S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-200 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-200
SECTION 58-31-200. Joint ownership of nuclear electric generating station in Fairfield County.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Public Service Authority shall have the power to become a joint owner with one or more privately owned electric utilities in existing or future nuclear electric generation units, and related transmission facilities, to be constructed on a site at or near Parr Shoals in Fairfield County and specifically the power to plan, finance, acquire, own, operate, and maintain joint ownership interest in such plants and facilities necessary or incidental to the generation and transmission of electric power generated at the plant, and to make such plans and enter into such contracts or other agreements as are necessary or convenient for the planning, financing, acquisition, construction, ownership, operation, and maintenance of the plant and facilities; provided, however, that the Public Service Authority's joint ownership interest shall be equal to the percentage of the money furnished or the value of property supplied by it for the acquisition and construction of the plant and facilities and the Public Service Authority shall own and control a like percentage of the electrical output thereof; provided, further, that the Public Service Authority shall be severally liable, in proportion to its joint ownership interest in the plant and facilities, for the acts, omissions, or obligations performed, omitted, or incurred by the operator or other owners of the plant while acting as the designated agent of the Public Service Authority for purposes of constructing, operating, or maintaining the plant and facilities or any of them, but shall not otherwise be liable, jointly or severally, for the acts, omissions, or obligations of the operator or other owners of the plant; nor shall any money or property of the Public Service Authority be credited or otherwise applied to the account of the operator or other owners of the plant, or be charged with any debt, lien, or mortgage as a result of any debt or obligation of the operator or other owners of the plant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-160 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-160
SECTION 58-11-160. Systems of accounts.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff may, in its discretion, subject to approval of the commission, prescribe systems of accounts to be kept by radio common carriers subject to its jurisdiction, and it may prescribe the manner in which the accounts shall be kept, and may require every radio common carrier to keep its books, papers, and records accurately and faithfully according to the system of accounts as prescribed by the Office of Regulatory Staff; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to be in conflict with or in violation of the provisions of the Communications Act of Congress of 1934, as amended (U.S.C.A. Title 47, Sections 151 through 609), nor shall they be construed to be in conflict with any lawful order of the Federal Communications Commission issued pursuant to the authority invested in it by such act of Congress.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3780 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 31 / Section 58-17-3780
SECTION 58-17-3780. Setoffs.
Status: in_force

In any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this article such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief, benefit or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee or the person entitled thereto on account of the injury or death for which such action was brought.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-13-730 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 58-13-730
SECTION 58-13-730. Railroads and others transporting passengers shall not transport unmarked explosive compound.
Status: in_force

No railroad corporation or other person engaged in the transportation of passengers within this State shall knowingly transport within the territorial limits of this State or transport into such limits, for sale, storage or use therein, any explosive compound in quantities exceeding the amounts fixed by the rules hereinafter referred to in any vehicle containing passengers, or in any vehicle attached to any railroad train or vehicle conveying passengers nor in any case, unless such explosive compound be plainly and legibly marked with the name of such compound and the words "Explosive - Dangerous." The Public Service Commission, from time to time, shall make such rules fixing the maximum amounts of various explosive compounds which may be so carried in any public vehicle, in a railroad train containing passengers or in a vehicle attached to such train. Such rules shall also define the method of packing such compounds to ensure the greatest safety and shall prescribe how they shall be carried as freight on railroads and steamboats and by common carriers generally.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-37-60 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 58-37-60
SECTION 58-37-60. Independent study to evaluate integration of emerging energy technologies.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff are authorized to initiate an independent study to evaluate the integration of renewable energy and emerging energy technologies into the electric grid for the public interest. An integration study conducted pursuant to this section shall evaluate what is required for electrical utilities to integrate increased levels of renewable energy and emerging energy technologies while maintaining economic, reliable, and safe operation of the electricity grid in a manner consistent with the public interest. Studies shall be based on the balancing areas of each electrical utility. The commission shall provide an opportunity for interested parties to provide input on the appropriate scope of the study and also to provide comments on a draft report before it is finalized. All data and information relied on by the independent consultant in preparation of the draft study shall be made available to interested parties, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections, during the public comment period. The results of the independent study shall be reported to the General Assembly. (B) The commission may require regular updates from utilities regarding the implementation of the state's renewable energy policies. (C) The commission may hire or retain a consultant to assist with the independent study authorized by this section. The commission is exempt from complying with the State Procurement Code in the selection and hiring of the consultant authorized by this subsection. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 13.B, provides as follows: "B. All other sections of Chapter 37 may be cited as Article 1, entitled 'Planning for Energy Supply.'"
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-21-210 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 58-21-210
SECTION 58-21-210. Damaged electric cars shall not be used; adequate number of cars in good condition shall be maintained.
Status: in_force

No electric car shall be operated for the purpose of carrying passengers which has a flat wheel, broken window or windowpanes, broken door or door panes or a leaky roof, side or other part thereof. All corporations operating electric railways shall have and keep in constant operation a sufficient number of convenient, comfortable and clean cars to transport the usual number of persons desiring transportation and shall, in addition thereto, keep in reserve a sufficient number of cars, power, equipment, ways, means and facilities to supply transportation in case of emergency. But the penalties provided for the enforcement of this section shall not apply when it can be shown that the damaged equipment was used only on the day such damage occurred.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-1630 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 13 / Section 58-9-1630
SECTION 58-9-1630. Principals responsible for acts of agents.
Status: in_force

In enforcing the provisions of Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter relating to penalties, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or employee of any corporation or person, acting within the scope of his official duties or employment, shall in every case be deemed to be also the act, omission or failure of such corporation or person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-470 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 58-5-470
SECTION 58-5-470. Review of Initial Orders; scope; rule to show cause why full rate proceeding should not be initiated.
Status: in_force

The review of Initial Orders pursuant to Sections 58-5-460 and 58-5-465 is limited to issues related to compliance with the terms of this article. Matters determined in orders issued pursuant to Section 58-5-420 are not subject to review except in full rate proceedings pursuant to Section 58-5-240. Any proceedings pursuant to this article are without prejudice to the right of the commission to issue, or any interested party to request issuance of, a rule to show cause why a full rate proceeding should not be initiated, nor does this article limit the right of a utility to file an application pursuant to Section 58-5-240 for an adjustment to its rates and charges, nor does it impose the restrictions on filings contained in Section 58-5-240(F).
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1930 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-1930
SECTION 58-27-1930. Additional hearings; notice.
Status: in_force

The Commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided for by this chapter, conduct such other hearings as may be required in the administration of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this chapter and by other acts relating to electrical utilities. Notice of all such hearings shall be given those interested therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-410 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 58-27-410
SECTION 58-27-410. Procedure for granting of exclusive municipal franchises to furnish light.
Status: in_force

All cities and towns of the State may grant the exclusive franchise of furnishing light to such cities and towns and the inhabitants thereof. But no such franchise shall be valid unless it shall first receive the vote of two thirds of the board of aldermen or common council of the city or town granting it and be subsequently confirmed by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors of the city or town, voting at an election called specially for the purpose. The ordinance or resolution granting such a franchise shall fix a maximum rate for furnishing light, both for public and private consumption and the person obtaining such exclusive franchise shall have no power to charge or receive any greater price for light thus furnished than the maximum rate so fixed. No such franchise shall affect any existing contractual rights.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1000 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 7 / Section 58-27-1000
SECTION 58-27-1000. Charges for electricity established by municipal contract or franchise.
Status: in_force

All charges for electricity for light, heat or power established by any franchise granted to or contract made prior to March 24, 1922 with any person or corporation by any municipality pursuant to and under the authority of the laws of this State are to be deemed excepted from the regulatory powers of the Commission and to be unaffected by the provisions of this chapter. All charges established by any franchise or municipal contract subsequent to March 24, 1922 shall be subject to the regulatory powers of the Commission and may be changed by it for proper cause under the provisions of this chapter. It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate such charges only to the extent that it may be done consistently with the Constitutions of this State and of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-910 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 58-5-910
SECTION 58-5-910. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be entitled "The South Carolina Gas Safety Act of 1970."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-13-760 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 58-13-760
SECTION 58-13-760. Forfeiture of explosive compound after seizure.
Status: in_force

Any explosive compound had, kept or transported contrary to the provisions of this article and seized under Section 58-13-750 may be adjudged forfeited after due notice and hearing and may be ordered to be destroyed in such manner as the court or magistrate may direct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-930 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 7 / Section 58-27-930
SECTION 58-27-930. Petition for hearing on change in rates; suspension of new rates pending hearing.
Status: in_force

If any utility affected thereby objects to an order issued pursuant to Section 58-27-920, it may, within ten days after service upon it of the copy of the order, file a petition with the commission stating the grounds of any such objection and demand a hearing thereon and it may require, if it so requests in the petition, that such schedule of rates be suspended pending the hearing. The utility also must provide a copy of the petition to the Office of Regulatory Staff. Any member of the public adversely affected by any such order of the commission shall also have all the rights herein conferred on the utility affected.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-720 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 58-17-720
SECTION 58-17-720. Consolidations and the like of competing railroads prohibited.
Status: in_force

No corporations owning and controlling lines of railroad which can compete as set forth in Section 58-17-740 shall make any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of stocks or franchises or of railroads or interests and any contract or agreement for the same shall be null and void.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2120 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-2120
SECTION 58-27-2120. Effective date of orders.
Status: in_force

The order shall take effect and become operative twenty days after the service thereof, unless otherwise provided, and shall continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or until changed or revoked by the Commission. If an order cannot, in the judgment of the Commission, be complied with within twenty days, the Commission may grant and prescribe such additional time as in its judgment is reasonably necessary to comply with the order and may, on application and for good cause shown, extend the time for compliance fixed in its order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-120 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 58-17-120
SECTION 58-17-120. Rules of evidence shall be same as in civil cases.
Status: in_force

In all cases under the provisions of the General Railroad Law the rules of evidence shall be the same as in civil actions, except as herein otherwise provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-575 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 58-9-575
SECTION 58-9-575. Alternative means of regulating telephone utilities.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58-9-570, in fixing rates and charges for a local exchange telephone utility, the commission may, upon the request of the telephone utility or upon motion of the Office of Regulatory Staff, consider in lieu of the procedures provided in this chapter, alternative means of regulating the telephone utility. If the commission determines that a local exchange telephone utility is subject to competition with respect to its services, the commission may implement regulatory alternatives including, but not limited to, equitable sharing of earnings between a local exchange telephone utility and its customers, consistent with the provisions of Section 58-9-330. (B) The commission shall review and may authorize implementation of an alternative regulatory plan under subsection (A) if it finds after notice and hearing that the substantial evidence of record shows that the plan: (1) is consistent with the public interest; (2) does not jeopardize the availability of reasonably affordable and reliable telecommunications services; (3) provides clearly identifiable benefits to consumers that are not otherwise available under existing regulatory procedures; (4) will reduce regulatory delay and costs; (5) provides adequate safeguards to consumers of telecommunications services, including other telecommunications companies, when such services are not readily available from alternative suppliers in the relevant geographic market; (6) includes effective safeguards to assure that rates for noncompetitive services do not subsidize the prices charged for competitive services. In determining whether a service is competitive, the commission shall consider, at a minimum, the availability, market share, and price of comparable service alternatives; (7) assures that rates for noncompetitive services are just, reasonable, or not unduly discriminatory and provide a contribution to basic local telephone service; and (8) does not jeopardize the ability of the telephone utility to provide quality, affordable telecommunications service. (C) The commission may, on the motion of the Office of Regulatory Staff or any interested party, review any decision adopting an alternative method of regulation for a local exchange telephone utility. After notice and opportunity to be heard and upon a showing by substantial evidence, the commission may impose regulatory standards consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3070 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 25 / Section 58-17-3070
SECTION 58-17-3070. Accommodations for passengers.
Status: in_force

Every railroad corporation shall furnish reasonable accommodations for the convenience and safety of passengers. For every wilful neglect to provide such accommodations such railroad corporation shall forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action against such corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-1110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 58-5-1110
SECTION 58-5-1110. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article: (1) "Licensed health care provider" means a licensed medical doctor, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or advanced-practice registered nurse. (2) "Special needs account customer" means the account of a residential customer: (a) when the customer can furnish to the utility a certificate on a form provided by the utility and signed by a licensed health care provider that states that termination of natural gas service would be dangerous to the health of the customer or a member of his household at the premises to which natural gas service is rendered; or (b) who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia as certified by a licensed health care provider.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 4 / Section 58-33-230
SECTION 58-33-230. Filing applications for proposed construction with commission; copy to and role of Office of Regulatory Staff; application for certificate under Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act for plants inside South Carolina and plants outside South Carolina serving residents.
Status: in_force

(A) Any utility proposing to construct a plant, individually or jointly with other parties, may elect to come under the terms of this article by filing an application or combined application with the commission, and by serving a copy of that application or combined application on the Office of Regulatory Staff. (B) If the plant is to be located in South Carolina and no application for a certificate under the Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act has previously been granted or is then pending, the utility shall file a combined application under this article. (C) If the plant is to be located outside South Carolina but will serve retail customers in this State, the utility shall file a combined application, but as to the Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act, the combined application shall address only the requirements of Section 58-33-160(1)(a), (d), and (f), and information pertaining to the environmental impacts of the plant may not be included in the combined application. In issuing the resulting order as to the Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act, the commission shall make the determinations required under Section 58-33-160(1)(a), (d) and (f) only. (D) For plants located outside South Carolina that will serve retail customers in this State, the issuance of a certificate for the plant by the host state after a review of issues comparable to those considered under Section 58-33-160(1)(a), (d) and (f) of the Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act shall create a rebuttable presumption that the requirements of those sections are satisfied. (E) An application or combined application may be combined with a general rate proceeding application at the utility's option. (F) The Office of Regulatory Staff shall safeguard the public interest in all matters arising under this article. It shall have full audit rights related to all matters arising under this article and shall review the reasonableness and necessity of all costs to be recovered under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 58-33-110
SECTION 58-33-110. Certificate required before construction of major utility facility; transfer and amendment of certificate; exceptions; emergency certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall commence to construct a major utility facility without first having obtained a certificate issued with respect to such facility by the commission. The replacement of an existing facility with a like facility, as determined by the commission, shall not constitute construction of a major utility facility. Upon application for a determination by the commission that a proposed utility facility constitutes a like facility replacement, the commission must issue a written order approving or denying the application within sixty days of filing. Any facility, with respect to which a certificate is required, shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with the certificate and any terms, conditions, and modifications contained therein. A certificate may only be issued pursuant to this chapter; provided, however, any authorization relating to a major utility facility granted under other laws administered by the commission shall constitute a certificate if the requirements of this chapter have been complied with in the proceeding leading to the granting of such authorization. (2) A certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the commission, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms, conditions and modifications contained therein. (3) A certificate may be amended. (4) This chapter shall not apply to any major utility facility: (a) the construction of which is commenced within one year after January 1, 1972; or (b) for which, prior to January 1, 1972, an application for the approval has been made to any federal, state, regional, or local governmental agency which possesses the jurisdiction to consider the matters prescribed for finding and determination in subsection (1) of Section 58-33-160; or (c) for which, prior to January 1, 1972, a governmental agency has approved the construction of the facility and indebtedness has been incurred to finance all or part of the cost of such construction; or (d) which is a hydroelectric generating facility over which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has licensing jurisdiction; or (e) which is a transmission line or associated electrical transmission facilities constructed by the South Carolina Public Service Authority: (i) for which construction either is commenced within one year after January 1, 2022; (ii) which is necessary to maintain system reliability in connection with the closure of the Winyah Generating Station, provided that such transmission is not for generation subject to this chapter; or (iii) which is necessary to serve an identified commercial or industrial customer to promote economic development or industry retention as determined by the South Carolina Public Service Authority and agreed to by the Office of Regulatory Staff. In the event such an agreement is reached, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall provide a letter to the commission and the Public Utilities Review Committee with a description of the agreement. (5) Any person intending to construct a major utility facility excluded from this chapter pursuant to subsection (4) or Section 58-33-20(10) of this section may elect to waive the exclusion by delivering notice of the waiver to the commission. This chapter shall thereafter apply to each major utility facility identified in the notice from the date of its receipt by the commission. (6) The commission shall have authority to waive the normal notice and hearing requirements of this chapter and to issue a certificate on an emergency basis if it finds that immediate construction of a major utility facility is justified by public convenience and necessity; provided, that the Public Service Commission shall notify all parties concerned under Section 58-33-140 prior to the issuance of such certificate; provided, further, that the commission may subsequently require a modification of the facility if, after giving due consideration to the major utility facility, available technology and the economics involved, it finds such modification necessary in order to minimize the environmental impact. (7) The commission shall have authority, where justified by public convenience and necessity, to grant permission to a person who has made application for a certificate under Section 58-33-120 to proceed with initial clearing, excavation, dredging, and construction. Pending an application for determination of a like facility, no permission from the commission shall be required to proceed with initial clearing, excavation, dredging, and initial construction of any proposed like facility; provided that in engaging in such clearing, excavation, dredging, or construction, the person shall proceed at his own risk, and such early action in advance of a determination shall not in any way indicate approval by the commission of the proposed site or like facility. (8)(a) In seeking a certificate, the applicant must provide credible information demonstrating that the facility to be built has been compared to other generation options in terms of cost, reliability, schedule constraints, fuel cost and availability, transmission constraints and costs, ancillary services capabilities, current and reasonably expected future environmental costs and restrictions, that the facility supports system efficiency and reliability in light of those considerations, and any other regulatory implications deemed legally or reasonably necessary for consideration by the commission. The commission is authorized to adopt rules for such evaluation of other generation options. (b) The Office of Regulatory Staff may provide to the commission a report that includes any or all of the following: (i) an assessment of an unbiased independent evaluator retained by the Office of Regulatory Staff as to reasonableness of any certificate sought under this section for new generation; (ii) a report from the independent evaluator to the commission regarding the transparency, completeness, and integrity of bidding processes, if any; (iii) an assessment of whether there was a reasonable period for interested parties to review and comment on proposed requests for proposals, bid instructions, and bid evaluation criteria, if any, prior to finalization and issuance, subject to any trade secrets that could hamper future negotiations; however, the independent evaluator may access all such information; (iv) an assessment of whether the facility is consistent with an integrated resource plan or update previously filed with the commission or is otherwise justified by generation planning modeling comparable to that filed as part of the utility's integrated resource plan but updated with current data concerning system loads, fuel prices, environmental regulations, location-specific transmission costs, updated construction costs and updated construction timelines, updated costs of gas supply facilities, if any, and other relevant costs, schedules or inputs establishing that the facility in question supports system economy and reliability; and (v) an assessment detailing the treatment of utility affiliates as compared to nonaffiliates participating in the request for proposal process, if any. (9) The applicant may, but must not be required to, issue requests for proposals or otherwise conduct market procurement activities in support of the showings required pursuant to this chapter. (10) Not withstanding any other provision in this section, an electrical utility serving customers in this state may seek a certificate of public convenience and necessity when building a major utility facility, as defined in Section 58-33-20(2), in another state but within the electrical utility's balancing area serving customers in South Carolina. In such a case, the provisions of Sections 58-33-120, 58-33-140, and 58-33-160(1)(b), (c), and (e) shall not apply, but all other requirements of this section affecting customers in this state shall apply. In addition: (a) an applicant for a certificate shall file an application with the commission in such form as the commission may prescribe. The application must contain the following information: (i) a description of the location and of the major utility facility to be built; (ii) a summary of any studies which have been made by or for the applicant of the environmental impact of the major utility facility; (iii) a statement explaining the need for the major utility facility; (iv) any other information the applicant may consider relevant or as the commission may by regulation or order require. A copy of the report referred to in item (8)(b) must be filed with the commission, if ordered by the commission, and shall be available for public information. (b) If the commission denies an application made pursuant to this section and the utility continues to build such major utility facility, the utility must allocate all costs and benefits associated with the major utility facility away from the utility's South Carolina customers. (c) If the commission approves an application made pursuant to this subsection, the commission, for all future requests related to the major utility facility, shall utilize South Carolina law in determining costs and benefits for the utility's South Carolina customers. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 62, SECTION 9, added (8), providing for a mandatory demonstration before commencing construction of major utility facility. 2021 Act No. 90, SECTION 9, in (4), made nonsubstantive changes throughout, and added (e). 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 20, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-830 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 58-11-830
SECTION 58-11-830. Applications for permits for the collocation of small wireless facilities; requirements; fees; application review.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of this section shall apply to the permitting of the collocation of small wireless facilities by a wireless provider in the ROW and to the permitting of the installation, modification, and replacement of associated poles by a wireless provider inside the ROW. (B) Except as provided in this article, an authority may not prohibit, regulate, or charge for the collocation of small wireless facilities and associated poles described in subsection (A). (C) An authority may require an applicant to obtain a permit to collocate a small wireless facility or to install a new, modified, or replacement pole associated with a small wireless facility as provided in Section 58-11-830(E). An authority also may require an applicant to obtain additional permits for such activity, provided that: such additional permits are of general applicability and do not apply exclusively to wireless facilities; an applicant shall not be required to obtain or pay any fees for a building permit, as the permit issued pursuant to this article serves as a building permit for the applicable poles and small wireless facilities; and any applications for any such additional permits, once submitted, must be acted upon within the same number of days as an application for permit under this article. An authority requiring additional permits pursuant to this subsection must publish and keep current a list of each additional permit that is required, and the authority must make the list available to any person upon request. (D) An authority may adopt a design manual for an applicant's installation and construction of small wireless facilities and new poles to support such facilities in the public ROW that allows for, but does not require, preapproval of designs in addition to those that may be authorized in compliance with this article. (E) An authority shall receive applications for, process, and issue such permits subject to the following requirements: (1) The application shall be made by the applicable wireless provider or its duly authorized representative and shall contain the following: (a) the applicant's name, address, telephone number, and email address, including emergency contact information for the applicant; (b) the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of all consultants, if any, acting on behalf of the applicant with respect to the filing of the application; (c) a general description of the proposed work and the purposes and intent of the proposed facility. The scope and detail of such description shall be appropriate to the nature and character of the physical work to be performed, with special emphasis on those matters likely to be affected or impacted by the physical work proposed; (d) detailed construction drawings regarding the proposed use of the ROW; (e) to the extent the proposed facility involves collocation on a pole, decorative pole, or support structure, a structural report performed by a duly licensed engineer in South Carolina evidencing that the pole, decorative pole, or support structure will structurally support the collocation, or that the pole, decorative pole, or support structure may and will be modified to meet structural requirements, in accordance with applicable codes; (f) for any new aboveground facilities, visual depictions or representations if such are not included in the construction drawings; (g) information indicating the approximate horizontal and vertical locations, relative to the boundaries of the ROW, of the small wireless facility for which the application is being submitted; (h) if the application is for the installation of a new pole or replacement of a decorative pole, a certification that the wireless provider has determined after diligent investigation that it cannot meet the service objectives of the permit by collocating on an existing pole or support structure on which: (i) the wireless provider has the right to collocate subject to reasonable terms and conditions; and (ii) such collocation would be technically feasible and would not impose significant additional costs. The wireless provider shall certify that it has made such a determination in good faith, based on the assessment of an engineer licensed in South Carolina, and shall provide a written summary of the basis for such determination; (i) if the small wireless facility will be collocated on a pole or support structure owned by a third party, other than an authority pole, a certification that the wireless provider has permission from the owner to collocate on the pole or support structure; (j) an affirmation that the applicant is, on the same date, submitting applications for the permits identified in the list the authority maintains pursuant to Section 58-11-830(C); and (k) any additional information reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with the criteria set forth in item (10). (2) An applicant must not be required to provide more information to obtain a permit than is set forth in item (1). (3) An authority may not directly or indirectly require an applicant to perform services or provide goods unrelated to the permit, such as in-kind contributions to the authority including, but not limited to, reserving fiber, conduit, or pole space for the authority. (4) Except as expressly permitted by this article, an authority may not require: (a) the collocation of small wireless facilities on a specific pole or category of poles or require multiple antenna systems on a single pole; (b) the use of specific pole types or configurations when installing new or replacement poles provided; however, that nothing in this subitem prohibits an authority from enforcing the provisions of Section 58-11-820(F)(2), (G)(1), and (H) or any compliant provisions adopted pursuant to Section 58-11-815(B) or (C); or (c) except as authorized by Section 58-11-820(G)(1) or any compliant provisions adopted pursuant to Section 58-11-815(B) or (C), the underground placements of small wireless facilities that are or are designated in an application to be pole-mounted or ground-mounted. (5) Without limiting an authority's ability to adopt spacing requirements for ground-mounted equipment and new poles in accordance with this article, an authority may not limit the collocation of small wireless facilities by minimum horizontal separation distance requirements between small wireless facilities and: (a) existing small wireless facilities; (b) poles; or (c) other structures. (6) The authority may require an applicant to include an attestation that the small wireless facilities will be operational for use by a wireless services provider within one year after the permit issuance date, unless: the authority and the applicant agree to extend this period; or delay is caused by lack of commercial power or by the lack of communications transport facilities to be provided to the site by an entity that is not an affiliate, as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 153(2), of the applicant. (7) An authority may require an applicant that is not a wireless services provider to include an attestation that a wireless services provider has requested in writing that the applicant collocate the small wireless facilities or install, modify, or replace the pole at the requested location, and the authority may require the applicant to submit proof that such wireless services provider is licensed by the FCC or otherwise authorized to provide wireless services within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority. (8) Within ten days of receiving an application, an authority must determine and notify the applicant in writing whether the application is complete. If an application is incomplete, an authority shall specifically identify the missing information in writing. The processing deadline in item (9) is tolled from the time the authority sends the notice of incompleteness to the time the applicant provides the missing information. That processing deadline also may be tolled by agreement of the applicant and the authority, confirmed in writing. (9) An application must be processed on a nondiscriminatory basis. The authority shall make its final decision to approve or deny the application within sixty days of receipt of a complete application for collocation of small wireless facilities and within ninety days of receipt of a complete application for the installation, modification, or replacement of a pole and the collocation of associated small wireless facilities on the installed, modified, or replaced pole. If the authority fails to act on an application within the applicable time period, the applicant may provide the authority written notice that the time period for acting has lapsed, and the authority shall then have twenty days after receipt of such notice to render its written decision. The application shall be deemed to have been approved by passage of time and operation of law if the authority does not render its written decision within the noticed twenty days. (10) An authority may deny an applicant's proposed collocation of a small wireless facility or a proposed installation, modification, or replacement of a pole that meets the requirements in Section 58-11-820(E) only if the proposed collocation, installation, modification, or replacement: (a) interferes with the safe operation of traffic control or public safety equipment; (b) interferes with sight lines or clear zones for transportation or pedestrians; (c) interferes with compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar federal or state standards regarding pedestrian access or movement; (d) requests that ground-mounted small wireless facility equipment be located more than seven and one-half feet in radial circumference from the base of the pole, decorative pole, or support structure to which the small wireless facility antenna is to be attached, provided that the authority shall not deny the application if a greater distance from the base of the pole, decorative pole, or support structure is necessary to avoid interfering with sight lines or clear zones for transportation or pedestrians or to otherwise protect public safety; (e) fails to comply with the height limitations permitted by this article or with reasonable and nondiscriminatory horizontal spacing requirements of general application adopted by an enactment that concern the location of ground-mounted equipment and new poles. These spacing requirements may not be applied in a manner that constitutes an effective prohibition of service that is prohibited by federal law; (f) designates the location of a new pole for the purpose of collocating a small wireless facility within seven feet in any direction of an electrical conductor, unless the wireless provider obtains the written consent of the power supplier that owns or manages the electrical conductor; (g) fails to comply with applicable codes; (h) fails to comply with Section 58-11-820(F), (G)(1), or (H) or any compliant provisions adopted in accordance with Section 58-11-815(B) or (C); (i) fails to comply with laws of general applicability that address pedestrian and vehicular traffic and safety requirements; or (j) fails to comply with laws of general applicability that address the occupancy or management of the ROW and that are not otherwise inconsistent with this article. (11) The authority shall document the basis for a denial, including the specific provisions of this article on which the denial was based, and send the documentation to the applicant on or before the day the authority denies an application. The applicant may cure the deficiencies identified by the authority and resubmit the application within thirty days of the denial without paying an additional application fee. The authority shall approve or deny the revised application within thirty days of resubmission and limit its review to the deficiencies cited in the denial. If the authority fails to act on a revised application within this thirty-day period, the applicant may provide the authority written notice that the time period for acting has lapsed, and the authority shall then have five days after receipt of such notice to render its written decision approving or denying the revised application. The revised application shall be deemed to have been approved by passage of time and operation of law if the authority does not render its written decision within the noticed five days. (12) An applicant seeking to collocate small wireless facilities within the jurisdiction of a single authority may submit a single consolidated application, provided that such a consolidated application shall be for a geographic area no more than two miles in diameter, for up to thirty small wireless facilities and receive a single permit for the collocation of multiple small wireless facilities provided; however, the denial of one or more small wireless facilities in a consolidated application must not delay processing of any other small wireless facilities in the same consolidated application. Solely for purposes of calculating the number of small wireless facilities in a consolidated application, a small wireless facility includes any pole on which such small wireless facility will be collocated. (13) Installation or collocation for which a permit is granted pursuant to this section must be completed within one year of the permit issuance date unless: the authority and the applicant agree to extend this period, or a delay is caused by the lack of commercial power or by the lack of communications facilities to be provided to the site by an entity that is not an affiliate, as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 153(2), of the applicant. Approval of an application authorizes the applicant to: (a) undertake the installation or collocation; and (b) subject to applicable relocation requirements and the applicant's right to terminate at any time, operate and maintain the small wireless facilities and any associated pole covered by the permit for a period of no less than ten years, which must be renewed for equivalent durations so long as the installation or collocation is in compliance with the criteria set forth in item (10). (14) An authority may not institute, either expressly or de facto, a moratorium on filing, receiving, or processing applications, or issuing permits or other approvals, if any, for the collocation of small wireless facilities or the installation, modification, or replacement of poles to support small wireless facilities. (15) The approval of the installation, placement, maintenance, or operation of a small wireless facility pursuant to this section neither constitutes an authorization nor affects any authorization a provider may have to provide a communication service or to install, place, maintain, or operate any other communications facility, including a wireline backhaul facility, in a ROW. (F)(1) Subject to item (2), an authority may not require a permit or any other approval or charge fees or rates for: (a) routine maintenance; (b) the replacement of small wireless facilities with small wireless facilities that are substantially similar or the same size or smaller; or (c) the installation, placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro wireless facilities that are suspended on cables that are suspended between poles or support structures in compliance with applicable codes. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of item (1), an authority may require that prior to performing the activities described in item (1), an applicant must apply for and receive a permit for work that requires excavation or closure of sidewalks or vehicular lanes within the ROW for the activities described in item (1). Such a permit must be issued to the applicant on a nondiscriminatory basis upon terms and conditions that are consistent with applicable codes and that apply to the activities of any other person in the ROW that require excavation or the closing of sidewalks or vehicular lanes. (G) No wireless provider shall collocate any small wireless facility in the ROW or install, modify, or replace a pole or decorative pole for collocation of a small wireless facility in the ROW without first filing an application and obtaining a permit therefor, except as otherwise expressly provided in subsection (F). Any failure to comply with this subsection by a wireless provider shall allow the applicable authority, at the sole discretion of the authority, to restore the ROW, to the extent practicable in the reasonable judgment of the authority, to its condition prior to the unpermitted collocation or installation and to charge the responsible wireless provider its reasonable, documented cost of restoration, plus a penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. The authority may suspend the ability of the wireless provider to receive any new permits from the authority until the wireless provider has paid the amount assessed for such restoration costs, if any provided; however, that the authority shall not suspend such ability of any applicant that has deposited the amount in controversy in escrow pending an adjudication of the merits of the dispute by the Administrative Law Court. (H) If, in the reasonable exercise of police powers, an authority requires widening, repair, reconstruction, or relocation of a public road or highway, or relocation of poles, support structures, or small wireless facilities as a result of a public project, a wireless provider shall relocate poles and support structures that such wireless provider has installed in the ROW for the collocation of small wireless facilities pursuant to this article at no cost to the authority if such poles and support structures are found by the authority to unreasonably interfere with the widening, repair, reconstruction, or relocation project or the public project. If widening, repair, reconstruction, or relocation is required as a condition or result of a project by a person other than an authority, such person shall bear the cost of relocating such poles or support structures and any communications facilities on such poles or support structures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-25-100 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 25 / Section 58-25-100
SECTION 58-25-100. Local funds to be used to implement plan of service.
Status: in_force

All funds that the authority has generated locally must be used to implement the current Plan of Service as provided for in Section 58-25-30, as amended by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1180 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 9 / Section 58-17-1180
SECTION 58-17-1180. Extension of lines and construction and extension of branches; rights and restrictions in acquiring rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for any railroad or railway corporation chartered by this State, and it shall be taken as the exercise of powers conferred by its charter, to continue or extend the main track or line of such railroad or any extension thereof or to build or extend branch roads from such main track or line to any point or points in the vicinity thereof whenever it may be deemed advisable by such corporation so to do; but such extension or branch shall not exceed five miles in length. For the purpose of acquiring a right of way for any such extension or branch track, such railroad or railway corporation shall have and be entitled to all the rights and privileges and be subject to all the restrictions contained in the General Railroad Law in reference to the manner of acquiring the right of way.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-180 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 58-17-180
SECTION 58-17-180. Notification to railroad of violation of charter or law; suit for mandamus or to restrain continued violations.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the Office of Regulatory Staff it shall appear that any such corporation has violated any law or neglected, in any respect or particular, to comply with the terms of its charter or with the provisions of any of the laws of the State, especially in regard to connections with other railroads, its rates of toll, or its time schedule, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall give notice thereof in writing to such corporation and if the violation or neglect is continued after such notice, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall make application to a circuit court or a judge thereof in vacation for an injunction to restrain the company complained of from further continuing to violate the law or the terms of its charter or for a writ of mandamus as provided in Section 58-17-110.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-430 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 58-5-430
SECTION 58-5-430. Monitoring reports; schedule and contents.
Status: in_force

The utility shall file with the commission monitoring reports for each twelve-month period ending on March thirty-first, June thirtieth, September thirtieth, and December thirty-first of each year, the filings to be made no later than the fifteenth day of the third month following the close of the period. The utility shall serve a copy of such reports on the Office of Regulatory Staff on the same day and by the same means as they are provided to the commission. These quarterly monitoring reports shall include the following: (1) the utility's actual net plant in service, construction work in progress, accumulated deferred income taxes, inventory, working capital, and other rate base components. The report shall also show the utility's depreciation expense, operating and maintenance expense, income taxes, taxes other than income taxes, other components of income for return, revenues, capital structure, cost of debt, overall cost of capital, and earned return on common equity; (2) all applicable accounting and pro-forma adjustments historically permitted or required by the commission for the utility in question, or for similarly situated utilities, or authorized by general principles of utility accounting, or authorized by accounting letters or orders issued by the commission. This authorization may occur either in a general rate hearing or in any other type of filing or hearing that the commission considers appropriate. However, other parties shall be given sufficient opportunity to review and provide comments on any proposed accounting letter or order issued after the initial order allowing future base rate adjustments pursuant to this article; (3) pro-forma adjustments to annualize for the twelve-month period any rate adjustments imposed pursuant to this article or other events affecting only part of the period covered by the filing so that the annualization is required to show the effects of those events on the utility's earnings going forward; and (4) pro-forma or other adjustments required to properly account for atypical, unusual, or nonrecurring events.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2690 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 23 / Section 58-17-2690
SECTION 58-17-2690. No discrimination between connections at same point.
Status: in_force

Each railroad company chartered by this State shall deal with all its connections at any one point on the same terms and shall afford the like usual facilities for the interchange of freight between all of its connections at the same point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-230
SECTION 58-31-230. Public Service Authority broadband authority.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Unaffiliated communications service provider" means a "communications service provider", as defined under Section 58-9-3010(8), and including, but not limited to, electric cooperatives and their broadband affiliates, that is not controlled by or under common control with the Public Service Authority. (2) "Excess fiber capacity" means fiber optic capacity owned or controlled by the Public Service Authority, constructed to provide internal communications in support of the provision of electric services, and that is unused, available, and in excess of the capacity needed by the Public Service Authority, including its reserve margins, for its internal communications in furtherance of its provision of electric service. (B) Subject to the provisions set forth in this section, the Public Service Authority shall only lease excess fiber capacity that is used for providing any broadband service to a third party through an arrangement in which the unaffiliated communications service provider provides the broadband service. (C) The Public Service Authority may cause or allow unaffiliated communications service providers to lease excess fiber capacity through an arrangement in which the unaffiliated communications service provider uses such capacity to provide broadband service; provided such lease shall, subject to the requirements of Section 58-31-30(a)(13), charge rates, fees, or other charges on a nondiscriminatory basis pursuant to a written contract, at market rates and on terms and conditions that are not harmful to competition. (D) With regard to the lease of excess fiber capacity pursuant to subsection (C), the Public Service Authority must: (1) submit rates, terms, and conditions to the Office of Regulatory Staff for review and comment; (2) post rates, fees, and other charges along with terms and conditions on its publicly available website; (3) within fifteen business days of entering any written contract post conspicuous notice of the contract on its publicly available website; and (4) within ten days after a written request, make each contract for the lease of excess fiber capacity available for public inspection on an unredacted basis. (E) Nothing in this section conveys or confers any implied or express grant of authority to the Public Service Authority to directly provide broadband service or act as a broadband service provider, as these terms are defined in Section 58-9-3010(5) and (6) and any legal rights which may or may not belong to the Public Service Authority related to broadband services, if any, are neither expanded nor contracted by this section. (F) To the extent the Public Service Authority determines, in its sole discretion, to provide any communications service provider including, without limitation, electric cooperatives and their broadband affiliates, access to any pole, duct, conduit, easement, or right of way owned or controlled by the Public Service Authority, for the purpose of providing retail broadband service, it must provide such access to any other communications service provider for the purpose of providing retail broadband service on a nondiscriminatory basis and subject to the Public Service Authority's terms and conditions. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Public Service Authority from denying access to a pole, duct, or conduit if it determines there is insufficient capacity or for reasons of safety, reliability, and generally applicable engineering principles. The terms of this subsection shall not apply to leasing by the authority of excess fiber capacity. (G) The Administrative Law Court shall have authority and jurisdiction to enforce compliance with this section. (H) Nothing in this section: (1) subjects the Public Service Authority to regulation by the FCC; (2) constitutes an exercise of, or an obligation or intention to exercise, the right of a state under 47 U.S.C. Section 224(c) to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions for pole attachments, as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 224(a)(4); or (3) constitutes a certification or an obligation to certify to the FCC under 47 U.S.C. Section 224. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 175, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. This act does not convey or confer any implied or express grant of authority to an investor-owned electric utility to provide broadband facilities or broadband services as defined in this act and any legal rights which may or may not belong to investor-owned electric utilities to provide broadband facilities or broadband services at the time of the passage of this act are neither expanded nor contracted by its passage."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 58-27-1150
SECTION 58-27-1150. Entities which may invest in storm recovery bonds.
Status: in_force

All of the following entities may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds in storm recovery bonds: (1) the South Carolina Pooled Investment Fund established pursuant to Section 6-6-10; (2) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business; (3) personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries; and (4) all other persons authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of a similar nature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1105 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 58-27-1105
SECTION 58-27-1105. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this article: (1) The term "ancillary agreement" means a bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve account, surety bond, liquidity or credit support arrangement, or other financial arrangement entered into in connection with recovery bonds. (2) The term "assignee" means a legally recognized entity to which an electrical utility assigns, sells, or transfers, other than as a security, all or a portion of its interest in or right to storm recovery property. The term includes a corporation, limited liability company, general partnership or limited partnership, public authority, trust, financing entity, or any entity to which an assignee assigns, sells, or transfers, other than as security, all or a portion of its interest in or right to storm recovery property. (3) The term "bondholder" means a person who holds a storm recovery bond. (4) The term "code" means the Uniform Commercial Code, Title 36 of the South Carolina Code of Laws. (5) The term "commission" means the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. (6) The term "electrical utility" is as defined in Section 58-27-10(7). (7) The term "financing costs" includes all of the following: (a) interest and acquisition, defeasance, or redemption premiums payable on recovery bonds; (b) any payment required under an ancillary agreement and any amount required to fund or replenish a storm reserve account or other accounts established under the terms of any indenture, ancillary agreement, or other financing documents pertaining to recovery bonds; (c) any other cost related to issuing, supporting, repaying, refunding, and servicing storm recovery bonds, including servicing fees, accounting and auditing fees, trustee fees, legal fees, consulting fees, structuring adviser fees, administrative fees, placement and underwriting fees, independent director and manager fees, capitalized interest, rating agency fees, stock exchange listing and compliance fees, security registration fees, filing fees, information technology programming costs, and any other costs necessary to otherwise ensure the timely payment of recovery or other amounts or charges payable in connection with the bonds, including costs related to obtaining the financing order; (d) any taxes and license fees or other fees imposed on the revenues generated from the collection of a storm recovery charge or otherwise resulting from the collection of storm recovery charges, in any such case whether paid, payable, or accrued; (e) any state and local taxes, franchise, gross receipts, and other taxes or similar charges, including regulatory assessment fees, whether paid, payable, or accrued; (f) any costs incurred by (i) the commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff for any outside consultants, including counsel and advisors; and (ii) the qualified independent third party selected by the commission, to the extent retained in connection with the securitization of storm recovery costs. (8) The term "financing order" means an order that authorizes the issuance of storm recovery bonds; the imposition, collection, and periodic adjustments of a storm recovery charge; the creation of storm recovery property; and the sale, assignment, or transfer of storm recovery property to an assignee. (9) The term "financing party" means bondholders and trustees, collateral agents, any party under an ancillary agreement, or any other person acting for the benefit of bondholders. (10) The term "financing statement" is as defined in Section 36-9-102. (11) The term "pledgee" means a financing party to which an electrical utility or its successors or assignees mortgages, negotiates, pledges, or creates a security interest or lien on all or any portion of its interest in or right to storm recovery property. (12) The term "qualified independent third party" means a person or entity with relevant expertise in accounting, finance, or utility regulation, sufficient to make the professional judgments necessary to certify compliance as required by Section 58-27-1110(C)(6)(a). The qualified independent third party shall be designated and retained by the commission to participate in the pre-bond issuance review process established by the commission pursuant to Section 58-27-1110(C)(2)(h). The role and responsibilities of the qualified independent third party are further detailed in Section 58-27-1110(C)(6). The qualified independent third party's certification of compliance is intended to inform the commission's decisions alongside other evidence in the proceeding. (13) The term "storm" means, individually or collectively, a named tropical storm or hurricane, a tornado, ice storm or snowstorm, flood, an earthquake, or other significant weather or natural disaster. (14)(a) The term "storm recovery activity" means an activity or activities by an electrical utility, its affiliates, or its contractors directly and specifically in connection with the restoration of service and infrastructure associated with electric power outages affecting customers of an electrical utility as the result of a storm or storms, including activities related to mobilization, staging, and construction, reconstruction, replacement, or repair of electric generation, transmission, distribution, or general plant facilities. (b) No electrical utility is required to securitize nor is it prohibited from securitizing those capital improvements or infrastructure upgrades that have a quantifiable net benefit to consumers and that improve the resiliency of the transmission and distribution system. (15) The term "storm recovery bonds" means bonds, debentures, notes, certificates of participation, certificates of beneficial interest, certificates of ownership, or other evidences of indebtedness or ownership that are issued by an electrical utility or an assignee pursuant to a financing order, the proceeds of which are used directly or indirectly to recover, finance, or refinance commission-approved storm recovery costs and financing costs, and that are secured by or payable from storm recovery property. If certificates of participation or ownership are issued, references in this article to principal, interest, or premium shall be construed to refer to comparable amounts under those certificates. (16) The term "storm recovery charge" means the amounts authorized by the commission to repay, finance, or refinance storm recovery costs and financing costs and that are nonbypassable charges (i) imposed on and part of all retail customer bills, (ii) collected by an electrical utility or its successors or assignees, or a collection agent, in full, separate and apart from the electrical utility's base rates, and (iii) paid by all existing or future retail customers receiving transmission or distribution service, or both, from the electrical utility or its successors or assignees under commission-approved rate schedules or under special contracts, even if a customer elects to purchase electricity from an alternative electricity supplier following a fundamental change in regulation of electrical utilities in this State. (17) The term "storm recovery costs" means: (a) all incremental costs, including capital costs, appropriate for recovery from existing and future retail customers receiving transmission or distribution service from an electrical utility that an electrical utility has incurred or expects to incur as a result of the applicable storm that are caused by, associated with, or remain as a result of undertaking storm recovery activity; (b) storm recovery costs shall be net of applicable insurance proceeds, tax benefits, income tax savings, and any other amounts intended to reimburse the electrical utility for storm recovery activities such as government grants, or aid of any kind and where determined appropriate by the commission, and may include adjustments for capital replacement and operating costs previously considered in determining normal amounts in the electrical utility's most recent general rate proceeding. Storm recovery costs may include, to the extent determined appropriate by the commission, the cost to replenish and fund any storm reserves, the costs of retiring any existing indebtedness relating to storm recovery activities, and carrying costs; (c) with respect to storm recovery costs that the electrical utility expects to incur, any difference between costs expected to be incurred and actual, reasonable, and prudent costs incurred, including carrying costs and financing costs associated with any difference between costs expected to be incurred and actual, reasonable, and prudent costs incurred, or any other rate-making adjustments appropriate to fairly and reasonably assign or allocate storm cost recovery to customers over time, shall be addressed in a future general rate proceeding, regardless of whether the electrical utility elects to seek review and approval of principal costs prior to or after filing a petition for a financing order and issuing storm recovery bonds pursuant to Section 58-27-1110(B), as may be facilitated by other orders of the commission issued at the time or prior to such proceeding; provided, however, any review of financing costs shall be limited to reconciling any estimated financing costs with actual financing costs incurred and that the commission's adoption of a financing order and approval of the issuance of storm recovery bonds may not be revoked or otherwise modified. Any overrecovered costs, including carrying costs and financing costs, shall be ordered by the commission to be returned to the electrical utility's customers in the next possible proceeding, over a period established by the commission. (d) due to the significant and unprecedented damage caused by the 2024 hurricane referred to as Hurricane Helene to public and private property in South Carolina, including widespread destruction of utility infrastructure and the extraordinary expenses incurred by electrical utilities to repair, restore, and rebuild that infrastructure, the electrical utility is authorized to include as storm recovery costs, for Hurricane Helene only, its cost of capital from the date of the storm through the issuance of storm recovery bonds. This cost of capital shall be determined by the actual interest rate paid by the utility to borrow funds necessary to cover the restoration and recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene through the issuance of storm recovery bonds, provided that the interest rate percentage does not exceed the utility's total weighted average cost of capital percentage as established in its most recent general rate proceeding, adjusted for income tax savings associated with the interest rate component. This subsection shall not be construed to limit, modify, or otherwise affect the electrical utility's ability to seek recovery of carrying costs in future securitizations under this article, except as specifically provided herein for Hurricane Helene. (18) The term "storm recovery property" means: (a) All rights and interests of an electrical utility or successor or assignee of the electrical utility under a financing order, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect, and receive storm recovery charges authorized under the financing order and to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order. (b) All revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and interests specified in the financing order, regardless of whether such revenues, collections, claims, rights to payment, payments, money, or proceeds are imposed, billed, received, collected, or maintained together with or commingled with other revenues, collections, rights to payment, payments, money, or proceeds. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 2, SECTION 1, in (7)(f), inserted the (i) designator and substituted "advisors; and (ii) the qualified independent third party selected by the commission, to the extent retained" for "advisors, retained"; inserted (12) and redesignated accordingly; and in (17), rewrote (c) and added (d).
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2000 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 15 / Section 58-17-2000
SECTION 58-17-2000. Charging greater compensation for certain services for shorter distance than for longer distance shall be unlawful; exceptions.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any railroad to charge or receive any greater compensation for carrying, receiving, storing, forwarding, or handling articles of the same character and description for a shorter than a longer distance in one continuous carriage; provided, that: (1) Nothing in the General Railroad Law contained shall be construed so as to require any corporation or combination of corporations to regulate their charges for shorter distances by their proportion of through rates between terminal or junctional competitive points. (2) If one corporation uses, operates, or otherwise controls, wholly or in part, several lines or divisions of theretofore independent railroads within the State, the Public Service Commission may fix different rates of toll or compensation for freight traffic on each of such previously independent lines or divisions. (3) The commission may make special rates for the purpose of developing all manufacturing, mining, milling, and internal improvements in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-60 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 58-15-60
SECTION 58-15-60. Organization of company.
Status: in_force

When not less than fifty per cent of the capital stock shall have been subscribed by bona fide subscribers, in the case of canal, steamboat and street railway companies and when not less than five hundred dollars per mile shall have been subscribed by bona fide subscribers in the case of railroad companies, the board of incorporators shall call the subscribers together and proceed to organize the company, with not less than three nor more than fifteen directors. The election of officers shall be had in all respects as is provided for in the case of industrial corporations organizing under Sections 33-11-30, 33-11-40, and 33-11-200.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1960 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-1960
SECTION 58-27-1960. Issuance and service of subpoenas and other process.
Status: in_force

The Commission and each commissioner may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum and all other necessary processes in proceedings pending before it, and such process shall extend to all parts of the State and may be served by any person authorized by law to serve processes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1135 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 58-27-1135
SECTION 58-27-1135. Financing statements.
Status: in_force

All financing statements referenced in this article are subject to Part 5 of Chapter 9 of the code, except that the requirement as to continuation statements does not apply.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-4-10 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 4 / Section 58-4-10
SECTION 58-4-10. Office of Regulatory Staff created; representation of "public interest" in actions before commission; restrictions of communications.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby created the Office of Regulatory Staff as a separate agency of the State with the duties and organizations as hereinafter provided. (B) Unless and until it chooses not to participate, the Office of Regulatory Staff must be considered a party of record in all filings, applications, or proceedings before the commission. The regulatory staff must represent the public interest of South Carolina before the commission as it pertains to the matters below: (1) the concerns of the using and consuming public with respect to public utility services, regardless of the class of customer; and (2) preservation of the continued investment in and maintenance of utility facilities so as to provide reliable and high quality utility services. (C) The Office of Regulatory Staff is subject to the provision of Section 58-3-260 prohibiting ex parte communications with the commission, and any advice given to the commission by the regulatory staff must be given in a form, forum, and manner as may lawfully be given by any other party or person. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 258, SECTION 12, provides as follows: "SECTION 12. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all cases, proceedings, petitions, or matters pending before the Public Service Commission or in any other court or venue on or after the effective date of this act." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 258, SECTION 8, rewrote (B). 2019 Act No. 62, SECTION 12, in (B), in the third sentence, inserted "only" following "For purposes of this chapter", and made a nonsubstantive change. 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 4, in (B), in the second sentence, substituted "as it pertains to the matters below:" for ". For purposes of this chapter only, 'public interest' means", designated existing text as (B)(1) and (B)(2), and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1360 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 11 / Section 58-17-1360
SECTION 58-17-1360. County may authorize highway or town way to cross railroad.
Status: in_force

A highway or town way may be laid out across a railroad previously constructed when the governing body of the county adjudge that the public convenience and necessity require it and, in such case, after due notice to the railroad corporation and hearing all parties interested, such body may thus lay out a highway across a railroad or may authorize a city or town, on the petition of the mayor and aldermen thereof, to lay out a way across a railroad in such manner as not to injure or obstruct the railroad.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-100 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-100
SECTION 58-31-100. Payment of additional sums in lieu of taxes.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the fiscal year 1974-75 and in each fiscal year thereafter, after payment of the sums in lieu of taxes provided for by Sections 58-31-80 and 58-31-90, the Public Service Authority shall make the following additional payments in lieu of taxes: (1) To any county in which it holds legal title to lands developed for commercial or residential purposes, a sum equal to ten percent of the annual rentals received from the lease of those lands during the fiscal year. (2) To the counties in which it owns, or leases and operates, electric generating facilities, a sum equal to fifteen percent of the amount paid in the fiscal year into the General Fund of the State, which sum shall be allocated among the counties concerned in the proportion which the generating capacity of the Public Service Authority located and in operation in each such county bears to the total of the Public Service Authority's generating capacity located and in operation in all such counties. (3) To the counties of Berkeley, Horry and Georgetown, a sum equal to ten percent of the amount paid during the fiscal year into the General Fund of the State, which sum shall be allocated among those counties in the proportion which the kilowatt hour sales, excluding sales for resale, made by the Public Service Authority in each such county bears to the total of the kilowatt hour sales, excluding sales for resale, made by the Public Service Authority in all such counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-50 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 58-23-50
SECTION 58-23-50. Chapter not applicable to transportation for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

(A) Articles 1 to 11 of this chapter do not apply to: (1) motor vehicles used exclusively for transporting persons to and from schools, Sunday Schools, churches, or religious services, or to or from picnics or upon special prearranged excursions; (2) the United States mail carriers operating star routes, while engaged solely in carrying mail; (3) farmers or dairymen hauling dairy or farm products; (4) persons transporting agricultural livestock and poultry feeds, including ingredients; (5) other persons engaged in hauling perishable products of the farm or dairy products for hire from the farm to the first market when sold in South Carolina; (6) lumber haulers engaged in transporting lumber from the forest to shipping points in this State; (7) haulers engaged in transporting logs, chips, or wood residues which are subject to the South Carolina Unmanufactured Forest Products Trucking Regulations which are promulgated and adopted by the Department of Public Safety's Transport Police Division; (8) a vehicle engaged in hauling, towing, or transporting wrecked or damaged vehicles; (9) vehicles used in ridesharing; (10) single-source lessors of vehicles and drivers who lease the motor vehicles and drivers to uncertificated motor vehicle carriers that conduct transportation of property (other than used household goods) in furtherance of and within the scope of their nontransportation primary enterprises, when the period of the lease is for thirty days or more, the lessee maintains insurance coverage for the protection of the public, a copy of the lease is carried in the motor vehicle during the period of the lease, and there is displayed on both sides of the motor vehicle a placard identifying the lessee. (B) For the purposes of this section, perishable products of the farm include hay and straw. (C) Articles 1 to 11 of this chapter also do not apply to Transportation Network Companies and Transportation Network Company Drivers. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 88, SECTION 3, added (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-50 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 58-3-50
SECTION 58-3-50. Administration of oaths.
Status: reserved

The clerk of the commission may administer oaths. SECTION 58-3-60. Employment of clerk, attorneys and other staff; salaries; travel authorization and approval; exception as to functions of Office of Regulatory Staff (A) The commission is authorized and empowered to employ: a chief clerk and deputy clerk; a commission attorney and assistant commission attorneys; hearing officers; hearing reporters; and such other professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as the commission determines to be necessary in the proper discharge of the commission's duties and responsibilities as provided by law. The chairman must organize and direct the work of the commission staff. The salaries of the chairman, the commissioners, and the chief clerk shall not be construed as limiting the maximum salary which may be paid to other employees of the Public Service Commission. The commission staff shall not appear as a party in commission proceedings and shall not offer testimony on issues before the commission. (B) Subject to Section 58-3-580, the commission must be staffed and equipped to perform the functions set forth in this title except for those responsibilities and functions reserved to the Office of Regulatory Staff. The expenses must be paid from the assessments collected pursuant to Section 58-3-100. The chairman, within allowed budgetary limits and as otherwise allowed by law, must authorize and approve travel, subsistence, and related expenses of personnel incurred while traveling on official business. (C) The commissioners shall not supervise the Office of Regulatory Staff. (D) The commission shall not inspect, audit, or examine public utilities. The inspection, auditing, and examination of public utilities is solely the responsibility of the Office of Regulatory Staff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-150
SECTION 58-31-150. Amendments or repeal of chapter; effect.
Status: reserved

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is hereby expressly reserved and disclosed, but no such amendment or repeal shall operate to impair the obligation of any contract made by said corporation under any power conferred by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1570 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 58-27-1570
SECTION 58-27-1570. Production of books and records.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff may require the production within this State at a time and place as it may designate, of any books, accounts, papers, or records of the electrical utility relating to its business or affairs within the State, pertinent to any lawful inquiry and kept by such electrical utility in any office or place within or without this State or, at its option, verified copies in lieu thereof, so that an examination thereof may be made by the Office of Regulatory Staff or under its direction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-280 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 58-23-280
SECTION 58-23-280. Provisions governing class A and C certificates shall apply to D and E certificates.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter governing the granting of certificates A and C apply to certificates D and E.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-190 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-190
SECTION 58-11-190. Participation in profits from efficiency.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of encouraging economy, efficiency, and improvements in methods of service any radio common carrier may participate, subject to the approval of the Commission, to such extent as may be permitted by the Commission, in the additional profits arising from any economy, efficiency or improvement in methods or service instituted by such radio common carrier.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3750 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 31 / Section 58-17-3750
SECTION 58-17-3750. Any exemption from liability under article shall be void.
Status: in_force

Any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this article shall to that extent be void.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3380 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 27 / Section 58-17-3380
SECTION 58-17-3380. Warning boards shall be maintained near drawbridges and grade crossings.
Status: in_force

Every company, lessee, manager or receiver owning or operating a railroad in this State shall provide, maintain and place warning boards near drawbridges and places where railroads cross at grade. Such boards shall have letters of sufficient size to be clearly seen from the engine and to describe the place of danger and shall be placed not more than eight feet from the side of the track.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-540 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 58-11-540
SECTION 58-11-540. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Commission may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be proper in the exercise of its powers or for the performance of its duties under this chapter, all of which shall have the force of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2020 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-2020
SECTION 58-27-2020. Hearing before one or more commissioners.
Status: in_force

Any hearing which the commission has power to hold may be held before any one or more of the commissioners; however, the commissioner or commissioners must have been authorized by the commission to hold the hearing. Each hearing before a commissioner or commissioners must be considered the hearing of the commission. Any determination, ruling, or order of a commissioner or commissioners, upon a hearing held by him or them, must not become effective until due notice has been given to the commission and the determination, ruling, or order has been approved and confirmed by at least a quorum of the commission and ordered to be filed in its office. Upon such confirmation and order, the determination, ruling, or order shall be the determination, ruling, or order of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-1180 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-1180
SECTION 58-9-1180. Rescission or amendment of orders or decisions.
Status: in_force

The Commission may at any time, except in those cases provided for in Section 58-9-1200, after notice and after opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of compliance, rescind or amend any order or decision made by it. Any order rescinding or amending a prior order or decision, after notice thereof, either personal or by mail, is given to the telephone utility affected and to the other parties to the proceedings, shall have the same effect as is herein provided for original orders or decisions, but no such order shall affect the legality or validity of any acts done pursuant to the original order before service of notice of such change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-21-230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 58-21-230
SECTION 58-21-230. Enforcement orders of Commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission may enforce its orders under Sections 58-21-210, 58-21-220, 58-21-240, 58-21-300, or 58-21-310 as may be provided by law in other cases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-190 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-190
SECTION 58-27-190. Inspection of property; audit of books; examination of employees of utilities.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff has the right at any and all times to inspect the property, plant, and facilities of any electrical utility and the South Carolina Public Service Authority and to inspect or audit at reasonable times the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any electrical utility and the South Carolina Public Service Authority. For the purposes herein mentioned an employee or agent of the Office of Regulatory Staff may during all reasonable hours enter upon any premises occupied by or under the control of any electrical utility or the South Carolina Public Service Authority. An employee or agent of the Office of Regulatory Staff authorized to administer oaths has the power to examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of the electrical utility and the South Carolina Public Service Authority, in relation to the business and affairs of the electrical utility or the South Carolina Public Service Authority, but written record of the testimony or statement so given under oath must be made. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 90, SECTION 15, in the first sentence, inserted "and the South Carolina Public Service Authority" in two places, in the second sentence, inserted "or the South Carolina Public Service Authority", and in the third sentence, inserted "and the South Carolina Public Service Authority," following "employee of the electrical utility" and "or the South Carolina Public Service Authority" following "electrical utility".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1450 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 11 / Section 58-17-1450
SECTION 58-17-1450. Railroad crossing safety requirements.
Status: in_force

All railroad crossings on public highways must be inspected for conditions which unsafely obstruct a motorist's view of approaching trains, for the presence of crossbucks prescribed by Section 58-17-1390, and for the presence of stop signs authorized by law to be placed at railroad crossings. The Department of Transportation hereinafter referred to as the department, is responsible for inspecting railroad crossings on state maintained highways, the governing body of each county is responsible for inspecting railroad crossings on county maintained roads, and the governing body of each municipality is responsible for inspecting railroad crossings on road and street rights-of-way maintained by municipalities. The department shall inform counties and municipalities of the railroad crossings they are responsible for inspecting. By January 1, 1989, the governing body of each county and municipality must notify the department of the office and public official to whom the governing body has assigned responsibility for performing the inspections. If the person inspecting a railroad crossing finds that the required crossbucks are not in place, properly in place or maintained, or finds that a motorist's view of approaching trains is unsafely obstructed by vegetation, growth, or objects not permanently affixed to realty which are within the right-of-way of the railway, the person inspecting the crossing must immediately notify the Deputy Director of Engineering within the Department of Transportation of the hazard. The notice must identify the crossing and describe the hazard. The inspector in the notice shall also inform the State Highway Engineer whether or not there is a stop sign at the crossing and, if not, whether or not in his opinion one should be added. Upon receipt of notice from the person inspecting the crossing, the department must give written notice of the hazard immediately by certified mail to any officer or registered agent of the railroad within the State. Notice from the department shall direct the railroad to cut or remove the vegetation, growth, and objects not permanently affixed to realty that are obstructing a motorist's view or to erect, maintain, or properly situate crossbucks. The department must also notify the governing body of any county or municipality which maintains the highways or roadways at the crossing that the inspector stated in his opinion that a stop sign should be added at the crossing. Removal and elimination of obstructions must be made by the responsible railroad within sixty days of receipt of notification from the department. Measures to assure that crossbucks are properly in place and maintained must be taken by the responsible railroad within thirty days of receipt of notification from the department; however, if crossbucks are not present or have been removed, then the railroad has ten days from the notification to erect new crossbucks. Failure of the railroad company to remove or eliminate the obstruction within the railroad's right-of-way and to erect or properly place and maintain crossbucks within the specified time period subjects the railroad company to a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. The railroad company is subject to an additional civil penalty of one hundred dollars a day for each day obstructions remain after the specified period and for each day crossbucks are not erected or properly placed and maintained after the specified period. The person initially inspecting the railroad crossing is responsible for inspecting the crossing at appropriate intervals after notice to the railroad of the hazard to determine if obstructions have been eliminated and crossbucks properly placed and serviced within the period allowed before civil penalties may be assessed. If the person inspecting the railroad crossing finds that a motorist's view of approaching trains is obstructed by vegetation, growth, or objects not permanently affixed to realty that lie outside the right-of-way of the railroad but within right-of-way of highways and roads maintained by the State, county, or municipality, the person inspecting the railroad crossing must immediately give written notice of the hazard to the appropriate department of the State, county, or municipality, upon whose right-of-way the obstruction exists. If the obstruction is on the right-of-way maintained by a county or municipality, the person inspecting the crossing must also give immediate written notice of the hazard to the Deputy Director of Engineering within the Department of Transportation. The department, counties, and municipalities have sixty days from issuance of the written notice by the person inspecting the crossing to eliminate the obstructions within their respective rights-of-way. The person initially inspecting the railroad crossing is responsible for inspecting the crossing after notice of the hazard has been given and reporting to the department the date upon which obstructions are eliminated. If counties or municipalities do not eliminate the obstructions within sixty days of receipt of notification, the department must remove or eliminate the obstructions. Counties and municipalities must reimburse the Department of Transportation for the department's cost in eliminating the obstructions. If the person inspecting the railroad crossing finds that motorists' view of approaching trains is obstructed by vegetation, growth, or objects not permanently affixed to realty that lie on private property outside the right-of-way of the railroad and outside the highway or road right-of-way of the State, county, or municipality, he must immediately give written notice of the hazard to the owner of the property and to the appropriate agency of the State, county, or municipality which maintains that highway or roadway. The owner of the property has sixty days after receipt of the notice to eliminate the obstructions and the inspector shall reinspect the crossing after this sixty-day period has expired to determine if the obstructions have been eliminated. By January first of each year, counties and municipalities must report all railroad crossings that were inspected during the preceding year and at which no obstructions were found to the department. The department must make an annual report of inspections conducted during the preceding year. The annual report must be provided to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Education and Public Works Committee of the House of Representatives. Editor's Note 1988 Act No. 319, section 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to increase, diminish, or otherwise affect liability with respect to provisions of law in force and effect pertaining to railroad crossings in this State prior to the enactment of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-930 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 58-5-930
SECTION 58-5-930. Compliance with orders and regulations relating to federal safety standards.
Status: in_force

Each gas utility shall obey and comply with each and every requirement of every lawful order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the commission and every direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties under this article in relation to federal safety standards and it shall do everything reasonably necessary or proper in order to secure compliance with and observance of every such order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation by all of its officers, agents, and employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-540 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 58-3-540
SECTION 58-3-540. Expenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The review committee members are entitled to such mileage, subsistence, and per diem as authorized by law for members of boards, committees, and commissions while in the performance of the duties for which appointed. These expenses shall be paid from the general fund of the State on warrants duly signed by the chairman of the review committee and payable by the authorities from which they are appointed, except as provided in subsection (B) of this section. (B) The expenses associated with the review committee's duties to qualify and nominate candidates for the commission and the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff, to develop and distribute surveys, to develop an annual workshop on ethics and the Administrative Procedures Act, and to undertake studies shall be borne by the public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission. On or before the first day of July in each year, the Department of Revenue must assess each public utility its proportion of the expenses in proportion to its gross income from operation in this State in the year ending on the thirtieth day of June preceding that on which the assessment is made which is due and payable on or before July fifteenth. The assessments must be charged against the companies by the Department of Revenue and collected by the department in the manner provided by law for the collection of taxes from the companies including the enforcement and collection provisions of Article 1, Chapter 54 of Title 12 and paid, less the Department of Revenue actual incremental increase in the cost of administration into the state treasury as other taxes collected by the Department of Revenue for the State. The review committee must certify to the Department of Revenue annually on or before May first the amounts to be assessed. The expenses of the review committee shall be advanced by a legislative body and the legislative body incurring such expense shall be reimbursed by the State at such time as the funds have been collected from the corporations liable therefor and, when collected, placed in the state treasury.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-60 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 58-17-60
SECTION 58-17-60. Effect of stock ownership, leases and contracts on application of chapter.
Status: in_force

No ownership or shares of the capital stock of one corporation by another corporation, nor any lease, contract or other agreement between corporations or individuals shall operate as a bar to the provisions of the General Railroad Law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1145 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 58-27-1145
SECTION 58-27-1145. State not liable on any storm recovery bonds; bonds are not a debt or general obligation of the State.
Status: in_force

Neither the State, its agencies, and instrumentalities, nor its political subdivisions are liable on any storm recovery bonds, and the bonds are not a debt or a general obligation of the State or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities nor are they special obligations or indebtedness of the State, its agencies, or its political subdivisions. An issue of storm recovery bonds does not, directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the State or its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the storm recovery bonds, other than in their capacities as consumers of electricity. All storm recovery bonds must contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect: "Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of South Carolina is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, this bond, nor shall the holder of this bond have any recourse against the State, its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, this bond."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-2620 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 58-9-2620
SECTION 58-9-2620. Duties and restrictions; cost and rate computations; accounting requirements.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a government-owned communications service provider must: (1) be subject to the same local, state, and federal regulatory, statutory, and other legal requirements to which nongovernment-owned communications service providers are subject, including regulation and other legal requirements by the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff; (2) not receive a financial benefit that is not available to a nongovernment-owned communications service provider on the same terms and conditions as it is available to a government-owned communications service provider, including, but not limited to, tax exemptions and governmental subsidies of any type. Tax exempt capital financing may be used consistent with Sections 58-9-2620(4)(a) and 58-9-2630(C); (3) not be permitted to subsidize the cost of providing a communications service with funds from any other noncommunications service, operation, or other revenue source. If a determination is made that a direct or indirect subsidy has occurred, the government-owned communications service provider immediately must increase prices for communications service in a manner that ensures that the subsidy will not continue, and any amounts used directly or indirectly to subsidize the past operations will be reimbursed to the general treasury of the appropriate state or local government. This subsection does not prohibit a government-owned communications service provider from providing matching funds or in-kind contributions in order to comply with the terms of a federal grant as long as it imputes the matching funds and the value of the in-kind contributions in calculating the cost incurred and in the rates to be charged for the provision of a communications service; (4) impute, in calculating the cost incurred and in the rates to be charged for the provision of a communications service, the following: (a) cost of capital component that is the equivalent to the cost of capital available to nongovernment-owned communications service providers in the same state or locality; and (b) an amount equal to all taxes, licenses, fees, and other assessments applicable to a nongovernment-owned communications provider including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local taxes, rights-of-way franchise consent, or administrative fees, and pole attachment fees; (5) keep separate books and separately account for the revenues, expenses, property, and source of investment dollars associated with the provision of communications service; and (6) be required to prepare and publish an independent annual audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that reflects the full cost of providing the service, including all direct and indirect costs. The indirect costs must include, but are not limited to, amounts for rights-of-way franchise, consent, or administrative fees, regulatory fees, occupation taxes, pole attachment fees, and ad valorem taxes. The annual accounting must reflect any direct or indirect subsidies received by the government-owned communications service provider. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of Regulatory Staff has jurisdiction to investigate, and the commission has authority to enforce, a government-owned communications service provider to comply with the provisions of this section. Records demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this section must be filed with the commission, provided to the Office of Regulatory Staff and made available for public inspection and copying. Nothing in this article expands or restricts the existing jurisdiction of the commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff regarding a service or provider other than a government-owned communications service provider. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 284, SECTION 11, provides as follows: "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-40 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-40
SECTION 58-27-40. Compliance with orders, decisions, directions, rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Each electrical utility and, to the extent covered by this title, each electric cooperative and consolidated political subdivision must obey and comply with all requirements of every order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the Public Service Commission or every direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the Office of Regulatory Staff pursuant to this chapter or in relation to any other matter relating to or affecting the business of the electrical utility, electric cooperative, or consolidated political subdivision and must do everything necessary or proper to comply with and observe every order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation by all of its officers, agents, and employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-860 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 7 / Section 58-27-860
SECTION 58-27-860. Proposed rate changes; prior approval.
Status: in_force

Whenever an electrical utility desires to put into operation a new rate, it must give not less than thirty days' notice of its intention to file with the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff and must, after the expiration of the notice period, file with the commission and provide to the Office of Regulatory Staff a schedule setting forth the proposed changes. Copies of the schedule also must be given to other parties as the commission directs. Subject to the provisions of subsections (C) and (D) of Section 58-27-870, the proposed changes may not be put into effect in full or in part until approved by the commission. Nothing contained in this section affects the existing provisions of Act 1293 of 1966.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-200 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 58-33-200
SECTION 58-33-200. Construction projects with a budget of over $500,000,000; monitoring; reports.
Status: in_force

For any construction project with a project budget of at least five hundred million dollars and in order to maintain the financial integrity of significant expenditures affecting ratepayers, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall retain an independent construction analyst who shall monitor the construction project on a regular basis and who shall provide to the Office of Regulatory Staff, the Public Service Commission, the Public Utilities Review Committee, and the Joint Bond Review Committee regular reports as to the status of the construction efforts as needed, but at least on a quarterly basis. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-25-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 25 / Section 58-25-20
SECTION 58-25-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a regional transportation authority created pursuant to this chapter and the authorities so created are exempt from the provisions of Article 11 of Chapter 11 of Title 6. (2) "City" means any municipality with a population of five thousand or more according to the latest United States Census of population located within the service area of the authority. (3) "Consolidated government" means the governmental body formed by corporate consolidation of municipal and county governments under the laws of this State into a single local government entity. (4) "County" means any county of this State, all or any part of which may be included in an "urbanized area" as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census and as further defined in this chapter. (5) "Metropolitan government" means any county or combination of contiguous counties, municipality, or combination of contiguous municipalities, or combination of contiguous county or counties and municipality or municipalities, or a consolidated government with a combined population of over fifty thousand persons. (6) "Metropolitan planning organization" means the entity which has been designated to carry on the continuing, comprehensive, cooperative transportation planning process for the urbanized area. (7) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town within the regional transportation area. (8) "Operator" means any person engaged in, or intending to engage in, the business of providing public transportation, but does not include a person engaged primarily in the transportation of children to or from school or a person or agency furnishing transportation solely for his or its employees or customers. (9) "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, copartnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or any other legal entity whatsoever. (10) "Public transportation" means every conveyance of human passengers by bus, van, or any other surface vehicle as required for intrastate service which is provided to the general public or selected groups on a regular and continuing basis including charter service. Freight delivery is allowed as a concomitant service. (11) "Public transportation system" means, without limitation, a combination of real and personal property, structures, improvements, buildings, equipment, plants, rolling stock, vehicle parking, or other facilities and rights-of-way, or any combination, used or useful for the purposes of public transportation. (12) "Regional planning council" means that public agency created pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 6. (13) "Regional transportation area" means that area pursuant to the groupings of counties as set forth in Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 6. (14) "Service area" means the area served by the regional transportation authority and may be all or part of the area of jurisdiction of an authority and in no event shall the service area contain less than fifty thousand population. (15) "Transportation facility" means the property or property rights, both real and personal, of a type used for the establishment of public transportation systems within the service area which have heretofore or may hereafter be established by public bodies for the transportation of people and property from place to place. (16) "Urbanized area" means an area so designated by the most recent United States Census of Population. (17) "Financial contribution" means the sum of actual cash plus the actual value of any materials or in-kind services supplied.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-2260 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 20 / Section 58-9-2260
SECTION 58-9-2260. Enforcement of ordinances or practices conflicting with article.
Status: in_force

(A) No municipality may enforce an ordinance or practice which is inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this article, except that: (1) As of the time of the effective date of this article, any municipality which had entered into a franchise agreement or other contractual agreement with a telecommunications provider prior to December 31, 1997, may continue to collect fees under the franchise agreement or other contractual agreement through December 31, 2003, regardless of whether the franchise agreement or contractual agreement expires prior to December 31, 2003. (2) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to interfere with continuing obligations of any franchise or other contractual agreement in the event that the franchise agreement or other contractual agreement should expire after December 31, 2003. (3) In the event that a municipality collects these fees under a franchise agreement or other contractual agreement herein, the fees shall be in lieu of fees or taxes that might otherwise be authorized by this article. (4) Any municipality that, as of the effective date of this article, has in effect a business license tax ordinance, adopted prior to December 31, 1997, under which the municipality has been imposing and a telecommunications company has been paying a business license tax higher than that permitted under this article but less than five percent may continue to collect the tax under the ordinance through December 31, 2003, instead of the business license tax permitted under this article. (5) Any municipality which, by ordinance adopted prior to December 31, 1997, has imposed a business license tax and/or franchise fee on telecommunications companies of five percent or higher of gross income derived from the sale of telecommunications services in the municipality, to which tax and/or fee a telecommunications company has objected, failed to accept, filed suit to oppose, failed to pay any license taxes or franchise fees required thereunder, or paid license taxes or franchise fees under protest, may enforce the ordinance and the ordinance shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2003, unless a court of competent jurisdiction declares the ordinance unlawful or invalid. In this event, the municipality is authorized until December 31, 2003, to collect business license taxes and/or franchise fees thereunder, not exceeding three percent of gross income derived from the sale of telecommunications services for the preceding calendar or fiscal year which either originate or terminate in the municipality instead of the business license tax permitted under this article; however, this proviso applies to any business license ordinance and/or telecommunications franchise ordinance notwithstanding that same is amended or has been amended subsequent to December 31, 1997. (B) The exception to this article described in subsection (A)(5) no longer applies after December 31, 2003.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-180 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-180
SECTION 58-11-180. Transactions with affiliates.
Status: in_force

When in the judgment of the Commission there is a reasonably substantial affiliation of any radio common carrier engaged in business in this State with any other corporation or person or when in the judgment of the Commission any other corporation or person either exercises, or is in position to exercise, by reason of ownership or control of securities or for any other cause, any reasonably substantial control over the business or policies of any radio common carrier engaged in business in this State, the burden of proof shall be upon the radio common carrier to establish as determined by the Commission the reasonableness, fairness, and absence of injurious effect upon the public interest of any fees or charges growing out of any transactions between any radio common carrier and such other corporation or person. Every radio common carrier shall be required to produce, if so ordered by the Commission, for the information of the commission and the public, all such contracts, papers, and documents relating thereto and explanatory thereof as may be required by the Commission, and unless the reasonableness of such fees and charges is established, as determined by the Commission, the same shall not be allowed by the Commission for rate-making purposes. The Commission shall not allow for rate-making purposes any fees or expenses included in any contract or agreement with an affiliate representing charges that the Commission has directly disallowed in its rate-making orders.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-34-50 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 34 / Section 58-34-50
SECTION 58-34-50. Suspension of time limitations.
Status: in_force

Section 58-27-930 and the time limitations contained in Section 58-33-240 (A) and (E) are hereby suspended for purposes of the utility rates provided for by this chapter and for any pending matters related to V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Units 2 and 3 at Jenkinsville, South Carolina, pending before the commission on or after the effective date of this chapter. The suspension remains in effect during the pendency of any litigation or appeal concerning the experimental or interim rates directed by the General Assembly or ordered by the Public Service Commission pursuant to this chapter, or related issues surrounding the establishment of these rates, until a final determination of the matter, including any subsequent appeals, is made by the appropriate court. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 258, SECTION 12, provides as follows: "SECTION 12. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all cases, proceedings, petitions, or matters pending before the Public Service Commission or in any other court or venue on or after the effective date of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-7-10 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 7 / Section 58-7-10
SECTION 58-7-10. Rights, powers and privileges of telegraph and telephone companies conferred on pipeline companies; exception.
Status: repealed

(A) Subject to the same duties and liabilities, all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon telegraph and telephone companies under Article 17, Chapter 9 of this title are hereby granted to pipeline companies incorporated under the laws of this State or to such companies incorporated under the laws of any other state when such companies have complied with the laws of this State regulating the doing of business herein by foreign corporations. Sunset 2022 Act No. 144, SECTION 2, provides: "SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and Section 58-7-10(B), as added by this act, is repealed June 30, 2024, unless the General Assembly amends the language of Section 58-7-10(B) or it is reenacted or otherwise extended by the General Assembly before June 30, 2024." Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 205, preamble and SECTION 2, as amended by 2018 Act No. 156, SECTION 1, provide as follows: "Whereas, petroleum and petroleum products are a national commodity, yet are commodities that may pose a threat to the property and health of South Carolinians if not properly transported or stored; and "Whereas, questions have recently arisen regarding petroleum pipeline siting in South Carolina, as well as questions regarding responsibility for monitoring and for inspecting these pipelines; and "Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes the importance of economic development in this State, yet recognizes there must be a balance between economic development and the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and property of this state's citizens; and "Whereas, the General Assembly also recognizes the importance of, and intends to defend, the rights of private property owners within this State, rights which have been established within the South Carolina Constitution, the laws of this State, and case law; and "Whereas, the South Carolina Attorney General's Office issued an opinion on July 1, 2015, which states there is "substantial doubt" that Section 58-7-10 intended to extend the public power of eminent domain to any private petroleum or oil pipeline company pipeline that is not defined in, or otherwise outside of the regulatory scope of, Title 58 of the South Carolina Code of Laws; and "Whereas, the General Assembly does not find that a private, for-profit pipeline company, which includes a publicly traded for-profit company, that is not defined as a "public utility" in Title 58 of the 1976 Code of Laws meets the current "public use" requirement for purposes of eminent domain; and "Whereas, natural gas and petroleum companies utilize pipelines as a method to transport their respective products and both types of companies are primarily regulated by federal law; however, due to the differences in the products these companies provide, the federal government has differing statutory and regulatory provisions for natural gas and petroleum companies, and the majority of the states differentiate between natural gas and petroleum companies, including South Carolina; and "Whereas, unlike other companies that utilize pipelines that are defined in Title 58 as a public utility, such as natural gas companies and water companies, petroleum companies are not defined in Title 58 as a public utility; and "Whereas, the General Assembly finds that South Carolina Code Section 58-7-10 was not intended to confer the right of eminent domain to a private, for-profit company, including a publicly traded for-profit company, that is not defined as a "public utility" in Title 58 of the 1976 Code of Laws; and "Whereas, a recent pipeline leak of over 300,000 gallons of petroleum product near Belton, South Carolina, has demonstrated the risks inherent in pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products; and "Whereas, the cleanup of refined petroleum products from soil and groundwater is an expensive, imperfect, and time consuming process; and "Whereas, the financial and technical abilities of the party responsible for the cleanup of any refined petroleum products released from a pipeline are critical to ensure that the responsibility for the cleanup is not imposed upon the citizens of South Carolina; and "Whereas, it is the duty of the General Assembly to establish the policy for the authorization of use for eminent domain and to provide statutory processes and procedures to balance the interests of the state's health, safety, welfare, and property of this state's citizens without unnecessarily impeding or discouraging economic development; and "Whereas, it is the duty of the General Assembly to address any potential expansion of the use of eminent domain authority in this State in a meaningful and deliberative manner." "SECTION 2. Unless the General Assembly amends Section 58-7-10 in any manner before the passing of three years after the effective date of this act or if the language of subsection (B) is reenacted or otherwise extended by the General Assembly, the provisions of subsection (B), as added by this act, are repealed November 30, 2020." 2016 Act No. 304, provides as follows: "Whereas, petroleum and petroleum products are a national commodity, yet are commodities that may pose a threat to the property and health of South Carolinians if not properly transported or stored; and "Whereas, questions have recently arisen regarding petroleum pipeline siting in South Carolina, as well as questions regarding responsibility for monitoring and for inspecting these pipelines; and "Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes the importance of economic development in this State, yet recognizes there must be a balance between economic development and the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and property of this state's citizens; and "Whereas, the General Assembly also recognizes the importance of, and intends to defend, the rights of private property owners within this State, rights which have been established within the South Carolina Constitution, the laws of this State, and case law; and "Whereas, the South Carolina Attorney General's Office issued an opinion on July 1, 2015, which states there is 'substantial doubt' that Section 58-7-10 intended to extend the public power of eminent domain to any private petroleum or oil pipeline company pipeline that is not defined in, or otherwise outside of the regulatory scope of, Title 58; and "Whereas, the General Assembly does not find that a private, for-profit pipeline company, which includes a publicly traded for-profit company, that is not defined as a 'public utility' in Title 58 meets the current 'public use' requirement for purposes of eminent domain; and "Whereas, natural gas and petroleum companies utilize pipelines as a method to transport their respective products and both types of companies are primarily regulated by federal law; however, due to the differences in the products these companies provide, the federal government has differing statutory and regulatory provisions for natural gas and petroleum companies, and the majority of the states differentiate between natural gas and petroleum companies, including South Carolina; and "Whereas, unlike other companies that utilize pipelines that are defined in Title 58 as a public utility, such as natural gas companies and water companies, petroleum companies are not defined in Title 58 as a public utility; and "Whereas, the General Assembly finds that Section 58-7-10 was not intended to confer the right of eminent domain to a private, for-profit company, including a publicly traded for-profit company, that is not defined as a 'public utility' in Title 58; and "Whereas, a recent pipeline leak of over 300,000 gallons of petroleum product near Belton, South Carolina, has demonstrated the risks inherent in pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products; and "Whereas, the cleanup of refined petroleum products from soil and groundwater is an expensive, imperfect, and time consuming process; and "Whereas, the financial and technical abilities of the party responsible for the cleanup of any refined petroleum products released from a pipeline are critical to ensure that the responsibility for the cleanup is not imposed upon the citizens of South Carolina; and "Whereas, it is the duty of the General Assembly to establish the policy for the authorization of use for eminent domain and to provide statutory processes and procedures to balance the interests of the state's health, safety, welfare, and property of this state's citizens without unnecessarily impeding or discouraging economic development; and "Whereas, it is the duty of the General Assembly to address any potential expansion of the use of eminent domain authority in this State in a meaningful and deliberative manner. Now, therefore, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: "SECTION 1. (A) There is created the Petroleum Pipeline Study Committee to study matters related to the presence of petroleum pipelines in South Carolina, including, but not limited to: "(1) the various types of petroleum products and by-products that are transported by a pipeline; "(2) the federal requirements for petroleum pipeline siting and monitoring; "(3) the state's responsibilities as to the regulation of petroleum pipeline siting and monitoring; "(4) the possible environmental implications from a petroleum pipeline; "(5) the potential economic development implications for South Carolina resulting from a petroleum pipeline located in this State; "(6) whether other states permit petroleum pipeline companies to exercise eminent domain, and if so, under what circumstances; "(7) whether a bonding requirement can and should be imposed as a prerequisite for any private company seeking to install a petroleum pipeline in South Carolina. "(B) The study committee must be composed of: "(1) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; "(2) three members of the Senate appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee; "(3) the Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, or his designee; "(4) the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff, or his designee; "(5) one member representing environmental or conservation organizations, appointed by the Governor; and "(6) one member representing the South Carolina Petroleum Council, appointed by the Governor. "The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee shall provide appropriate staffing for this study committee. "(C) The study committee shall prepare a report for the General Assembly that sets forth findings and recommendations regarding matters related to the presence of petroleum pipelines in South Carolina, and provide its report to the General Assembly by June 30, 2017, at which time the study committee may dissolve. However, if the report contains findings or a recommendation that further work is needed, the study committee may continue its work until December 31, 2017, at which time the study committee must be dissolved. "SECTION 2. This joint resolution shall take effect upon approval by the Governor [June 9, 2016]." Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 205, SECTION 1, added paragraph designator (A), added (B), relating to an exception for for-profit pipeline companies, and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2022 Act No. 144, SECTION 1, rewrote (B). 2022 Act No. 144, SECTION 2, repealed (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-13-750 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 58-13-750
SECTION 58-13-750. Magistrates may issue search warrants for explosive compound.
Status: in_force

Upon complaint made under oath to a magistrate that the complainant has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that an explosive compound is had, kept or to be found in any city, town or other place within the jurisdiction of such magistrate by any railroad corporation, contrary to law, a warrant may issue directed to the sheriff of the county or his deputy or to any constable of such city or town, commanding him to enter any building, vehicle, ship or other vessel specified in the warrant and there make diligent search for and seize such explosive compound and to make return of his doings to such magistrate forthwith.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2000 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-2000
SECTION 58-27-2000. Administration of oaths; examination of witnesses; certification of official acts.
Status: in_force

For the purposes mentioned in this chapter, commissioners may administer oaths, examine witnesses, consistent with the Code of Judicial Conduct, and certify official acts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-60 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-60
SECTION 58-31-60. Duties and powers of board of directors.
Status: in_force

The powers of the Public Service Authority shall be exercised by the board of directors, with the exception of such duties as this chapter shall impose upon the advisory board. A majority of the members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purpose of organizing the Public Service Authority and conducting the business thereof and for all other purposes and all action may be taken by vote of a majority of directors present unless in any case the bylaws shall require a larger number. The board of directors shall have full authority to manage the property and business of the Public Service Authority, and to prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the general business of the Public Service Authority may be conducted and the powers granted to it may be exercised and embodied. The board of directors shall fix and determine the number of officers, agents, employees and servants of the Public Service Authority and their respective compensation and duties, and may delegate to one or more of their number, or to one or more of such officers, agents, employees or servants, such powers and duties as it may deem proper. Each director shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties as such director in the penal sum of at least ten thousand dollars, the premium for the first bonds to be paid by the Governor from his contingent fund to be reimbursed when the Authority is in funds, and all subsequent premiums to be paid from funds of the Authority. The board of directors shall require similar bonds in such amounts as they may determine from any or all officers, agents and employees in position of responsibility or trust. The position of director of the Public Service Authority is not a public office, and the State shall in no wise be responsible for the acts of the directors, but each director and his surety and the Public Service Authority shall be responsible for all acts of the director in connection with the functions herein provided for. Forthwith upon the appointment and organization of the Public Service Authority it shall proceed with the improvement and development of the Cooper River, the Santee River, the Congaree River and their tributaries upstream to the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers and upstream on the Wateree River to a point at or near Camden for the aid and benefit of commerce and navigation, flood control and drainage, and for the development of the hydroelectric power inherent therein. The Authority shall investigate other power and navigation projects in the State and shall have power to acquire or develop desirable ones as early as practicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 58-3-20
SECTION 58-3-20. Membership; election and qualifications; terms; vacancies.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 2025 Act No. 74, SECTION 1, and 2025 Act No. 75, SECTION 1, the provisions of this section prohibiting the General Assembly from holding an election until a final determination is made by the courts regarding its review of congressional districts' compliance with subsec. (C) of this section is suspended for 2025 and 2026. (A) The commission is composed of seven members to be elected by the General Assembly in the manner prescribed by this chapter. Each member must have: (1) a baccalaureate or more advanced degree from: (a) a recognized institution of higher learning requiring face-to-face contact between its students and instructors prior to completion of the academic program; (b) an institution of higher learning that has been accredited by a regional or national accrediting body; or (c) an institution of higher learning chartered before 1962; and (2) a background of substantial duration and an expertise in at least one of the following: (a) energy issues; (b) telecommunications issues; (c) consumer protection and advocacy issues; (d) water and wastewater issues; (e) finance, economics, and statistics; (f) accounting; (g) engineering; or (h) law. (B)(1) Beginning in 2004, the members of the Public Service Commission must be elected to staggered terms. In 2004, the members representing the Second, Fourth, and Sixth Congressional Districts must be elected for terms ending on June 30, 2006, and until their successors are elected and qualify. Thereafter, members representing the Second, Fourth, and Sixth Congressional Districts must be elected to terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. In 2004, the members representing the First, Third, and Fifth Congressional Districts and the State at large must be elected for terms ending on June 30, 2008, and until their successors are elected and qualify. Thereafter, members representing the First, Third, and Fifth Congressional Districts and the State at large must be elected to terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, members representing the First, Third, and Fifth Congressional Districts shall serve until the expiration of their terms, and in 2013, members representing the First, Third, and Fifth Congressional Districts must be elected for terms ending on June 30, 2016, and until their successors are elected and qualified. (2) In the event there are Seven Congressional Districts, the member elected from the State at large shall serve until the expiration of his term, and in 2013, a member representing the Seventh Congressional District must be elected for a term ending on June 30, 2016, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Thereafter, the member representing the Seventh Congressional District must be elected to terms of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Upon the election and qualification of the member representing the Seventh Congressional District, the at-large member elected to satisfy the requirements of subsection (C) immediately shall cease to be a member of the commission. (C) The General Assembly must provide for the election of the seven-member commission and elect its members based upon the congressional districts established by the General Assembly pursuant to the latest official United States Decennial Census. If the number of congressional districts is less than seven, additional members must be elected at large to provide for a seven-member commission. In the event the congressional districts established by the General Assembly are under review by a court for compliance with statutory or constitutional requirements, an election scheduled pursuant to this section shall not be held until a final determination is made by the courts regarding the congressional districts. The inability to hold an election due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy on the commission and the commissioners serve until their successors are elected and qualify. (D) The Governor may fill vacancies in the office of commissioner until the successor in the office for a full term or an unexpired term, as applicable, has been elected by the General Assembly. In cases where a vacancy occurs on the commission when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may fill the vacancy by an interim appointment. The Governor must report the interim appointment to the General Assembly and must forward a formal appointment at its next ensuing regular session. Editor's Note 1980 Act No. 440, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 223 of 1979 and Section 58-3-20 of the 1976 Code, incumbent members of the Public Service Commission serving as commissioners on the effective date of this act (May 26, 1980), shall continue to serve as commissioners until July 1, 1981 unless their successors are elected prior to that date." 1982 Act No. 485, SECTIONS 1 and 2, effective March 5, 1982, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. The General Assembly finds that pursuant to Section 58-3-20 of the 1976 Code it is required to provide for the election of seven members of the Public Service Commission during the 1982 session, one from each of the six congressional districts established according to the official United States Census of 1980, and one to be elected at large. The candidates for election by the General Assembly must be nominated by the Public Service Commission Merit Selection Panel and screened by the Joint Legislative Screening Committee. "The General Assembly further finds that, because a congressional reapportionment plan for South Carolina based upon the 1980 census has not been enacted, the Merit Selection Panel has been substantially delayed in its screening and nominating of candidates for consideration by the General Assembly. In order to eliminate the confusion surrounding the screening and nominating of candidates for the Public Service Commission due to the uncertainty of the new congressional districts, the General Assembly, by the adoption of this Joint Resolution, has determined to establish the election districts for the purpose of electing members of the Public Service Commission during 1982 only. "SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58-3-20 of the 1976 Code and only for purposes of the 1982 election, those members of the Public Service Commission to be elected in 1982 shall be elected from the six congressional districts as they were constituted on January 1, 1981 and one member from the state at large. The term of each of the seven commissioners elected in 1982 shall be for four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. "In the event vacancies occur on the Commission during the term of those commission members elected in 1982, successors shall be elected from the six congressional districts as those districts were constituted on January 1, 1981, and one member from the state at large, for the remainder of the unexpired term or terms. Members of the Commission whose terms expire July 1, 1982, shall continue to serve as commissioners until their successors are elected and qualify pursuant to the provisions of this resolution for terms extended until the General Assembly provides for the election of members of the Commission based upon the seven public service commission districts as they were constituted on January 1, 1981." 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." 2025 Act No. 74, SECTION 1, and 2025 Act No. 75, SECTION 1, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. The provision prohibiting the General Assembly from holding an election until a final determination is made by the courts regarding its review of congressional districts' compliance with statutory or constitutional requirements of Section 58-3-20(C) of the S.C. Code is suspended for Calendar Year[s] 2025 [and 2026]." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 220, SECTION 2, deleted (B) and (C), which related to the review committee finding a candidate qualified in certain circumstances, and redesignated former (D) to (F) as (B) to (D); and in (B)(2), in the third sentence, substituted "at-large" for "at large" and "subsection (C)" for "subsection (E)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-150
SECTION 58-11-150. Restrictions on capitalization for rate-making purposes.
Status: in_force

No radio common carrier for rate-making purposes shall capitalize its franchises, rights, powers, privileges, or right to own and operate or enjoy any such franchise, rights, powers, or privileges in excess of the amount paid to the State or to any political subdivision of the State as the consideration for the grant thereof; or to capitalize any lease, or contract of sale or contract for consolidation or merger of two or more radio common carriers; or issue by way of substitution any capital stock, trust certificates, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, or other securities for any consolidated or merged company exceeding the aggregate value of the properties so consolidated or merged and any additional property or labor actually contributed in cash, and any additional property or labor actually contributed; provided, that the determination of such consideration or value as aforesaid shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-3010 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 25 / Section 58-9-3010
SECTION 58-9-3010. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Attached facility" means a broadband facility or a broadband network or any portion of a broadband network, in each case located substantially: (a) aboveground and attached to an electric cooperative's electric service infrastructure; or (b) underground in an electric easement. (2) "Broadband affiliate" means a broadband service provider that is a separate legal entity from any electric cooperative but is wholly or partially owned by one or more electric cooperatives, or is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with one or more electric cooperatives. (3) "Broadband facility" means any infrastructure used to deliver broadband service or for the provision of broadband service. (4) "Broadband network" means any and all infrastructure, equipment, materials, or component parts thereof that may be used to provide landline or wireless broadband service, whether now existing or that may be developed in the future including, but not limited to, wires; cables, including fiber optic and copper cables; conduits to the extent not prohibited by the National Electric Safety Code; antennas; equipment; fixtures; switching multiplexers; poles; routers; switches; servers; appurtenances; facilities; or other equipment, whether ancillary, auxiliary, or otherwise used to facilitate the provision of landline or wireless broadband service. (5) "Broadband service" means a landline or wireless service that meets the definition of "broadband service" in Section 58-9-10(17) and that has minimum download speeds of 25 megabits per second and minimum upload speeds of 3 megabits per second. (6) "Broadband service provider" means: (a) a person that provides retail broadband service to end-user customers; and (b) an existing broadband service provider. (7) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. (8) "Communications service provider" means a person that provides communications service as defined in Section 58-9-2610(B). (9) "Electric easement" means a recorded or unrecorded easement or right-of-way or similar right in or to real property, including prescriptive rights, no matter how acquired, held by any electric provider for the siting of electric service infrastructure or for the purpose of delivering electric service, regardless of whether an electric cooperative's broadband affiliate or another broadband service provider uses the easement or other right to provide broadband service. (10) "Electric cooperative" means an electric cooperative organized under Chapter 49, Title 33. (11) "Electric provider" means an electric cooperative, an investor-owned electric utility, and the South Carolina Public Service Authority. (12) "Existing broadband service provider" means a person that was providing broadband service as defined in Section 58-9-10(17) on the effective date of this article. (13) "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission or its successor. (14) "Make-ready" means the modification or replacement of an electric cooperative's infrastructure or of the lines or equipment on the electric cooperative's infrastructure to accommodate additional attached facilities. (15) "Person" means any natural person and any firm, association, corporation business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic. (16) "Retail broadband service" means any broadband service other than that provided for: (a) the internal use of an electric cooperative; (b) the internal use of another electric cooperative; (c) resale by another electric cooperative or other broadband service provider; or (d) use as a component part of communications services that other cable, telecommunications, or information services providers offer to their customers. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 175, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. This act does not convey or confer any implied or express grant of authority to an investor-owned electric utility to provide broadband facilities or broadband services as defined in this act and any legal rights which may or may not belong to investor-owned electric utilities to provide broadband facilities or broadband services at the time of the passage of this act are neither expanded nor contracted by its passage."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-350 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 58-31-350
SECTION 58-31-350. Acquisition of facilities within service area.
Status: in_force

Distribution facilities belonging to another electrical utility which, after July 9, 1973, are located in the present service area of the Public Service Authority as defined in Section 58-31-330, shall be acquired by the Public Service Authority within two years of July 9, 1973 and upon payment to the electrical utility concerned of just compensation therefor. Pending the acquisition of such facilities by the Public Service Authority, electrical service shall continue to be furnished by the electrical utility owning the facilities. For the purposes of this section, "just compensation" shall consist of the total of the following: (a) Reproduction cost, new, of the facilities being acquired, less depreciation on a straight line basis; (b) Cost of reintegrating the system of the selling electrical utility after detaching the portion to be sold including allowance for idle substation capacity caused in the remaining portion of the system. Just compensation shall otherwise be determined as provided in Section 58-27-1360.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-270 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 58-23-270
SECTION 58-23-270. Class F certificates.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate F to any person or corporation who proposes to engage in the business commonly known as contract hauling of freight or property when such applicant does not propose to operate upon a regular schedule or over a regular route or to solicit or receive patronage along the route. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 25, provides as follows: "SECTION 25. The Public Service Commission must make information readily available so that the general public can easily access information regarding the requirements in Articles 3 and 9 in Chapter 23, Title 58. This includes, but is not limited to, the commission posting on its website information regarding the following: list of certified companies, maximum rates, insurance, and complaint resolution." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 12, substituted "directive" for "order".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-220 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-220
SECTION 58-11-220. Office in State.
Status: in_force

Each radio common carrier shall have an office in one of the counties of this State in which its property or some part thereof is located, and shall keep in such office all books, accounts, papers, and records, as shall reasonably be required by the Office of Regulatory Staff to be kept within the State. No books, accounts, papers, or records required by the Office of Regulatory Staff to be kept within the State shall be removed at any time from the State except upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Office of Regulatory Staff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-1540 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 15 / Section 58-15-1540
SECTION 58-15-1540. Eliminated crossings shall be closed.
Status: in_force

Such crossings as are eliminated by virtue of this article shall be closed as public highways or travel places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-110
SECTION 58-11-110. Carrier shall file application with Federal Communications Commission.
Status: in_force

A radio common carrier upon receiving a certificate of authorization from the Commission shall file with the Federal Communications Commission an application for the service within ninety days from date of certificate as issued by the Commission or on August 15, 1975, whichever is later. The Commission shall revoke any certificate granted should the radio common carrier fail to file with the Federal Communications Commission within the required time set forth above. The radio common carrier shall furnish proof of such Federal Communications Commission filing to the Commission within thirty days after such filing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-250 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-250
SECTION 58-31-250. Legislative oversight.
Status: in_force

(A) The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee may request and the Authority must produce, in writing or by testimony at the request of the relevant committee, within thirty days of any request any or all of the following: (1) annual audited financial statements; (2) projected and actual annual revenue; (3) actual annual expenditures; (4) any debt issuances in the previous five years, whether short-term or long-term; (5) percent of annual revenues utilized for administration. For purposes of this item, "administration" includes executive-level employees compensation and other operating costs; (6) organizational flow chart displaying the position titles and name of executive-level employees; (7) major components of any long-term capital plan, including timing and cost estimates, and financing plan for such capital investments whether paid from operations or debt; (8) performance objectives and results; (9) performance measurements used to evaluate program effectiveness; (10) any outstanding litigation issues; and (11) planning documents and progress reports, including budgeted and actual expenditures. (B) The Authority must post its annual audited financial report in a conspicuous place on the Authority's website and distribute the reports to members of the General Assembly. (C) Any problems or issues of concern that arise during this oversight process may be forwarded to the State Inspector General for investigation after a vote of either committee. The Inspector General is granted the authority to complete the investigation. (D) The Authority and the Board of Directors and its subcommittees are public bodies for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act. (E) Any and all compensation for the Authority CEO must be reviewed by the Agency Head Salary Commission. Additionally, any employment contracts or retention contracts that last longer than five years, and all contract extensions, must be reviewed by the Agency Head Salary Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-43-10 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 43 / Section 58-43-10
SECTION 58-43-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise specified, for purposes of this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission. (2) "Contract" has the same meaning as the term is used in Section 58-27-980. (3) "Electrical utility" has the same meaning as provided in Section 58-27-10(7). (4) "Marginal cost" means the electrical utility's marginal cost for producing energy. (5) "Qualifying customer" means either: (a) an existing commercial or industrial customer with a combined firm and interruptible contract demand greater than 20 megawatts that agrees to a new or extended electric service contract with a term of five years or more; or (b) a commercial or industrial customer that agrees to locate its operations in South Carolina or expand its existing establishment, and such location or expansion results in the minimum of: (i) 500 kilowatts at one point of delivery; (ii) fifty new employees; and (iii) capital investment of $400,000 following the electrical utility's approval for service. (6) "Rate proposal" means a written document that identifies the rates, terms, and conditions for electric service offered by an electrical utility to a prospective customer. (7) "Renewable energy facility" means a solar array or other facility constructed by or on behalf of a qualifying customer for the exclusive purpose of supplementing electrical power generation from a renewable energy source for its economic development location, expansion, or retention. (8) "Transformational customer" means a commercial or industrial customer that agrees to locate its operations in South Carolina or expand its existing establishment, and such location or expansion results in the addition of a minimum of: (a) 50 megawatts at one point of delivery; (b) 500 new employees; (c) capital investment of $100,000,000 following the electrical utility's approval for service; and (d) who is designated by the South Carolina Department of Commerce as a business which will bring substantial benefit to the economy of South Carolina and its citizens, such that it is in the public interest to have such transformational customer located in this State. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 36.A, provides as follows: "SECTION 36.A. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that: "(1) the economic and financial well-being of South Carolina and its citizens depends upon continued economic development and industry retention and opportunities for job attraction and retention; and "(2) the cost of electricity and the availability of clean energy sources for electricity are important factors in the decision for a commercial and industrial entity to locate, expand, or maintain their existing establishments in South Carolina; and "(3) competitive electric rates, terms, and conditions and the ability to utilize clean energy sources for electric power generation are necessary to attract prospective commercial or industrial entities to invest in South Carolina and to encourage and incent robust economic development growth and industry retention in this State; and "(4) electrical utilities are critical economic development and industry retention partners for South Carolina by offering affordable power that has helped to attract jobs and associated development." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-2550 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 21 / Section 58-9-2550
SECTION 58-9-2550. Distribution systems.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff may establish a distribution system for TTY and other related telecommunications devices. In establishing this program, the Office of Regulatory Staff may: (1) select an administrator through the State Fiscal Accountability Authority procurement process to purchase, store, distribute, and maintain telecommunications devices for persons qualified to receive such equipment. In addition, the administrator must be responsible for providing user training and assistance; and (2) establish qualifications for eligibility for individuals to receive TTY's and other related telecommunications devices under a distribution system of TTY's and other related telecommunications devices. Qualifications shall include certifications as hearing impaired, speech impaired, or dual sensory impaired. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-260 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-260
SECTION 58-27-260. Joint Committee on the Electrification of Transportation.
Status: in_force

(A) There is established the Joint Committee on the Electrification of Transportation. The committee is comprised of four members of the Senate, two of whom are appointed by the Chairman of Senate Finance and two of whom are appointed by the Chairman of Senate Judiciary, and four members of the House of Representatives, two of whom are appointed by the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and two of whom are appointed by the Chairman of the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. The members of the committee shall elect one co-chairman from the Senate appointees and one co-chairman from the House appointees. (B)(1) The committee shall study the challenges and opportunities associated with the electrification of the transportation sector and make recommendations to the General Assembly to enable a fair, efficient, and cost-effective transition to electric transportation. At a minimum, the committee shall study the following issues: (a) environmental, economic, and customer challenges and benefits associated with the advancement of electric vehicles; (b) the potential value of advancing the development and deployment of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure and address issues that impede development and deployment; (c) explore and evaluate the impacts of electric vehicles on roads, bridges, and other infrastructure, including the potential loss of revenue due to the current and projected future use of electric vehicles in this State; (d) explore and evaluate the impacts of electric vehicles on customers, utilities, and the grid; and (e) any other issues associated with the electrification of the transportation sector. (2) The committee shall receive reports from: (a) the Office of Regulatory Staff's stakeholder initiative to advance the electrification of transportation sector; (b) the South Carolina Public Service Commission pursuant Section 58-27-265; and (c) by September first of each year, the South Carolina Department of Revenue shall provide an annual report to the committee that details the prior fiscal year's revenue collections, from whatever source derived, designated for the repair, maintenance, or improvements to the South Carolina transportation system. (C) The committee shall receive clerical and related assistance from the staff of the Senate and the staff of the House of Representatives, as approved and designated by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-2150
SECTION 58-27-2150. Rehearings.
Status: in_force

After an order or decision has been made by the Commission any party to the proceedings may within ten days after service of notice of the entry of the order or decision apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined in such proceedings and specified in the application for rehearing, and the Commission may, in case it appears to be proper, grant and hold such rehearing. The Commission shall either grant or refuse an application for rehearing within twenty days, and a failure by the Commission to act upon such application within that period shall be deemed a refusal thereof. If the application be granted the Commission's order shall be deemed vacated, and the Commission shall enter a new order after the rehearing has been concluded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-7-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 7 / Section 58-7-20
SECTION 58-7-20. Rights, powers and privileges of telegraph and telephone companies conferred on water companies.
Status: in_force

Subject to the same duties and liabilities, all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon telegraph and telephone companies under Chapter 2 of Title 28, including the power to condemn property, are granted to companies engaged in supplying water or sewerage services incorporated under the laws of this State or to companies incorporated under the laws of any other state upon complying with the laws of this State regulating foreign corporations and by becoming a domestic corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-610 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 58-15-610
SECTION 58-15-610. Steamboat companies may exact tolls for use of wharves or landings.
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter or under Chapter 7 of Title 33 engaged in the transportation of freight or passengers, by means of steamboat or otherwise, upon any of the navigable waters of this State, may exact reasonable tolls or fees for the use of wharves or landings located upon lands that are the property of the corporation or that are under lease or under the control of such corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-298 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 4 / Section 58-33-298
SECTION 58-33-298. Application of limitations on rate filings in Section 58-27-870(E).
Status: in_force

Filings under this article may not be considered in applying the limitations on rate filings contained in Section 58-27-870(E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-130 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-130
SECTION 58-31-130. Credit and taxing power of the State and its subdivisions shall not be involved; liability for payment of securities.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in the provisions of this chapter shall, at any time or in any manner, involve the credit and taxing power of the State, or of any of its political subdivisions; nor shall any of the securities or other evidences of indebtedness authorized to be issued in and by this chapter ever be or constitute obligations of the State or of any of its political subdivisions; nor shall the State or any of its political subdivisions ever be liable or responsible, in any way, for the payment of the principal or interest of or on such security or other evidences of indebtedness.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-520 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 58-11-520
SECTION 58-11-520. Actions to discontinue or prevent violation of law or order.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall appear that any radio common carrier is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or by order of the commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff, or is doing anything, or about to do anything, or permitting anything, or about to permit anything, to be done contrary to or in violation of law or of any order of the commission, an action or proceeding shall be prosecuted by the Office of Regulatory Staff in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the Office of Regulatory Staff for the purpose of having such violation or threatened violation discontinued or prevented, either by mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate relief, and in such action or proceeding it shall be permissible to join such other persons or corporations as parties thereto as may be reasonably necessary to make the order of the court in all respects effective.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-50 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-50
SECTION 58-31-50. Right to and procedure for acquisition of property by Authority.
Status: in_force

The Public Service Authority may acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation, or in any other manner, any lands, waters, water rights, riparian rights, flowage rights, easements, licenses, franchises, engineering data, construction plans, or estimates prepared for the development of the Cooper River and Santee River or any other real or personal property necessary or useful in carrying out any of its purposes or exercising any of its powers; but before the board of directors may acquire and pay for, without condemnation any plans, specifications, franchises, or any kind of property, belonging to or to belong to any private corporation previously chartered by this State or any other state for the purpose of developing the Santee-Cooper project, a full report of the proposed purchase must be submitted in writing to the advisory board, which shall order a public hearing on the proposed purchase and due notice of the hearing must be given by advertisement to be published in at least three daily papers published in the State twice each week for two consecutive weeks. The advisory board shall carefully investigate the proposed purchase, and shall file its report in writing with the Secretary of State and the board of directors of the Public Service Authority. If the report recommends a price for the proposed purchase, the board of directors may enter into a contract for the purchase; if the report disapproves the proposed purchase, the board of directors may submit any amended proposed agreement, which must be heard by the advisory board in the same manner, or shall proceed with condemnation; the price to be paid to any private corporation for any of its property is subject to the approval of the original purchaser of the first notes, bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this chapter. The Public Service Authority shall have the right of eminent domain to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-1-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 1 / Section 58-1-20
SECTION 58-1-20. Offer of free pass or reduced rates to certain officials unlawful.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any transportation or transmission company or any person representing such a company to issue or offer to issue a free pass or any special or reduced rates not common to the public to any member of the General Assembly, to any member of Congress from this State, to any State or county official or to any judge of a court of record in this State. But nothing contained in this section shall apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture, nor to any transportation or transmission company or person representing any such company issuing or offering to issue a free pass or any special or reduced rate to the public or to any officer or employee, active or retired, of such company who has earned such pass or such right to such reduced rates by reason of seniority and service to such company.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-620 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 58-23-620
SECTION 58-23-620. Situations in which local fees may or may not be imposed.
Status: in_force

(A) A municipality or county in this State may not impose a license fee or license tax upon a holder of a certificate A or a certificate B, and a municipality or county may not impose a license fee or license tax on the holder of a certificate E or a certificate F, Certificate of Compliance, or a common or contract motor carrier of property, except the municipality of the carrier's residence or the location of the carrier's principal place of business. However, the fee required of a holder of a certificate C is in addition to any license tax or license fee charged by a municipality. (B) If a municipality or county imposes a license fee or license tax pursuant to subsection (A), the fee or tax in the case of any certificate holder or common or contract motor carrier of property which operates its vehicles both within and without this State, must be apportioned in the ratio that the miles traveled by the vehicles operated by the certificate holder in this State bears to miles traveled by those vehicles in all states. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 40, SECTIONS 8.L, 8.M, provide as follows: "L. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary within this SECTION, a person who registers a vehicle for use in this State pursuant to Article 23, Chapter 37, Title 12, as amended by this act, must register his vehicle during calendar year 2019 and is required to pay the road fees calculated based on the fair market value of the vehicle as specified in Sections 12-37-2820 and 12-37-2850 at the time the vehicle's registration fees are paid. "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 12-37-2865(B) and (C), as contained in this SECTION, to the contrary, during calendar year 2019, the first four hundred thousand dollars of fee revenue collected pursuant to Section 12-37-2865 must be retained by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray programming costs. "(3) The initial millage required by Section 12-37-2850 must be calculated on or before June 1, 2018. "M. This SECTION takes effect January 1, 2019, except that the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, shall calculate the millage to be used to calculate the road use fee provided in Section 12-37-2850 by July 1, 2018." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 8.H, rewrote the section, apportioning certain license fees and taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-220 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-220
SECTION 58-27-220. Enforcement and administration of chapter.
Status: in_force

In addition to the foregoing expressly enumerated powers, the Office of Regulatory Staff must enforce, execute, administer, and carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to the powers, duties, limitations, and restrictions imposed upon electrical utilities and the South Carolina Public Service Authority by this chapter or any other provisions of the law of this State regulating electrical utilities and the South Carolina Public Service Authority regarding its provision of electric services. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 90, SECTION 18, inserted "and the South Carolina Public Service Authority" following "imposed upon electrical utilities" and "and the South Carolina Public Service Authority regarding its provision of electric services" following "regulating electrical utilities".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-4100 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 33 / Section 58-17-4100
SECTION 58-17-4100. Penalty for shooting or throwing at trains.
Status: in_force

A person who wilfully discharges any kind of firearms or throws any kind of missile at or into the engine or any car of a train is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-720 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 58-5-720
SECTION 58-5-720. Filing of bond of certificates of deposit prior to approval by commission of construction or other work on water or sewer system; forfeiture.
Status: in_force

The commission shall, before the granting of authority or consent to any water or sewer utility regulated by the commission, for the construction, operation, maintenance, acquisition, expansion, or improvement of any facility or system, prescribe as a condition to the consent or approval that the utility shall: (1) file with the commission a bond with sufficient surety, as approved by the commission, in an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars and not more than three hundred fifty thousand dollars payable to the commission and conditioned upon the provision by the utility of adequate and sufficient service within its service area and provide a copy of the bond to the Office of Regulatory Staff; or (2) deliver to the commission certificates of deposit, with endorsements as required by the commission, of federal or state chartered banks or savings and loan associations who maintain an office in this State and whose accounts are insured by either the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The certificates of deposit shall not exceed the amount covered by insurance. The commission has the right, upon notice and hearing, to declare all or any part of the bond or certificate of deposit forfeited upon a determination by the commission that the utility failed to provide service without just cause or excuse and that this failure has continued for an unreasonable length of time. A further condition of the bond or certificate of deposit shall be the provision for payment to the commission of any fine or penalty imposed or assessed by the commission against the utility under the provisions of Section 58-5-710.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-70 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-70
SECTION 58-27-70. Employment of staff; suits or actions arising under chapter.
Status: in_force

The commission may employ such technical administrative and clerical staff as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon it by law in relation to electrical utilities. The Office of Regulatory Staff shall be the legal head of suits or actions arising under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-710 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 58-15-710
SECTION 58-15-710. Bicycles and baby carriages deemed baggage.
Status: in_force

Bicycles and baby carriages shall be deemed baggage for the purpose of transportation by steam railroads and steam ferries. Steam railroads and steam ferries shall carry bicycles and baby carriages under the same rules and subject to the same liabilities as govern trunks and other separate baggage of a passenger. No person shall be required to crate, cover, lock, box or otherwise protect bicycles or baby carriages as baggage under the provisions of this section. But such steam railroads and steam ferries shall not be required to carry more than one bicycle or baby carriage for any one person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2460 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 19 / Section 58-27-2460
SECTION 58-27-2460. Penalties not applicable to municipality but to officers, agents or employees personally.
Status: in_force

The penalties herein prescribed shall not be deemed to apply to municipalities, but the act, omission or failure of an officer, agent or employee of a municipality constituting a violation of this chapter or of any lawful order of the Commission, or any part thereof, although acting for the municipality, shall subject him personally to the penalties herein prescribed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 58-11-230
SECTION 58-11-230. Compliance with orders and regulations.
Status: in_force

Each radio common carrier shall obey and comply with each and every requirement of every order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the commission and every direction, rule, or regulation made or prescribed by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of their duties under this chapter, or in relation to any other matter in any way relating to or affecting the business of such radio common carrier, and shall do everything necessary or proper in order to secure compliance with and observance of every order, decision, direction, rule, or regulation by all of its officers, agents, and employees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-7-40 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 7 / Section 58-7-40
SECTION 58-7-40. Water companies may contract with municipalities or public service districts to collect charges for sewage disposal and to disconnect water service for nonpayment of sewer charges.
Status: in_force

All private corporations, subject to the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Public Service Commission, engaged in the business of providing water service and selling and distributing water for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes may, if the approval of the South Carolina Public Service Commission is obtained, enter into contracts with any incorporated municipality or any special purpose district upon terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon (including an agreement by the municipality or public service district to hold the private corporation harmless for any error by the municipality or public service district regarding the payment or nonpayment of sewer charges) by which the municipalities or special purpose districts shall (a) constitute the corporation the agent of the municipalities or special purpose districts, for the purpose of collecting such charges as the municipalities or special purpose districts shall from time to time impose upon those who utilize its sewage disposal facilities; and/or (b) empower the corporation as the agent of the municipalities or special purpose districts to disconnect water service upon failure of any user to pay sewer charges. Editor's Note Section 1 of 1965 Act No 381 (1965 (54) 683), contains legislative findings relative to this section, and provides: "The General Assembly finds that in certain areas in South Carolina domestic, commercial and industrial water service is supplied by private corporations under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Frequently incorporated municipalities and special purpose districts are located within the same areas. Such municipalities and special purpose districts are empowered to impose sewer service charges but have no ready means of collecting the charges inasmuch as they do not render water service. Such municipalities and special purpose districts have the power to enter into contracts with private corporations to collect such sewer service charge but there is no corresponding statutory authority permitting the private corporation to act for such municipalities and special purpose districts to collect such sewer service charge or to suspend water service in the event that the bill for sewer service is not paid, whether the sewer bill is rendered separately or is combined with the water bill into a single bill."