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SC Code § 58-27-2000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2000. Administration of oaths; examination of witnesses; certification of official acts.

 For the purposes mentioned in this chapter, commissioners may administer oaths, examine witnesses, consistent with the Code of Judicial Conduct, and certify official acts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-140; 1952 Code Section 24-140; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 206, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2010. Contempt proceedings.

 In case of failure on the part of any person to comply with any lawful order of the commission or of any commissioner or with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be interrogated lawfully, any court of record of general jurisdiction, or a judge thereof, may, on application of a party requesting a subpoena, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein. The commission must not be a party to any proceeding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-141; 1952 Code Section 24-141; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 207, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2020. Hearing before one or more commissioners.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-142; 1952 Code Section 24-142; 1942 Code Section 8555-4; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 208, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2030. Employment and duties of special agent or examiner.

 In any hearing, the commission may employ a special agent or examiner who shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, consistent with the Code of Judicial Conduct, and receive evidence in any locality which the commission, having regard to the public convenience and the proper discharge of its functions and duties, may designate. The testimony and evidence so taken or received shall have the same force and effect as if taken or received by the commission or any one or more of the commissioners as above provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-143; 1952 Code Section 24-143; 1942 Code Section 8555-4; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 209, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2040. Persons entitled to be heard at hearing and to introduce evidence.

 At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or the time to which the same may have been continued, the petitioner and the person, corporation, or the affected electrical utility is entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence, in person or by attorney.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-144; 1952 Code Section 24-144; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 210, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2050. Depositions.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff or any party to the proceedings may, in any hearing before the commission, cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil actions in the courts of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-145; 1952 Code Section 24-145; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 211, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2060. Self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution.

 No person is excused from testifying or from producing any book, document, paper, or account in any hearing before the commission, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book, document, paper, or account required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty for or on account of any act, transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he shall have been compelled under oath to testify or produce documentary evidence. But no person so testifying is exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-146; 1952 Code Section 24-146; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 212, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2070. Copies of official documents and orders as evidence.

 Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff, certified by a commissioner or by the clerk of the commission under its official seal or the executive director of the Office of Regulatory Staff to be true copies of the original, shall be evidence in like manner as the originals in all matters before the commission and in the courts of this State. The commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff may prescribe reasonable charges to be paid for furnishing authenticated copies of such documents and orders.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-147; 1952 Code Section 24-147; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 213, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2080. Compensation of witnesses.

 Witnesses who are summoned before the Commission shall be paid by the party or parties at whose instance they are summoned the same fees and mileage as are paid to witnesses in the courts of common pleas of this State, and witnesses whose depositions are taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the officer taking the same shall be entitled to be paid by the party or parties at whose instance the deposition is taken the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of common pleas of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-148; 1952 Code Section 24-148; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2090. Charges by affiliated interests.

 When, in the judgment of the commission, there is a reasonably substantial affiliation of any electrical utility 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 electrical utility engaged in business in this State, the burden of proof shall be upon the electrical utility 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 electrical utility and such other corporation or person (a) in relation to supervision, management, construction, or engineering, services or contract, (b) for the sale of material, supplies, equipment, or other commodities, or (c) for any other purpose. Every electrical utility shall be required to produce, if so ordered by the commission in a pending proceeding, for the information of the commission and the other parties all such contracts, papers, and documents relating thereto and explanatory thereof as may be required by the commission, and unless the reasonableness, fairness, and absence of injurious effect upon the public interest of such fees and charges are 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-149; 1952 Code Section 24-149; 1942 Code Section 8555-2; 1932 (37) 1497; 1934 (38) 1452; 1935 (39) 207; 1937 (40) 493; 1983 Act No. 138 Section 16, eff June 15, 1983; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 214, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2100. Findings and orders of Commission.

 After the conclusion of a hearing the Commission shall make and file its findings and order with its opinion, if any. Its findings shall be in sufficient detail to enable the court on review to determine the controverted questions presented by the proceeding and whether proper weight was given to the evidence.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-150; 1952 Code Section 24-150; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2110. Service of orders on parties.

 A copy of such order, certified under the seal of the Commission, shall be served either personally or by registered mail upon the person, corporation or electrical utility against whom it runs, or his or its attorney, and notice thereof shall be given either personally or by registered mail to the other parties to the proceedings or their attorneys.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-151; 1952 Code Section 24-151; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2120. Effective date of orders.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-152; 1952 Code Section 24-152; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2130. Rescission or amendment of orders or decisions.

 The commission may at any time, except in those cases provided for in Section 58-27-2150, after notice and after opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of petitions, 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 registered mail, has been given to the electrical 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-153; 1952 Code Section 24-153; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 215, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2140. Records of proceedings shall be kept.

 A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings had before the Commission or any commissioner on any formal hearing, and all testimony shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-154; 1952 Code Section 24-154; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2150. Rehearings.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-155; 1952 Code Section 24-155; 1942 Code Section 8555-5; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2310. Action to vacate order of commission; limitations.

 A party in interest dissatisfied with an order of the commission may appeal to the Supreme Court or court of appeals as provided by statute and the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. No right of appeal accrues to vacate or set aside, either in whole or in part, an order of the commission, except an order on a rehearing, unless a petition to the commission for a rehearing is filed and refused or considered refused because of the commission's failure to act within twenty days. The commission must not be a party to any action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-161; 1952 Code Section 24-161; 1942 Code Section 8555-6; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 216, eff May 24, 2006; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 42, eff July 1, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:  "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."  2006 Act No. 387, Section 57, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review."
SC Code § 58-27-2320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2320. Stay or suspension of Commission's order pending review.

 The pendency of proceedings to review shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the Commission, but during the pendency of such proceedings the court, upon reasonable notice and after hearing, in its discretion may stay or suspend, either in whole or in part, the operation of the Commission's order on such terms as it deems just and in accordance with the practice of the court. Any party shall have the right to secure from the court in which a review of the order of the Commission is in good faith sought an order suspending or staying the operation of the order of the Commission, pending a review of such order, by adequately securing all persons, corporations and municipalities who will be affected by such suspension or stay against loss due to the delay in the enforcement of the order, in case the order under review is affirmed, the security to be approved and to be in such form and amount as shall be directed by the court granting the stay or suspension.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-162; 1952 Code Section 24-162; 1942 Code Section 8555-6; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2340. Burden of proof shall be on complainant.

 In all actions and proceedings arising under this chapter or growing out of the exercise of the powers herein granted to the Commission the burden of proof shall be on the party attacking any order of the Commission to show that the same is unlawful or unreasonable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-164; 1952 Code Section 24-164; 1942 Code Section 8555-6; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2410. General penalty.

 Any person or corporation violating any provision of this chapter, other than Section 58-27-1530, or failing, omitting or neglecting to obey, observe or comply with any lawful order of the Commission, or any part or provision thereof, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense and reasonable expenses including attorney's fees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-171; 1952 Code Section 24-171; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2420. Every violation shall constitute a separate offense.

 Every violation of a provision of this chapter or of any lawful order of the Commission, or any part thereof, by any corporation or person is a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continuing violation each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-172; 1952 Code Section 24-172; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2430. Penalties shall be cumulative; suit for one penalty shall not bar another suit.

 All penalties accruing under this chapter shall be cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any electrical utility or any officer, director, agent or employee thereof or any other corporation or person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-173; 1952 Code Section 24-173; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2440. Actions to recover penalties.

 Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the State by the Office of Regulatory Staff in any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-174; 1952 Code Section 24-174; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1932 (37) 1497; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 218, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-27-2450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2450. Principals responsible for act of agents.

 In construing and enforcing the provisions 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-175; 1952 Code Section 24-175; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1932 (37) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2460. Penalties not applicable to municipality but to officers, agents or employees personally.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 24-176; 1952 Code Section 24-176; 1942 Code Section 8555-7; 1937 (40) 1497.
SC Code § 58-27-2510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 27 - Electric Utilities And Electric Cooperatives|Section 58-27-2510. Definitions.

 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 electric service would be dangerous to the health of the customer or a member of his household at the premises to which electric service is rendered; or  (b) who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia as certified by a licensed health care provider.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 313, Section 5, eff June 1, 2006; 2012 Act No. 122, Section 5, eff February 22, 2012.