D.C. Code § 34-2701 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2701
§ 34-2701. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter :
(1) "Demolition" or "demolish" means any operation by which a structure or mass of material is wrecked, razed, moved, or removed by means of any tool, equipment, or explosive.
(2) "Excavate" or "excavation" means any operation in which earth, rock, or other material in or on the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of any tool, equipment, or explosive, including grading, trenching, digging, ditching, drilling, boring, augering, tunneling, scraping, cable or pipe plowing and driving, wrecking, razing, moving, using equipment, trenchless technology, or removing any structure or mass of material.
(3) "One-call center" means the organization among the purposes of which it has is to notify one or more utility operators of planned excavation activities or demolition in a specified area.
(4) "Owner" in cases of water, sewage, or drainage, means the District of Columbia, including the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.
(5) "Person" means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity, including any governmental body or authority or subdivision of a governmental body or authority, including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.
(6) "Underground facility" means any item of personal property, including utility lines, pipes, sewers, conduits, cables, valves, lines, wires, manholes, switches, equipment, traffic signal and street light equipment, attachments, and those portions of poles located below the ground, which are buried, placed below ground, or submerged for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of any material or service listed in paragraph (8) of this section.
(7) "Utility line" means any cable, pipeline, or other conduit installed underground by which a utility operator furnishes materials or services.
(8) "Utility operator" means a person, including the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, that supplies or transports any of the following materials or services by means of a utility line:
  (A) Gas of any kind, including flammable, toxic, or corrosive gas;
  (B) Liquids of any kind, including coal slurry, petroleum, and petroleum products;
  (C) Electric energy;
  (D) Communication services, including cable television, telephone, video, data, and internet services;
  (E) Sewage disposal and drainage;
  (F) Water; or
  (G) Steam.
D.C. Code § 34-1255.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1255.05
§ 34-1255.05. Transfer or purchase of franchise after denial of renewal.
Status: in_force

Except if there is a pending appeal, or the decision is stayed by a judicial or administrative review, upon a decision by the Council to deny a renewal, the Council may, on the expiration date of the franchise, either authorize the District to purchase the assets of the cable operator’s cable system at a price not to exceed fair market value with no value allocated to the franchise itself, or the Council may select another person, after a public hearing, and cause that person to purchase the assets at a price not to exceed fair market value.
D.C. Code § 34-1118 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1118
§ 34-1118. Utilities to furnish accounts and reports; information to be included; notice of certain filings to be served on People’s Counsel; disclosure of information and documents by investigated utility.
Status: in_force

(a) Each public utility shall furnish to the Commission in such form and at such times as the Commission shall require, such accounts, reports, and information as shall show in itemized detail; depreciation; salaries and wages; legal expenses; taxes and rentals; quantity and value of material used; receipts from residuals, by-products, services, or other sales; total and net costs; net and gross profits; dividends and interest; surplus or reserve; prices paid by consumers; and in addition such other items, whether of a nature similar to those hereinbefore enumerated or otherwise, as the Commission may prescribe, in order to show completely and in detail the entire operation of the public utility in furnishing its product or service to the public.
(b) A notice of filing of all reports, applications, petitions, tariffs, and all other documents that affect the interests of users of the products of or services furnished by public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission that are filed by any public utility with the Commission or with federal and District of Columbia agencies, courts, and commissions shall be concurrently served on the Office of the People’s Counsel at the time of filing and shall include the subject and purpose of the filing.
(c) In connection with any investigation or proceeding under § 34-804(d)(1) , (3), or (4), as amended by the Utility Regulatory Assessment Clarification Act of 1984, the Office shall have the right to obtain from the public utility investigated all information and documents reasonably relevant and material to the investigation or proceeding.  Should any public utility refuse or fail to produce the reasonably relevant information or documents in a timely manner, the Office may, by motion, petition the Commission to issue an order compelling its production.  When necessary to protect the disclosure of trade secrets and other confidential research, development, or commercial information, the Commission may, where appropriate, issue a protective order placing conditions on the release of the information.
D.C. Code § 34-1251.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1251.01
§ 34-1251.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Amendment Act of 2015.
D.C. Code § 34-407 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-407
§ 34-407. Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved.
Status: in_force

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-1119 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1119
§ 34-1119. Annual report of Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall publish annual reports showing its proceedings relating to all the public utilities of each kind in the District of Columbia, and such other occasional reports as it may deem advisable.  The Commission shall also publish in its annual reports the value of all property actually used and useful for the convenience of the public, of every public utility as to whose rates, charges, service, or regulations any hearing has been held by the Commission or the value of whose property has been ascertained by it under the provisions of this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.06
§ 34-1921.06. Repairs and renewals.
Status: in_force

The said Mayor is empowered to authorize any such company or corporation owning and operating lines of street poles and wires on March 3, 1905, or thereafter and any alley poles or alley-pole line or housetop wires within the said District and outside of the limits described in § 34-1921.01 to continue to maintain the same, with such repairs and renewals as may be necessary to keep them in good order and condition of repair, and to add thereto such poles and wires as may be necessary for their telegraphic purposes.
D.C. Code § 34-203 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-203
§ 34-203. “Common carrier” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “common carrier” when used in this subtitle includes express companies and every corporation, street railroad corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or managing any agency or agencies for public use for the conveyance of persons or property within the District of Columbia for hire. Taxicabs, and all other passenger vehicles for hire, steam railroads, express companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Washington Terminal Company, and the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and all companies engaged in interstate traffic upon the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, excepting as to the regulation of its operation inside of the District of Columbia, and the Washington-Virginia Railway Company, excepting as to the regulation of its operation inside of the District of Columbia, are excluded from the operation of this subtitle, and are not included in the term “common carrier.”
D.C. Code § 34-401 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / § 34-401
§ 34-401. Utilities to report accidents; Commission may investigate.
Status: in_force

(a) Every public utility shall, whenever an incident occurs within the District of Columbia that results in the loss of human life, personal injury requiring hospitalization, or service disruption directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, give immediate notice thereof to the Public Service Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel of the District of Columbia. In the event of any such incident, the public utility shall also submit a written report to the Commission that explains the cause of the incident, what steps if any the public utility will undertake to prevent such an occurrence in the future, and such other information which the Public Service Commission shall, by order or regulation, require. The Commission, by regulation or order, shall establish the minimum criteria for a service disruption (e.g., time period or minimum number of affected customers) that warrants notification and a report under this section. The Commission, if it deems the public interest requires it, shall cause an investigation to be made of any incident.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall not be admitted into evidence for any purpose in any suit or action for damages arising out of the loss of life, injury, or service interruption referred to in this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-1232 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1232
§ 34-1232. Maintenance service; complaint procedure; interruption of service; customer service standards.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-210 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-210
§ 34-210. “Gas plant” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “gas plant” when used in this subtitle means the material, equipment, and property owned and used, or to be used, by the gas company for or in connection with the transmission or distribution of natural gas in the District of Columbia to a retail natural gas customer.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.02
§ 34-1313.02. Application for financing order.
Status: in_force

(a) The electric company may include its application for a financing order as part of its application for approval of a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
(b) (1) Concurrently with each application filed for approval of a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan, the electric company shall file for the Commission's consideration and decision an application for a financing order for the 2-year period corresponding to the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
  (2) The financing order application and all subsequent applications by the electric company for a financing order shall contain:
    (A) The DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges for the next 2-year period;
    (B) A calculation by the electric company of the Underground Rider by distribution service customer class estimated to be sufficient to generate an amount equal to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges for the next 2-year period; and
    (C) A proposed form of public notice of the application suitable for publication by the Commission, which notice may be combined with the form of public notice for the application for approval of the biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan.
D.C. Code § 34-2163 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2163
§ 34-2163. Reporting on lead water service line replacement spending.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water") and the Department of Energy and Environment ("DOEE") shall separately provide the Council with a report on agency spending of federal and local funds on lead water service line replacements, broken down by spending of federal and local funds and by program. DC Water's report shall also include a breakdown of spending on lead line replacements, program management costs, street restoration, water main replacements, and other costs.
(b) DC Water and DOEE shall transmit the reports required by subsection (a) of this section twice a year, on:
  (1) February 1 for the period beginning July 1 and ending December 31 of the immediately preceding year; and
  (2) August 1 for the period beginning January 1 and ending June 30 of the same year.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.12 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.12
§ 34-1312.12. Bonds not electric company liability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.05
§ 34-2405.05. Assessment of property in County of Washington for water mains and service sewers.
Status: in_force

Property in the County of Washington, not subdivided into blocks or lots, or both, shall not be assessed for water mains or service sewers until subdivided; provided, that where houses are built on any unsubdivided land and connection is made with a water main or service sewer, assessment shall be made as herein provided for in the case of subdivided property by assessing a frontage of 50 feet on each side of said connection with a depth of 100 feet, except that no double assessment shall be levied; said assessment to be levied within 60 days after said connection is made; and if such unsubdivided land is thereafter subdivided into blocks or lots, such lots shall be assessed as herein provided as to subdivided lands, but the 50 feet on each side of said connection, with a depth of 100 feet, shall not be again assessed; provided further, that assessments at the rate and in the manner herein provided for shall be levied against each lot or parcel of land abutting any water main or service sewer in all subdivisions of land, within 60 days after the recording of such subdivision in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, except in cases where said lots or parcels of land have been previously assessed for the same main or service sewer.
D.C. Code § 34-803 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-803
§ 34-803. Office of the General Counsel.
Status: in_force

There is established within the Public Service Commission an Office of the General Counsel. The head of such Office shall be the General Counsel, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The Commission may, upon the recommendation of the General Counsel and within the limits of appropriations therefor, employ and fix the compensation of such other employees, including attorneys, in accordance with the provisions of subchapters VIII and IX of Chapter 6 of Title 1 , as may be necessary to assist the General Counsel in carrying out his duties under this section. The duty of the General Counsel shall be, and he is authorized, to represent and appear for the Commission in all actions and proceedings under this section, or under or in reference to any act, order, or proceeding of the Commission, and, if directed to do so by the Commission, to intervene, if possible, in any action or proceeding in which any such question is involved; to commence and prosecute all actions and proceedings directed or authorized by the Commission, and to expedite, in every way possible, final and just determination of all such actions and proceedings; to advise the Commission and each commissioner, when so requested, in regard to all matters in connection with the powers and duties of the Commission and of the members thereof, and generally to perform all duties and services as attorney and counsel which the Commission may reasonably require. The Commission may enforce its orders to any case by legal or equitable remedy in any court of competent jurisdiction, and it shall be the duty of the General Counsel to represent the Commission in every such proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be the duty of the General Counsel, nor is he authorized, to prosecute any criminal case for the imposition of any penalty or punishment provided for in this section.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.09
§ 34-2401.09. Refund of overpaid assessments.
Status: in_force

In all cases where a water main has heretofore been or may hereafter be laid in a public street or way, and in order to secure the laying of such main the cost or a part thereof has been paid to the District of Columbia prior to the laying of said main by any person or corporation, there shall be repaid from time to time to such person or corporation, out of the collections from the assessment for such main, all of the amounts so paid over and above the assessment chargeable against the land owned or controlled by said person or corporation.
D.C. Code § 34-1251.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1251.04
§ 34-1251.04. Applicability to open video systems.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, this subchapter shall apply to an open video system to the extent permitted by federal law. In applying the provisions of this subchapter to an open video system, the term “cable system” shall be construed to include an open video system.
(b) An open video system operator shall not operate in the District without first:
  (1) Receiving a franchise from the Council; and
  (2) Entering into:
    (A) A franchise agreement pursuant to this chapter; or
    (B) An open video system agreement; provided, that the open video system agreement shall contain the minimum requirements set forth in § 34-1254.05 ; provided further, that the open video system agreement shall be negotiated with the Office and transmitted to the Council for approval by act.
(c) In lieu of the franchise fee required by § 34-1256.01 , the operator of an open video system shall pay to the District a fee of 5% of the gross revenues of the operator.
(d) Any person who provides cable service over the open video system of another person and who assesses charges to subscribers that are not received by the open video system operator shall pay a fee to the District in an amount equal to 5% of the person’s gross revenues. The operator of the open video system shall collect the fee from the person and shall remit the fee to the District. If the open video system operator fails to collect or remit the fee, the operator shall be directly liable to the District for payment of the uncollected or unremitted fee.
(e) An open video system operator shall be subject to all requirements of District law regarding the authorization to use or occupy the public rights-of-way, and the approval by the Federal Communications Commission of an open video system operator’s certification pursuant to section 653 of the federal cable act (47 U.S.C. § 573) shall not confer upon the operator any authority to use or occupy the public rights-of-way that the operator does not otherwise possess.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if a cable operator, its parent, affiliate, or subsidiary elects to offer to subscribers video programming services through an open video system, the cable operator shall remain subject to all the terms and conditions of a franchise granted pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-2711 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / § 34-2711
§ 34-2711. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement this chapter .
D.C. Code § 34-217 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-217
§ 34-217. “Street railroad corporation” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “street railroad corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or managing any street railroad or any cars or other equipment used thereon or in connection therewith.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.05
§ 34-1911.05. Regulations for inspection; ducts for use of fire and police wires.
Status: in_force

All subways, conduits, manholes, and overhead lines constructed or erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe as to inspection, location, character of conduit construction, and height of poles and wires; provided, that in all conduits so constructed, such space shall be furnished to the District government as may be necessary for purposes related exclusively to the government and public safety, free of charge; provided further, that the number of ducts so reserved in any one conduit shall not be more than 2.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.17 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.17
§ 34-1313.17. Reconsideration of Commission orders.
Status: in_force

Within 120 days of May 3, 2014, the Commission shall amend its rules of practice and procedure to establish rules to expedite the reconsideration of any Commission order that will be issued to decide a matter put before it pursuant to subchapter III of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 34-1701 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17 / § 34-1701
§ 34-1701. Ban on automated telephone dialing systems for commercial solicitation; definitions; prohibition; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Automated dialing or push-button or tone-activated address signaling telephone system with a prerecorded message” is any equipment used for telephone solicitation purposes, which alone or in conjunction with other equipment, can convey a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the number called.
  (2) “Soliciting” means any attempt to sell or lease consumer goods, services, or real property to another person.
(b) (1) A person may not use an automated dialing, push-button, or tone-activated address signaling telephone system with a prerecorded message for the sole purpose of:
    (A) Soliciting a person over the telephone to purchase or lease goods, services, or real property; or
    (B) Requesting survey information over the telephone where results are to be used directly for the purpose of soliciting a person to purchase or lease goods, services, or real property.
  (2) This section shall not apply if:
    (A) The person soliciting is a federal, state, or local government agency that uses an automated dialing prerecorded message for emergency purposes; or
    (B) A person has a preexisting business relationship with the party called and the call concerns goods, services, or real property that have been previously ordered or purchased.
  (3) Any automated, push-button, or tone-activated address signaling telephone system used in the District must automatically create a disconnect signal or on hook condition which allows the called party’s line to be released within 10 seconds after the called party hangs up.
  (4) Any person who violates this section shall be fined a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for the 1st violation and not more than $5,000 for each subsequent violation.
  (5) The Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, or his assistants, shall prosecute violations of this section in the name of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-220 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-220
§ 34-220. “Telephone corporation” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “telephone corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and persons, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or managing any plant, wires, poles for the reception, transmission, or communication of messages by telephone, telephonic apparatus or instruments, or any telephone line or part of telephone line, used in the conduct of the business of affording telephonic communication for hire, or which licenses, lets, or permits telephonic communication for hire.
D.C. Code § 34-910 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-910
§ 34-910. Notice as to hearings; compulsory attendance of witnesses.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall give the public utility and the complainant, if any, 10 days notice of the time and place when and where such hearing and investigation will be held and such matters considered and determined. Both the public utility and complainant shall be entitled to be heard and shall have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.09
§ 34-1671.09. Information to be provided to the Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) A natural gas supplier shall provide the Commission with such information regarding its retail natural gas sales as the Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Commission shall take such measures as it considers necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information.
(b) The Commission shall require a licensed natural gas supplier to file an annual financial report regarding those retail natural gas sales for which it is subject to licensure.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.03
§ 34-2405.03. Notice of assessments.
Status: in_force

The Assessor of the District of Columbia shall give notices as herein provided of the levying of assessments for water mains and service sewers. Assessments shall be levied within 60 days after the completion of the main or service sewer, and the owner or owners affected by such assessments shall be notified that the same have been levied by a notice which shall be served upon the owner of the lot or parcel of land if he or she be a resident of the District of Columbia, and his or her residence be known. If the owner be a nonresident or his or her residence be unknown, the notice shall be served on his or her agent or tenant. The service of such notice, where the owner or his or her agent or tenant resides in the District of Columbia, shall be personal or by leaving the same with some person of suitable age, either a member of his family or in his employ, at the residence or place of business of such owner, agent, or tenant; and return of such service, stating the manner thereof, shall be made in writing under oath and filed in the office of the Assessor of the District of Columbia. If there be no agent or tenant known to said Assessor, and the owner or owners be not residents of the District of Columbia, or if the owner be a resident of the District of Columbia and cannot be found therein, and no person of suitable age as aforesaid can be found at his or her residence or place of business, notice shall be given by advertisement once a week for 3 successive weeks in some daily newspaper published in said District, and in said publication of said notice each several piece of property shall be described in a separate paragraph, and the cost of such advertisement shall be added to the amount of said assessment and collected in the same manner that said assessment is collected.
D.C. Code § 34-1255.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1255.02
§ 34-1255.02. Procedure for transfer of franchise to a person other than the District.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 180 days before the proposed consummation of a transfer, a petition for franchise transfer shall be filed with the Office. The petition shall include:
  (1) A completed FCC Form 394, or any successor thereto;
  (2) All information required to be filed with the FCC and the District pursuant to FCC regulations;
  (3) Complete information on the proposed transfer, including details on the legal, financial, and technical qualifications of the transferee; and
  (4) Any other information required by the Office or the franchise agreement.
(b) Within 30 days after receiving a petition under this section, the Office shall certify the petition as complete or shall transmit to the applicant a description of necessary information and the time by which the necessary information shall be provided.
(c) Within 75 days after certifying a petition as complete, the Office shall transmit to the Council a written recommendation to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the petition.
(d) The Office may charge a fee for reviewing and processing a transfer petition. The fee may include charges for the procurement of technical and legal consultants to advise the District regarding the transfer. The amount of the fee may be set forth in the applicable franchise agreement.
(e) The Council may approve a transfer upon such terms and conditions as it deems necessary or proper.
(f) Notwithstanding the approval of a transfer under this section, the parties to the transfer shall comply with any provisions regarding a transfer set forth in the franchise agreement or established by the Office.
(g) The approval of a transfer by the Council in one instance shall not render as unnecessary the approval of a subsequent transfer, and shall not constitute a waiver or release of the rights of the District under this chapter or under the franchise agreement, whether arising before or after the transfer.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.11
§ 34-1312.11. Exemption from District taxes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1512 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1512
§ 34-1512. Market power remediation.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel shall monitor the District of Columbia retail markets for electricity supply and services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services to ensure that the markets are not being adversely affected by anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive conditions.
(b) (1) If, as a result of the monitoring efforts required by subsection (a) of this section or as a result of a complaint filed by an interested party, the Commission determines that the District of Columbia retail markets for electricity supply or services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services are being adversely affected by anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions that result from transmission constraints or load pockets, the Commission may take remedial action, including the imposition of price caps or other price restrictions, to remedy the impact of the anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions.
  (2) (A) If, as a result of the monitoring efforts required by subsection (a) of this subsection, the Commission or the Office of the People’s Counsel obtain evidence that the retail markets for electricity supply or services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services are being affected by anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions other than the anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commission or the Office of the People’s Counsel shall transmit the evidence to the Office of the Corporation Counsel, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other appropriate federal agency.
    (B) Within 6 months of the transmittal of evidence by the Commission or the Office of the People’s Counsel under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Office of the Corporation Counsel shall issue a report to the Council of the District of Columbia explaining the course of its investigation, the actions that it has taken or plans to take, and the reasons for those actions. The failure of the Office of the Corporation Counsel to bring an action within 6 months of the receipt of the transmittal shall not be deemed to eliminate the Office of the Corporation Counsel’s otherwise existing authority to act. Any report submitted under this subsection shall not include any information which may compromise any investigation.
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Office of the Corporation Counsel to investigate or take action against anticompetitive conduct or anticompetitive conditions on its own initiative.
(d) (1) The Commission is authorized to participate in any meetings convened or organizations formed for the purpose of monitoring and preventing the acquisition or exercise of market power in the regional transmission system serving the District of Columbia.
  (2) The Commission is authorized to enter into an agreement with state regulatory agencies, independent system operators, and other parties for the purpose of monitoring and preventing the acquisition or exercise of market power in the regional transmission system serving the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-501 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-501
§ 34-501. Creation of liens on property of utilities; supervision by Commission.
Status: in_force

The power to create liens on corporate property by public utilities in the District of Columbia is hereby declared to be a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction, and control of which is hereby vested in the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, and such power shall be exercised according to the provisions of this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-711 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-711
§ 34-711. Rights, penalties and forfeitures not released; penalties and forfeitures cumulative.
Status: in_force

This subtitle shall not have the effect to release or waive any right of action by the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by any person, for any right, penalty, or forfeiture under any law of the United States or any regulation in force in the District of Columbia; and all penalties and forfeitures accruing under said chapters shall be cumulative, and a suit for any recovery of one shall not be a bar to the recovery of any other penalty.
D.C. Code § 34-913 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-913
§ 34-913. Separate hearings on complaints; complaints not to be dismissed because of absence of direct damage.
Status: in_force

The Commission may, in its discretion, when complaint is made of more than one rate or charge of any public utility, order separate hearings thereon, and may consider and determine the several matters complained of separately and at such times as it may prescribe. No complaint shall of necessity at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.
D.C. Code § 34-1634 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16A / § 34-1634
§ 34-1634. Investigation of violations and penalties for violations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1804 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1804
§ 34-1804. Removal of 911 system costs from base rates.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1311.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1311.02
§ 34-1311.02. Findings.
Status: in_force

The Council finds that:
(1) Global climate change has increased the frequency and severity of destructive weather patterns. Accordingly, electric power distribution service in the District of Columbia is vulnerable to equipment failures on the overhead electric distribution system of the electric company for many reasons, including high winds, flooding, lightning strikes, snow and ice accumulations, foreign contact between overhead equipment and animals, trees, and other objects, and other causes. In the past, this damage has caused the loss of electric power over extended time periods to residential and commercial customers; which damage and power loss have created economic losses for the District and its citizens, including critical infrastructure customers and other high-priority users of electricity, and has otherwise adversely affected the general welfare of the public. It can be expected that similar outages on the electric company’s overhead distribution system will continue to occur absent taking additional intensified outage-prevention measures.
(2) Electric system modernization is necessary to establish 21st century electric distribution systems to promote the public interest through increased system reliability, resiliency, and flexibility during all types of weather events, including major storms. The frequency of electric power outages within the District can be expected to decrease when overhead power lines in vulnerable locations are relocated underground. Consequently, selectively undergrounding certain overhead power lines can be expected to increase system reliability and reduce the economic, social, and other impacts caused by repeated power outages on the District's residents, businesses, workers, and visitors.
(3) Repealed.
(4) Repealed.
(5) Electric system modernization will require an unprecedented investment in the electric distribution infrastructure in the District.
(6) A special financing structure to support this unprecedented improvement to the electricity distribution infrastructure requires a specific legislative framework, and this legislation establishes that framework. The additional charges authorized by this legislation will be used solely to finance the construction and implementation of improvements to the distribution system to increase system reliability.
(7) The Council finds that the Mayor and the electrical company should make every practical effort to ensure that District residents are hired for newly created jobs funded by any mechanism wherein the costs of such funding are paid by the District from the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge or recovered by the electric company through the Underground Project Charge, with a goal being that at least 100% of all related jobs are filled by District residents and 100% of the construction contracts are awarded to certified business enterprises or certified joint ventures in which a certified business enterprise holds a majority interest, where qualified to perform such work. Moreover, the Mayor and the electric company should make every practical effort to increase the use of District apprentices when executing contractor and subcontractor agreements to implement electric system modernization.
(8) By December 31, 2015, and by each December 31st thereafter until the completion of the work contemplated by this chapter, the Mayor and the electric company shall issue written reports to the Council that describe and evaluate their respective efforts in meeting the stated goals of this chapter, where applicable, to identify, hire, and train District residents, where qualified to perform such work, and to award construction contracts to District businesses.
(9) The Mayor and the electric company will be expected to make every practical effort to achieve these goals through contracting and hiring procedures that award additional preference points to qualified businesses and labor resources that advance the goals of this legislation.
D.C. Code § 34-1264.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1264.03
§ 34-1264.03. Rights reserved to District.
Status: in_force

The District expressly reserves the following rights:
(1) To exercise its governmental powers, now or hereafter, to the full extent that the powers may be vested in or granted to the District.
(2) To adopt, in addition to the provisions contained herein and in the franchise and in any existing applicable acts, additional regulations that it finds necessary in the exercise of its police power, if the regulations, by act or otherwise, shall be reasonable and not in conflict with the rights herein granted or the provisions contained in a franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-2601 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / § 34-2601
§ 34-2601. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to protect and enhance the public health, welfare and safety of the citizens of the District of Columbia (“District”) and provide for the fullest possible preservation and protection of the environment. If a public utility proposes an action, it shall prepare and transmit a detailed environmental impact statement to the Public Service Commission (“Commission”). If the Commission determines than an unacceptable risk of adverse health effects exists because of an action that is proposed by a public utility, a public utility doing business in the District of Columbia shall not construct a facility or undertake a project without a detailed and comprehensive analysis and understanding of the impact that the project or the construction or operation of the facility may have on the public health, safety, and environment. These goals require that a public utility prepare and file an environmental impact statement that complies fully with the requirements of this chapter, before application is made to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection for a permit, and subchapter V of Chapter 1 of Title 8 .
D.C. Code § 34-1202 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1202
§ 34-1202. Definitions; rules of construction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1207 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1207
§ 34-1207. Duties of Executive Director.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.04
§ 34-1254.04. Negotiation of an initial franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Office determines under § 34-1254.03 that an 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, the Office shall commence the negotiation of the terms of a franchise agreement between the District and the applicant.
(b) The Office and the applicant shall agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement within one year after the commencement of the negotiations under subsection (a) of this section. The Office may extend the one-year period of negotiations for up to 180 additional days, if additional time is necessary to finalize the terms of the proposed franchise agreement and there is good cause for not having finalized the agreement within the one-year period.
D.C. Code § 34-1313.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1313.01
§ 34-1313.01. Commission authorizations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission is authorized to issue financing orders upon application by the electric company. The Commission may include its financing order as part of its order issued with respect to a biennial Underground Infrastructure Improvement Projects Plan. All financing orders, among their other provisions, shall:
  (1) Describe the DDOT Underground Electric Infrastructure Improvement Activities to be paid through the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge for the next 2-year period;
  (2) (A) Assess the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge on the electric company for the next 2-year period sufficient to fully satisfy the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Annual Revenue Requirement to enable DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Activity to be undertaken in the next 2-year period plus an amount necessary to recover any DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs incurred by DDOT but not reimbursed through prior collections of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge; provided, that the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Charges approved by the Commission under this chapter shall not exceed $187.5 million in the aggregate; provided further, that any amounts collected with respect to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge and not expended for DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Costs as contemplated by this chapter shall be refunded to the electric company and thereafter credited to customers as the Commission may direct; and
    (B) By the 10th day of each month during the applicable 2-year period, the electric company shall remit a payment equal to 1/24 of the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges approved for the applicable 2-year period pursuant to the financing order to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Fund established pursuant to § 34-1313.03a ;
  (3) Assess the Underground Rider for the next 2-year period among the distribution service customer classes of the electric company in accordance with the distribution service customer class cost allocations approved by the Commission for the electric company and in effect pursuant to the electric company's most recently decided base rate case in an amount sufficient for the electric company to recover the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Charge; provided, that no such charges shall be assessed against the electric company's residential aid discount customer class or any succeeding customer class approved by the Commission for the purpose of providing economic relief to a specified low-income customer class; provided further, that the Underground Rider shall be billed to customers by the electric company on a volumetric basis;
  (4) Describe the true-up mechanism as provided in § 34-1313.12 to reconcile actual collections of the Underground Rider with forecasted collection on at least an annual basis to ensure that the collections of the Underground Rider are adequate for the electric company to recover an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the DDOT Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges;
  (5) Prescribe the filing of billing and collection reports relating to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges and the Underground Rider; and
  (6) Consistent with this chapter , contain such other findings, determinations, and authorizations as the Commission considers necessary or appropriate.
(b) All financing orders shall be operative and in full force and effect from the time fixed for them to become effective by the Commission.
(c) The financing order shall provide that except to implement any true-up mechanism as required by § 34-1313.12 , the Commission may not reduce, impair, postpone, terminate, or otherwise adjust the Underground Rider approved in the financing order unless it has similarly adjusted the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charges by an equal amount.
(d) The electric company shall have no liability or obligation with respect to the DDOT Underground Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Charge except for the 2-year period that is the subject of the financing order then in effect.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.02
§ 34-1911.02. Plans of conduits to be submitted to Mayor; permits; removal of poles; wires for house connections; telephone companies.
Status: in_force

From time to time any individual, company, or corporation, maintaining and operating on June 20, 1902, a telephone plant or system in said District, partly overhead and partly underground, shall prepare and submit to the said Mayor a plan or plans, or application or applications, in writing, showing the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and other public highways in or under which it is proposed to construct conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes, and giving the general dimensions, length, and course thereof, and before any such conduit, subsidiary, or manhole is constructed it shall be necessary to obtain the approval and permission of said Mayor. Said Mayor is empowered to require that all proposed conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plan or permit; and upon the approval by said Mayor of any such plan, or the issuing of any such permit, providing for the construction of underground conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes within the section in said District described in § 34-1911.01 the construction therein provided for shall be proceeded with diligently, and upon the completion thereof, or as soon thereafter as may be, without impairing the efficiency of the telephone service in said District, the individual, company, or corporation constructing such conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes shall place its cables and wires therein and take down and remove from the streets and avenues in which such conduits are constructed all poles and wires except such as said Mayor may, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, permit to remain for the purpose of distributing wires for house connections.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.06
§ 34-1671.06. Duties of the gas company.
Status: in_force

(a) The gas company shall provide distribution services to all customers and natural gas suppliers on rates, terms, and conditions that are comparable to the gas company’s own use of its distribution system. The gas company shall not operate its distribution systems in a manner that favors the natural gas supply of the gas company’s affiliates and shall not price its services in a manner that impedes competition.
(b) The gas company shall comply with the following provisions with respect to its relationship with its customers:
  (1) The gas company shall provide natural gas supplier choice information and facilitate enrollment of customers pursuant to the natural gas supplier choice education program approved by the Commission.
  (2) The gas company shall provide, pursuant to the prices, terms, and conditions of its tariffs approved by the Commission, default service to those customers who do not select a natural gas supplier and to customers who chose a natural gas supplier but whose service is terminated by the customer or by the natural gas supplier for any reason.
D.C. Code § 34-2405.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2405.06
§ 34-2405.06. Relevying assessments when assessments declared void.
Status: in_force

The Assessor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed in cases where water-main assessments, or assessments for service sewers, may be quashed, canceled, set aside, or declared void by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or may otherwise be canceled or set aside, by reason of an imperfect or erroneous description of the lot or parcel of ground against which the same shall have been levied, by reason of such tax or assessment not having been authenticated by the proper officer or by reason of a defective return of service of notice, or for any technical reason other than the right of the authorities of the District of Columbia to levy assessment or lay the main or service sewer in respect of which assessment was levied, to relevy such assessment at the rate and in the manner provided for in this subchapter; provided, that such reassessment shall be made within 60 days from date of such cancellation.
D.C. Code § 34-1215 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1215
§ 34-1215. Franchise revocation procedure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-202 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-202
§ 34-202. “Commissioner” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “Commissioner” when used in Chapters 1-11 of this title and Chapter 33 of Title 42 shall mean one of the members of such Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.05
§ 34-1312.05. Sale of the Bonds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.07
§ 34-1921.07. Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved; rights under United States Code preserved.
Status: in_force

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter, but nothing herein shall abridge or lessen the rights granted telegraph companies under Title 65, § 5263 [repealed] and the following, United States Revised Statutes of the Code of the Laws of the United States of America.
D.C. Code § 34-2157 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2157
§ 34-2157. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2001 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 20 / § 34-2001
§ 34-2001. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Bell Operating Company” (“BOC”) means Bell Atlantic Company.
(2) “Cable” means coaxial cable, copper wire, fiber optic telecommunications cable, or other tangible linear transmission medium that may be used in lieu of any of the foregoing for the same purpose.
(3) “Competitive service” means any telecommunications service which satisfies the criterion in paragraph (3)(A) or (C) of this section individually, or the criteria in paragraph (3)(B) or (D) of this section in combination with any other criterion as follows:
  (A) Consumer premises equipment or some other technological medium or transmission service provides functionally equivalent service and is currently and generally available in the District of Columbia from at least one supplier other than the incumbent local exchange carrier at competitive price levels;
  (B) The service is nonessential, but any bottleneck service whose use is required by either a customer or provider of a competing service is presumed to be essential;
  (C) The service has a high own-price elasticity of demand; and
  (D) The market in which the service is offered has an HHI of below 1800 based on a showing provided by the incumbent local exchange carrier supported by an analysis of the sensitivity of its calculated HHI values to the scope of the defined geographic and product markets.
(4) “Competitive telecommunications service provider” means any provider of telecommunications service that was not an incumbent local exchange carrier on January 31, 1996.
(5) “Conduit” means any pipe or other hollow protective sleeve through which cable may be inserted.
(6) “Dialing parity” means that a person that is not an affiliate of a local exchange carrier is able to provide telecommunications services in such a manner that customers have the ability to route automatically, without the use of any access code, their telecommunications to the telecommunications services provider of the customer’s designation from among 2 or more telecommunications services providers, including the local exchange carrier.
(7) “Incumbent local exchange carrier” means, with respect to an area, the local exchange carrier that provided telephone exchange service in such area on the date of enactment of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-104).
(7A) “Internet Protocol-enabled Service” means any service, capability, functionality, or application provided using Internet protocol (or any successor protocol), that enables an end user to send or receive a communication in Internet protocol format (or any successor format), regardless of whether the communication is voice, data, or video.
(8) “Local exchange carrier” (“LEC”) means any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. The term “local exchange carrier” does not include a person insofar as the person is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile service.
(9) “Local exchange service” means a telecommunications service provided within an exchange area.
(10) “Market power” means the ability to raise and hold prices at levels that are above or below those which would be charged in a fully competitive environment.
(11) “Network element” means the facility or equipment used in the provision of a telecommunications service. The term “network element” also includes features, functions, and capabilities that are provided by means of such facility or equipment, including subscriber numbers, databases, signaling systems, and the information sufficient for billing and collection or used in the transmission, routing, or other provision of a telecommunications service.
(12) “Number portability” means the ability of users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.
(13) “People’s Counsel” (“OPC”) means the Office of People’s Counsel as established pursuant to § 34-804 .
(14) “Public Service Commission” (“Commission” or “PSC”) means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia established pursuant to § 34-801 .
(15) “Public way” means the surface, the air space above the surface, and the area below the surface of any public street, highway, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, boulevard, including public utility easements or rights of way, poles, ducts, conduits, and any temporary or permanent fixtures or improvements located thereon, now or hereafter held by the District, which may be utilized for the purpose of installing and maintaining the telecommunications system of a telecommunications service provider within the District, such use being on nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.
(16) “Telecommunications” means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
(17) “Telecommunications carrier” means any provider of telecommunications services, except that the term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services as defined in § 226 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 226). A telecommunications carrier shall be treated as a common carrier under this chapter only to the extent that it is engaged in providing telecommunications services and is a service that the United States Federal Communications Commission determines shall be treated as common carriage.
(18) “Telecommunications equipment” means equipment, other than customer premises equipment, used by a carrier to provide telecommunications services and includes software integral to such equipment, including upgrades.
(19) “Telecommunications industry” means communications businesses using regulated or unregulated facilities or services and includes broadcasting, telecommunications, cable, computer, data transmission, software, programming, advanced messaging, and electronics.
(19A) “Telecommunications Relay Service” means a transmission service that provides the hearing-impaired or speech-impaired the ability to engage in communication by wire or radio with a non-hearing-impaired individual. The term “Telecommunications Relay Service” shall include services that enable 2-way communication between an individual who uses a telecommunications device for the deaf or other non-voice terminal device and an individual who does not use such a device.
(20) “Telecommunications service” means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
(20A) “Telecommunications service provider” means an entity that provides telecommunications services.
(21) “Telecommunications system” means the portion of a telecommunications network which has been or is to be constructed, operated, and maintained within the public ways by a provider of telecommunications services within the District, including, without limitation, all conduits, cables, manholes, handholes, splice boxes, ancillary hardware, poles, and supporting wires and anchors.
(22) “Universal service” means that evolving array of services which the Public Service Commission, taking into account advances in telecommunications and information technologies and services and pursuant to any rules promulgated by the United States Federal Communications Commission, determines should be provided at just, reasonable, and affordable rates to all District residents, including the indigent and those with disabilities, to enable them to participate effectively in the economic, academic, medical, and democratic processes of the District. In circumstances defined by the Public Service Commission, certain low-income persons or persons with disabilities shall be assisted to receive those services determined to be universal services through a fund into which all local exchange carriers will be required to contribute in such amounts as the Public Service Commission shall determine.
(23) (A) “Voice Over Internet Protocol Service” means any service that:
    (i) Enables real-time 2-way voice communications that originate or terminate from the user’s location using Internet protocol or a successor protocol; and
    (ii) Uses a broadband connection from the user’s location.
  (B) The term “Voice Over Internet Protocol Service” shall include any service that permits users to receive calls that originate on the public-switched telephone network and to terminate calls on the public-switched telephone network.
D.C. Code § 34-1257.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.05
§ 34-1257.05. Construction notice to the public.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall notify the general public prior to commencing any proposed construction that will significantly disturb or disrupt public rights-of-way or public space, or that has the potential to present danger or affect the safety of the public generally.
(b) Except for routine maintenance or minor repair work, at least 5 days prior to commencement of work, a cable operator shall notify residents and others in the immediate vicinity of proposed construction who are most likely to be affected by the construction work either by telephone, in person, by mail, or distribution of door hangers, and shall provide written notice by first class mail to the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission and the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner of the affected single-member district. Publication of a notice in a local newspaper shall not be deemed adequate notice. The notice must include the name and local telephone number of the cable operator’s representative who is qualified to answer questions concerning the proposed construction.
(c) In addition to the notice requirements in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, before entering any person’s property for proposed construction work, a cable operator shall obtain the permission of the owner and shall contact the property owner, and the resident, in the case of a leased property, at least 2 days before entering the person’s property.
D.C. Code § 34-1246 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1246
§ 34-1246. Costs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.11 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.11
§ 34-2202.11. Delegation of Council authority to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

The District pledges to the Authority and any holders of bonds that, except as provided in this chapter, the District will not limit or alter rights vested in the Authority to fulfill agreements made with holders of the bonds, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders of the bonds until the bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders of the bonds are fully met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include this pledge of the District in any agreement with the holders of the bonds.
D.C. Code § 34-1501 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1501
§ 34-1501. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly, or 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) “Aggregator” means a person who acts on behalf of customers to purchase electricity.
(3) “Aggregation program” means any system developed by an aggregator for organizing customers into a single purchasing unit.
(4) “Anticompetitive condition” means a condition which 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 consumers.
(5) “Anticompetitive conduct” means an activity which 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.
(6) “Bid premium” means a payment by an electricity supplier to the Commission for the right to provide standard offer service in the District of Columbia.
(7) “Broker” means a person who acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity but who does not take title to electricity.
(8) “Competitive billing” means the right of a customer to receive a single bill from the electric company, a single bill from the electricity supplier, or separate bills from the electric company and the electricity supplier.
(9) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
(9A) “Community net metering” means a billing arrangement under which the monetary value of electric energy generated by a community renewable energy facility and delivered to the electric company’s local distribution facilities is used to offset electric energy charges accrued during a subscriber’s applicable billing period.
(9B) “Community renewable energy facility” or “CREF” means an energy facility using renewable resources defined as tier one renewable sources in § 34-1431(15) that is located within the District of Columbia and where the monetary value of electricity generated by the facility is credited to the subscribers of the facility.
(10) “Competitive Transition Charge” means a rate, charge, credit, or other appropriate mechanism authorized to be imposed for the recovery of transition costs as determined by the Commission under § 34-1510 .
(11) “Consolidator” means any owner of or property manager for multi-family residential, commercial office, industrial, and retail facilities who combines more than one property for the primary purpose of contracting with an aggregator or electric energy service provider for electric energy services for those properties, and who:
  (A) Does not take title to electric energy;
  (B) Does not sell electric energy to buildings not owned or managed by such owner or property manager;
  (C) Does not offer aggregation of electric energy services to other, unrelated end-users; and
  (D) Arranges for the purchase of electric energy services only from duly licensed electric energy service providers or aggregators.
(12) “Consumer” or “customer” each means a purchaser of electricity for end use in the District of Columbia. The term excludes an occupant of a building where the owner, lessee, or manager manages the internal distribution system serving the building and supplies electricity solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants.
(12A) "CREF credit rate" means a credit rate applied to subscribers of community renewable energy facilities, which shall be equal to:
  (A) For residential customer subscribers, the full retail distribution rate, which includes generation, transmission, and distribution charges, for the standard offer service General Service Low Voltage Non-Demand Customer class or its successor, as determined by the Commission, based upon § 34-1518 ; and
  (B) For commercial customer subscribers, the standard offer service rate for the General Service Low Voltage Non-Demand Customer class or its successor, as determined by the Commission, based upon § 34-1518 .
(13) “Customer-based aggregation program” means a program in which customers pool their loads to shop more effectively for electricity supply, electricity supply services, or any service declared to be a potentially competitive service.
(14) “Customer choice” or “choice of electricity suppliers” each means the right of electricity suppliers and consumers to use and interconnect with the electric distribution system on a nondiscriminatory basis in order to distribute electricity from any electric supplier to any customer. Under this right, consumers shall have the opportunity to purchase electricity supply from their choice of licensed electricity suppliers.
(15) “Customer-generator” means a residential or commercial customer that owns and operates an electric generating facility that:
  (A) Has a capacity of not more than 1000 kilowatts;
  (B) Uses renewable resources, cogeneration, fuel cells, or microturbines;
  (C) Is located on the customer’s premises;
  (D) Is interconnected with the electric company’s transmission and distribution facilities; and
  (E) Is intended primarily to offset all or part of the customer’s own electricity requirements.
(15A) “Department” means the District Department of the Environment.
(15B) “Director” means the Director of the District Department of the Environment or his or her designee.
(16) “Effective competition” means, with respect to the markets for electricity supply, billing, and those services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services a market structure under which an individual seller is not able to influence significantly the price of the service as a result of the number of sellers of the service, the size of each seller’s share of the market, the ability of the sellers to enter or exit the market, and the price and availability of comparable substitutes for the service.
(16A) “Electric company” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-207 .
(17) “Electricity supplier” means a person, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or, markets electricity for sale to customers. The term excludes the following:
  (A) Building owners, lessees, or managers who manage the internal distribution system serving such building and who supply electricity solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants;
  (B) (i) Any person who purchases electricity for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or
    (ii) Any apartment building or office building manager who aggregates electric service requirements for his or her building or buildings, and who does not:
      (I) Take title to electricity;
      (II) Market electric services to the individually-metered tenants of his or her building; or
      (III) Engage in the resale of electric services to others;
  (C) Property owners who supply small amounts of power, at cost, as an accommodation to lessors or licensees of the property; and
  (D) A consolidator.
(17A) “Gender identity or expression” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-1401.02(12A) .
(17B) “Individual billing meter” means an individual meter or a set of meters when meters are combined for billing purposes.
(18) “Initial implementation date” means the first day on which customers in the District of Columbia shall have the ability to choose an electricity supplier. Unless accelerated or delayed by the Commission under § 34-1502(c) , the initial implementation date shall be January 1, 2002.
(19) “Marketer” means a person who purchases and takes title to electricity as an intermediary for sale to customers.
(20) “Market participant” means any electricity supplier (including an affiliate of the electric company) or any person providing billing services or services declared by the Commission to be potentially competitive services.
(21) “Net energy metering” means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to an eligible customer-generator from the electric grid and the electricity generated and fed back to the electric grid by the eligible customer-generator.
(22) “Pilot program” means a transitional program approved by the Commission prior to the initial implementation date under which customer choice is implemented for a percentage of each customer class.
(23) “Potentially competitive service” means a component of electric service (other than electricity supply and billing) determined by the Commission to be suitable for purchase by customers from alternative sellers under § 34-1504(e) .
(24) (A) “Public purpose program” means a program implemented with the intention of furthering a public purpose.
  (B) “Public purpose program” includes:
    (i) A universal service program;
    (ii) A program encouraging renewable energy resources;
    (iii) A demand-side management or other energy efficiency or conservation program; and
    (iv) A consumer education program.
(24A) “Renewable energy credit” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 34-1431(10) .
(25) “Schedule” means a list of the dates on which each customer class, or a designated percentage of each customer class, is eligible for customer choice and competitive billing.
(25A) “SOS administrator” means the provider of standard offer service mandated by § 34-1509 .
(26) “Standard offer service” means that electric service mandated by § 34-1509 .
(27) “Subscriber” means a retail customer of the electric company who owns a subscription and who has identified an individual billing meter within the District of Columbia to which the subscription shall be attributed.
(27A) “Subscriber organization” means any for-profit or nonprofit entity permitted by District of Columbia law, or government entity, that owns or operates one or more community renewable energy facilities for the benefit of the subscribers.
(27B) “Subscription” means a percentage interest in a community renewable energy facility’s electrical production.
(28) “Transition costs” means costs, liabilities, and investments (including regulatory assets) allocable to the District of Columbia to the extent the costs, liabilities, and investments:
  (A) Traditionally have been or would be recoverable under the existing regulatory structure (with retail rates for the provision of electric service), but will not be recoverable in the restructured electricity supply market; or
  (B) Arise as a result of electric industry restructuring and are related to the creation of customer choice.
(29) “Wholesale electricity supplier” means the electric company, which, pursuant to § 34-1509 , obtains bids from, and contracts for electric service with, third parties and provides standard offer service to retail customers.
D.C. Code § 34-1602 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1602
§ 34-1602. Laboratory for testing gas of Washington Gas Light Company.
Status: in_force

A laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission, in the central part of the City of Washington, at a distance as near as may be, of 2,000 feet from any gasworks, and furnished with suitable apparatus for the transaction of the business of the Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Gas and Meters, for which it is intended, and the laboratory shall be kept open on all business days between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; provided, that the cost of fitting up said laboratory shall be paid for by each gas company in the District of Columbia in proportion to their sale of gas for the year 1873.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.02
§ 34-2413.02. Nonprofit housing developments — Eligibility for rate reduction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.25a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.25a
§ 34-2401.25a. Permitting authority to install meters.
Status: in_force

If a department, independent establishment, or agency of the United States which uses water and water services from the District of Columbia water supply system has not installed a suitable meter at each point of Federal connection to the system to control and record the use of water through each such connection (as required under § 34-2401.25(a) ) as of the expiration of the 60-day period which begins on December 21, 2001:
(1) The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall install such a meter or meters (and incidental vaults, valves, piping and recording devices, and such other equipment as the Authority deems necessary) not later than 60 days after the expiration of such period; and
(2) The department, independent establishment, or agency shall pay the Authority promptly (but in no case later than 30 days after the Authority submits a bill) for the costs incurred in installing the meter and equipment.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.12 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.12
§ 34-2202.12. Transfer of funds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-703 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / § 34-703
§ 34-703. Reduced rates for consumer furnishing facilities prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any public utility to demand, charge, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by said public utility in consideration of the furnishing by said person, firm, or corporation of any part of the facilities incident thereto; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any public utility from renting any facilities incident to the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or the supply of any liquid, steam, or air, through pipes or tubing, or the conveyance of telegraph or telephone messages, and paying a reasonable rental therefor; or as requiring any public utility to furnish any part of such appliances which are situated in and upon the premises of any consumer or user, except telephone station equipment upon the subscriber’s premises, and, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, meters, and appliances for measurements of any product or service.
D.C. Code § 34-1120 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1120
§ 34-1120. Commission to fix adequate and serviceable standards; regulations for testing products, service, and meters.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, initial voltage, or other condition pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by any public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for examining and testing such product or service and for the measurement thereof. It shall establish reasonable rules, regulations, specifications, and standards to secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements, and every public utility is required to carry into effect all orders issued by the Commission relative thereto.
D.C. Code § 34-2413.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2413.07
§ 34-2413.07. Increase.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1303 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / § 34-1303
§ 34-1303. Establishment of time frame for action.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1256.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1256.05
§ 34-1256.05. Performance bond.
Status: in_force

(a) At all times during the term of a franchise, including the time for removal of facilities or management, the cable operator shall obtain and hold a performance bond running to the District with good and sufficient surety approved by the Office, in an amount to be determined by the Office or set forth in a franchise agreement, to ensure that the operation of the cable system continues uninterrupted in the event of a default by the cable operator.
(b) The cable operator shall make all payments associated with the bond in a timely manner.
(c) The cable operator shall file with the Office written evidence of payment of premiums and executed duplicate copies of the bond documents.
(d) The bond shall be with a surety company authorized by the District’s Superintendent of Insurance to transact business in the District.
(e) The bond shall require 60 calendar days written notice of any cancellation to both the Office and the cable operator. If the Office or the cable operator receives a cancellation notice, the cable operator shall obtain a new bond, meeting the requirements of this section, within 60 days after receipt of the notice by the Office or the cable operator.
(f) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section, or with the performance bond provisions of the franchise agreement, shall constitute a material violation of a franchise.
D.C. Code § 34-1315.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1315.01
§ 34-1315.01. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1601 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1601
§ 34-1601. Inspector of Gas and Meters.
Status: in_force

A suitable and impartial person, competent as a chemist, who is not a stockholder or employee in any gas works, shall be appointed by the Public Service Commission to be designated and known as Inspector of Gas and Meters, whose duties shall be to test and determine the illuminating power and purity of the gas furnished by any company, person, or persons in the District of Columbia;  and to test, prove, and seal all meters that may be hereafter used by them.  The Inspector shall give bond to the extent of double his annual salary, and shall take an oath or affirmation, before some officer legally qualified to administer the same, that he will faithfully, diligently, and impartially discharge the duties of his office.
D.C. Code § 34-218 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-218
§ 34-218. “Telegraph corporation” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “telegraph corporation” when used in this subtitle includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating, controlling, or managing any plant, wires, poles, or property for the purposes of communication, or of transmitting or receiving messages by telegraph, or by any telegraphic apparatus or instrument, or any telegraph line or part of telegraph line used in the conduct of the business of affording for hire, communication by telegraph, or which licenses, lets, or permits telegraphic communication for hire.
D.C. Code § 34-2306 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2306
§ 34-2306. Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 60 days of June 13, 1990, the Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this act [ D.C. Law 8-136 ] including rules regarding deposits, meters, liens, the sale and redemption of real property, the amnesty program, receivership, termination of water and sewer services, and administrative review.
(b) The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
(c) If after 90 days from June 13, 1990, the Mayor has failed to issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this act [ D.C. Law 8-136 ] as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Council may adopt any legislation necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act. [ D.C. Law 8-136 ]
D.C. Code § 34-2411.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2411.02
§ 34-2411.02. Investigation of distribution systems outside District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, shall have the right at all times to investigate the distribution systems of any community outside the District of Columbia supplied with water from the said District of Columbia water system and if, in his opinion, there is an excessive wastage of water, he shall have the right to curtail the supply to said communities to the amount of such wastage.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.20 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.20
§ 34-2401.20. Unlawful tapping of water pipe; penalty.
Status: in_force

The unlawful tapping of any water pipe laid down in the District by authority of the United States is a misdemeanor and an indictable offense; and any person convicted of such offense in the criminal court of the District shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year.
D.C. Code § 34-1263.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1263.02
§ 34-1263.02. Specific performance.
Status: in_force

Whenever this chapter or the franchise agreement sets forth a time for an act to be performed by or on behalf of the cable operator, the time shall be deemed of the essence and the cable operator’s failure to perform within the time provided shall, in all cases, be sufficient grounds for the District to invoke the remedies available under the terms and conditions of this chapter or the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-906 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / § 34-906
§ 34-906. Appointment of investigating agents; powers.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of making any investigation with regard to any public utility the Commission shall have power to appoint, by an order in writing, an agent, whose duties shall be prescribed in such order. In the discharge of his duties such agent shall have every power whatsoever of an inquisitorial nature granted in this subtitle to the Commission and shall have power to administer oaths and take depositions. The Commission may conduct any number of such investigations contemporaneously through different agents, and may delegate to such agent or agents the taking of all testimony bearing upon any investigation or hearing. The decision of the Commission shall be based upon its examination of all testimony and records. The recommendations made by such agents shall be advisory only, and shall not preclude the taking of further testimony, if the Commission so order, nor further investigation.
D.C. Code § 34-1115 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1115
§ 34-1115. Depreciation account; rates of depreciation; application of depreciation fund.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation account. The Commission shall ascertain and determine what are the proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the several classes of property of each public utility. These rates shall be such as will provide the amounts required over and above the expense of maintenance to keep such property in a state of efficiency corresponding to the progress of the industry. Each public utility shall conform its depreciation accounts to such rates so ascertained and determined by the Commission. The Commission may make changes in such rates of depreciation from time to time as it may find to be necessary. The Commission shall also prescribe rules, regulations, and forms of accounts regarding such depreciation which the public utility is required to carry into effect. The Commission shall provide for such depreciation in fixing the rates, tolls, and charges to be paid by the public. All moneys in this fund may be expended in keeping the property of such public utility in repair and good and serviceable condition for the use to which it is devoted, or invested, and, if invested, the income from the investments shall also be carried in the depreciation fund. This fund and the proceeds thereof shall be used for no other purpose than as provided in this section, unless with the consent and by order of the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-2103 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2103
§ 34-2103. Advances for sanitary sewage works; reimbursement for amounts advanced.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Treasury, notwithstanding the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved June 29, 1922 (42 Stat. 668), is authorized and directed to advance, on the requisition of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribed by law, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary, from time to time, to meet the expenses of the District in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, relocation, replacement, renovation, and repair of the sanitary sewage works of the District, as authorized by Congress, and such amounts so advanced shall be reimbursed by the said Mayor to the Treasury out of money in the General Fund of the District of Columbia (including any special account therein).
D.C. Code § 34-1607 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1607
§ 34-1607. Annual reports to Congress.
Status: in_force

Any association or corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas for illuminating and fuel purposes in the District of Columbia, through its president or other duly authorized officer, shall make a sworn statement to Congress annually, on or before the 1st day of February in each year. Said report shall contain a detailed statement of the condition of the business of said association or corporation for the year ending December 31st next preceding, and such statement shall set forth the actual cost and also present value of the property of such association or corporation used in the conduct of its business, the amount of paid-up capital stock, the amount and character of the indebtedness of such association or corporation, the amount and cost of materials used in making gas, the amount of gas manufactured, the amount of gas sold, the average price per 1,000 cubic feet received for gas sold, the revenue from the sale of all by-products, the revenues from all other sources, the extensions and improvements made in the plant and works, the actual cost of the same, the amount expended for labor, the amount set aside for depreciation, the amount set apart for insurance and renewals, the amount paid out of earnings for betterments, the amount paid for betterments from other sources, the amount set aside and paid in interest and dividends, the surplus after paying the operating expenses and fixed charges, the statement of the operating expenses to be itemized and classified as is done by other public utility corporations, in the District of Columbia, the names of the stockholders and the amount of the stock held in such association or corporation by each of them on December 31st next preceding the date of such report.
D.C. Code § 34-1562 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15B / § 34-1562
§ 34-1562. Authorization of Advanced Metering Infrastructure implementation (Smart Grid) and cost recovery.
Status: in_force

(a) The electric company may implement an Advanced Metering Infrastructure for all consumers, provided, that the electric company obtains a sufficient amount of federal funds for AMI implementation under the ARRA. The sufficiency of the amount of the federal funds obtained shall be determined by the Commission. The Commission shall make a determination of the sufficiency of federal funds obtained within no more than 60 days after the receipt of notice from the electric company of the amount of federal funds awarded.
(b) The electric company may establish a regulatory asset for the costs, net of the amount of the ARRA funds received, including depreciation and amortization expense, incurred by the electric company between base rate cases for the implementation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure, including the amortization expense of the Meter Data Management System, the depreciation expense on the AMI meters, and the undepreciated net book costs of the meters replaced by the AMI meters. The regulatory asset shall accrue a return at the electric company’s authorized rate of return on the balance in the regulatory asset.
(c) The creation of a regulatory asset for Advanced Metering Infrastructure shall not affect the authority of the Commission to review the prudence of costs associated with implementation of AMI. In any Commission proceeding reviewing the costs, the electric company shall have the burden to prove that all of the costs have been prudently incurred.
(d) The electric company shall net any utility cost savings resulting from AMI deployment from the regulatory asset.
D.C. Code § 34-1506.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1506.02
§ 34-1506.02. Disconnection of service during remand interim period prohibited.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on July 28, 2026.*
(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "remand interim period" means the period of time after the issuance of a judicial order vacating a multi-year rate plan approved by the Commission and before a new rate plan is approved and instituted.
(b) An electric company may not disconnect electric service for non-payment of a bill or fees during the remand interim period or for 15 calendar days after the end of the remand interim period, unless the household has an average outstanding balance of more than $1,000:
  (1) For any single-family residence, or any unit within a multifamily residence at which each unit's electricity usage can be measured; or
  (2) Per unit for any multifamily residence at which each unit's electricity usage cannot be measured, to be calculated by dividing the amount of the total arrearage assigned to the property by the number of units at the property at the time of the proposed disconnection, regardless of the amount of debt held by the owner or an individual tenant.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.02
§ 34-1312.02. Bond authorization.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.05
§ 34-2401.05. Payment of rates for water and water service.
Status: in_force

All rates for water and water service hereby established shall be payable at least once semiannually. When the computation of the amount of any bill for any of such services results in a fraction of one-half cent or more, the next highest amount not containing a fraction shall be charged.
D.C. Code § 34-219 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-219
§ 34-219. “Telegraph line” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “telegraph line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, instruments, machinery, appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, and routes used, operated, controlled, or owned by any telegraph corporation to facilitate the business of affording communication by telegraph for hire.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.07
§ 34-1731.07. Franchisee selection procedures.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding provisions of Unit A of Chapter 3 of Title 2 , to the contrary, except the protest and dispute provisions over which the Contract Appeals Board shall maintain jurisdiction, the Mayor shall implement the following franchise selection procedure in awarding one or more franchises pursuant to this chapter:
(1) Request for information;
(2) Evaluation of the RFI received and preparation of the RFP;
(3) Issuance of the RFP and evaluation of proposals received;
(4) Submission of an executive summary, including findings and determination that selection of one or more franchisees will provide the greatest benefit to the largest population of digitally-disadvantaged residents of the District of Columbia, including a rationale for limiting the franchise award to one entity or extending franchises to more than one entity, to the Council by the Mayor;
(5) Council review and approval of the proposed franchise agreement; and
(6) Execution of franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 34-1606 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16 / § 34-1606
§ 34-1606. Removal of gas meters for neglect or refusal to pay amount due.
Status: in_force

If any person or persons, supplied with gas, neglect or refuse to pay the amount due for the same, such company may stop the gas from entering the premises of such person or persons. In no case shall the officers, servants, or workmen of the company remove a meter from premises supplied by the company, unless by consent of the consumer, without first giving 48 hours notice in writing by leaving the same at the premises of the consumers; and said removal shall take place only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. It shall be lawful for Congress at any time hereafter to alter, amend, or repeal this section.
D.C. Code § 34-2201.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2201.01
§ 34-2201.01. Findings and declarations.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia hereby finds and declares that:
(1) Providing water distribution services and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal to the District and portions of the Metropolitan Washington area is essential to ensure the health and safety of the citizens of the District.
(2) Commercial and industrial development in the District requires an adequate water and sewer utility system capable of meeting the needs of the District and the District’s statutory obligation to provide wastewater treatment services to suburban jurisdictions.
(3) The financing requirements for water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems, including the ability to fund capital programs without undue reliance on the general obligation credit of the District, are substantial and require financial resources independent of other District funds.
(4) Creation of an independent authority with secure funding separated from the District’s General Fund to oversee water and sewer operations for the District and surrounding jurisdictions will enhance the financial viability of water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems in the District and enhance the District’s ability to meet its statutory obligation to provide sanitary sewer services to the surrounding jurisdictions.
(5) Creation of a water and sewer authority will enhance opportunities for economic development in the District and the Metropolitan Washington area.
(6) Professional and productive management and system-wide planning of water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems necessitate the creation of a water and sewer authority.
(7) It is in the best interest of the District, its citizens, and the surrounding jurisdictions that the Council establish an independent water and sewer authority to achieve the following goals and objectives:
  (A) To facilitate the efficient and economical operation of water distribution and sewage collection, disposal, and treatment systems in the District and surrounding jurisdictions;
  (B) To expedite the repair, replacement, rehabilitation, modernization, and extension of existing water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems including the financing, on a self-sustaining basis, of capital and operating expenses relating thereto;
  (C) To enhance and protect water resources in the District and the Metropolitan Washington area by reducing pollution to adjacent streams; and
  (D) To facilitate the provision of regional sanitary sewer services to the suburban jurisdictions that receive wastewater treatment services from the District’s Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(8) In order to achieve maximum utilization of resources and efficiency of operations, the water and sewer authority should operate as a public enterprise.
D.C. Code § 34-1522 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1522
§ 34-1522. Recovery of CREF implementation costs.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to §§ 34-1101 and 34-901 , the electric company may seek recovery of any costs associated with the implementation of this chapter in a base rate case. In a base rate case filing that includes recovery of such costs, the electric company shall include in its filing with the Commission any benefits and costs to the electric company. Any recovery of the net costs by the electric company approved by the Commission shall occur solely through a rate assessment of the subscribers.
D.C. Code § 34-2162 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2162
§ 34-2162. Lead Service Line Planning Task Force establishment.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Lead Service Line Planning Task Force ("Task Force"), to be administered by the Department of Energy and Environment ("DOEE"), to develop an interagency plan for the removal and replacement of all lead water service lines by 2030 ("Plan").
(b) The Task Force shall consist of 6 members as follows:
  (1) The Director of DOEE, or the Director's designee;
  (2) The General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water"); or the General manager's designee;
  (3) The Director of the District Department of Transportation, or the Director's designee;
  (4) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or the Director's designee;
  (5) One representative appointed by the Chairperson of the Council committee with oversight of DC Water; and
  (6) One representative appointed by the Chairperson of the Council committee with oversight of DOEE.
(c) (1) Within 2 months after August 23, 2021, the Task Force shall hold its first meeting. The Task Force shall meet at least monthly.
  (2) The Task Force shall dissolve after submitting the report required by subsection (d) of this section.
(d) (1) Within 10 months after August 23, 2021, the Task Force shall transmit the Plan to the Mayor, Council, and Chairperson of the DC Water Board of Directors.
  (2) The Plan shall include:
    (A) An account of the role of each District agency, including agencies not part of the Task Force, in the removal and replacement of all lead water service lines by 2030;
    (B) An account of identified barriers to the District removing and replacing all lead water services lines by 2030, and proposed solutions to reduce or eliminate those barriers;
    (C) An account of opportunities for interagency coordination or cooperation to accelerate or improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of lead water service line replacements;
    (D) An interagency spending proposal;
    (E) Recommended changes or clarifications to DC Water's Lead Service Line Replacement Plan, released on June 14, 2021;
    (F) A list of potential funding sources to support lead water service line replacements; and
    (G) A list of legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to complete and fund lead line replacement work by 2030 effectively and efficiently, including draft language, when appropriate.
  (3) (A) The interagency spending proposal required by paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection shall include an account of estimated spending, broken down by:
      (i) Fiscal year;
      (ii) Spending agency;
      (iii) How the funds are intended to be used; and
      (iv) Whether a funding source has been identified for the expenditure.
    (B) The spending proposal required by paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection also shall include:
      (i) Costs for recommendations identified pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) and (C) of this subsection; and
      (ii) A separate list of unfunded agency costs identified in the spending proposal, including the number of unfunded FTEs, by agency and the FTEs' anticipated responsibilities.
  (4) At least 2 months before transmitting the Plan to the Council, the Task Force shall make a draft version of the Plan available to the Mayor, the Council, and the public. The Task Force shall accept public comments on the report for at least 4 weeks following the Plan being made public.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of DC Water or DOEE to undertake lead water service line removal or replacements before the submission of the Plan.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.16b — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.16b
§ 34-2202.16b. Financial assistance programs.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor shall establish a financial assistance program to assist nonprofit organizations located in the District with a payment of their impervious area charges. To be eligible for the program, a nonprofit organization shall:
    (A) Show significant hardship in paying its impervious area charge; and
    (B) Allow the Department of Energy and Environment ("DOEE"), or a nonprofit organization approved by DOEE, to visit the site of the nonprofit organization and make recommendations for potential stormwater runoff mitigation projects on the site; and
    (C) Submit, and receive DOEE's approval of, a written proposal to
      (i) Install and maintain a stormwater runoff mitigation project on the site of the non-profit organization; or
      (ii) If a stormwater mitigation project on the site of the nonprofit organization is infeasible, implement an alternative stormwater runoff mitigation measure or activity in the District.
    (D) In the case where a nonprofit organization has already installed a stormwater runoff mitigation project on-site or implemented an alternative stormwater runoff mitigation measure or activity before the financial assistance program required by this paragraph is established, the nonprofit organization may submit, and receive DOEE's approval of, evidence of the stormwater runoff mitigation project or alternative stormwater runoff mitigation measure or activity in lieu of the written proposal required by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.
  (2) The Mayor shall establish criteria for what constitutes a significant hardship for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection that consider, at a minimum, the nonprofit organization's revenue and the amount of the nonprofit organization's impervious area charge.
  (3) The amount of financial assistance that a nonprofit organization receives through the financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not exceed the amount of the nonprofit organization's impervious area charge; and
  (4) (A) Upon a finding that the nonprofit organization failed to make a reasonable and good faith effort to fulfill its proposal pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section within one year after the proposal is approved, the Mayor may require reimbursement of any portion of funds, rate reduction, or payment reduction provided before the finding.
    (B) A finding of non-performance by the Mayor under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph may be appealed by an applicant pursuant to rules issued by the Mayor.
(b) (1) The Mayor shall establish a financial assistance program to assist residential customers located in the District of Columbia with the payment of their impervious area charges.
  (2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Authority may establish the financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection; provided, that the Mayor and the Authority enter into an agreement that authorizes the Authority to establish the financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (B) If the Authority establishes the financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Authority may authorize another District agency to make the eligibility determinations described in paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (3) To be eligible for the program, a residential customer shall not have an annual household income exceeding 100% of the area median income.
  (4) The Mayor, or the Authority if the Authority establishes the financial assistance program pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall establish a sliding scale based on income level to determine the amount of financial assistance a residential customer may receive through the financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (5) The financial assistance program required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall supplement the financial assistance programs required by § 34-2202.16(b-1) .
(c) In Fiscal Year 2019, of the funds allocated to DOEE for impervious area charge relief, at least $4 million of the funds shall be spent for the impervious area charge relief program required by subsection (a) of this section.  Any remaining funds in Fiscal Year 2019 dedicated to impervious area charge relief may be allocated to the program required by subsection (b) of this section.
(d) (1) The Mayor shall track the number of nonprofit organizations that apply for assistance and the number of nonprofit organizations and residential customers that receive financial assistance through the financial assistance programs required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, including how much financial assistance each eligible nonprofit organization and residential customer receives.
  (2) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Authority shall transmit to the Mayor and the Council and publicly post on the Authority's website a report that includes the following information from the preceding fiscal year:
    (A) The average impervious area charge for residential customers:
      (i) District-wide; and
      (ii) By ward; and
    (B) Efforts made by the Authority to publicize the availability of financial assistance, including a description of the total amount of expenditures by the Authority on such efforts.
(e) At the request of the Mayor, the Authority shall provide financial assistance granted pursuant to this section directly on the bills of the non-profit organizations and residential customers through a rate reduction or a payment reduction line item.  The Mayor shall transfer to the Authority funding to pay the Authority for the costs associated with the rate reduction or payment reduction.
(f) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this section, including rules to establish such additional eligibility standards or requirements as the Mayor deems appropriate for implementation of the program.
D.C. Code § 34-808.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-808.01
§ 34-808.01. Competitive energy supplier consumer awareness program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of the People’s Counsel shall establish a program to increase the awareness of District residents of the availability of services offered by competitive energy providers and the means by which to procure such services.
(b) The Public Service Commission shall establish a program to increase the awareness of District residents of the availability of services offered by competitive energy providers and the means by which to procure such services.
D.C. Code § 34-2105.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105.04
§ 34-2105.04. Nonprofit housing developments — Submission of willful false statement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.10 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.10
§ 34-1671.10. Jurisdiction of the Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Commission shall have jurisdiction upon the complaint of any person, the People’s Counsel, or on its own initiative regarding the provision by a licensed natural gas supplier of any service for which it is subject to licensure.
  (2) The Commission shall have jurisdiction upon the complaint of any person, the People’s Counsel, or on its own initiative to determine whether a licensed natural gas supplier has violated or failed to comply with any provision of this chapter regarding retail natural gas sales for which it is subject to licensure or any regulation, rule, or order adopted or issued by the Commission.
  (3) The Commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may conduct an investigation, and impose a penalty, for any violation of this chapter or any regulation or order adopted or issued by the Commission.
(b) The People’s Counsel may file a complaint under any provision of this chapter.
(c) The Commission shall, by regulation or order, establish procedures for complaints and for resolving disputes between the gas company, natural gas suppliers, and customers.
D.C. Code § 34-2409.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2409.04
§ 34-2409.04. Levy upon discontinuance of water service.
Status: in_force

Whenever water is discontinued from any building or premises into which it has been introduced, such building shall be subject to the fireplug tax from the date of the discontinuance of the water.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.09 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.09
§ 34-2202.09. Power of the Authority to issue revenue bonds and notes or other obligations.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, the Authority may at any time, and from time to time, issue revenue bonds (including refunding bonds, notes, or other obligations), by resolution, in one or more series to finance or refinance any cost. The resolution shall name the Chairperson of the Board or his or her designee as the authorized delegate to execute all documents related to the revenue bond financings or refinancings.
(b) Revenue bonds of the Authority are obligations payable from revenues of the Authority from whatever source derived, including certain dedicated revenues, earnings on the Fund, and any other revenue available to the Authority which may lawfully be used for these purposes.
(c) Regardless of their form or character, revenue bonds of the Authority are negotiable instruments for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of the District of Columbia, approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 631; § 28:1-101 et seq.), subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration.
(d) No official, employee, or agent of the Authority shall be held personally liable solely because a revenue bond is issued.
(e) The issuance and performance of bonds by the Authority as contemplated in this chapter and the adoption of resolutions authorizing such bonds, notes, and other obligations shall be done in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, but shall not be subject to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(f) The Authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds regardless of whether or not the interest payable by the Authority incident to such loans or revenue bonds or the income derived by the holders of the evidence of such indebtedness or revenue bonds notes is, for the purposes of federal taxation, includable in the taxable income of the recipients of these payments or is otherwise not exempt from the imposition of taxation on the recipients.
(g) The Authority shall have the power to contract with the holders of its revenue bonds, as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any monies of the Authority and of any monies held in trust or otherwise for the payment of revenue bonds.
(h) During each fiscal year in which debt service on the proposed bonds and outstanding revenue bonds issued by the Authority, and the transfer provided in § 34-2202.07(f) becomes due and payable, the Authority may not issue bonds, notes, or other obligations or borrow money unless the Authority first certifies, to the reasonable satisfaction of the District of Columbia Auditor, that the revenues of the Authority are sufficient to pay its costs, the principal of and interest on and other requirements pertaining to the proposed bonds and outstanding revenue bonds issued by the Authority, and amounts equal to the debt service payments on District general obligation bonds issued by the District prior to October 1, 1996, which financed Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration capital projects, as such bonds and transfers become due and payable. The Authority’s certification shall be supported by expert study and analysis.
(i) The Authority shall set rates, fees, levies, and other charges which will result in the collection of amounts which, together with other Authority revenues available and applicable, will be at least sufficient to pay its costs, the principal of and interest on and other requirements pertaining to its bonds, and to make transfers to the District of amounts equal to the debt service payments on District general obligation bonds issued by the District prior to October 1, 1996, which financed Department of Public Works, Water and Sewer Utility Administration capital projects, as such bonds and transfers become due and payable.
(j) All bonds issued by the Authority shall be callable not more than 11 years after the date of the issuance of the respective bond.
D.C. Code § 34-1438 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1438
§ 34-1438. Application of renewable energy credits.
Status: in_force

(a) An electricity supplier may use accumulated renewable energy credits to meet the renewable energy portfolio standard by submitting them to the Commission as evidence of compliance.
(b) A renewable energy credit may be sold or otherwise transferred.
(c) Except as authorized under section (d) of this section, a renewable energy credit shall exist for 3 years from the date created; provided, that a renewable energy credit from a solar energy system meeting the requirements of § 34-1432(e)(1) shall exist for 5 years from the date created.
(d) A renewable energy credit may be diminished or extinguished before the expiration of 3 or 5 years pursuant to subsection (c) by:
  (1) The electricity supplier that received the credit;
  (2) A nonaffiliated entity of the electricity supplier:
    (A) That purchased the credit from the electricity supplier receiving the credit;
    (B) To whom the electricity supplier otherwise transferred the credit; or
  (3) Demonstrated compliance by the generating facility with the requirements of § 34-1433(i) .
D.C. Code § 34-2105.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2105.05
§ 34-2105.05. Nonprofit housing developments — Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.10 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.10
§ 34-2401.10. Water rents — Refund for erroneous payment.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to cause all water rents erroneously paid after March 3, 1905, in the District of Columbia to be refunded in the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes; provided, that application for refund shall be made within 2 years after such erroneous payment. And after March 3, 1905, the said Mayor is authorized to cause to be refunded in the same manner and subject to the same limitations all money paid for water for any special purpose where the project is abandoned and the water not used, and for tapping water mains and for furnishing stopcock where the service is not rendered and the material is not furnished; and all money refunded under this section shall be paid from and charged to the water fund.
D.C. Code § 34-504 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-504
§ 34-504. Issue of stocks for purpose of reorganization or consolidation; approval of consolidation by Commission.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall issue any stocks, certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness secured on its property in the District of Columbia for the purpose of any reorganization or consolidation in excess of the total amount of the stocks, certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness then outstanding against the public utilities so reorganizing or consolidating, and no such public utility shall purchase the property of any other public utility for the purpose of effecting a consolidation until the Commission shall have determined and set forth in writing that said consolidation will be in the public interest, nor until the Commission shall have approved in writing the terms upon which said consolidation shall be made.
D.C. Code § 34-1632 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16A / § 34-1632
§ 34-1632. Role, duties, and powers of the Commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1802 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1802
§ 34-1802. Emergency and Non-Emergency Number Telephone Calling Systems Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Emergency and Non-Emergency Number Telephone Calling Systems Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of Unified Communications in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) The assessment imposed under § 34-1803 ;
  (2) The prepaid wireless E911 charge imposed under § 34-1803.02 ;
  (3) The sources identified in § 34-1803.03 ; and
  (4) Such amounts as may be appropriated or deposited into the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used to pay for personnel, technology hardware, software and software maintenance, contractual support, outreach, training, supplies, and equipment costs necessary to provide the 911 and 311 systems.
(d) Money in the Fund may not be used to defray:
  (1) Non-personnel costs related to overhead, including energy, rentals, janitorial services, security, or occupancy costs; or
  (2) Direct costs incurred by wireless carriers in providing wireless E911 service.
(e) (1) The money deposited into the Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
(f) The Mayor shall submit to the Council, as a part of the annual proposed budget and financial plan, a request for an appropriation for expenditures from the Fund.
(g) (1) All revenue and expenditures of the Fund shall be audited annually by the Chief Financial Officer, who shall transmit the results of the annual audit to the Mayor and the Council.
  (2) The annual transmittal of the results of the audit to the Mayor and the Council shall include the following:
    (A) The assets, liabilities, fund balance, revenue, and expenditures of the Fund;
    (B) A detailed accounting of the Fund's expenditures;
    (C) Recommendations to improve the Fund's financial management processes;
    (D) Identification of any Fund expenditures that are not permitted under law;
    (E) Recommendations to improve the language of the Fund's enabling statute to reflect best practices; and
    (F) Any other information considered important for inclusion by the Chief Financial Officer.
D.C. Code § 34-802 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / § 34-802
§ 34-802. Quorum; investigations; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and any vacancy shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission. Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing within the powers of the Commission may be made or held by any commissioner, whose acts and orders, when approved by the Commission, shall be deemed to be the order of the Commission. The Commission shall have power to adopt and publish rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this subtitle, including the conduct of its investigations, inquiries, hearings, and other proceedings.
D.C. Code § 34-1901.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1901.01
§ 34-1901.01. Additional telegraph and telephone wires prohibited on streets; extensions.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall not permit or authorize any additional telegraph, telephone, electric lighting or other wires to be erected or maintained on or over any of the streets or avenues of the City of Washington; provided, that the Mayor of the District may, under such reasonable conditions as he may prescribe, authorize the wires of any electric light company existing on July 18, 1888, and then operating in the District of Columbia, to be laid under any street, alley, highway, footway or sidewalk in the District, whenever in his judgment the public interest may require the exercise of such authority, such privileges as may be granted hereunder to be revocable at the will of Congress without compensation and no such authority to be exercised after the termination of the 50th Congress.
D.C. Code § 34-1436 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / § 34-1436
§ 34-1436. Renewable Energy Development Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Renewable Energy Development Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director of DOEE in accordance with subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section.
(b) (1) DOEE may receive and review applications for loans, grants, rebates, and other financial incentives for eligible projects from the Fund. Except as provided in subsection (c)(1)(F) of this section, loans, grants, rebates, and other financial incentives for eligible projects from the Fund shall be distributed in the following order:
    (A) To qualifying applicants who are certified business enterprises as defined in § 2-218.02(1D) ;
    (B) To qualifying applicants who are not certified business enterprises as defined in § 2-218.02(1D) .
  (2) On or before May 1 of every year, the DOEE shall provide the Council with a report detailing the number of qualified certified business enterprises that received loans, grants, rebates, and other financial incentives from the Fund. The report shall also include the eligible project or projects for which the certified business enterprise received funding.
(c) (1) The Fund shall be used for the purpose of:
    (A) Supporting the creation of new solar energy sources in the District, including activities that support the use of solar energy sources, such as electrical upgrades, structural improvements, and the installation of electrical or thermal storage systems;
    (A-i) Supporting projects or programs that increase climate change resilience in the District; provided, that each such project or program includes a solar energy component or uses solar energy generated in the District;
    (B) Funding the Solar for All Program established by § 8-1774.16 ;
    (C) Otherwise administering the Fund;
    (D) Covering any costs to the District associated with implementing the Renewable Portfolio Standard Expansion Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-154);
    (E) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017, and ending September 30, 2018, supporting the DOEE operating budget;
    (F) In Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, transferring up to $7 million per year to the Green Finance Authority to support sustainable projects and programs that include support for the creation of new solar energy sources in the District, and associated administrative costs, if such transfer is included in an approved budget and financial plan;
    (G) In fiscal year 2020, up to $250,000 for DOEE to engage an independent third party to conduct a comprehensive study to help DOEE and building owners better understand the potential for cost impacts and benefits to District residents and property owners, or owners of large buildings and affordable housing of the Building Energy Performance Standards Program, required pursuant to § 8-1772.21 ;
    (H) Covering any costs to the District associated with implementing §§ 34-1431(10) and 34-1432(c)(9) -(31);
    (I) In fiscal year 2020, up to $250,000 shall be provided to the District Department of Transportation to prepare the comprehensive clean vehicle transition plan required by § 50-921.24 ;
    (J) In fiscal year 2020, up to $250,000 shall be provided to the Department of General Services to be used to prepare the strategic energy management plan required by § 8-1772.22 ;
    (K) Covering any costs to the District associated with implementing the Local Solar Expansion Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-314);
    (L) Beginning in fiscal year 2026, transferring funding, in an amount to be determined by DOEE in its discretion, to the Energy Assistance Trust Fund for the purpose of expanding access to the District's low-income utility assistance programs;
    (M) Beginning in fiscal year 2025, supporting programming to increase awareness of the Solar for All program and to increase the number of residents enrolled in the District's low-income utility assistance programs, in an amount no greater than $150,000 per year; and
    (N) Beginning in fiscal year 2025, providing up to $100,000 per year to fund the triennial study of local solar policy benefits and costs required under § 34-1436.01 , which may be used by the contractor selected pursuant to § 34-1436.01 at any time during the 3-year period of the study.
  (2) The Fund may be used to supplement programs supporting the creation of new solar energy sources in the District through the Sustainable Energy Utility contract established by subchapter II of Chapter 17N of Title 8 .
(c-1) For the purposes of subsection (c)(1)(G) of this section, the study shall include case studies for different property types of buildings and the DOEE shall seek the advice of the Building Energy Performance Standards Task Force, established pursuant to § 6-1451.09(h) , in creating the specifications for the study.
(d) The following revenue shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) Compliance fees paid under § 34-1434 ;
  (2) Payments received in repayment of a loan;
  (3) Investment earnings of the Fund; and
  (4) Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.
(e) The DOEE shall establish the eligibility criteria for projects supported by the Fund. The DOEE may allow the use of money of the Fund for administrative expenses related to the Fund and project review and oversight.
(f) The DOEE shall provide to the Council a quarterly report detailing:
  (1) Expenditures from the Renewable Energy Development Fund; and
  (2) The performance of programs or projects funded by the Renewable Energy Development Fund.
(g) Any compliance fees paid into the Fund by an electricity supplier that were charged to the District of Columbia government through a cost recovery surcharge authorized in § 34-1435(c) shall be transferred from the Fund to the General Fund of the District of Columbia and used to cover any surcharge owed by the District of Columbia government.
(h) 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.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.19 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.19
§ 34-2202.19. Transfer of function and redelegation of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) All of the functions transferred to the Department of Public Works by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983, effective March 1, 1984, that have been delegated to the Water and Sewer Utility Administration are hereby transferred to the Water and Sewer Authority as follows:
  (1) Pursuant to Part III(I), authority to plan, manage, and contract for design, engineering, and construction of the District’s water and sewer facilities;
  (2) Pursuant to Part III(K), authority to provide complete water and sewer utility systems including the provision of an adequate and potable water supply; water distribution, measurement, and billing; the collection and treatment of sewage; and the construction and maintenance of all related facilities on a cost basis; and
  (3) Pursuant to Part IV(E), the functions of the Department of Environmental Services as set forth in Commissioners Order No. 71-255, dated July 27, 1971, except for the functions of the Office of Environmental Standards and Quality Assurance, which were transferred to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, on the effective date of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983.
(b) Any other functions not specified in this section that are now delegated to or vested in the Administrator of the Water and Sewer Utility Administration are hereby transferred to the Water and Sewer Utility Authority, including the power to obtain and enforce liens for the failure to pay any charge, fee, assessment, or levy authorized or required by § 34-2202.16 in accordance with §§ 34-2407.02 and 34-2110 .
D.C. Code § 34-1259.05 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1259.05
§ 34-1259.05. Inspection of records.
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall have the right to inspect the records of a cable operator and to require a cable operator to provide copies of records that the District deems appropriate in order to monitor compliance with this chapter, the franchise agreement, or any other applicable law or regulation. Records available under this section shall include all books, receipts, maps, plans, contracts, service complaint logs, performance test results, records of requests for service, computer records, disks, or other storage material, in the possession of the cable operator or held by an affiliate, contractor, or subcontractor, or any other person holding any form of management contract for the cable system. A cable operator shall be responsible for collecting the information required and producing it at the office of the Office or at a location designated by the Office.
(b) The District shall provide a cable operator with at least 24-hours written notice, which shall include at least one business day, prior to an inspection of records under this section. The notice, which shall state the intended purpose of the inspection and intended scope of documents to be inspected, shall serve as the notice that all the above materials may be inspected. The cable operator may request, and the Office may grant, additional time to assemble and produce the requested materials.
(c) Access to records and the provision of copies of records under this section shall be available at the Office or at a location designated by the Office.
(d) Access to records and the provision of copies of records under this section shall be at the cable operator’s expense.
(e) A cable operator shall maintain financial records that allow analysis and review of the operator’s operations in the District.
(f) Access to a cable operator’s records shall not be denied on the basis that the records contain proprietary or confidential information. The District shall have the right to determine the confidentiality or proprietary nature of a cable operator’s records. All confidential information received by the District shall remain confidential insofar as permitted by law. In seeking access to, or inspecting, a cable operator’s records, the District shall comply with the District’s freedom of information requirements as provided in subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 . The refusal by a cable operator to provide information required herein shall be grounds for the revocation of a franchise or of any other permits and licenses issued by the District.
(g) A cable operator shall maintain a file of records open to public inspection in accordance with applicable federal and District law and regulations.
D.C. Code § 34-1244.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1244.01
§ 34-1244.01. Landlord-tenant relationship.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1911.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1911.07
§ 34-1911.07. Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved.
Status: in_force

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 34-1245 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1245
§ 34-1245. Protection of privacy.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1264.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1264.06
§ 34-1264.06. Additional transition provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) All appointments, rules, regulations, orders, administrative issuances, obligations, determinations, and agreements made, established, issued, promulgated, or entered into by the Office of Cable Television or the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development shall remain in effect until amended, modified, superseded, or repealed by the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment.
(b) All unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, income, and other funds available to the Office of Cable Television or the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development shall be transferred to the appropriate accounts of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment.
(c) All lawful existing contractual rights and obligations of the Office of Cable Television or the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development shall transfer to the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment, which shall assume all rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations as a successor in interest.
D.C. Code § 34-2153 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / § 34-2153
§ 34-2153. Eligibility criteria.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for an assistance grant, a household must:
  (1) Have an aggregate income of 60% or less than the area median income for a household of like size in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
  (2) Have a known lead service line.
(b) Grants shall be awarded, to the extent reasonably possible, according to the following priority:
  (1) Households with a tap water test that shows a lead level at or above 15 parts per billion and that include:
    (A) A child under the age of 6 years;
    (B) A pregnant woman; or
    (C) A woman who is nursing;
  (2) Households with a tap water test that shows a lead level below 15 parts per billion and which include:
    (A) A child under the age of 6 years;
    (B) A pregnant woman; or
    (C) A woman who is nursing; and
  (3) To all other eligible households.
(c) Grants under this section shall be awarded as follows:
  (1) The District shall pay 100% of the replacement costs of lead service lines, up to $2,000, for eligible households with incomes of 20% or less of the area median income for a household of like size;
  (2) The District shall pay 80% of the replacement costs of lead service lines, up to $2,000, for eligible households with incomes of 21% to 30% of the area median income for a household of like size;
  (3) The District shall pay 60% of the replacement costs of lead service lines, up to $2,000, for eligible households with incomes of 31% to 40% of the area median income for a household of like size;
  (4) The District shall pay 50% of the replacement costs of lead service lines, up to $2,000, for eligible households with incomes of 41% to 60% of the area median income for a household of like size.
(d) If funds are not sufficient to pay for the replacement costs of lead service lines for all eligible households under this section, priority shall be given to providing grants to the eligible households with the lowest total income in the priority established under subsection (b) of this section.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.03
§ 34-2202.03. General powers of Authority.
Status: in_force

In addition to the delegation of powers contained in § 34-2202.08 , the Authority shall possess the following powers:
(1) To sue and be sued;
(2) To have a seal and alter the seal at its pleasure;
(3) To make, adopt, and alter by-laws, rules, and regulations for the administration and regulation of its business and affairs;
(4) To elect, appoint, or hire officers, employees, or other agents of the Authority, except Board members, including experts and fiscal agents, define their duties, and fix their compensation;
(5) To acquire, by purchase, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to own, hold, improve, use, sell, convey, exchange, transfer, lease, sublease, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character, or any interest therein, for its corporate purposes;
(6) To issue regulations and establish policies for contracting and procurement which are consistent with principles of competitive procurement;
(7) To accept loans, gifts, or grants of money, materials, or property of any kind from the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or the District, upon terms and conditions as may be imposed upon the Authority to the extent that the terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the limitations and laws of the District and are otherwise within the powers of the Authority;
(8) To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to provide for the payment of the same, as may be permitted under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; § 1-201.01 et seq.), and the laws of the District;
(9) To issue revenue bonds pursuant to § 34-2202.09 ;
(10) To enter into contracts with the District, the United States, Maryland, or Virginia, or their political subdivisions, other public entities, or private entities for goods and services as needed to achieve its purposes; provided, that prior to the Authority contracting out to a private entity, a service or activity performed by employees of the Authority, through established standards developed by rules and regulations, the Authority shall establish that the contracting out will achieve increased efficiencies and cost savings to the Authority; provided further, that any contractor who is awarded a contract that displaces any District government employee of the Authority shall offer to any displaced employee a right-of-first-refusal to employment by the contractor, in a comparable available position for which the employee is qualified, for at least a 6-month period during which time the employee shall not be discharged without cause. If the employee’s performance during the 6-month transition employment period is satisfactory, the new contractor shall offer the employee continued employment under the terms and conditions established by the new contractor. Any District government employee of the Authority who is displaced as a result of a contract and is hired by the contractor who was awarded the contract which displaced the employee shall be entitled to the benefits provided by the Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 U.S.C. § 351 et seq., notwithstanding any exclusion of applicability of the Service Contract Act of 1965 to the employee;
(11) To establish, adjust, levy, collect, and abate charges for services, facilities, or commodities furnished or supplied by it;
(12) To refund overcharges for services, facilities, or commodities furnished or supplied by it;
(13) To undertake any public project, acquisition, construction, or any other act necessary to carry out its purposes;
(14) To maintain, repair, operate, extend, enlarge, investigate, design, construct, and improve the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems;
(15) To engage in activities, programs, and projects on its own behalf or, with the concurrence of the Mayor, jointly with other public bodies or political divisions or subdivisions of the District of Columbia;
(16) To provide for the cost of activities, programs, and projects from grants, loans, the proceeds of bonds, or from other revenues available to the Authority for such purposes;
(17) To exercise any power usually possessed by public enterprises or private corporations performing similar functions that  is not in conflict with the District of Columbia Home Rule Act [ § 1-201.01 et seq.], or the laws of the District;
(18) To implement all rules, regulations, and laws relating to the distribution of water and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal, other than those laws that impose a penalty of imprisonment;
(19) To shut off water and sewer service, after notice, for good and sufficient cause;
(20) To purchase and distribute potable water to the inhabitants of the District;
(21) To purchase and distribute potable water to other jurisdictions as provided by law;
(22) To develop policies related to the proper use and distribution of water to households and public and private institutions during times of normal consumption and during emergency situations;
(23) To construct water mains and sewers in any street, avenue, road, or alley in the District under conditions as the Mayor may prescribe;
(24) To petition the Mayor to acquire property through eminent domain;
(25) To enter into contracts, including leases and lease-purchase agreements involving real property and personal property;
(26) To indicate in its records the existence and location of sewers and service sewers within its jurisdiction;
(27) To determine whether potable water should be used for mechanical and manufacturing purposes, private fountains, and street and pavement washers;
(28) To privatize the day-to-day operations of the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant; provided, that the Board of Directors of the Authority submit its recommendation on the feasibility of privatization pursuant to § 34-2202.05(g)(1) and submits the privatization contract pursuant to § 34-2202.05(g)(2) ;
(29) To enter into a financing lease, a service agreement or other arrangement for contracted services; obligations with respect to credit facilities; and interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, interest rate floors and any other interest rate-related hedge agreements entered into by the Authority for the purpose of interest rate risk and asset management that may be, but need not be, entered into in conjunction with the issuance of bonds or notes by the Authority;
(30) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly provided by this chapter;
(31) To determine whether churches, charitable organizations, or institutions that receive annual appropriations from Congress should be furnished with water or sewer service without charge;
(32) To collect and receive its revenues and disburse its necessary and reasonable expenses; and
(33) In collaboration with the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, to inspect, repair, and maintain all public fire hydrants, and to ensure that each hydrant will provide adequate flow levels to all locations in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 34-1210 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1210
§ 34-1210. Submission of applications.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1805 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 18 / § 34-1805
§ 34-1805. Report to the Council.
Status: in_force

Not later than September 15, 2003, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an analysis of the expenses of the Fund, which analysis shall include a recommendation as to whether the tax imposed under § 34-1803 should be adjusted. In preparing this analysis:
(1) It shall be assumed that funding for call center operating personnel will be shifted from the Fund to the General Fund of the District of Columbia; and
(2) A replacement reserve schedule for all technology equipment and software shall be used.
D.C. Code § 34-211 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-211
§ 34-211. “Joint rates” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “joint rates” when used in this subtitle with reference to street railways shall be taken to mean rates between unrelated lines in effect on March 4, 1913, under then existing law or under contract, or which may thereafter be specifically authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 34-1248.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1248.01
§ 34-1248.01. Obtaining services without compensation unlawful.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1312.07 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / § 34-1312.07
§ 34-1312.07. Bonds not District liability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-604 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-604
§ 34-604. Application to Court of Appeals for instructions; application for reconsideration.
Status: in_force

(a) If at any time the Commission shall be in doubt of the elements of value to be by them considered in arriving at the true valuation under the provisions of this subtitle, they are authorized and empowered to institute a proceeding in equity in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals petitioning said court to instruct them as to the element or elements of value to be by them considered as aforesaid, and the particular utility under valuation at the time shall be made party defendant in said action.
(b) Any public utility or any other person or corporation affected by any final order or decision of the Commission may, within 30 days after the publication thereof, file with the Commission an application in writing requesting a reconsideration of the matters involved, and stating specifically the errors claimed as grounds for such reconsideration. No public utility or other person or corporation shall in any court urge or rely on any ground not so set forth in said application. The Commission, within 30 days after the filing of such application, shall either grant or deny it. Failure by the Commission to act upon such application within such period shall be deemed a denial thereof. If such application be granted, the Commission, after giving notice thereof to all interested parties, shall, either with or without hearing, rescind, modify, or affirm its order or decision. The filing of such an application shall act as a stay upon the execution of the order or decision of the Commission until the final action of the Commission upon the application; provided, that upon written consent of the utility such order or decision shall not be stayed unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. No appeal shall lie from any order of the Commission unless an application for reconsideration shall have been first made and determined.
D.C. Code § 34-1507 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1507
§ 34-1507. Consumer protections.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Unless a customer consents in writing, a market participant or the electric company may not disclose information that:
    (A) Is about the customer; and
    (B) Was supplied to the market participant or electric company by the customer.
  (2) This restriction shall not apply to:
    (A) Lawful disclosures for bill collection or credit rating reporting purposes; or
    (B) Lawful disclosures to a building owner about the energy consumption of a non-residential tenant of the building.
  (3) Aggregated consumption data may be provided under the following circumstances:
    (A) When at least 5 customer accounts are being aggregated;
    (B) When no single customer account represents more than 80% of the total aggregated energy consumption; and
    (C) When no individual customer-identifying information is included, unless:
      (i) The customer-identifying information is supplied by the person requesting the consumption data; and
      (ii) The person requesting the consumption data owns the building for which the consumption data is requested.
(b) (1) Unless a customer consents in writing, a market participant or the electric company may not use information of the type specified in subsection (a)(1) of this section for any purpose other than the purpose for which the information was originally acquired.
  (2) This restriction shall not apply to lawful disclosures for bill collection or credit rating reporting purposes.
(c) Unless the customer consents, a market participant may not change a customer’s electricity supplier.
(d) Unless the customer consents, a market participant may not add services or new charges to a customer’s existing retail electric service options.
(e) (1) A market participant may not engage in marketing, advertising, or trade practices that are unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive.
  (2) A market participant must provide adequate and accurate information to each customer about the market participant’s available services and charges.
(f) A market participant may not discriminate against any customer based wholly or partly on the race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression of the customer, or for any arbitrary, capricious, or unfairly discriminatory reason.
(g) A market participant may not refuse to provide service to a customer except by the application of standards that are reasonably related to the market participant’s economic and business purposes.
(h) A market participant shall post on the Internet information that is readily understandable about its services and rates for small commercial and residential electric customers.
D.C. Code § 34-605 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-605
§ 34-605. Appeal to Court of Appeals from certain orders; statement to accompany decision; Commission not liable for costs or damages.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any appeal from an order or decision of the Commission. Any public utility or any other person or corporation affected by any final order or decision of the Commission, other than an order fixing or determining the value of the property of a public utility in a proceeding solely for that purpose, may, within 60 days after final action by the Commission upon the petition for reconsideration, file with the Clerk of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals a petition of appeal setting forth the reasons for such appeal and the relief sought; at the same time such appellant shall file with the Commission notice in writing of the appeal together with a copy of the petition. Within 20 days of the receipt of such notice of appeal the Commission shall file with the Clerk of the said Court the record, including a transcript of all proceedings had and testimony taken before the Commission, duly certified, upon which the said order or decision of the Commission was based, together with a statement of its findings of fact and conclusions upon the said record, and a copy of the application for reconsideration and the orders entered thereon; provided, that the parties, with the consent and approval of the Commission, may stipulate in writing that only certain portions of the record be transcribed and transmitted. Within this period the Commission or any other interested party shall answer, demur, or otherwise move or plead. Thereupon the appeal shall be at issue and ready for hearing. All such proceedings shall have precedence over any civil cause of a different nature pending in said Court, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall always be deemed open for the hearing thereof. Any such appeal shall be heard upon the record before the Commission, and no new or additional evidence shall be received by the said Court. The said Court, or any judge or judges thereof, before whom any such appeal shall be heard, may require and direct the Commission to receive additional evidence upon any subject related to the issues on said appeal concerning which evidence was improperly excluded in the hearing before the Commission or upon which the record may contain no substantial evidence. Upon receipt of such requirement and direction the Commission shall receive such evidence and without reasonable delay shall transmit to the said Court the findings of fact made thereon by the Commission and the conclusions of the Commission upon the said facts.
(b) Upon the conclusion of its hearings of any such appeal the Court shall either dismiss the said appeal and affirm the order or decision of the Commission or sustain the appeal and vacate the Commission’s order or decision. In either event the Court shall accompany its order by a statement of its reasons for its action and in the case of the vacation of an order or decision of the Commission the statement shall relate the particulars in and the extent to which such order or decision was defective.
(c) Said Commission shall not, nor shall any of its members, officers, agents, or employees, be taxed with any costs, nor shall they or any of them be required to give any supersedeas bond or security for costs or damages on any appeal whatsoever. Said Commission, or any of its members, officers, agents, or employees, shall not be liable to suit or action or for any judgment or decree for any damages, loss, or injury claimed by any public utility or person, nor required in any case to make any deposit for costs or pay for any service to the clerks of any court or to the Marshal of the United States.
D.C. Code § 34-1255.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1255.01
§ 34-1255.01. Approval required for transfer of franchise to a person other than the District.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for conveyances of real or personal property in the ordinary course of the operation of a cable system, neither a franchise, nor a cable operator, nor any rights or obligations of a cable operator in a cable system or pursuant to a franchise agreement, nor a cable system, nor any assets of a cable system, nor the persons holding control of the cable operator, franchise, cable system, or the assets of the cable system, shall be transferred, nor shall title therein, either legal or equitable, or any right or interest therein, pass to or vest in any person, either by act of the cable operator, by act of any persons holding control of or any interest in the cable operator, the cable system, the assets of the cable system, or the franchise, by operation of law, or otherwise, without the prior consent of the Council.
(b) No person who has an ownership interest exceeding 20% (for voting interest) or 50% (for non-voting interest) in a franchise, cable operator, cable system, the assets of a cable system, the persons holding control of such cable operator, franchise, cable system, or the assets of a cable system shall transfer the interest so that the person’s ownership interest shall be less than 20% (for voting interest) or 50% (for non-voting interest) without the prior consent of the Council. No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire an ownership interest exceeding 20% (for voting or non-voting interest) in a franchise, cable operator, cable system, any assets of a cable system, the persons holding control of such cable operator, franchise, cable system, or the assets of a cable system without the prior consent of the Council.
(c) No change in control of a franchise, cable operator, cable system, any assets of a cable system, the persons holding control of such franchise, cable operator, cable system, or the assets of a cable system shall occur by act of the cable operator, by act of any persons holding control of, or any interest in, the franchise, cable operator, cable system, or the assets of a cable system, or by operation of law or otherwise without the prior consent of the Council.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as suggesting that any other event which could result in a change of ownership or control, regardless of the manner in which such ownership or control is evidenced (such as, for example, stock, bonds, debt instruments, or other indicia of ownership or control), does not require the consent of the Council, if such change would in fact result in a change in control.
(e) If a transfer is not made according to the procedures set forth in this chapter and the franchise agreement, the District may take legal or equitable action to set aside, annul, revoke, or cancel:
  (1) The franchise;
  (2) The transfer of a franchise, cable operator, the rights and obligations of a cable operator in a cable system or pursuant to the franchise agreement, a cable system, any assets of a cable system, or the persons holding control of such franchise, cable operator, cable system, or assets of a cable system; or
  (3) The transfer of an ownership interest in a franchise, cable operator, the rights and obligations of a cable operator in a cable system or pursuant to the franchise agreement, a cable system, any assets of a cable system, or the persons holding control of such franchise, cable operator, cable system, or assets of a cable system.
D.C. Code § 34-609 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-609
§ 34-609. Method of review exclusive.
Status: in_force

The method of review of the orders and decisions of the Commission provided by §§ 34-604 to 34-608 , herein, shall be exclusive.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.02
§ 34-1254.02. Application for an initial franchise.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for the grant of an initial franchise may be filed pursuant to a request for proposals issued by the District or on an unsolicited basis.
(b) The application shall be filed with the Office and shall be on a form prescribed by the Mayor. The application shall contain the following information:
  (1) The names and addresses of persons authorized to act on behalf of the applicant with regard to the application;
  (2) The name and address of the applicant and identification of the ownership and control of the applicant, including the names and addresses of all persons with more than 5% (non-voting or voting) ownership interest in the applicant and its affiliates, all officers and directors of the applicant and its affiliates, general partners or managing members as applicable, and all other business affiliations and cable system ownership interests of each such person;
  (3) An executive summary demonstrating the applicant’s technical ability to construct and operate a state-of-the-art cable system, including identification of key personnel;
  (4) A description of the applicant’s legal qualifications to construct and operate the proposed cable system;
  (5) A detailed description of the physical facility proposed, including channel capacity, technical design, performance characteristics, headend, and access facilities.
  (6) A demonstration of financial qualifications to complete the construction and operation of the proposed cable system;
  (7) A description of prior experience in cable ownership, construction, and operation, and identification of the communities in which the applicant or any of its principals, including persons named pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, have, or have had, a cable franchise or any interest therein;
  (8) Where applicable, a description of the construction of the proposed system, including an estimate of plant mileage and its location, the proposed construction schedule and map, and a description, where appropriate, of how services will be converted from existing facilities to new facilities;
  (9) A demonstration of how the applicant will meet the cable-related needs and interests of District residents, including public, educational, and government access channel capacity and facilities and financial or capital contribution to an institutional network;
  (10) An affidavit or a declaration by the applicant or authorized officer certifying the truth and accuracy of the information in the application and certifying that the application is consistent with all the requirements of federal and District law;
  (11) For informational purposes, the proposed rate structure, including projected charges for each service tier, installation, converters, and other equipment or services, and the ownership interest of the applicant or any of its affiliates in any proposed program services to be delivered over the cable system; and
  (12) Any other information required by the Office by regulation.
(c) The Office may establish, by regulation, fees for filing and processing an application under this section.
D.C. Code § 34-1651 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16B / § 34-1651
§ 34-1651. Natural Gas Trust Fund; public purpose programs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2101 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2101
§ 34-2101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term “sanitary sewage” means:
  (A) Domestic sewage with storm and surface water limited;
  (B) Sewage discharging from sanitary conveniences;
  (C) Commercial or industrial wastes; and
  (D) Water supply after it has been used.
(2) The term “stormwater sewage” means liquid flowing in sewers resulting directly from precipitation.
(3) The term “combined sewage” means sewage containing both sanitary sewage and stormwater sewage.
(4) The term “sewer” means a pipe or conduit carrying sewage.
(5) The term “sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sanitary sewage.
(6) The term “stormwater sewer” means a sewer which carries stormwater sewage.
(7) The term “combined sewer” means a sewer which carries both sanitary sewage and stormwater sewage.
(8) The term “sanitary sewage works” means a system of sanitary and combined sewers, appurtenances, pumping stations, and treatment works for conveying, treating, and disposing of sanitary sewage.
(9) The term “stormwater sewer system” means a system of sewers, appurtenances, and pumping stations for conveying and disposing of stormwater sewage.
(10) The term “combined sewer system” means a system of sewers and appurtenances conveying both sanitary sewage and stormwater sewage.
D.C. Code § 34-2407.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2407.02
§ 34-2407.02. Lien for water charges.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, if an owner of real property fails to pay District water and sanitary sewer service charges in full accordance with § 34-2407.01 , for all bills rendered which remain unsatisfied for 60 days or more the Mayor may file a certificate of delinquency with the Recorder of Deeds.
  (2) Upon filing, the certificate of delinquency shall constitute a continuing lien against the real property and show the amount of unpaid charges for District water and sanitary sewer services. The continuing lien shall be for the current full amount of the unpaid water and sanitary sewer service charges, penalties, interest, and administrative costs.
  (3) The Mayor may enforce the lien if any water and sanitary sewer service charges remain unpaid for more than 180 days from the date the bill is rendered or for more than 15 days after a final decision of an appeal challenging the bill, whichever is later in the same manner that real property tax liens are enforced pursuant to Chapter 13 and Subchapter IV of Chapter 13A of Title 47 .
  (4) The real property may be sold for the unpaid water and sanitary sewer charges, penalties, interest and administrative costs at a tax sale in accordance with the provisions for the sale of property for delinquent real property taxes pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 47 .
  (5) If any real property sold for unpaid water and sanitary sewer service charges is not redeemed by the owner within 180 days from the date of sale, including payment of 2% interest for each month until the property is redeemed, the Mayor shall furnish a deed to the purchaser or holder of the certificate of sale in accordance with § 47-1304 .
  (6) Proceeds from the sale that represent unpaid water charges shall be credited to the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund of the District of Columbia as established by § 47-375(g) .
(b) A lien for water and sanitary sewer charges shall have priority over any other lien, except a lien for District taxes. The lien for water and sanitary sewer service charges shall remain in effect until the charges set forth in the certificate and any accrued additional charges, interest, penalties, and administrative costs are paid in full. Upon final payment of any delinquent charges, penalties, interest, and administrative costs, the Mayor shall file promptly a certificate of satisfaction with the Recorder of Deeds.
(c) The Mayor may defer or forgive, in whole or in part, any water and sanitary sewer service charges due the District for any qualified real property pursuant to § 6-1503 .
(d) The Mayor shall not sell the residence of an owner who occupies a single family home for failure to pay District water and sanitary sewer charges in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 34-1518 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1518
§ 34-1518. Net metering.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may establish a program which affords eligible customer-generators the opportunity to participate in net energy metering.
(b) Any net energy metering program established by the Commission shall be subject to the following:
  (1) The program may include, as the Commission determines will facilitate the provision of net energy metering, requirements for:
    (A) Retail sellers;
    (B) Owners or operators of distribution or transmission facilities;
    (C) Providers of default service; or
    (D) Eligible customer-generators.
  (2) The Commission shall ensure that the metering equipment installed for net metering shall be capable of measuring the flow of electricity in 2 directions, and shall allocate fairly the cost of such equipment and any necessary interconnection. An eligible customer-generator’s net metering system for renewable resources, cogeneration, fuel cells, and microturbines shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards. The Commission may adopt by regulation additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators that the Commission determines are necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.
  (3) If the electricity supplied by an electricity supplier exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back into the electric grid during the billing period, the customer-generator shall be billed for the net electricity supplied by the electricity supplier in accordance with net metering rules established by the Commission.
  (4) If electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back into the electric grid exceeds the electricity supplied by the electricity supplier, the customer generator may receive compensation based on the net metering rules established by the Commission.
  (5) The Commission shall establish additional rules as necessary for the electric company to implement the following provisions:
    (A) A community renewable energy facility shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards. The Commission may adopt by rulemaking additional control and testing requirements for community renewable energy facilities that the Commission considers necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.
    (B) The owners of, subscribers to, and any subscriber organization controlling a community renewable energy facility shall not be considered public utilities or electricity suppliers solely as a result of their interest or participation in the community renewable energy facility.
    (C) Prices paid for subscriptions and contractual matters in a community renewable energy facility shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
    (D) The subscriber organization or the third-party owner shall own the renewable energy credits associated with the electricity generated by the community renewable energy facility, unless the credits were explicitly contracted for through a separate transaction independent of any net metering or interconnection agreement or contract.
    (E) The owner or operator of each community renewable energy facility shall follow all procedures for interconnection specified in Chapter 40 of Title 15 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
    (F) All electricity exported to the grid by the community renewable energy facility shall become the property of the SOS administrator, pursuant to § 34-1518.01(h) , but shall not be counted toward the electric company’s total retail sales for purposes of Chapter 14A of this title [ § 34-1431 et seq.]. The SOS administrator shall use subscribed energy to offset purchases from wholesale suppliers for standard offer service.
    (G) The monetary value of subscribed energy produced by a community renewable energy facility shall be determined as established in this section, as implemented by the Commission.
    (H) The amount of electricity generated each month available for allocation as subscribed or unsubscribed energy shall be determined by a revenue quality production meter installed and paid for by the owner of the community renewable energy facility. It shall be the electric company’s responsibility to read the production meter.
    (I) The determination of the monetary value of credits allocated to each subscriber to a particular community renewable energy facility shall be based on each subscriber’s percentage interest of the total production of the community renewable energy facility.
    (J) Each billing month, the value of the credits allocated to each subscriber shall be calculated by multiplying the quantity of kilowatt hours allocated to each subscriber by the subscriber’s CREF credit rate.
    (K) If the value of the credits generated by the community renewable energy facility allocated to the subscriber exceeds the amount owed by the subscriber as shown on the subscriber’s bill at the end of the billing period, the remaining value of the credit shall carry over from month to month until the value of any remaining credits are used.
    (L) If the value of the credit generated by the community renewable energy facility allocated to the subscriber is less than the amount owed by the subscriber as shown on the subscriber’s bill at the end of the applicable billing period, the subscriber shall be billed for the difference between the amount shown on the bill and the value of the available credits.
    (M) If the subscriber is served by an energy supplier other than the SOS administrator, the subscriber shall be billed by the energy supplier for the full kilowatt-hours consumed by the subscriber during the billing period, and will receive the value of the credits generated by the CREF from the SOS administrator at the subscriber’s CREF credit rate.
D.C. Code § 34-1520 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1520
§ 34-1520. Conformity with settlement agreements.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the Commission to modify, set aside, or otherwise adjust the terms of a settlement approved by the Commission in Formal Case No. 945. To the extent the existence of a settlement obviates the need for proceedings or findings as are referred to in this chapter, the Commission may dispense with the proceedings or findings.
D.C. Code § 34-1111 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1111
§ 34-1111. Commission to furnish blank forms.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall cause to be prepared suitable blanks for carrying out the purposes of this subtitle, and shall when necessary furnish such blanks to each public utility.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.04
§ 34-1671.04. Consent to District of Columbia jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Any licensee or other person who knowingly engages in business activities that are regulated under this chapter, with or without filing an application, is deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the courts of the District of Columbia, for an action arising under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 34-2401.26 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / § 34-2401.26
§ 34-2401.26. Contract authority of Mayor regarding costs of Potomac River reservoir; contract payments; appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to contract with the United States, any state in the Potomac River basin, any agency or political subdivision thereof, and any other competent state or local authority, with respect to the payment by the District to the United States, either directly or indirectly, of the District’s equitable share of any part or parts of the non-federal portion of the costs of any reservoirs authorized by the Congress for construction on the Potomac River or any of its tributaries.  Every such contract may contain such provisions as the Mayor may deem necessary or appropriate.
(b) Unless hereafter otherwise provided by legislation enacted by the Council, all payments made by the District and all moneys received by the District pursuant to any contract made under the authority of this Act shall be paid from, or be deposited in, a fund designated by the Mayor.  Charges for water delivered from the District water system for use outside the District may be adjusted to reflect the portions of any payments made by the District under contracts authorized by this Act which are equitably attributable to such use outside the District.
(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
D.C. Code § 34-502 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / § 34-502
§ 34-502. Certificate showing authority to issue stock or pay dividends to be obtained.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall hereafter issue any stocks, stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or any other evidences of indebtedness payable in more than 1 year from date, or pay any stock, bond or scrip dividend, until it shall have first obtained the certificate of the Commission showing authority for such issue from the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1110 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / § 34-1110
§ 34-1110. Commission to prescribe forms of books and records.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall prescribe the forms of all books, accounts, papers, and records required to be kept, and every public utility is required to keep and render its books, accounts, papers, and records accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the Commission, and to comply with all directions of the Commission relating to such books, accounts, papers, and records.  Insofar as practicable for the purposes of this subtitle, the form prescribed shall be the form accepted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-1671.06a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 16C / § 34-1671.06a
§ 34-1671.06a. Disconnection of service in extreme temperature prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “forecast of extreme temperature” means a National Weather Service forecast for the District of Columbia of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below during any time of a day.
(b) A gas company shall not disconnect residential gas service during the day preceding and the day of a forecast of extreme temperature or if the forecast of extreme temperature precedes a holiday or weekend day, on any day during the holiday or weekend.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.02 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.02
§ 34-1921.02. Plans of conduits to be submitted to Mayor; permits; removal of poles; wires for house connections; telegraph companies.
Status: in_force

From time to time, any company or corporation, or its assigns, on March 3, 1905, or thereafter maintaining and operating a telegraph plant or system in said District, shall prepare and submit to the said Mayor a plan or plans or application or applications, in writing, showing the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and other public highways in or under which it is proposed to construct conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes, and giving the general dimensions, length, and course thereof; and before any such conduit, subsidiary, or manhole is constructed it shall be necessary to obtain the approval and permission of said Mayor. Said Mayor is empowered to require that all proposed conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plan or permit; and upon the approval by said Mayor of any such plan, or the issuing of any such permit, providing for the construction of underground conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes within the said limits described in § 34-1921.01 , or in such part thereof as said Mayor shall require and direct, the construction therein provided for shall be proceeded with diligently, and upon the completion thereof, or as soon thereafter as may be without impairing the efficiency of the telegraph service in said District, the company or corporation constructing such conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes shall place its cables and wires therein and take down and remove from the streets and avenues in which such conduits are constructed all poles and the wires thereon, except such as said Mayor may, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, permit to remain for the purpose of distributing wires for house or other connections.
D.C. Code § 34-2132 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2132
§ 34-2132. Potomac interceptor — Plans, construction, operation, and maintenance; charges for use.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon completion of the plan authorized by § 34-2131 , the Mayor is authorized to provide for acquisition of rights-of-way, development of the detailed plans and specifications, and construction of the Potomac interceptor. When such interceptor is completed, it shall be operated and maintained by the Mayor as a part of a regional sanitary sewer system in cooperation with the proper authorities of the state and local jurisdictions concerned, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to establish, by agreements with the appropriate agencies of the United States and with the proper authorities of the States and local jurisdictions concerned, charges for the use of the Potomac interceptor, which shall be based upon the costs of operation, maintenance, and amortization of the cost of all planning and construction (including acquisition of rights-of-way) of such interceptor, but which shall exclude such amount as may be appropriated pursuant to § 34-2133 .
(c) The Mayor shall also charge all users of the Potomac interceptor, including any agency of the United States for carrying, treating, and disposing of sewage in the sewerage system of and within the District of Columbia consistently with the provisions of §§ 2-207.01 and 2-207.02 .
D.C. Code § 34-201 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2 / § 34-201
§ 34-201. “Commission” defined.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this subtitle the term “Commission” or “Public Service Commission” when used herein shall mean the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia or any successor Commission, which shall include any regulatory or other body that possesses or exercises the same or similar powers, functions, duties, and obligations exercised or possessed by the Commission on May 9, 2000.
D.C. Code § 34-1921.03 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / § 34-1921.03
§ 34-1921.03. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any company or corporation now or hereafter owning and maintaining such poles and wires attached thereto on or over any street or avenue within the said limits described in § 34-1921.01 , which shall willfully neglect or refuse to remove the same, as provided in § 34-1921.01 , shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $25 for each and every day during which such failure to remove said poles and wires shall continue, which amount may be recovered by the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 34-607 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 6 / § 34-607
§ 34-607. Orders to remain in force pending appeal; suspension of order.
Status: in_force

All orders and decisions of the Commission shall remain in full effect, except as provided in § 34-604 hereof, unless and until they are suspended, superseded, or rescinded by the Commission or are vacated by lawful order of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; provided, that if in any petition made to the said Court appealing from an order or decision of the Commission it be alleged that substantial and irreparable property loss would be occasioned to the petitioner by the operation of the said order pending the determination of the said appeal, the Court shall set a time and place for hearing upon the said allegation after not less than 3 days notice to the Commission (during which period the execution of the order or decision shall be stayed), and the said Court may then, upon a clear showing of the irreparable and substantial property loss as alleged, suspend the effective date of the said order. No such suspension shall be for a greater period than 60 days without further order after notice or hearing by the Court. In the event of the issuance of an order suspending the operation of any order of the Commission, the Court may include therein such provision as it deems advisable for the preservation of records or accounts and the impounding or otherwise securing of moneys necessary to give effect to the order of the Commission in the event the said order is sustained.
D.C. Code § 34-1254.01 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1254.01
§ 34-1254.01. Franchise and franchise agreement required.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council may grant one or more franchises to provide cable service over, on, under, or within the public rights-of-way.
(b) No person may construct or operate a cable system over, on, under, or within a public right-of-way without first obtaining a franchise under this chapter.
(c) No person may exercise the authority granted by a franchise without first having entered into a franchise agreement with the District pursuant to this chapter.
(d) A franchise granted pursuant to this chapter shall:
  (1) Authorize the use of the public rights-of-way for installing, on poles or underground, cables, wires, lines, optical fibers, underground conduits, ducts, conductors, amplifiers, vaults, and other facilities necessary and pertinent to operate a cable system to serve subscribers within the District; provided:
    (A) The authority to use the public rights-of-way shall be subject to the permitting and other regulatory authority of the District;
    (B) The authority to use the public rights-of-way shall be subordinate, without limitation, to the District’s use and any prior lawful occupancy of the public rights-of-way;
  (2) Be subject to prior revocation pursuant to this chapter and the franchise agreement;
  (3) Be subject to any terms, conditions, or obligations set forth in this chapter, the franchise, the franchise agreement, and other applicable law and regulation;
  (4) Become void upon the failure to comply with any material term of the franchise, franchise agreement, or this chapter, as determined by the Office; and
  (5) Constitute an obligation to provide the cable services regulated by this chapter, the franchise agreement, and any other applicable law or regulation.
(e) A franchise granted pursuant to this chapter shall not:
  (1) Limit the District’s right to grant a franchise to other persons to provide cable service within the same or other areas of the District at any time;
  (2) Waive the requirement of the cable operator to obtain, or be deemed, approval of:
    (A) Any other permit or authorization to transact or carry on business in the District;
    (B) Any permit or authorization to operate on, over, under, or within public streets or property, including street cut permits; or
    (C) Any permit or authorization to occupy any property of the District government or private property to which access is not specifically granted by the franchise, including permits or authorization to place devices in, on, over, or under poles, conduits, structures, or railroad easements.
D.C. Code § 34-1731.06 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / § 34-1731.06
§ 34-1731.06. Termination of the franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall notify the franchisee in writing of any violations of the franchise agreement and shall establish a compliance schedule for correcting the violations. If the compliance schedule is not met, the Mayor may terminate the franchise agreement after 60 days’ written notice to the franchisee of the intent to terminate the franchise agreement, setting forth the reasons for the termination.
(b) In the event of bankruptcy of the franchisee, the Mayor shall terminate the franchise agreement and provide the franchisee written notice of this action.
(c) In addition to the grounds for termination of the franchise agreement under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Mayor may include in the franchise agreement any other terms and conditions that shall constitute the basis for cancellation that are in the best interests of the District.
D.C. Code § 34-1001 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 10 / § 34-1001
§ 34-1001. Assignment of franchise; acquisition of stocks and bonds of competing utilities.
Status: in_force

No franchise nor any right to or under any franchise to own or operate any public utility as defined in this subtitle or to use the tracks of any street railroad shall be assigned, transferred, or leased, nor shall any contract or agreement with reference to or affecting any such franchise or right be valid or of any force or effect whatsoever unless the assignment, transfer, lease, contract, or agreement shall have been approved by the Commission in writing. The permission and approval of the Commission to the assignment, transfer, or lease of a franchise under this section shall not be construed to revive or validate any lapsed or invalid franchise or to enlarge or add to the powers and privileges contained in the grant of any franchise or to waive any forfeiture. It shall be unlawful for any street railroad corporation, gas company, electric company, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, or other public utility corporation, directly or indirectly, to acquire the stock or bonds of any other corporation incorporated for or engaged in the same or similar business as it is, unless authorized in writing to do so by the Commission, and every contract, transfer, agreement for transfer or assignment of any such stock or bonds without such written authority shall be void and of no effect.
D.C. Code § 34-1204 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1204
§ 34-1204. Duties of the Advisory Committee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1257.04 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1257.04
§ 34-1257.04. Construction of facility.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator shall complete construction of the cable system, and offer and deliver cable service in full compliance with this chapter and the franchise agreement.
(b) A cable operator shall use existing poles, conduits, and other facilities whenever possible, and shall not construct or install any new, different, or additional poles, conduits, or other facilities without the approval of the District. No location of any pole or wire-holding structure of a cable operator shall be a vested interest, and poles or structures shall be removed or modified by the cable operator at its own expense whenever the District determines that public convenience would be enhanced thereby.
(c) All transmission lines, equipment, and structures shall be so installed and located as to cause minimum interference with the rights, appearance, and reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin on any street and at all times shall be kept and maintained in a safe, adequate, substantial condition, and in good order and repair. The cable operator shall at all times employ ordinary care and shall install and maintain in use commonly accepted methods and devices for preventing failures and accidents that are likely to cause damage, injuries, or nuisances to the public. Any pole or other fixture placed in a public right-of-way by the cable operator shall be placed in a manner that does not interfere with the usual travel on the public right-of-way.
(d) A cable operator shall remove, replace, or modify the installation of any of its facilities as may be deemed necessary by the District to meet its proper responsibilities. Costs necessary to repair or refinish public rights-of-ways shall be borne by the cable operator.
(e) Wherever an electrical and telephone utility wiring is located underground within conduits, either at the time of initial construction or subsequent thereto, and there is adequate capacity in the existing conduits for television cable, the cable shall be located underground within the existing conduits. If there is not adequate capacity in the existing underground conduits, the District’s transportation agency shall determine whether cable wiring should be located underground or overhead. Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any provision of existing laws or regulations with respect to prohibition of the installation of overhead wiring in certain areas of the District.
(f) Excavation work performed by a cable operator in any public rights-of-way shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the District. A cable operator shall, at its own expense and in a manner approved by the District, restore to District standards and specifications, any damage or disturbance caused to public rights-of-way as a result of its operations or construction of its facilities on its behalf, and shall guarantee the restoration until the time a permanent restoration is made. The District shall perform permanent restoration, and the costs associated therewith shall be billed to the cable operator for the full width of the permanent improvement. The cable operator shall place a deposit with the District in an amount sufficient to cover the projected costs to be incurred by the District for the permanent restoration of any excavation, damage, or disturbance of the public rights-of-way.
(g) Whenever, in the case of fire or other disaster, it becomes necessary, in the judgment of the Office, the Fire Chief, or the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department to remove or damage any of a cable operator’s facilities, no charge shall be made by the cable operator against the District for restoration and repair.
(h) At the request of any person holding a valid permit issued by the District to remove a building, and upon at least 10 days notice, the cable operator shall temporarily raise, lower, or cut its wires as may be necessary to facilitate the removal. The permit holder shall pay the direct expense of the temporary changes, including standby time, and the cable operator shall have the authority to require payment in advance.
(i) A cable operator may trim trees on public property at its own expense if necessary to protect its wires and facilities, subject to the permission, supervision, and direction of the District. Trimming of trees on private property shall require written consent of the property owner.
(j) A cable operator shall not be required to obtain or pay for a permit in order to connect a drop line from a trunk or feeder cable to the premises of a subscriber or in order to install, maintain, or repair cable television equipment and facilities on the premises of a subscriber.
D.C. Code § 34-1514 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15 / § 34-1514
§ 34-1514. Reliable Energy Trust Fund; public purpose programs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2106 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2106
§ 34-2106. Payment of sanitary sewer service charges.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-1236 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1236
§ 34-1236. Limits on franchisee’s recourse.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-101 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 1 / § 34-101
§ 34-101. Applicability of this subtitle.
Status: in_force

This subtitle shall apply to the transportation of passengers, freight, or property from 1 point to another within the District of Columbia, and any common carrier performing such service;  and this subtitle shall be so applicable and be so construed as to be free from conflict with those provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the laws in pursuance thereof relating to interstate commerce.
D.C. Code § 34-2104 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / § 34-2104
§ 34-2104. Council authorized to establish charges for sanitary sewer service.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 34-2301 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / § 34-2301
§ 34-2301. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Owner” means any individual, corporation, association, or partnership listed as the legal title holder of record.
(2) “Rental property” means any real property consisting of 1 or more units that is leased or subleased to a person with the consent of the owner or the owner’s agent, in consideration for rental payment.
(3) “Tenant” means any person who holds or possesses a habitation in subordination to the title of the owner of the premises in which the habitation is located, with the consent of the owner.
D.C. Code § 34-2202.16a — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / § 34-2202.16a
§ 34-2202.16a. Low-impact design incentive program and fee discounts.
Status: in_force

(a) Within one year of March 25, 2009, the Authority shall establish, together with the District Department of the Environment (“DDOE”), a low-impact design incentive program within the DDOE, to reduce the surface area that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the ground as occurring under natural conditions, or that causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow, relative to the flow present under natural conditions.
(b) The Authority and the DDOE will continue to collect and document the effects of the low-impact design techniques throughout the District on reducing stormwater runoff and the possible implications of how proven, long-term reductions in stormwater runoff may be used to renegotiate the consent decree and reduce the cost and size of the Long-Term Control Plan.
(c) Impervious surface fee discounts approved by the Authority shall be retroactive to no earlier than the date of the implementation of the impervious surface fee. A property owner may not qualify for an impervious surface fee discount until the stormwater management measures for which the property owner seeks a discount are demonstrated to be fully functional.
D.C. Code § 34-1205 — DC Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / § 34-1205
§ 34-1205. Establishment of Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications; appointment of Executive Director.
Status: repealed

Repealed.