-Term Care Ombudsman established by § 7-702.02(a) and designated under section 307(a)(12) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, approved October 18, 1978 (92 Stat. 1525; 42 U.S.C. § 3027(a)(12)), to perform the mandated functions of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program established by § 7-702.01 .
  (7) "Third-party contact" means a person or agency authorized to receive duplicate notification of a past-due bill or termination of service sent to an entity by a utility company.
  (8) "Third-Party Notification program" is a program maintained by a utility company under which a customer of the utility company can designate another person or an agency to be the customer's third-party contact authorized to receive a copy of any notification regarding the customer's past-due bill or termination of service because of a past-due bill.
  (9) "Utility company" means a business that provides water, natural gas, or electricity service to an entity.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.07
§ 34-2401.07. Water main taxes and rents to be uniform.
Status: in_force

Water main taxes and water rents shall be uniform in said District.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.08
§ 34-1313.08. Content of application and plan.
Status: in_force

(a) An application to the Commission by the electric company and DDOT for approval of the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan shall include:
  (1) The ranking reliability performance of individual feeders as follows:
    (A) A measurement and ranking of the reliability performance of each of the electric company’s overhead and combined overhead-underground mainline primary and lateral feeders in the District since January 1, 2010 through the most recently completed calendar year, using the primary selection criteria set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and
    (B) On the basis of the foregoing rankings, an identification of the electric company’s recommended selection of mainline primary and lateral feeders that will utilize DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements identified in the plan;
  (2) Primary selection criteria as follows: With respect to all sustained interruptions that affect the public welfare (inclusive of major service outages and District major event days) occurring on each overhead and combined overhead-underground mainline primary and lateral feeder circuits in the District since January 1, 2010 through the most recently completed calendar year, averaged using the following data, weighted equally:
    (A) Number of outages per feeder;
    (B) Duration of the outages occurring on the feeder; and
    (C) Customer minutes of interruption per cost of undergrounding on the feeder; and
  (3) Additional content to be included in the plan by the electric company or DDOT, as applicable, as follows:
    (A) In addition to the measurements, rankings, and selections required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the Underground Infrastructure Improvements Projects Plan shall include for each mainline primary and lateral feeder recommended by the electric company to be placed underground an identification and description of the feeder number and the feeder location (by street address, ward, and neighborhood);
    (B) Overhead electrical cables, fuses, switches, transformers, and ancillary equipment, including poles, to be relocated underground or removed;
    (C) Overhead primary and lateral feeders that are currently located parallel to the selected primary and lateral feeders that the electric company recommends to be placed underground;
    (D) Overhead secondary feeder circuits and ancillary facilities, and telecommunications and cable television cables and ancillary aboveground equipment, including poles, that will not be relocated underground or removed;
    (E) Proposed Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements and DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements funded by the Underground Project Charge and DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges;
    (F) New distribution automation devices and segmentation capability to be obtained thereby;
    (G) Interties that will enable the feeder to receive power from multiple directions or sources;
    (H) The capability to meet current load and future load projections; and
    (I) A status report and an explanation of the reasons why DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity or Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity associated with projects contained in a biennial Underground Infrastructure Projects Plan previously approved by the Commission have not been completed and the dates upon which the projects are expected to be completed.
(b) Within 90 days after the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvements Projects Plan is approved by the Commission, the electric company and DDOT shall identify the estimated start date and projected end date for each project approved in the plan. In determining the construction start date and projected end date, the electric company and DDOT shall consider the following secondary criteria:
  (1) The ability to coordinate the DDOT Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activities with DDOT roadwork and other projects that involve disruption to and subsequent restoration of road surface or that otherwise impede the flow of traffic along the roadway where the undergrounding work is to occur;
  (2) The estimated economic value or other benefits to be gained by the electric company’s customers from the projected reductions in outage frequencies and durations when the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements are completed;
  (3) For Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity involving a cross-jurisdictional feeder circuit, a showing of the means by which the electric company has storm-hardened its distribution system or has otherwise improved the resilience of service to its District customers on the cross-jurisdictional feeder with respect to major service outage events occurring outside the District’s boundaries on the portion of the cross-jurisdictional feeder located outside of the District; and
  (4) The ability to complete and place in service the feeder circuits to be undergrounded pursuant to the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan from funding generated by the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges and the Underground Project Charge for the corresponding plan period.
(c) The electric company and DDOT shall include the following information for the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvements Project Plan in the application:
  (1) An itemized estimate of the project plan’s Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs and the proposed Underground Project Charges for the costs that correspond with an itemized list of the Electric Company Infrastructure Investment Activity shown;
  (2) An itemized estimate of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs that correspond with an itemized list of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity;
  (3) An assessment of potential obstacles to the timely completion of a project, including, but not limited to, the need to obtain environmental or other permits or private easements, the existence of historically sensitive sites, required tree removal, and significant traffic disruptions;
  (4) A description of the efforts taken to identify District residents to be employed by the electric company and DDOT contractors during the construction of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements and the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements contained in the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan;
  (5) An explanation of the availability of alternate funding sources, if any, for relocation of the overhead equipment and ancillary facilities that will utilize DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements, such as contributions in aid of construction, the grant of federal highway or economic development funds, and other sources;
  (6) (A) An exhibit setting forth the proposed Underground Project Charges, work papers calculating the derivation of these charges, the proposed allocation of billing responsibility among the electric company’s distribution service customer classes for the Underground Project Charges, and a worksheet depicting the:
      (i) Projected total expenses;
      (ii) Capital costs;
      (iii) Depreciation expenses;
      (iv) Annual revenue requirement, including the rate of return on equity, as set by the Commission in the most recently decided base rate case; and
      (v) Allocation of billing responsibility utilized in these calculations.
    (B) This exhibit shall include the proposed accounting treatment for the costs to be recovered through these charges, which shall provide that no costs recovered through Underground Project Charges shall also be afforded rate base or other treatment that would incorporate recovery of Underground Project Charges into the design of the electric company’s base tariff rates until such time as the electric company shall request the transfer of these costs into rate base and the discontinuance of the costs being recovered in the Underground Project Charge;
  (7) Other information the electric company or DDOT considers material to the Commission’s consideration of the application;
  (8) Identification and contact information of one or more individuals who may be contacted by the Commission with formal or informal requests for clarification of any material set forth in the application or requests for additional information;
  (9) A proposed form of public notice of the application suitable for publication by the Commission; and
  (10) A protocol to be followed by the electric company and DDOT to provide notice and to coordinate engineering, design, and construction work performed pursuant to this chapter with the gas company, water utility, and other utilities that own or plan to construct, as approved by the Commission where applicable, facilities that may be affected by DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity or Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity.
(d) Notwithstanding the primary selection criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Commission may, on its own motion or upon request by the electric company, OPC, or any other party, waive the application of these criteria as to the selection of a particular mainline primary and lateral feeder when to do so is required to relieve an emergency or to correct or forestall a gross inequity or disparity in the  impacts associated with past, current, or anticipated electric distribution service outages or when actual field conditions or coordination with other projects or such other considerations as the Commission may find reasonably justifies modification of the selection criteria.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this section shall require the electric company to obtain Commission authorization to construct and operate a new underground electric plant or impair the Commission’s authority to determine just and reasonable rates with respect to the electric company’s recovery of costs associated with the construction and operation of the underground electric plant, including capital costs, when such costs are to be recovered through rates, as approved by the Commission pursuant to § 34-901 and not through the DDOT Underground Electric Utility Infrastructure Improvement Charges or Underground Project Charges.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.09
§ 34-1259.09. Reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 days after the submission of a report or other document to any federal or District agency or commission, or after such shorter period as may be established in a franchise agreement, the cable operator shall file a copy of the document with the Office. Documents required to be submitted under this subsection include any proof of performance tests and results, equal employment opportunity reports, and all petitions, applications, and communications of all types regarding the cable system, or a group of cable systems of which the cable operator’s system is a part, submitted by the cable operator, an affiliate, or any other person on behalf of the cable operator.
(b) Each report filed by a cable operator pursuant to this chapter or the franchise agreement shall be certified by a corporate officer as accurate and complete.
(c) A cable operator shall at all times maintain the following:
  (1) Records of all complaints received and all actions taken with respect to such complaints;
  (2) A full and complete set of plans, records, and as-built maps showing the exact location of all system facilities and equipment installed or in use in the District, exclusive of subscriber service drops;
  (3) A comprehensive record of all personnel transactions and use of contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers by race and sex;
  (4) Records of outages, indicating date, time, duration, area, the subscribers affected, type of outage, and cause;
  (5) Records of service requests for repair or maintenance indicating the date and time the service was requested, the date and time of acknowledgment of the request, the date and time service was scheduled (if it was scheduled), the date and time the service was provided, and, if different, the date and time the problem was resolved
  (6) Records of installation, reconnection, and requests for service extension indicating the date of the request, the date of acknowledgment, and the date and time service was provided; and
  (7) A file showing the cable operator’s plans and timetable for new construction or the rebuild of the cable system.
D.C. Code § 34-1130 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1130
§ 34-1130. Commission may prescribe changes in form of schedule.
Status: in_force

The Commission may prescribe such changes in the form in which the schedules are issued by any public utility as may be found to be expedient.
D.C. Code § 34-1240 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1240
§ 34-1240. Franchisee not to discriminate.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1131 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1131
§ 34-1131. Information provided in association with a child support order.
Status: in_force

A public utility shall provide to the organizational unit of the District government, or any successor organizational unit, that is responsible for administering or supervising the administration of the District’s State Plan under title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651   et seq.), in response to an administrative subpoena issued pursuant to § 46-226.03(a)(2) , financial or other information concerning a customer that is necessary to establish, modify, or enforce a support order.
D.C. Code § 34-1126 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1126
§ 34-1126. Schedule of joint rates to be filed.
Status: in_force

Where a schedule of joint rates or charges is, or may be, in force between 2 or more public utilities, such schedule shall in like manner be printed and filed with the Commission, and so much thereof as the Commission shall deem necessary for the use of the public shall be filed in every such station or office, as provided in § 34-1125 .
D.C. Code § 34-602 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-602
§ 34-602. Commission may rescind, alter, or amend orders fixing rates.
Status: in_force

The Commission may, at any time, upon notice to the public utility and after opportunity to be heard as provided in § 34-910 , rescind, alter, or amend any order fixing any rate or rates, tolls, charges, or schedules, or any other order made by the Commission, and certified copies of the same shall be served and take effect as herein provided for original orders.
D.C. Code § 34-2710 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2710
§ 34-2710. Public education; advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may provide education programs, collect and report data, require reporting by entities who are subject to this chapter , and take other action to develop an effective damage prevention program as described in 49 U.S.C. § 60134 and regulations issued to implement 49 U.S.C. § 60134.
(b) (1) The Mayor may establish an advisory committee to advise on the implementation of this chapter and shall nominate and appoint persons to serve on the advisory committee pursuant to § 1-523.01(f) .
  (2) (A) The Mayor may appoint persons to fulfill the provisions of this chapter ; provided, that the membership of the advisory committee includes representation from each utility operator, the Public Service Commission, the one-call center, the excavation industry, and utility locator services.
    (B) The advisory committee shall be solely advisory in nature and shall not have authority to act for or on behalf of the Mayor.
  (3) A member appointed pursuant to this section shall serve a term of 2 years. A member may be reappointed but shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
D.C. Code § 34-1258.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1258.01
§ 34-1258.01. PEG channels; carriage requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall provide at least 8 PEG channels on the analog portion of the cable system and at least 10 PEG channels on the digital portion of the cable system. The total capacity to be set aside for PEG channels shall be set forth in the franchise agreement.
(b) A cable operator shall carry analog PEG channels on its basic service tier, except as may be otherwise provided in the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.01
§ 34-1259.01. Right to inspection.
Status: in_force

The cable system and all parts of the system, during both operation and construction, shall be subject to the right of inspection by the Office or its designee.
D.C. Code § 34-1439 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1439
§ 34-1439. Rules, duties, and powers of the Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may impose an administrative fee on a renewable energy credit transaction, but the amount of the fee may not exceed the Commission’s actual direct cost of processing the transaction.
(b) On or before May 1 of each year, the Commission shall provide a report to the Council on the implementation of this chapter , including:
  (1) The availability of tier one renewable sources;
  (2) Certification of the number of renewable energy credits used by electricity suppliers to meet the requirements of § 34-1432 ;
  (3) The amount of compliance fees paid pursuant to § 34-1434(c) in the previous calendar year;
  (4) The amount of compliance fees estimated to be paid pursuant to § 34-1434(c) in the current calendar year;
  (5) The total amount of the District's electric supply that was exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 4 of the Renewable Portfolio Standard Expansion Amendment Act of 2016, effective October 8, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-154; D.C. Official Code § 34-1434, note) for the previous year;
  (6) The total amount of the District's electric supply that is estimated to be exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 4 of the Renewable Portfolio Standard Expansion Amendment Act of 2016, effective October 8, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-154; D.C. Official Code § 34-1434, note) for the current calendar year and each subsequent year that the exemption applies;
  (7) The total amount of the District's electric supply that was exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 101(b)(2) of the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, passed on 2nd reading on December 18, 2018 (Enrolled version of Bill 22-904) ("CleanEnergy Act") for the previous calendar year;
  (8) The total amount of the District's electric supply that is estimated to be exempted from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 101(b)(2) of the CleanEnergy Act for the current calendar year and each subsequent year that the exemption applies; and
  (9) Any other such information the Commission considers necessary or appropriate.
(b-1) Beginning in July 2019, and every 6 months thereafter, the Commission shall publish on its website the total amount of solar energy from solar energy systems meeting the requirements of § 34-1432(e)(1) for which interconnection requests have been submitted in the previous 6 months.
(c) The Commission shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The Commission shall establish standards, by order or regulation, to account for customer generation from eligible renewable resources for compliance with § 34-1432 .
D.C. Code § 34-503 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-503
§ 34-503. Stocks not to be issued until certificate is recorded.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall issue any stocks, certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness for money, property, or services, either directly or indirectly, nor shall it receive any money, property, or services in payment of the same, either directly or indirectly, until there shall have been recorded upon the books of such public utility the certificate of the Commission in this subtitle provided for.
D.C. Code § 34-611 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-611
§ 34-611. Commission to furnish certified copies of orders.
Status: in_force

Upon application of any person the Commission shall furnish certified copies, under the seal of the Commission, of any order made by it, which shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.14 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.14
§ 34-1313.14. Approval of schedule provisions applying the true-up mechanism to the Underground Rider.
Status: in_force

(a) The electric company shall not file a request for approval of a schedule applying the true-up mechanism to the Underground Rider with the Commission more frequently than twice per year.
(b) A request for approval of a schedule filed pursuant to this section shall include, at a minimum, a narrative description of the proposed adjustments, a proposed form of public notice of the request suitable for publication by the Commission and the following exhibits, as applicable:
  (1) A showing that the allocation of the Underground Rider among the electric company’s distribution service customer classes conforms to the distribution service customer class cost allocations approved by the Commission in the electric company’s most recent base rate case; provided, that no such charges shall be assessed against customers served under the electric company’s residential aid discount or a succeeding discount program;
  (2) Billing and collection data that show the proposed adjustment is expected to generate payments that will permit the electric company to recover an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges adjusted for any over-collection or under-collection through the prior year under the Underground Rider;
  (3) A showing that the proposed adjustment is expected to result in neither a net over-collection nor under-collection by the electric company of an amount equal to the aggregate of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges through the Underground Rider; and
  (4) Accounting work papers showing the electric company’s prior year’s receipts of the Underground Rider and payment of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
(c) The Commission’s review of a request for approval of a schedule filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be limited to a determination of whether there is any mathematical error in the application of the true-up mechanism to the Underground Rider.
(d) Any interested party may file comments with the Commission with respect to the mathematical accuracy of the electric company’s calculations in the application of the true-up mechanism within 10 days of the filing of the electric company’s request for approval of a schedule applying the true-up mechanism to the Underground Rider. The Commission shall act upon a request for approval of a schedule filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within 20 days of the end of the comment period. If the Commission does not act within this 20-day period to correct any mathematical error, the request for approval of a schedule filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed approved. The Underground Rider set forth in the schedule shall take effect, subject to refund and adjustment, on the date the schedule is filed with the Commission.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter , if the electric company has not recovered the full amount of the aggregate DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges that it has paid, the Underground Rider shall continue to be collected until the electric company has recovered the full amount even if there is no current biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan in effect.
(f) (1) In conducting the true-up, the recovery for the under-collection of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges through the Underground Rider shall be allocated to each customer class in the proportion to which the customer class contributed to the under-collection of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges.
  (2) Nothing in the operation of the true-up shall be deemed to violate the requirement of this chapter that the Underground Rider be non-bypassable.
D.C. Code § 34-1552 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15A / § 34-1552
§ 34-1552. Commission to promulgate rules, including standards.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall promulgate rules, including standards, under which any owner, operator, or manager of a building which is not individually metered for electricity or gas for each nonresidential rental unit may install submetering equipment or energy allocation equipment for the purpose of fairly allocating:
  (1) The cost of electrical or gas consumption for each nonresidential rental unit; and
  (2) Electrical or gas demand and customer charges made by the utility and electricity and natural gas supplier.
(b) In addition to other appropriate safeguards for the tenant, the rules shall require that a building owner, operator, or manager:
  (1) Shall not impose on the tenant any charges over and above the cost per kilowatt hour, cubic foot or therm, plus demand and customer charges, where applicable, which are charged by the utility company, the electricity supplier, and natural gas supplier to the building owner, operator, or manager, including any sales, local utility, or other taxes, if any; provided, that additional service charges permitted by § 34-1553 may be collected to pay administrative costs and billing; and
  (2) Shall maintain adequate records regarding submetering and energy allocation equipment and shall make such records available for inspection by the Commission during reasonable business hours.
(c) (1) For the purposes of Commission enforcement of the rules adopted under this section, building owners, operators, or managers shall be treated as public utilities for the purposes of making a complaint under § 34-917 and any rules governing the making of complaints adopted under § 34-902 .
  (2) All submetering equipment shall be subject to the same rules, including standards, established by the Commission for accuracy, testing, and recordkeeping of meters installed by electric or gas utilities and shall be subject to the meter requirements of § 34-303 .
  (3) All energy allocation equipment shall be subject to rules, including standards established by the Commission to ensure that such systems result in a reasonable determination of energy use and the resulting costs for each nonresidential rental unit.
  (4) Violations of Commission rules and orders issued under this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in §§ 34-708 and 34-731 .
(d) In implementing this section, no building owner, operator, or manager shall be considered a public utility engaged in the business of distributing or reselling electricity or gas except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The building owner, operator, or manager may use submetering or energy allocation equipment solely to allocate the costs of electric or gas service fairly among the tenants using the building.
D.C. Code § 34-1112 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1112
§ 34-1112. Utilities to have offices in the District of Columbia; books and records to be kept in the District; records may be kept at general office of utility.
Status: in_force

Each public utility shall have an office within the District of Columbia in which it shall keep all such books, accounts, papers, and records as shall be required by the Commission to be kept within the District of Columbia. No books, accounts, papers, or records required by the Commission to be kept within the District of Columbia shall be at any time removed from the District of Columbia, except upon such condition as may be prescribed by the Commission; provided, that public utilities operating in the District of Columbia and elsewhere who have their general or executive offices outside of the District, may continue to keep their books, accounts, records, and so forth, at their executive or general offices, such public utilities being required, however, to produce before the Commission such books, accounts, records, and papers from time to time as the Commission may order.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.09
§ 34-1313.09. Consideration of triennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Before deciding upon an application for an order approving the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, the Commission shall first publish notice to the public of the application 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. The electric company shall provide notice of the application  as provided in § 34-909 , as this section reads as of May 3, 2014, or as amended or superseded.
  (2) The District, OPC, and DDOT shall be a party to the Commission proceeding on the application as a matter of right.
  (3) 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. The applicant and any party to the proceeding may file an answer to support or oppose the granting of the motion. The Commission shall, by order, approve or deny the motion at its reasonable discretion.
(b) (1) Within 30 days of May 3, 2014, the Commission shall issue an order establishing an expedited discovery schedule that shall be used in all proceedings commenced following the filing of an application for approval of a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan pursuant to § 34-1313.07 . The period for discovery shall commence on the date that the application is filed with the Commission and shall continue for 60 days; provided, that the Commission, in its discretion, may toll the time for periods if it determines that a party has not complied with the discovery rules established pursuant to this section. Any Commission order extending the 60-day discovery period shall also provide for an extension of equal length to the deadline for public comments on the application. The discovery process established by the Commission pursuant to this section shall provide for submission of information requests and reasonable periods for responses on shortened timelines consistent with the 60-day discovery period and the use of all reasonable procedures for expediting the discovery process, such as discovery conferences.
  (2) The discovery process shall:
    (A) Permit parties to such proceedings to inspect all the relevant data, documents, studies, analyses, and work papers that form the basis of the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan and any revenue requirements or charges provided therein; and
    (B) Afford the parties the rights provided under Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
(c) (1) The Commission shall decide upon an application for an order approving a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan 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 if contested issues of material fact are present and those issues cannot be resolved by the Commission on the basis of the pleadings and discovery responses filed, if any, in the record of the matter.
  (3) The Commission shall, in addition to any other hearing or procedures, convene a public community hearing to receive the testimony and comments of the public. In its decision, the Commission may approve, approve with conditions, or reject the application, in whole or in part, as it considers necessary and appropriate.
(d) The Commission shall expedite its consideration of an application seeking an order approving a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan. The Commission shall issue its decision on the application no later than 45 days following the deadline for public comment on the application; provided, that if a protest or objection to the application is timely filed with the Commission and can be resolved without an evidentiary hearing, this period for the Commission’s decision is extended by an additional 15 days. The computation of this time may be tolled, at the Commission’s discretion, for periods in which it determines the electric company and DDOT’s joint application is deficient. If an evidentiary hearing is required, the hearing shall, in the Commission’s discretion and based upon the Commission’s evaluation of all relevant factors, commence on the date set by the Commission and be concluded within 45 days of the close of discovery and the Commission shall issue a decision no more than 60 days of the close of the hearing record.
D.C. Code § 34-1403 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1403
§ 34-1403. Certain existing conduits and overhead wires legalized.
Status: in_force

All conduits existing on July 7, 1898, within the fire limits, and all overhead electric light wires existing on July 7, 1898, without the fire limits in the District of Columbia are hereby legalized until otherwise provided by law, and house connections may be made with such overhead electric light wires outside such fire limits.
D.C. Code § 34-1510 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1510
§ 34-1510. Transition costs, transition benefits.
Status: in_force

(a) The electric company shall be provided an opportunity to recover all of its prudently incurred and verifiable net transition costs, subject to full mitigation, following the Commission’s determination under subsection (b) of this section. In connection with the foregoing:
  (1) A competitive transition charge, or other appropriate non-bypassable mechanism as determined by the Commission, may be included as part of the charge paid by every customer accessing the transmission or distribution system of the electric company.
  (2) The competitive transition charge may be included on bills to customers for a period of limited duration to be determined by the Commission.
  (3) The Commission may establish recovery periods of different lengths for different categories of transition costs.
(b) (1) The Commission shall determine the transition costs and the amount of the costs that the electric company may recover.
  (2) In determining the electric company’s transition costs, the Commission shall:
    (A) Conduct public hearings; and
    (B) Consider evidence appropriate to an accurate determination of the electric company’s transition costs. Such evidence may include:
      (i) Book value and fair market value;
      (ii) Auctions and sales of comparable assets;
      (iii) Appraisals;
      (iv) The revenue the company would receive under rate-of-return regulation;
      (v) The revenue the company would receive in a restructured electricity supply market; and
      (vi) Computer simulations provided to the Commission.
  (3) If the Commission determines that the electric company will incur transition costs, the Commission shall determine the extent of the permitted recovery based on the following factors:
    (A) The prudence of the original investment and of the continued management of the investment;
    (B) Whether the investment was mandated by law, regulation, or order;
    (C) Whether the amount at issue has been fully verified and minimized;
    (D) Whether the investment continues to be used and useful;
    (E) Whether the loss is one of which investors can be said to have reasonably borne the risk;
    (F) Whether investors have already been compensated for the risk;
    (G) The financial integrity of the electric company;
    (H) Whether the investment was made to satisfy the need to ensure the availability of reliable electric service;
    (I) For costs incurred or to be incurred as a result of electric industry restructuring or the establishment of customer choice, whether the costs are reasonable; and
    (J) The impact of a recovery of transition costs on the development of effective competition in the market for electricity supply or billing, or the market for any component of electric service declared by the Commission to be a potentially competitive service.
(c) The Commission shall establish procedures for an annual review of actual market conditions to determine if the authorized competitive transition charge is overcompensating or undercompensating the electric company for the transition costs established under subsection (b)(3) of this section. If an annual review demonstrates that the authorized competitive transition charge is overcompensating or undercompensating the electric company for the transition costs established under subsection (b)(3) of this section, the Commission shall adjust the competitive transition charge accordingly.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.04
§ 34-1312.04. Bond details.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2152 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2152
§ 34-2152. Funding.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.02
§ 34-2202.02. Establishment of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority; general purpose of the Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established, as an independent authority of the District government, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. The Authority shall be a corporate body, created to effectuate certain public purposes, that has a separate legal existence within the District government.
(b) Except as provided in §§ 34-2202.14 and 34-2202.15 , the Authority shall be subject to all laws applicable to offices, agencies, departments, and instrumentalities of the District government, and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 1 , including provisions granting oversight responsibilities to the Chief Financial Officer as defined in § 1-204.25(b) .
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the general purpose of the Authority is to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain, regulate, finance, repair, modernize, and improve water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems and services, and to encourage conservation.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06d — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06d
§ 34-2202.06d. Water quality testing.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning in January 2014, the Authority shall conduct testing of the District’s drinking water for, at a minimum, regulated contaminants included in the Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 141.40.
(b) After receiving results of each test as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Authority, within 120 days or when it submits the related report to the Environmental Protection Agency, whichever comes first, shall:
  (1) Report to the Mayor the results of each test; and
  (2) Make the results available to the public via the Authority’s website.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.09
§ 34-2413.09. Water and water service rates and charges.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1209 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1209
§ 34-1209. Mandatory provisions of request for proposal. [Repealed.].
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1408 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1408
§ 34-1408. Use of conduits of Washington Railway and Electric Company by Potomac Electric Power Company.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to permit the Potomac Electric Power Company to make connections between its conduits and the conduits of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and all other companies controlled by the Washington Railway and Electric Company for the purpose of furnishing electric current through the said conduits for public and private uses, the use of said railway companies’ conduits to be upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the said companies.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.07
§ 34-2405.07. Disposal of funds received by Collector of Taxes.
Status: in_force

All sums received by the Collector of Taxes under the provisions of this subchapter on account of assessments levied for the construction of service sewers shall be credited to the appropriation under which the sewer was constructed for the fiscal year in which such sums shall be received.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.19 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.19
§ 34-2401.19. Acquisition of land and right-of-way for pipelines.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation all necessary lands, easements, and rights-of-way for pipelines within the District of Columbia to connect the force main of said pumping station with the water main in Arlington County as herein authorized.
D.C. Code § 34-221 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-221
§ 34-221. “Telephone line” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “telephone line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, receivers, transmitters, instruments, machines, and appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, appurtenances, and routes used, operated, controlled, or owned by any telephone corporation to facilitate the business of affording telephonic communication for hire, or which licenses, lets, or permits telephonic communication.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.02
§ 34-1671.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or has directly or indirectly, any economic interest in another person.
(2) “Anticompetitive condition” means a condition that would allow a party to:
  (A) Exercise vertical or horizontal market power;
  (B) Use the ownership or control of a regulated facility to favor an unregulated affiliate or subsidiary, or to discriminate against a non-affiliated entity;
  (C) Erect a barrier to entry; or
  (D) Compete unfairly or deny effective competition to residential customers.
(3) “Anticompetitive conduct” means an activity that would:
  (A) Violate any applicable antitrust law;
  (B) Constitute favorable treatment of an affiliate;
  (C) Discriminate against an unrelated entity;
  (D) Constitute a barrier to entry; or
  (E) Confer an unfair competitive advantage upon an entity.
(4) “Applicant” means a person who is applying for a license to sell or supply natural gas to retail customers in the District of Columbia.
(5) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
(6) “Cramming” means the unauthorized addition of services or charges to a customer’s existing service options.
(7) “Customer” means a purchaser of natural gas in whose name a service account exists with the company.
(8) “Distribution service” means the delivery of natural gas to a customer at the customer’s facilities by or through the instrumentalities and facilities of the gas company.
(9) “Enrollment” means the process by which the gas company receives and processes the notification from the natural gas supplier that a customer has entered into a contract for the supply of natural gas with that natural gas supplier.
(10) “Enrollment agreement” means the written contract that contains the terms and conditions for the provision of retail natural gas sales that is entered into between a residential customer and a natural gas supplier.
(11) “Gas company” means a person regulated by the Commission that owns or controls the distribution facilities required for the transmission and delivery of natural gas to customers.
(12) “Natural gas supplier” means a person including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who sells natural gas or purchases, brokers, arranges or, markets natural gas for sale to customers. The term shall not include a person that supplies natural gas exclusively for its own consumption or the consumption of one or more of its affiliates. The term shall not include the following:
  (A) Building owners, lessees, or managers who manage the internal distribution system serving the building and who supply natural gas solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants;
  (B) (i) Any person who purchases natural gas for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or
    (ii) Any apartment building or office building manager who aggregates retail natural gas sales requirements for his or her building, and who does not:
      (I) Take title to natural gas;
      (II) Market retail natural gas sales to the individually-metered tenants of his or her building; or
      (III) Engage in the resale of natural gas to others;
  (C) Property owners who supply small amounts of natural gas, at cost, as an accommodation to lessors or licensees of the property;
  (D) A consolidator; or
  (E) The gas company.
(13) “Natural gas supplier choice” means the right of natural gas suppliers to use and interconnect with the natural gas distribution system on a nondiscriminatory basis to distribute natural gas from any natural gas supplier to any customer and of customers to purchase natural gas supply from their choice of licensed natural gas suppliers.
(14) The “Office” or the “Office of the People’s Counsel” means the Office of the People’s Counsel of the District of Columbia.
(15) “Person” means an individual, corporation, company, association, joint-stock company, firm, partnership or other entity.
(16) “Slamming” means the unauthorized switching of a customer’s service from one natural gas supplier to another natural gas supplier or to the default service provider.
(17) “Transfer” means the process by which the gas company facilitates the actual transition of the customer’s natural gas account from (A) the gas company to a natural gas supplier, (B) one natural gas supplier to another, or (C) one natural gas supplier to the gas company.
D.C. Code § 34-2604 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / § 34-2604
§ 34-2604. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.04
§ 34-1921.04. Erection and maintenance of telegraph poles in alleys; poles outside designated limits; temporary permits.
Status: in_force

Said Mayor is empowered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the alleys of said District, and the stringing thereon of wires or conductors for telegraph purposes 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 to authorize the erection of poles and the stringing thereon of wires on and upon the streets and avenues of said District in the parts thereof in which there are no public alleys and in such places as the public interest 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 § 34-1921.01 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, where the work cannot 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 said limits described in § 34-1921.01 all poles and wires attached thereto, except as hereinbefore provided, as expeditiously as may be without interfering with or impairing the efficiency of the telegraph service in said District and without denying to the public reasonable telegraph facilities.
D.C. Code § 34-1257.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.03
§ 34-1257.03. Construction schedule.
Status: in_force

(a) Every franchise agreement shall specify the construction schedule that will apply to any required construction, upgrade, or rebuild of the cable system. The schedule of construction, upgrade, or rebuild shall ensure that no substantial differences in the time by which service shall be available in a neighborhood shall be because of the neighborhood’s relative median income, ethnicity, or racial composition.
(b) Within 90 days or at a time specified in the franchise agreement, whichever is longer, after the approval of a franchise, a cable operator shall file the documents required to obtain all necessary federal and District licenses, permits, and authorizations required for the conduct of its business, and shall submit monthly reports to the Office on its progress in this respect until all documents are obtained.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.08
§ 34-2413.08. Council authorized to fix water rates.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1503 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1503
§ 34-1503. Competitive billing.
Status: in_force

(a) Competitive billing shall begin on the initial implementation date and shall be implemented according to a schedule to be determined by the Commission. The Commission shall have the discretion to implement competitive billing for all customers on a single date.
(b) This section shall not preclude the Commission from including competitive billing as a part of any pilot program established by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.06a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.06a
§ 34-1313.06a. Commission's authority to terminate.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall have the authority to terminate any financing order issued in Formal Case No. 1121 before July 11, 2017; provided, that no bonds have been issued pursuant to such financing order.
D.C. Code § 34-1255.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1255.03
§ 34-1255.03. Mandatory transfer of franchise to the District; general requirement.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon payment of the purchase price by the District, the cable operator shall immediately transfer to the District possession and title to all facilities and property, real and personal, related to its cable system, free from any and all liens and encumbrances that the District has not agreed to assume in lieu of some portion of the purchase price.
(b) The District may assign its right and power under subsection (a) of this section to a person who shall assume the rights and obligations of the franchise and franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-411.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.04
§ 34-411.04. Ombudsman; notification requirement.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving a copy of a notification from a utility company to the utility company's customer of a past-due bill or termination of service, the third-party contact managing agency shall transmit a copy of the notification to the Ombudsman, which shall be transmitted so that the Ombudsman receives the copy on the same day that the notification was received by the third-party contact managing agency.
D.C. Code § 34-2154 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2154
§ 34-2154. Administering of grants.
Status: in_force

WASA shall administer the grants under this chapter. A household requesting a grant for assistance in replacing a lead service line on private property shall apply to WASA for the grant, and WASA shall determine whether the household meets the eligibility criteria of § 34-2153(a) . Upon determination by WASA that a household is eligible for a grant under this chapter, WASA or a subcontractor of WASA shall replace the service line on private property at cost and shall credit the household for the amount of the grant for which it is eligible against the costs of replacement.
D.C. Code § 34-1217 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1217
§ 34-1217. Termination of franchise; forced purchase by the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2161 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2161
§ 34-2161. Reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water") shall transmit to the Mayor and the Council and publicly post on the DC Water website a report that includes the following information for the preceding fiscal year:
  (1) For the lead water service line replacements under § 34-2158(a)(2) :
    (A) The number of times that DC Water replaced a damaged or leaking water service line on public property and requested the consent of the private property owner to replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property;
    (B) The number of private property owners that provided consent, did not provide consent, or did not respond to DC Water's request for consent within 30 days after delivery of the request described in § 34-2158(a)(2)(C) ; and
    (C) The number of locations, broken down by Ward and Advisory Neighborhood Commission, where DC Water replaced the portion of the lead water service line on public property but did not replace the portion of the lead water service line on private property; and
  (2) For the lead water service line replacement payment assistance program ("Program") established by § 34-2159 :
    (A) The number of contractors who submitted an invoice to DC Water under § 34-2159(g)(1) , broken down by:
      (i) Whether or not DC Water paid the contractor the amount of the discount; and
      (ii) The Ward and Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the property is located;
    (B) The most common reasons that DC Water declined to pay a contractor the amount of the discount submitted under § 34-2159(g)(1) ;
    (C) As of September 30 of the preceding fiscal year, the number of residential property owners with lead water service lines located on their private property where the portion of the water service line on public property is not a lead water service line;
    (D) The average number of days DC Water took to provide financial assistance to a contractor under the Program, from the date the contractor provided DC Water with an invoice to the date that DC Water paid the contractor the amount of the discount for which the residential property owner was approved; and
    (E) A description of efforts made by DC Water to publicize the availability of financial assistance through the Program, including a description of the total amount of expenditures by DC Water on such efforts.
D.C. Code § 34-905 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-905
§ 34-905. Production of records of utilities; attendance of witnesses; duties of United States Attorney and D.C. Attorney General.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may require, by order or subpoena, to be served upon any public utility in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the production within the District of Columbia at such time and place as it may designate of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by such public utility in any office or place without the District of Columbia, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the Commission shall so order, in order that an examination thereof may be made by the Commission under its direction. Any public utility failing or refusing to comply with any order or subpoena shall for each day it shall so fail or refuse forfeit and pay to the District of Columbia the sum of $100, to be recovered in an action to be brought in the name of said District.
(b) Attendance of witnesses and the production of such documentary evidence may be required from any place in the United States. And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the Commission, or any party to a proceeding before the Commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section. And the said Commission is hereby given power to call on any United States Attorney, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or any counsel of the Commission to enforce the provisions of this subtitle in the proper courts of the United States, and on such call it shall be the duty of the said United States Attorney, Corporation Counsel, or any counsel of the Commission, upon request of said Commission, to enforce the provisions of this section, the cost and expenses incurred to be paid out of the appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
D.C. Code § 34-214 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-214
§ 34-214. “Public utility”, “utility” or “utility company” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “public utility”, “utility” or “utility company” as used in this subtitle shall mean and embrace every street railroad, street railroad corporation, common carrier, gas plant, gas company, electric company, telephone corporation, telephone line, telegraph corporation, telegraph line, and pipeline company. Until the initial implementation date of Chapter 15 of this title , the term shall also include every electric generating facility owned and operated by the electric company. The term “public utility” excludes a person or entity that owns or operates electric vehicle supply equipment but does not sell or distribute electricity, an electric vehicle charging station service company, or an electric vehicle charging station service provider.
D.C. Code § 34-1605 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1605
§ 34-1605. Daily inspections.
Status: in_force

Daily inspections, Sundays excepted, shall be made at any time after 12:00 noon and before 12:00 midnight, in the discretion of the Inspector of Gas and Meters.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.23 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.23
§ 34-2401.23. Main pipes; laying for use of public buildings.
Status: in_force

No greater number of main pipes of the Washington Aqueduct shall be laid at the expense of the United States than are sufficient to furnish the public buildings, offices, and grounds with the necessary supply of water. The cost of any main pipe, for the supply of water to the inhabitants of Washington, must be paid by the District of Columbia, in the manner provided by law.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.05
§ 34-1313.05. Effect of financing order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.18 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.18
§ 34-2401.18. “Mayor,” “District of Columbia water system” defined.
Status: in_force

As used in § 34-2401.17 , unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(2) “District of Columbia water system” or “water system” means any and all of the facilities used or to be used for the supply of raw or partly purified water wherever situated and all of the facilities used or to be used for the distribution of purified water situated within the District of Columbia which are operated by the Department of Environmental Services or the Washington Aqueduct Division of the Washington District of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or both.
D.C. Code § 34-917 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-917
§ 34-917. Utility may make complaint.
Status: in_force

Any public utility may make complaint as to any matter affecting its own product or service with like effect as though made by the Commission or upon reasonable complaint as hereinbefore provided.
D.C. Code § 34-402 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-402
§ 34-402. Commission to inquire into violations by utilities; enforcement of laws affecting utilities.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall inquire into any neglect or violation of the laws or regulations in force in the District of Columbia by any public utility doing business therein, or by the officers, agents, or employees thereof, or by any person operating the plant of any public utility, and shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to enforce the provisions of this subtitle as well as all other laws relating to public utilities.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.06
§ 34-1313.06. Limitation on Commission action.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.08
§ 34-1671.08. Consumer protections.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders specifying the necessary minimum service requirements of a licensed natural gas supplier regarding the marketing, solicitation, sale, or provision, directly or through its agent, of retail natural gas.
(b) The minimum service requirements shall include the following:
  (1) A requirement that a licensed retail natural gas supplier:
    (A) Provide residential customers with accurate pricing and terms and conditions of service, and with a document containing the terms and conditions of pricing and service before the contract for service becomes binding; and
    (B) Disclose to residential customers the conditions under which a residential customer may rescind a contract without penalty.
  (2) Before a residential customer is eligible for service from a licensed retail natural gas supplier, the residential customer shall discharge, or enter into a plan to discharge, existing arrearages (except any pending disputed arrearages) owed to or being billed by the gas company for natural gas service; and
  (3) Minimum service quality.
(c) The regulations or orders also shall provide for disclosure of the terms identifying how residential customers may transfer or terminate service, including any costs and required notice.
(d) (1) The following requirements shall be standard content for residential customers’ bills:
    (A) To the maximum extent practicable, an itemized list of service components to enable a residential customer to recalculate his or her bill for accuracy;
    (B) The identification of the supplier of a service;
    (C) A statement of where, when, and how payment may be made and provision of a toll-free or local customer assistance and complaint telephone number for the natural gas supplier, as well as the addresses and customer assistance telephone numbers for the Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel, with the available hours noted;
    (D) A clear explanation for 2 consecutive billing periods, of any changes in the rates, terms, and conditions of service; and
    (E) Price disclosure and disclosure of total billing units for the billing period and historical annual usage.
  (2) The Commission may alter the bill contents prescribed by this subsection if necessary to conform with billing or pricing schemes specifically approved by the Commission.
(e) The regulations or orders shall include policies and procedures that provide for the following:
  (1) The coordination between natural gas suppliers and the gas company for the purpose of maintaining service;
  (2) The allocation of partial payments between natural gas suppliers and the gas company when service components are jointly billed;
  (3) A prohibition against the transfer, or the authorization of the transfer of, a residential customer’s natural gas supplier without the prior consent of the residential customer in accordance with appropriate confirmation practices;
  (4) A requirement for disclosure of the conditions under which a residential customer may rescind a decision to switch his or her natural gas supplier without penalty; and
  (5) Specification of any required notice and any penalty for early termination of contract.
D.C. Code § 34-1259.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.08
§ 34-1259.08. Subscriber fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The cable operator shall publish and make available to each potential subscriber a schedule of all applicable fees and charges for providing cable service and shall notify subscribers that basic cable service is available.
(b) A cable operator shall not, with regard to fees, discriminate or grant any preference or advantage to any person. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a cable operator from instituting preferential or advantageous fees for the elderly, people with disabilities, or recipients of District or federal public assistance.
(c) To the extent permitted under applicable law or regulation, a cable operator may, for promotional purposes, waive, reduce, or suspend connection or monthly service fees for specific or indeterminate periods not to exceed 6 months or for a period set forth in a franchise agreement, whichever is shorter.
(d) The cable operator shall provide a notice of any planned waiver, reduction, or suspension of connection or monthly service fees to the Office at least 30 days before the waiver, reduction, or suspension.
D.C. Code § 34-1243 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1243
§ 34-1243. Local hiring and subcontracting policy.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2008 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2008
§ 34-2008. Implementation policy.
Status: in_force

(a) In the implementation of this chapter, it shall be the policy of the District government to promote the hiring, education, and training of District residents in every facet of telecommunications endeavor in the District.
(b) Pursuant to this chapter, it shall be the policy of the District government to promote the utilization of small, disadvantaged, women-owned, and District businesses in the establishment and contracting processes regarding telecommunications in the District.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to contravene any provision in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 passed by the U.S. Congress in January and signed into law by President Clinton in February or to be inconsistent with the findings of the PSC in a proceeding pursuant to § 34-2002(k) .
(d) Two years after June 5, 2008, the People’s Counsel shall issue a report on the effect of the absence of local regulation of Voice Over Internet Protocol Service telecommunications service in the District of Columbia. The report shall be a general analysis of the impacts and effects of the VOIP act on consumers. The report shall also include an examination of the market availability of Voice Over Internet Protocol Service technology to consumers.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.18 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.18
§ 34-2202.18. Existing agreements.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not serve as an amendment, alteration, modification, or repeal of any contract or any regional agreement to which the District government is a party, including the 1985 Blue Plains Intermunicipal Agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-2409.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2409.03
§ 34-2409.03. Cessation upon introduction of water.
Status: in_force

Whenever the water is introduced, in conformity with law, into any building or premises, the fireplug tax thereon shall cease.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.10 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.10
§ 34-2413.10. Additional charge on unpaid water bills.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1220 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1220
§ 34-1220. Transfer of ownership to other than District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.01
§ 34-2401.01. Mayor to have power to erect water mains, pipes, and fireplugs.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have the power to lay water mains and water pipes and to erect fireplugs and hydrants wherever the same may be in his judgment necessary for the public safety, comfort, or health.
D.C. Code § 34-405 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-405
§ 34-405. Existing laws to remain in force.
Status: in_force

Except as modified or changed by this subtitle and until modified or changed under its provisions, all charters, statutes, laws, ordinances, and regulations in force on March 4, 1913, shall remain and continue to be in full force and effect until altered, amended, or repealed according to law; provided, that all charters, statutes, acts, and parts of acts, laws, ordinances, and regulations enacted prior to March 4, 1913, inconsistent and repugnant to the provisions of this subtitle, and only so far as inconsistent and repugnant thereto, are hereby repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1231 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1231
§ 34-1231. Performance monitoring.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.07
§ 34-1671.07. Consumer education.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall order the gas company, in conjunction with the Office of the People’s Counsel and the District of Columbia Energy Office, to implement a consumer education program to inform residential customers of changes in the natural gas industry and provide natural gas supplier choice information.
(b) The consumer education program shall include the dissemination of information to enable residential customers to make informed choices about available licensed natural gas suppliers and the services they provide and suppliers, notification to residential natural gas customers of the right to submit their names for inclusion on a list of residential customers not wanting to receive solicitations from natural gas suppliers, and communication to residential customers of the consumer protection provisions of this chapter. The Commission shall ensure the neutrality of the content and message of the consumer education program’s advertisements and materials. The Commission shall promulgate standards for the recovery of consumer education program costs from residential customers which include reasonable measures and criteria to evaluate the success of the program in enhancing residential customer understanding of retail choice.
(c) As part of the consumer education program, the Commission shall develop and maintain information regarding residential rates charged and services provided by licensed natural gas suppliers to residential customers. The information required shall be:
  (1) Readily understandable and formatted to provide a comparison of rates and services offered by natural gas suppliers; and
  (2) Made available to the public through the ordinary means of publication by the Commission, including posting on the Internet, or such other means as determined by the Commission.
(d) Any dispute regarding the consumer education program mandated by this section shall be resolved by the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-2410.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2410.05
§ 34-2410.05. Private fire hydrants: determination of ownership.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor shall determine the ownership of a private fire hydrant through a title search. The location of a private fire hydrant on the property of a single-family dwelling is insufficient, by itself, for determining ownership under this subsection.
  (2) The Mayor shall notify the person identified as the owner of the private fire hydrant, in writing, that the person has been identified as the owner of the private fire hydrant and, as such, is responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the private fire hydrant.
(b) If the Mayor is unable to establish ownership of a private fire hydrant under subsection (a) of this section, the District shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the private fire hydrant.
(c) This section shall not apply to private fire hydrants on the property of non-residential institutions, including colleges and universities, or on the property of the federal government or a foreign government.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.18 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.18
§ 34-1313.18. Judicial review of Commission orders.
Status: in_force

A financing order, an order approving an Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, an order amending an Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, or an order approving an annual adjustment to the Underground Project Charges are each a final order of the Commission. Any party aggrieved by the issuance of any such Commission order may apply to the Commission for reconsideration of the order in accordance with § 34-604 and, thereafter, appeal to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in accordance with §§ 34-605 through 34-609 . The Court of Appeals shall proceed to hear and determine the appeal as expeditiously as practicable and give the appeal precedence over other matters not accorded similar precedence by law.
D.C. Code § 34-1806 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1806
§ 34-1806. Replacement of equipment.
Status: in_force

No later than October 1, 2007, the Office of Unified Communications shall establish a schedule for the replacement of equipment for the 911 system. The schedule shall be updated on February 1 of each subsequent year.
D.C. Code § 34-1223 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1223
§ 34-1223. Franchisee’s obligation as trustee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1314.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1314.03
§ 34-1314.03. Waiver of certain permitting fees; acceptance of Bonds in lieu of cash deposits.
Status: in_force

(a) A public inconvenience fee and steel plate fee shall not apply to Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity or to the gas company for any natural gas infrastructure relocation required under the Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan for the first 60 days of construction and installation of Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements or any natural gas infrastructure relocation in the applicable portion or segment of the public space or public right-of-way where the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvements are being constructed and installed or the natural gas infrastructure is being relocated.
(b) The electric company may submit a Bond to DDOT in lieu of a cash deposit for any Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity that is subject to a public space permit.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.04a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.04a
§ 34-1921.04a. Conduits in public parks or reservations.
Status: in_force

Any officer of the United States government charged with the care, maintenance, and supervision of any public park or reservation may grant permission to any company or corporation maintaining and operating a telegraph plant or system in said District on March 3, 1905, or thereafter, upon application being made therefor, to construct conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes in said park or reservation, under such reasonable regulations as said officer may prescribe, unless, in the judgment of said officer, said construction will result in injury to the United States or its properties.
D.C. Code § 34-1515 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1515
§ 34-1515. Aggregation programs.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor may develop and administer a municipal aggregation program for the purchase of electricity supply and electricity supply services by District of Columbia ratepayers.
  (1A) (A) Repealed.
    (B) The Mayor may charge an administrative fee under any municipal aggregation contract entered into by the District.
  (2) The Mayor, in conjunction with the Commission, shall issue regulations governing a municipal aggregation program implemented under this section.
(a-1) (1) There is established as a special fund the Municipal Aggregation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (2) The funds collected under subsection (a)(1A)(B) of this section shall be deposited in the Fund.
  (3) Money in the Fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of the formation and administration of municipal aggregation contracts of the District.
  (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.
(b) (1) The Office of the People’s Counsel shall assist any person seeking to implement a customer-based aggregation program. The assistance shall include help in understanding the technical and economic issues involved in purchasing electricity supply, electricity supply services, or any other service determined by the Commission to be a potentially competitive service.
  (2) The Commission may adopt any reasonable regulations relating to customer-based aggregation programs that it determines to be in the public interest.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the development and implementation of aggregation programs during the implementation of pilot programs.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.01
§ 34-1911.01. Removal of telephone poles and wires; area of removal; duties of Mayor; extension of conduits.
Status: in_force

All telephone poles and wires attached thereto not the property of the United States or the District of Columbia existing June 20, 1902, upon the streets and avenues within the section of the District of Columbia bounded by a line beginning at 2nd and B Streets Southeast and running thence along B Street south, 3rd Street west, Missouri Avenue, 6th Street west, B Street north, 23rd Street west, Rock Creek, Cincinnati Street, Columbia Road, 16th Street west (extended), Park Street, Whitney Avenue, 11th Street west, R Street north, New Jersey Avenue, C Street north, and 2nd Street east to the point of beginning, except as hereinafter provided, shall from time to time, as may be prescribed by the Mayor of said District, be taken down and removed. The work of taking down and removing said poles and wires shall be done under the direction of said Mayor, and it is hereby made the duty of said Mayor to enforce compliance with the provisions of this subchapter as expeditiously as may be consistent with the public interests; and the said Mayor is hereby empowered from time to time to authorize any individual, company, or corporation operating on June 20, 1902, and maintaining a telephone plant or system, partly overhead and partly underground, in the District of Columbia, to extend and enlarge its system of underground conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes in or under any or all of the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, or other public highways in said city and District as may be requisite and necessary for the purposes of this subchapter and for the reception of such other cables and wires as may be reasonably required in the future by the growth of such individual, company, or corporation or to adequately meet the requirements of the public for telephone service.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.08
§ 34-2401.08. Department of Environmental Services.
Status: in_force

The Department of Environmental Services shall perform such duties connected with the Water Department of the District as may be proper and necessary, under the direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. He shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his duty in the sum of $10,000.
D.C. Code § 34-1122 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1122
§ 34-1122. Material and equipment for tests; entry on premises of utilities for purpose of tests.
Status: in_force

The Commission may purchase such materials, apparatus, and standard measuring instruments for such examination and tests as it may deem necessary.  The Commission, its agents, experts, or examiners, shall have power to enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of making the examinations and tests provided for in this subtitle, and to set up and use on such premises any apparatus and appliances and occupy reasonable space therefor.
D.C. Code § 34-1401 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / § 34-1401
§ 34-1401. Extension of overhead wires in Georgetown; extension of underground conduits in Mount Pleasant.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may authorize any electric light company existing June 11, 1896, to construct and use under such regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may fix conduits for the reception of overhead wires existing on said date within the territory formerly known as Georgetown, and to extend the same by an aggregate of not more than one and one-fourth miles of conduit in the same territory. And the United States Electric Lighting Company may extend its underground conduits and wires east of Rock Creek and within the fire limits to Mount Pleasant, and Washington and Columbia Heights under such regulations as the Council may prescribe.
D.C. Code § 34-2131 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2131
§ 34-2131. Commissioner authorized to develop plan for interceptor and sewer line.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia (or his designated agents), hereinafter called the Mayor, is hereby authorized to develop a plan for a sanitary interceptor and trunk sewer line to extend from Dulles International Airport to the District of Columbia system, hereinafter called the Potomac interceptor, which shall be of sufficient capacity to provide service for such airport and for the expected community growth and development in the adjacent areas in the States of Maryland and Virginia. Such plan shall be developed in consultation with the National Capital Planning Commission and the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.06g — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.06g
§ 34-2202.06g. Wastewater study and testing.
Status: in_force

(a) By July 1, 2013, the Authority shall initiate a study that tests for the presence of endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater effluent.
(b) The Authority shall present the findings of the study to the Panel, the General Manager, the Mayor, and the Council within 30 days of the completion of the study.
(c) The Authority shall be required to implement the provisions of this section upon a transfer by the Chief Financial Officer of the District from the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia to the Authority of the funding necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(d) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1255.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1255.07
§ 34-1255.07. Arbitration.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Council authorizes the District to purchase a cable system at a fair market value under § 34-1255.05 or purchase the cable system at an equitable price under § 34-1255.04(b) , and the District and the cable operator cannot agree upon a price, the final price shall be determined by an arbitration panel.
(b) The arbitration panel shall consist of 3 members, selected as follows:
  (1) One member shall be selected by the Council;
  (2) One member shall be selected by the cable operator; and
  (3) One member shall be selected by the Council and the cable operator acting jointly; provided, that if the Council and the cable operator fail to agree on a member, the Council or cable operator may apply to the American Arbitration Association and the American Arbitration Association shall select the member.
(c) The member selected under subsection (b)(3) of this section shall be the presiding officer of the arbitration panel, absent majority agreement to the contrary.
(d) The determination of the majority of the 3-member arbitration panel shall be binding on the parties.
(e) The cable operator shall bear all expenses regarding the arbitration.
D.C. Code § 34-207 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-207
§ 34-207. “Electrical company” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “electric company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person and doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District of Columbia to retail electric 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 electricity and other related electricity services solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants. The term also excludes a person or entity that does not sell or distribute electricity and that owns or operates equipment used exclusively for the charging of electric vehicles.
D.C. Code § 34-1241 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1241
§ 34-1241. Affirmative action requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2155 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2155
§ 34-2155. Rules and procedures.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, in consultation with WASA, is authorized to promulgate rules and to establish procedures to implement this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.06
§ 34-2401.06. Change of ownership or occupancy; statement of account.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who desires a statement of the account of any water and sanitary sewer service charge to the date of the acquisition of any real property shall make a written request to the Department of Public Works (“Department”) on or before the date of the acquisition, except that the Mayor may enforce payment of water and sewer service charges by shutting off the water supply or refusing to restore the water supply without regard to a change of ownership or occupancy of any real property. The Department shall issue a statement of the account within 30 days after receipt of the request for a statement of the account.
(b) 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 furnished water or sanitary sewer service. 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 or occupant 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 shall restore the water supply.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.01
§ 34-2413.01. Rates.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-306 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / § 34-306
§ 34-306. Inspector of Gas and Meters to transfer books to Commission.
Status: in_force

The Inspector of Gas and Meters provided for by law prior to March 4, 1913, shall transfer and deliver to the Commission all books, maps, papers, records, apparatus, and the property of whatsoever description in his possession, and said Commission is authorized to take possession of all books, maps, papers, records, apparatus, and property of whatsoever description.
D.C. Code § 34-1517 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1517
§ 34-1517. Renewable energy sources.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, “renewable energy source” means one of the following sources of energy:
  (1) Solar;
  (2) Wind;
  (3) Tidal;
  (4) Geothermal;
  (5) Biomass;
  (6) Hydroelectric facilities; and
  (7) Digester gas.
(b) Every 6 months after the initial implementation date, each licensed electricity supplier doing business in the District of Columbia shall report to the Commission on the fuel mix of the electricity sold by the electricity supplier, including categories of electricity from coal, natural gas, nuclear, oil, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, wind, and other resources, and on the percentage of electricity sold by the electricity supplier which comes from renewable energy sources.
(c) (1) Beginning on the initial implementation date, the Commission shall track the fuel mix of the electricity sold in the District of Columbia and the amount of electricity from renewable sources sold in the District of Columbia.
  (2) Before July 1, 2003, and every 2 years after that date, the Commission shall provide a report to the Council on the overall fuel mix of the electricity sold in the District of Columbia, the amount of electricity sold in the District of Columbia which comes from renewable energy sources, and on the feasibility of requiring each licensed electricity supplier doing business in the District of Columbia to provide a minimum percentage of electricity sold from renewable energy sources.
D.C. Code § 34-1803.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1803.01
§ 34-1803.01. Additional revenues.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-919 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-919
§ 34-919. Witness fees.
Status: in_force

Each witness who shall appear before the Commission or its agent by its order shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 4, 1913, which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as fees in criminal cases within the District of Columbia are audited and paid, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, sworn to by such witnesses and approved by the chairman of the Commission. No witnesses subpoenaed at the instance of parties other than the Commission shall be entitled to compensation for attendance or travel unless the Commission shall certify that his testimony was material to the matter investigated, and that his attendance as a witness was reasonably necessary.
D.C. Code § 34-411.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4A / § 34-411.06
§ 34-411.06. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 34-1312.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.09
§ 34-1312.09. DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.05a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.05a
§ 34-2202.05a. Consumer protection, consumer education, rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of People's Counsel ("OPC"), established by § 34-804 , may:
  (1) Represent District of Columbia ratepayers at administrative hearings when these hearings involve the interests of users of the products of or services furnished by the Authority;
  (2) Represent the interests of and advocate for District of Columbia ratepayers at public hearings held by the Authority, pursuant to section 216(b), to establish and adjust water and sewer rates;
  (3) Represent and advocate for District of Columbia ratepayers at proceedings before local and federal regulatory agencies and courts when those proceedings involve the interests of users of the products of or services furnished by the Authority;
  (4) Investigate the services given by, and the rates charged by, the Authority, in response to complaints received by the OPC, including complaints regarding:
    (A) Billing practices and payment plans;
    (B) Service connection and disconnection;
    (C) Customer service; and
    (D) Notice of construction schedules; and
  (5) Advise and educate Authority customers about their legal rights and responsibilities pursuant to the rules governing service by the Authority.
(b) Within one year after April 11, 2019, the OPC, or a contractor selected by the OPC, shall prepare and submit to the Mayor and Council a study of, and recommendations on how to improve, the Authority's billing activities, meter reading accuracy, and customer service operations.
(c) (1) The Authority shall provide the OPC, or, for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, a contractor selected by the OPC, access to any accounts, books, papers, and documents considered necessary to carry out the functions described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
  (2) Before requesting access to a customer account from the Authority, OPC shall obtain permission from the customer holding the account to request such access.
(d) The Authority shall, within 14 business days after receipt of an inquiry related to the functions described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, from OPC or, for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, a contractor selected by the OPC, respond on the merits to the inquiry; provided, that if the inquiry is made in the course of a formal proceeding before a court or agency, this subsection shall not apply and the Authority shall respond within the period of time required by the rules governing the proceeding.
(e) Within 3 months after October 1, 2019, a working group comprised of representatives from the Authority, the OPC, and the Department of Energy and Environment shall develop a Consumer Bill of Rights that delineates the rights and responsibilities of the Authority and its customers for consideration and enactment by the Authority.
(f) (1) Within 5 days after an emergency event, the Authority shall provide the following information to OPC and the Chairpersons of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions ("ANC") and Ward Councilmembers representing areas that include affected properties:
    (A) A description of the emergency event, including, where available, the cause of the emergency event;
    (B) A list of ANCs with affected properties;
    (C) An estimate of the total number of affected properties;
    (D) A list of actions taken by the Authority in response to the emergency event;
    (E) A list of actions the Authority plans to take in response to the emergency event; and
    (F) Information, including a best point of contact, for owners of affected properties to report damage to or seek relief from the Authority.
  (2) Within 30 days after the end of an emergency event, the Authority shall provide a report to OPC and the Chairpersons of the ANCs and Ward Councilmembers representing areas that include affected properties that includes the following:
    (A) Information on affected properties, including:
      (i) The number of affected properties;
      (ii) A list of ANCs with affected properties;
    (B) Information on the emergency event, including:
      (i) For emergency events stemming from an extreme weather event:
        (I) The duration and amount of rainfall; and
        (II) An approximate number of affected properties experiencing any sewer system back-ups.
      (ii) For emergency events resulting in a major service interruption, the average amount of time affected properties were without service; and
      (iii) For emergency events resulting in the issuance of a Tier 1 public notice pursuant to the Environmental Public Agency ("EPA") Public Notification Rule, the length of time between the Authority becoming aware of the emergency event requiring a Tier 1 public notice and the Authority's issuance of the Tier 1 public notice to residents affected by the emergency event;
    (C) A list of all actions taken by the Authority in response to the emergency event, including:
      (i) Relief the Authority has offered to owners of affected properties; and
      (ii) Outreach by the Authority to owners of affected properties and, for events resulting in the issuance of a Tier 1 public notice pursuant to the EPA Public Notification Rule, potentially affected properties; and
    (D) A list of planned actions to address the cause of the emergency event, if any.
  (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term:
    (A) "Affected property" means a property where the owner or tenant has reported to the Authority, or the Authority has otherwise identified, that an emergency event affected the property.
    (B) "Emergency event" means an event resulting in a major service interruption, the issuance of a Tier 1 public notice pursuant to the EPA Public Notification Rule, or an extreme weather event.
    (C) "Extreme weather event" means an event in which the duration and intensity of rainfall causes an exceedance of the District's sewer system.
    (D) "Major service interruption" means an unplanned interruption in water and sewer service lasting at least 24 hours and impacting at least 50 properties.
    (E) "Outreach" includes emails, text messages, and phone calls, social media posts, emergency alerts, media advisories and press releases, and other similar efforts to communicate with property owners.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.03
§ 34-2401.03. Water supply; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Full power is given to the Mayor of the District of Columbia to supply the inhabitants of the District with the Potomac water from the aqueduct mains or pipes laid in the streets and avenues by the United States; and to the Council of the District of Columbia to make all laws and regulations for the proper distribution of the same, subject to the provisions of this chapter, and to the control of the Chief of Engineers, as provided in § 51 [revised; see now 40 U.S.C. § 9502  ] of Title 40, United States Code. The supply of Potomac water may be extended to points in the District beyond the limits of Washington upon like terms and conditions as are provided by law for the supply of the same in that city.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.21 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.21
§ 34-2401.21. Notification of violations.
Status: in_force

It is the special duty of the Chief of Engineers to bring to the notice of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, or to the grand jury, any infraction of § 34-2401.20 .
D.C. Code § 34-1259.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.07
§ 34-1259.07. Rate and service regulation.
Status: in_force

(a) All proposed rates and service offerings for cable service shall be specified in an appendix to the franchise agreement.
(b) A cable operator shall provide a notice of any planned change in rates or services to the Office at least 30 days before the change.
(c) The Office may regulate cable services and rates in compliance with federal law and regulations; provided, that regulations promulgated by the Office to carry out this subsection shall be transmitted to the Council for a 60-day period of review.
D.C. Code § 34-212 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-212
§ 34-212. “Person” defined.
Status: in_force

The word “person” when used in this subtitle means every individual, corporation, company, association, joint-stock company, association, firm, partnership, or other entity.
D.C. Code § 34-1301 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / § 34-1301
§ 34-1301. Findings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-704 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-704
§ 34-704. Rebates.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to any service in or affecting or relating to any public utility or the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or any liquid, steam, or air, or the conveying of telegraph or telephone messages within the District of Columbia by a public utility, or for any service in connection therewith whereby any such service shall, by any device whatsoever or otherwise, be rendered free or at a less rate than that named in the schedules and tariffs in force as provided in this subtitle, or whereby any service or advantage is received other than is in this subtitle specified. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for each offense.
D.C. Code § 34-1252.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1252.01
§ 34-1252.01. Establishment of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment; Director; General Counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the executive branch, as a subordinate agency, the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment. The Office shall be responsible for:
  (1) Oversight of cable television services, including:
    (A) Regulating cable service, cable service providers, and the cable television industry;
    (B) Protecting and promoting the public interest in cable service; and
    (C) Executing the policies and provisions of the cable television laws and regulations of the District;
  (1A) Managing and producing audio and video content for:
    (A) The government and educational channels;
    (B) Government-operated radio; and
    (C) Other government content distribution platforms;
  (2) Producing video and audio content for District government agencies and residents; and
  (3) Fostering the development of a sustainable creative economy and entertainment and media industry in the District, including:
    (A) Marketing and promoting the District to the entertainment industry as a prime location for productions and events;
    (B) Stimulating employment and business opportunities related to the entertainment industry;
    (C) Creating a workforce-development program for the training of District residents on entertainment industry skillsets;
    (D) Serving as a clearinghouse for information regarding government requirements affecting the entertainment industry within the District;
    (E) Assisting producers and companies in securing permits and other appropriate services connected with the entertainment industry, including entertainment industry projects;
    (F) Facilitating cooperation from the District government, the federal government, and private sector groups in the location and production of entertainment industry projects;
    (G) Administering the Film, Television, and Entertainment Rebate Fund established by § 2-1204.11 ;
    (H) Issuing, upon delegation of authority from the Mayor, motion picture and television production permits authorized by § 2-1204.11d ; and
    (I) Implementing the plan to support, preserve, and archive go-go music and its history, created pursuant to § 1-167.02 .
(b) The Office shall be administered by an Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be subject to confirmation by the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01 . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director shall become a bona fide resident of the District within 180 days after the effective date of confirmation by the Council and shall remain a District resident for the duration of the appointment. Failure to become a District resident or to maintain District residency shall result in forfeiture of the appointment. The Director shall not have, or have had within 2 years preceding his or her nomination, any ownership or business interest of over 5% in, or a substantial business affiliation with, any cable operator in the District.
(c) The duties of the Director shall include the general administration of the Office, the preparation of the budget, hiring of staff, maintaining records, administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and such other duties required by law.
(d) The Director shall establish an Office of the General Counsel within the Office. The Office of the General Counsel shall be headed by a General Counsel appointed by the Director with the approval of the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel. The General Counsel, with the consent of the Director and the approval of the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, may appoint Assistant General Counsels. The General Counsel shall have significant experience with cable regulation matters.
(d-1) There shall be established within the Office a:
  (1) Cable Television Division that shall oversee matters related to the regulation of the cable television industry; and
  (2) Film, Music, and Entertainment Development Division to support the development of an entertainment industry in the District.
(d-2) The Director may establish other offices and divisions as the Director determines are in the interest of the Office and the purposes of this subchapter.
(e) The Director may appoint a Director of Programming, or an equivalent position, to be the station manager of the government channels.
D.C. Code § 34-1101 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1101
§ 34-1101. Utility service and charges to be just and reasonable; certification required.
Status: in_force

(a) Every public utility doing business within the District of Columbia is required to furnish service and facilities reasonably safe and adequate and in all respects just and reasonable.  The charge made by any public utility for a facility or service furnished, rendered, or to be furnished or rendered, shall be reasonable, just, and nondiscriminatory. Every unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory charge for the facility or service is prohibited and unlawful.  Every public utility is required to obey the lawful orders of the Commission created by this subtitle.
(b) No public utility shall furnish a service or facility, directly or indirectly, without first proceeding and proving to the satisfaction of the Public Service Commission (“Commission”) that the present and future public convenience and necessity requires that the service be provided or the facility be offered. Upon application of a public utility for a certificate of present and future public convenience and necessity pursuant to this subsection, the Commission, upon a hearing and notice to the public, shall issue an order granting or denying the application, in whole or in part, stating the reasons for the action. The Commission may prescribe terms and conditions upon a grant of an application for a certificate of present and future public convenience and necessity as the Commission, in its discretion, decides are necessary to further the present and future public convenience and necessity. The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement this subsection.
(c) Every public utility that was regulated by the Commission and that furnished a service or facility within the District of Columbia as of June 27, 1989 is deemed to have been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
(d) The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement this section.
D.C. Code § 34-603 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-603
§ 34-603. Rates to be in force and to be prima facie reasonable.
Status: in_force

All rates, tolls, charges, time and condition of payment thereof, schedules, and joint rates fixed by the Commission shall be in force and shall be prima facie reasonable until finally found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose.
D.C. Code § 34-1440 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1440
§ 34-1440. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) The definitions added to § 34-1431 by D.C. Law 20-245 (“amendment act”) shall apply to District of Columbia Standard Offer Service wholesale supply contracts effective on or after June 1, 2015.
(b) The definitions added by the amendment act shall apply after December 31, 2017, to renewable energy credits included in PJM’s Generator Attributes Tracking System that were or are generated by a facility that is certified by the commission as a Tier 1 energy source before April 30, 2015, and purchased by an electricity supplier pursuant to a contract executed before April 30, 2015.
D.C. Code § 34-801 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-801
§ 34-801. Members; eligibility; oath.
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia shall be composed of 3 commissioners appointed by the Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the Council, except that the members (other than the Mayor of the District of Columbia) serving as commissioners of such Commission on January 1, 1975, by virtue of their appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall continue to serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were so appointed. One of the 3 commissioners shall be designated as Chairperson of the Commission by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, with the advice and consent of the Council. Such designation shall continue for the length of the appointee’s unexpired term or until otherwise terminated by the Mayor. The members first appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, on or after January 2, 1975, shall serve until June 30, 1978. The Mayor may remove any commissioner for neglect of duty or misconduct in office. When the Mayor determines that any member has engaged in any neglect of duty or misconduct in office, he or she shall notify such member, in writing, of the charge against him or her and that such member has 10 days within which to request a hearing before the Council on such charge. If such member fails to request a hearing within 10 days after receiving such notice, then the Mayor may remove such member and appoint a new member. The hearing requested by a member may be either open or closed, as requested by such member. In the event such hearing is closed, the vote of the Council as a result of such hearing shall be taken at an open meeting of the Council. The Council shall begin such hearings within 60 calendar days after receiving notice from the Mayor indicating that a member has requested such a hearing. If two-thirds of the Council members vote to remove such member, then such member shall be removed. The Mayor may appoint a new member to serve until the expiration of the term of the member removed or for a new 4-year term. The Chairperson of the Commission shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the Commission. The terms of office for all successors shall be 4 years after being confirmed by the Council or the duration of the predecessor’s term at the discretion of the Mayor. No commissioner shall, during his term of office, hold any other public office. The Commissioners shall receive a salary equivalent to 5% less than the maximum rate for Level II of the Senior Executive Attorney Service, pursuant to § 1-608.53 and § 1-608.58 . The Chairperson shall receive a salary equivalent to the maximum rate for Level II of the Senior Executive Attorney Service, pursuant to § 1-608.53 and § 1-608.58 . The Chairperson and Commissioners shall receive cost-of-living adjustments and other base salary increases equivalent to those received by an employee compensated pursuant to subchapter VIII of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [ § 1-608.01 et seq.]. The Mayor shall furnish the Public Service Commission with suitable offices and quarters. No person shall be eligible to the office of commissioner of the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia who has not been a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia for a period of at least 3 years next preceding his appointment or who has voted or claimed residence elsewhere during such period. No person shall be eligible to the office of commissioner of the Public Service Commission who is, or who shall have been during a period of one year preceding his appointment, directly or indirectly interested in any public utility or other entity appearing before the Commission or in any stock, bond, mortgage, security, or contract of any public utility or entity, except for stocks that are part of a publicly listed mutual fund other than a utility-focused mutual fund. A person shall not be eligible for appointment as a commissioner if the person, at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment, personally served as an officer, director, owner, manager, partner, or legal representative of a public utility, affiliate, or direct competitor of a public utility. If any such commissioner shall voluntarily become so interested, his office shall ipso facto become vacant; and if any such commissioner shall become so interested otherwise than voluntarily he shall, within a reasonable time, divest himself of such interest, and if he fails to do so his office shall become vacant. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner, the secretary of the Commission, the counsel of the Commission and every employee of said Commission shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall in addition thereto make oath or affirmation before and file with 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.
(b) (1) (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 , the Commission shall use a ranking system based on a scale of 100 points for all employment decisions for positions within the Commission.
    (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 subparagraph shall be informed in writing of the provisions of this subparagraph at the time of application.
  (2) The Commission 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 Commission shall submit to the Mayor an annual report detailing, for the previous fiscal year, compliance with residency requirements.
D.C. Code § 34-710 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-710
§ 34-710. Fines, penalties and forfeitures to be paid into Treasury.
Status: in_force

All moneys received from fines, forfeitures, and penalties shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.04
§ 34-2413.04. Nonprofit housing developments — Rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.15 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.15
§ 34-1313.15. Application for approval of annual adjustment of Underground Project Charges.
Status: in_force

(a) No later than April 1 of each year following issuance of an order authorizing the imposition and collection of Underground Project Charges and for as long as such order remains in effect, the electric company shall file with the Commission an application for approval of the electric company’s proposed adjustment to set the Underground Project Charges until the next proposed adjustment is approved by the Commission; except, that the Commission may approve any such adjustment sooner in an order approving a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
(b) Concurrent with filing an application for approval of an annual adjustment that would adjust the level and, if applicable, the allocation between distribution service customer classes of the Underground Project Charges, the electric company shall provide notice  of the application, in the manner provided in § 34-909 .
(c) An application filed pursuant to this section shall include, at a minimum, a narrative description of the proposed adjustments, a proposed form of public notice of the application suitable for publication by the Commission and, as applicable:
  (1) A description of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity initiated or completed during the previous calendar year, the costs of which are to be recovered through the Underground Project Charges as approved by a Commission order issued pursuant to § 34-1313.10 ;
  (2) The estimated cost of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity;
  (3) A calculation or re-calculation of the electric company’s annual revenue requirement to take into account the effects of accumulated depreciation and changes as to any cost component due to the adoption of new base tariff rates in the prior calendar year as well as any actual or estimated under-collection or over-collection;
  (4) A demonstration that the Underground Project Charges, authorized pursuant to § 34-1313.10 , are calculated to meet the electric company’s annual revenue requirement for Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs;
  (5) A demonstration that the allocation of Underground Project Charges among the electric company’s distribution service customer classes conforms to the distribution service customer class cost allocations approved by the Commission for the electric company and in the electric company’s most recent base rate case; provided, that no such charges shall be assessed against customers served under the electric company’s residential aid discount or a succeeding discount program;
  (6) The period of time over which the Underground Project Charges are to be collected; and
  (7) Accounting work papers showing the electric company’s prior year’s receipts and disbursements of Underground Project Charges.
(d) (1) Protests may be filed in opposition to the electric company’s application to adjust the Underground Project Charges within 10 days of the publication of the public notice; provided, that protests shall be limited to the proposed adjusted Underground Project Charge and materials submitted in support thereof, and whether the proposed adjustment is consistent with the underlying order authorizing the imposition and collection of the Underground Project Charge, as most recently approved by the Commission. Protests shall not challenge the scope and composition of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity unless, and only to the extent that, changes in the scope and composition of the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity are proposed in the application to adjust the Underground Project Charges submitted pursuant to this section.
  (2) If a timely protest is filed objecting to the proposed adjustment of the Underground Project Charges, the Commission shall rule upon the protest no later than 20 days from the date of the publication of the public notice.
(e) The proposed adjusted Underground Project Charges shall take effect, subject to refund and adjustment, on the date of filing with the Commission. If no objection is timely filed, or having been timely filed, is denied by the Commission, the proposed charges shall become final and no longer subject to refund or adjustment on the date of a final decision as set forth in subsection (f) of this section, unless the Commission rules otherwise before such date.
(f) (1) The Commission shall decide an uncontested annual adjustment application within 45 days from the date filed. If a protest is filed, the time for the Commission’s decision is extended by 30 days.
  (2) The Commission’s decision in an annual adjustment proceeding shall not re-open or amend, modify, or otherwise alter a previously issued order authorizing the imposition and collection of Underground Project Charges or amendments thereto.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.01
§ 34-1731.01. Findings and purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council finds that:
  (1) Low-income residents and residents in economically disadvantaged areas of the District of Columbia are also likely to be digitally-disadvantaged in that they cannot afford access to the Internet or may lack the computer equipment and training necessary to benefit meaningfully from Internet access.
  (2) Certain assets of the District, including light poles and buildings, may provide value to telecommunications carriers for the attachment of wireless network antennae and the deployment of broadband internet services.
  (3) The District government does not have the funds to provide to digitally-disadvantaged residents the range of services necessary to afford Internet access and permit them to benefit meaningfully from that Internet access.
  (4) By awarding one or more franchises that permit a telecommunications carrier to use District-owned assets such as buildings and poles on a nonexclusive basis in return for the provision of certain services to digitally-disadvantaged residents, the District government can meet the Internet access needs of these residents without additional cost or risk to the District.
(b) The purposes of this chapter are to:
  (1) Obtain value for the District through the awarding of rights to use poles, buildings, and other assets of the District for telecommunications purposes; and
  (2) Provide for the furnishing of benefits to digitally-disadvantaged residents of the District in exchange for a franchise to use poles, buildings, and other assets of the District for Internet-related telecommunications purposes.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.27 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.27
§ 34-2401.27. Acquisition of land for Washington Aqueduct.
Status: in_force

Appropriations are hereby authorized for the acquisition, by gift, dedication, exchange, purchase, or condemnation, of land or rights in or on land or easements therein for the Washington Aqueduct by the Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, or his designated agents.
D.C. Code § 34-1608 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1608
§ 34-1608. Maximum rates for gas; additional charge for nonpayment of bills.
Status: in_force

(a) No part of any money appropriated by any act shall be used for the payment to the Washington Gas Light Company or the Georgetown Gas Light Company for any gas furnished by said companies for use in any of the public buildings of the United States or the District of Columbia at a rate in excess of $.70 per 1,000 cubic feet.
(b) The Washington Gas Light Company shall not charge or collect for gas furnished a private consumer in any part of the District of Columbia a rate in excess of $.75 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas so furnished; provided, that if a consumer of gas other than the government or the District of Columbia shall not pay monthly any gas bill within 10 days after the same shall have been presented said gas company may charge and collect from any such consumer so failing to pay said gas bill as aforesaid $.10 additional for each 1,000 cubic feet of gas presented by said bill; and provided further, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting or taking away any of the powers vested by law in the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
(c) The Georgetown Gas Light Company shall not be permitted to charge or collect more than $.85 per 1,000 cubic feet for gas for cooking, illuminating, or other purposes.
D.C. Code § 34-920 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-920
§ 34-920. Testimony may be taken by deposition.
Status: in_force

The Commission or any party may, in any investigation, cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the District of Columbia to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1251.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1251.02
§ 34-1251.02. Findings and purposes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1249 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1249
§ 34-1249. Severability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-507 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-507
§ 34-507. Penalty for improper issuance or application of stock or proceeds.
Status: in_force

Any public utility, or any agent, director, or officer thereof, who shall, directly or indirectly, issue or cause to be issued any stocks, certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of this subtitle, or who shall apply the proceeds from the sale thereof to any purposes other than that specified in the certificate of the Commission, shall forfeit and pay into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia, not less than $1,000 nor more than  $10,000 for each offense.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.17 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.17
§ 34-2202.17. Transition provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Until the initial meeting of the Board, but for not longer than 180 days from April 18, 1996, the existing management structure of the Water and Sewer Utility Administration, Department of Public Works shall serve as the operator of the Authority, thereafter, the Water and Sewer Utility Administration of the Department of Public Works shall be abolished.
(b) Until the Board establishes a personnel system and a procurement system, and until rules and regulations pertaining to the Board’s duties have been promulgated, Chapter 3A of Title 2 [ § 2-351.01 et seq.] and § 1-601.01 et seq., and implementing rules and regulations shall continue to apply to the Authority.
(c) The administration of payroll services and personnel services, including benefits administration, shall be provided to the Authority by the Office of Pay and Retirement and the District of Columbia Office of Personnel at a negotiated fee. These services may be terminated by the Authority upon written notice to each provider.
(d) All collective bargaining agreements shall remain in effect until they expire, or until they are renegotiated by the Authority, whichever comes first, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties to the collective bargaining agreements.
(e) The Treasurer of the District of Columbia shall collect retail water and sewer payments on the Authority’s behalf until the Authority notifies the Treasurer that an independent collection system has been established and that retail water and sewer customers have been notified of any changes in payment procedures. Water and sewer payments collected by the Treasurer shall be expeditiously deposited into the Fund and shall not be commingled with the Cash Management Pool, the General Fund, or any other funds or accounts of the District of Columbia, except that payments made to District cashiers may be deposited directly into a District disbursement account until the Authority notifies the Treasurer that an independent disbursement system has been established. Dedicated revenues received by the District Treasurer shall be subject to any pledge of the Authority as if deposited into the Fund.
(f) The Treasurer of the District of Columbia is authorized to transfer funds from the Fund to a District disbursement account in order to pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of the Authority until the Authority notifies the Treasurer that an independent disbursement system has been established.
D.C. Code § 34-213 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-213
§ 34-213. “Pipeline company” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “pipeline company” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, managing, or controlling the supply of any liquid, steam, or air through pipes or tubing to consumers for use or for lighting, heating, or cooling purposes, or for power.
D.C. Code § 34-808.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-808.02
§ 34-808.02. Supervision and regulation considerations.
Status: in_force

In supervising and regulating utility or energy companies, the Commission shall consider the public safety, the economy of the District, 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 § 34-2410.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2410.06
§ 34-2410.06. Limitations on responsibility for maintenance, repair, and replacement of private fire hydrants.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter establishes responsibility for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of private fire hydrants that had been permitted prior to October 8, 2009. If this responsibility belongs to the District government, pursuant to this subchapter, the cost to effect the maintenance, repair, or replacement of a the fire hydrant shall be subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) The responsibility for conducting and notifying owners of the results of a title search, and the inspection, of the private fire hydrants as required by this subchapter, shall apply upon the inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.12 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.12
§ 34-1313.12. Content of an application to amend an Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan and financing order.
Status: in_force

(a) An application to the Commission by the electric company or DDOT to amend an existing Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, approved by the Commission pursuant to § 34-1313.10 , shall describe the purpose to be accomplished by the proposed amendment, the financial impacts, if any, to the electric company’s customers that are likely to result from the amendment, if approved, and include each item set forth in § 34-1313.08 ; provided, that for good cause shown in its application, the electric company may omit the material required in one more of the items listed in § 34-1313.08 .
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, an application to amend an existing Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan shall request any amendment to the Commission's financing order for the corresponding period such that the work, surcharges and riders, and other contents of the financing order, as amended, are coordinated with the Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, as amended.
D.C. Code § 34-204 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-204
§ 34-204. “Corporation” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “corporation” when used in this subtitle includes a corporation, company, association, and joint-stock company or association.
D.C. Code § 34-907 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-907
§ 34-907. Utilities to furnish information required by Commission; maps, books, reports to be delivered on request.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall furnish to the Commission all information required by it to carry into effect the provisions of this subtitle, and shall make specific answers to all specific questions submitted by the Commission. Any public utility receiving from the Commission any blanks with directions to fill the same shall cause the same to be properly filled out so as to answer, fully and correctly, each question therein propounded, and in case it is unable to answer any question it shall give a good and sufficient reason for such failure; and said answer shall be verified under oath by the president, secretary, superintendent, or general manager of such public utility, and returned to the Commission at its office within the period fixed by the Commission. Whenever required by the Commission, every public utility shall deliver to the Commission any or all maps, profiles, contracts, reports of engineers, and all documents, books, accounts, papers, and records, or copies of any or all of the same, with a complete inventory of all its property, in such form as the Commission may direct.
D.C. Code § 34-1631 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16A / § 34-1631
§ 34-1631. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1218 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1218
§ 34-1218. Arbitrary and capricious discontinuance of service by franchisee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2504 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25 / § 34-2504
§ 34-2504. Construction of tunnels and structures in Anacostia River.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Army is authorized to permit the construction and operation of any intake and discharge tunnels and/or other structures in the Anacostia River insofar as they affect navigable waters of the United States; and the Director of National Park Service is authorized, in consideration of the above mentioned quitclaims to the United States, to convey, on behalf of the United States, to the owners of square 667 that portion of square east of 667 lying west of the direct southerly projection of the west line of Half Street as existing on June 15, 1932, north of U Street Southwest; and said Director of National Park Service is authorized to permit the construction and operation of any pipelines and intake and discharge tunnels, upon such terms and conditions as shall be fair and reasonable, under and on any lands owned or claimed by the government of the United States lying in the above area and/or between the east line of Water Street, or other streets, and the Anacostia River. All areas conveyed by the United States to the owners of square 667 shall thereafter be assessed on the books of the Assessor of the District of Columbia the same in all respects as other private properties in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-2003.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2003.01
§ 34-2003.01. Cases in process.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the PSC from proceeding with respect to a formal case in process before the Commission so long as it is not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.
D.C. Code § 34-404 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-404
§ 34-404. Number of directors of public utilities.
Status: in_force

The Board of Directors of every public utility shall consist of not more than 17 nor less than 7 members, within which limitation the membership may be in any case increased or diminished, as the stockholders or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
D.C. Code § 34-215 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-215
§ 34-215. “Service” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “service” is used in this subtitle in its broadest and most inclusive sense.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.08 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.08
§ 34-1921.08. Rights to build and lay conduits not compensable in event of condemnation.
Status: in_force

If at any time the District of Columbia or the national government shall acquire, by purchase, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, the property of any telegraph company in the District of Columbia, nothing shall then be paid for the rights accorded under §§ 34-1921.01 to 34-1921.07 , inclusive, to build and lay such conduits.
D.C. Code § 34-2113 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2113
§ 34-2113. Use of funds from General Fund for certain sewers.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of funds deposited to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975 [ D.C. Law 1-42 ] from being used for the construction, expansion, relocation, replacement, or renovation of any sewer in the combined sewer system of the District.
D.C. Code § 34-2409.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2409.01
§ 34-2409.01. Levy permitted.
Status: in_force

To aid in the erection, maintenance, and efficiency of fireplugs, a special annual tax may be levied on all buildings in the City of Washington within 500 feet of any main water pipe, into which, or the premises connected therewith, the water has not been introduced, and the owners or occupants of which do not pay any annual water rate in accordance with law.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.11
§ 34-2401.11. Mayor to have authority to collect water rates in advance.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia has authority to provide for the collection of water rates, in advance or otherwise, from the owner or occupants of all buildings or establishments using the water; and to provide for stopping the supply of water to any dwelling or establishment upon a failure to pay the rate, and to carry into full effect the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1208 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1208
§ 34-1208. Powers of Public Service Commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.10 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.10
§ 34-1312.10. District’s interest in DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-506 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-506
§ 34-506. Stock to be void unless law is complied with.
Status: in_force

All stocks, certificates of stock, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness issued contrary to the provisions of this subtitle shall be void.
D.C. Code § 34-208 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-208
§ 34-208. “Extension or extensions” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “extension or extensions” when used in this subtitle shall include the reasonable extension of the service and facilities of every street railroad, street railroad corporation, gas plant, gas company, electric plant, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telephone line, telegraph line, and telegraph corporation as the same are defined in this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.13 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.13
§ 34-1671.13. Application of District of Columbia and federal consumer protection laws.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to exempt natural gas suppliers from otherwise applicable District of Columbia or federal consumer protection laws.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.01
§ 34-1921.01. Removal of telegraph poles and wires; duties of Mayor; extension of conduits.
Status: in_force

All telegraph poles and the wires attached thereto, not the property of the United States or the District of Columbia, upon the streets, avenues and alleys on March 3, 1905 within the fire limits of the District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided, shall from time to time, as may be prescribed by the Mayor of said District, be taken down and removed. The work of taking down and removing said poles and wires shall be done under the direction of said Mayor, and it is hereby made the duty of said Mayor to enforce compliance with the provisions of this subchapter  as expeditiously as may be consistent with the public interests; and the said Mayor is hereby empowered, from time to time, to authorize any company or corporation on March 3, 1905, or thereafter operating and maintaining a telegraph plant or system in the District of Columbia to locate and construct a system of underground conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes in or under any or all of the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, or other public highways in said District, as may be requisite and necessary for the purpose of this subchapter and for the reception of such other conduits, cables, and wires as may be reasonably required in the future by the growth of such company or corporation or its assigns, or to adequately meet the requirements of the public for telegraph service.
D.C. Code § 34-2112 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2112
§ 34-2112. Sanitary sewer service charges for United States government.
Status: in_force

(a) The sanitary sewer service charges prescribed herein shall be applicable to all sanitary sewer services furnished by the sanitary sewage works of the District through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, and such charges shall be predicated on the value of water and water services received by such facilities of the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof from the District water supply system. Payment of the said sanitary sewer service charge 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 sanitary sewer 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 sanitary sewer 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 charges for sanitary sewer services 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 sanitary sewer 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 sanitary sewer services 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.C. Code § 34-1257.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.01
§ 34-1257.01. Jurisdictional parity.
Status: in_force

A cable system authorized by this chapter shall have no less than the channel capacity, products, and services available from a system serving any similarly sized, or smaller, jurisdiction outside of the District, or a system owned and operated by the cable operator, its parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries outside of the District, except as otherwise set forth in a franchise agreement. In no event shall such system have a bandwidth of less than 750 MHZ. Nothing herein shall be construed to require a cable operator to employ any specific transmission technology.
D.C. Code § 34-1521 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1521
§ 34-1521. Consumer disclosure requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) An entity selling or reselling an interest in a community renewable energy facility shall provide a disclosure to the potential subscriber that includes the following, prior to the sale or resale of that subscription:
  (1) A good faith estimate of the annual kilowatt hours to be delivered by the community renewable energy facility based on the size of the subscriber’s interest;
  (2) A plain language explanation of the terms under which the bill credits will be calculated;
  (3) A plain language explanation of the contract provisions regulating the disposition or transfer of the subscription; and
  (4) A plain language explanation of the costs and benefits to the potential subscriber based on the subscriber’s current usage and applicable tariff, for the term of the proposed contract.
(b) The Mayor or his or her designee may require that any entity engaged in the sale or resale of a subscription in a community renewable energy facility provide additional disclosure to the buyer or lessee, the Mayor, or both.
(c) All contracts for the sale or resale of a subscription in a community renewable energy facility for use in a residential dwelling may be reviewed by the Mayor or his or her designee upon request.
(d) The Mayor pursuant to subchapter 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to carry out the disclosure requirements contained in this section.