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MT Code § 69-5-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-112. Commission jurisdiction over agreements

  69-5-112. Commission jurisdiction over agreements. (1) All agreements between electric facilities providers must be submitted to the commission for approval. Each agreement must clearly identify the geographical area to be served by each electric facilities provider. The submission must include:   (a) a map and a written description of the area; and   (b) the terms and conditions pertaining to the implementation of the agreement.   (2) Whenever an agreement involves the exchange or transfer of customers within service territories, the following must also be included with the agreement submission:   (a) the number and class of customers to be transferred;   (b) assurance that the affected customers have been contacted and have received a written explanation of the difference in rates; and   (c) information with respect to the degree of acceptance by affected customers, such as the number in favor of and those opposed to the transfer.   (3) In approving agreements, the commission shall consider but is not limited to consideration of:   (a) the reasonable likelihood that the agreement, in and of itself, will not cause a decrease in the reliability of electric service to the existing or future ratepayers of any electric facilities provider party of the agreement; and   (b) the reasonable likelihood that the agreement will eliminate existing or potentially uneconomic duplication of electric service facilities.   (4) An agreement approved by the commission is valid and enforceable, and except as provided in 69-5-106, an electric facilities provider may not offer, construct, or extend electric service facilities into an exclusive territory.   (5) The commission shall state its findings and conclusions for approving or disapproving an agreement and shall render a decision within 90 days of receipt of the agreement. The electric facilities providers submitting the agreement to the commission shall act according to the agreement until a decision is rendered.   (6) Upon approval of the agreement, any modification, changes, or corrections to this agreement must be approved by the commission.   (7) The commission may promulgate rules to administer this part consistent with the requirements of this part.   History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 505, L. 1997.
MT Code § 69-5-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-113. Service to new subdivisions

  69-5-113. Service to new subdivisions. (1) Except as provided in 69-5-108, if two or more electric facilities providers have lines in general proximity to a new subdivision, electric service to the new subdivision must be apportioned by drawing a series of vectors through the subdivision equidistant from the lines of each electric facilities provider with that part of the subdivision closest to an electric facilities provider's line receiving service from that electric facilities provider.   (2) Nothing in this section prohibits electric facilities providers from agreeing among themselves on how to provide service to a new subdivision.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 231, L. 2007.
MT Code § 69-5-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-114. Review by independent consultant

  69-5-114. Review by independent consultant. (1) If electric facilities providers that have provided cost estimates to a new large customer are unable to reach agreement as to which electric facilities provider can provide electric service facilities at the least cost, an independent consultant engineer agreeable to both electric facilities providers or, in the event of failure of the electric facilities providers to agree on a consultant engineer, an independent consultant engineer selected by the district court having jurisdiction, as provided in 69-5-110, shall determine which electric facilities provider can extend its line to the new large customer at the least cost. The cost of those engineering services must be paid equally by the electric facilities providers involved.   (2) If electric facilities providers proposing to provide service to a subdivision do not agree on the location of a vector, as provided in 69-5-113(1), an independent consultant engineer agreeable to both electric facilities providers or, in the event of failure of the electric facilities providers to agree on a consultant engineer, an independent consultant engineer selected by the district court having jurisdiction, as provided in 69-5-110, shall determine the location of a vector. The cost of those engineering services must be paid equally by the electric facilities providers involved.   (3) If electric facilities providers having lines near the premises of a new consumer do not agree if a line has capacity to serve the premises, an independent consultant engineer agreeable to both electric facilities providers or, in the event of failure of the electric facilities providers to agree on a consultant engineer, an independent consultant engineer selected by the district court having jurisdiction, as provided in 69-5-110, shall determine if a line has capacity to serve the premises. The cost of those engineering services must be paid equally by the electric facilities providers involved.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 231, L. 2007.
MT Code § 69-5-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-115. through 69-5-120 reserved

  69-5-115 through 69-5-120 reserved.
MT Code § 69-5-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-121. Definitions

  69-5-121. Definitions. As used in 69-5-122, 69-5-123, and this section, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Added structure" means any outbuildings, improvements, irrigation pumps, facilities, or other structures located on a small customer's property.   (2) "Commercial structure" means a building used for commercial purposes.   (3) "Contractor" means a person who submits a proposal to construct or enters into a contract to construct an extension and who is licensed, insured, a member of the national electrical contractors association, and experienced in comparable construction.   (4) "Electric utility" means:   (a) a public utility regulated by the public service commission pursuant to Title 69, chapter 3, that provides electrical service for heat, light, or power to a small customer; or   (b) a utility qualifying as a rural electric cooperative pursuant to Title 35, chapter 18, that provides electrical service for heat, light, or power to a small customer.   (5) "Extension" means any works or improvements necessary to connect a residential, commercial, or added structure of a small customer to an electric utility's distribution or transmission system.   (6) "Residential structure" means a single-family house, trailer, manufactured home, or mobile home, excluding any outbuildings, improvements, irrigation pumps, facilities, or other structures located on the property.   (7) "Small customer" means a retail customer that has an individual load with an average monthly demand of less than 5,000 kilowatts.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 248, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 440, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 542, L. 2021.
MT Code § 69-5-122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers|69-5-122. Residential utility line extension -- refund

  69-5-122. Residential utility line extension -- refund. (1) A small customer of an electric utility as defined in 69-5-121(4)(a) who pays for a portion of the construction of an extension to a residential structure or who advances money to an electric utility as defined in 69-5-121(4)(a) for a subsequent connection to that extension must receive a refund as provided in subsection (2) if an additional customer connects to the extension.   (2) Each additional customer, prior to the initiation of electric service, shall advance to an electric utility as defined in 69-5-121(4)(a) an equal proportionate share of the total amount paid for the extension to a residential structure. The electric utility shall refund the advance on a pro rata basis to the small customer who paid for the initial extension or to the small customer who paid for a subsequent connection to that extension. A refund may not be issued after 10 years from the date the initial extension is established.   (3) A small customer who expends funds for an extension to a residential structure may not receive a refund that is greater than the amount necessary to return the small customer to the small customer's proportionate share of the cost of the original extension.   (4) A small customer may receive a refund pursuant to this section only if:   (a) the small customer paid for the initial extension or subsequent connection to the extension pursuant to subsection (1);   (b) at the time the refund is issued, the small customer owns the residential structure to which the extension or subsequent connection to the extension was made; and   (c) the small customer did not hire a contractor to complete the extension pursuant to 69-5-123.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 248, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 440, L. 2017.
MT Code § 69-5-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 2. Right of First Refusal|69-5-201. Definitions

  69-5-201. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) (a) "Electric transmission line" means a line used to convey electrical energy connected to transmission facilities that is energized at 115 kilovolts or more phase to phase.   (b) The term does not include an electric transmission line used solely to connect an energy generation facility to transmission facilities owned by an incumbent electric utility.   (2) "Federally registered planning authority" means a regional transmission organization responsible for moving electricity, planning for the movement of electricity, or both over large interstate areas registered with the federal energy regulatory commission.   (3) "Incumbent electric utility" means a public utility regulated by the public service commission pursuant to Title 69, chapter 3, or a utility qualifying as an electric cooperative pursuant to Title 35, chapter 18, or their successors or assignees, that owned, controlled, or operated transmission facilities on or before January 1, 2017.   (4) "Transmission facilities" means facilities that are used to provide transmission services and are owned, controlled, or operated by an incumbent electric utility.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 161, L. 2017.
MT Code § 69-5-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies|Part 2. Right of First Refusal|69-5-202. Right of first refusal

  69-5-202. Right of first refusal. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), an incumbent electric utility has the right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line on or after January 1, 2017:   (i) located in an area included in the midwest reliability organization;   (ii) approved for construction by a federally registered planning authority; and   (iii) planned to interconnect with an incumbent electric utility's transmission facilities.   (b) An incumbent electric utility may waive its right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line by providing notice to the federally registered planning authority.   (2) If an incumbent electric utility intends to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line in accordance with subsection (1)(a), the incumbent electric utility shall provide notice to the federally registered planning authority of its intent within 120 days after the federally registered planning authority's approval of the project.   (3) If an electric transmission line constructed, owned, and maintained in accordance with subsection (1)(a) is connected between two separate incumbent electric utilities, the electric transmission line must be shared equally between the incumbent utilities, unless the incumbent utilities agree to different terms and conditions.   (4) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit, alter, or modify the authority of the commission to make findings relative to 69-3-109 and 69-3-201 as they relate to transmission facilities or to regulate utilities subject to Title 69, chapter 3.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 161, L. 2017.
MT Code § 69-6-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6. Communication Utilities|Part 1. General Provisions|69-6-101. Repealed

  69-6-101. Repealed. Sec. 38, Ch. 349, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 1001, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4401, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6646, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6646, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 70-302.
MT Code § 69-6-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6. Communication Utilities|Part 1. General Provisions|69-6-102. Repealed

  69-6-102. Repealed. Sec. 38, Ch. 349, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 1002, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4402, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6647, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6647, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 70-303.
MT Code § 69-6-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6. Communication Utilities|Part 1. General Provisions|69-6-103. Repealed

  69-6-103. Repealed. Sec. 38, Ch. 349, L. 1997.   History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1907; Sec. 4340, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6579, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6579, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-624, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 182, L. 1907; Sec. 4341, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6580, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6580, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-625, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 182, L. 1907; Sec. 4342, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6581, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6581, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-626, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 72-624, 72-625, 72-626.
MT Code § 69-6-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 6. Communication Utilities|Part 1. General Provisions|69-6-104. Control of telephone communications to and from a person holding hostages -- nonliability of telephone company officials

  69-6-104. Control of telephone communications to and from a person holding hostages -- nonliability of telephone company officials. A supervisory law enforcement official who has jurisdiction in a geographical area where hostages are being held and who has probable cause to believe that the holder of the hostages is committing a crime may order a previously designated telephone security employee or other telephone company official to arrange to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines in order to prevent the holder of the hostages from communicating with any person other than a law enforcement officer or an individual authorized by a law enforcement officer. The serving telephone company within the geographical area of a law enforcement agency shall designate a telephone company security employee or other telephone company official and an alternate to provide all required assistance to law enforcement officials to carry out the purposes of this section. A telephone security employee or other telephone company official acting in good faith under an order given pursuant to this section does not commit the offense of violating privacy in communications and is not liable in any civil action brought as a result of such good faith actions.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 356, L. 1979.
MT Code § 69-7-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-101. Municipal utilities -- regulation by municipality

  69-7-101. Municipal utilities -- regulation by municipality. A municipality has the power and authority to regulate, establish, and change, as it considers proper, rates, charges, and classifications imposed for utility services to its inhabitants and other persons served by municipal utility systems. Rates, charges, and classifications must be reasonable and just.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Secs. 4, 8, Ch. 588, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 288, L. 1995.
MT Code § 69-7-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-102. Repealed

  69-7-102. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 288, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Secs. 4, 9, Ch. 588, L. 1983.
MT Code § 69-7-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-103. through 69-7-110 reserved

  69-7-103 through 69-7-110 reserved.
MT Code § 69-7-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-111. Municipal rate hearing required -- notice

  69-7-111. Municipal rate hearing required -- notice. (1) Except as provided in 75-5-516, 75-6-108, and subsection (6), if the governing body of a municipality considers it advisable to regulate, establish, or change rates, charges, or classifications imposed on its customers, it shall order a hearing to be held before it at a time and place specified.   (2) Notice of the hearing must be published in a newspaper as provided in 7-1-4127.   (3) (a) The notice must be published three times with at least 6 days separating each publication. The first publication may be no more than 28 days prior to the hearing, and the last publication may be no less than 3 days prior to the hearing.   (b) The notice must also be mailed at least 7 days and not more than 30 days prior to the hearing to persons served by the utility. The notice must be mailed within the prescribed time period. This notice must contain an estimate of the amount the customer's average bill will increase.   (4) The published notice must contain:   (a) the date, time, and place of the hearing;   (b) a brief statement of the proposed action; and   (c) the address and telephone number of a person who may be contacted for further information regarding the hearing.   (5) Notice of all hearings shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the Montana consumer counsel.   (6) (a) If the proposed increase in the rates, fees, or charges imposed by the municipality is the result of the establishment of or change in rates, fees, or charges imposed by a regional authority of which the municipality is a customer and the authority is required to hold a public hearing pursuant to 75-6-326, the governing body of the municipality shall:   (i) mail notice of the public hearing to be held by the authority to all persons served by the municipality at least 15 days before the public hearing; and   (ii) provide notification to all persons served by the municipality at least 10 days prior to the enactment of the ordinance or adoption of the resolution implementing the increase.   (b) The municipality is not required to hold a public hearing in connection with the increase.   (7) If a regional authority is not required to hold a public hearing as provided in 75-6-326(9), the municipality is subject to the hearing requirements of this section.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Secs. 4, 10, Ch. 588, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 645, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 507, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 187, L. 2013.
MT Code § 69-7-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-112. Conduct of municipal rate hearing

  69-7-112. Conduct of municipal rate hearing. (1) At the hearing, all persons, associations, corporations, or companies affected or interested, including the Montana consumer counsel, may be present and represented by counsel. The hearing may be continued from time to time by the governing body of the municipality. At the conclusion of the hearing, all interested parties must be allowed to make arguments that they may consider proper.   (2) Within 30 days after the hearing, the governing body of the municipality shall issue its decision. The decision is final 10 days after being filed with the municipal clerk.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 588, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 342, L. 2009.
MT Code § 69-7-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-113. Appeals

  69-7-113. Appeals. (1) A party to a municipal rate hearing may appeal the decision of the municipality to the district court in whose jurisdiction the municipality lies.   (2) A person may appeal the adoption or application of municipal utility rules to the district court in whose jurisdiction the municipality lies.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 588, L. 1983.
MT Code § 69-7-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-114. through 69-7-120 reserved

  69-7-114 through 69-7-120 reserved.
MT Code § 69-7-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 1. Regulation of Rates by Municipality|69-7-121. Repealed

  69-7-121. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 288, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 588, L. 1983.
MT Code § 69-7-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7. Municipal Utilities|Part 2. Operation of Utilities|69-7-201. Rules for operation of municipal utility

  69-7-201. Rules for operation of municipal utility. Each municipal utility shall adopt, with the concurrence of the municipal governing body, rules for the operation of the utility. The rules shall contain, at a minimum, those requirements of good practice which can be normally expected for the operation of a utility. They shall define or provide for use of meter or flat-rate user charges, the classification of users, applications for service, and uses of the service. The rules shall outline the utility's procedure for discontinuance of service and reestablishment of service as well as the extension of service to users within the municipal boundaries and outside the municipal boundaries. The rule shall provide that rate increases for comparable classifications and zones outside the municipal boundaries may not exceed those set within the municipal limits under the provisions of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 607, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 588, L. 1983.
MT Code § 69-8-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8. Electric Utility Industry Generation Reintegration|Part 1. General Provisions|69-8-101. Short title

  69-8-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Electric Utility Industry Generation Reintegration Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 491, L. 2007.
MT Code § 69-8-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8. Electric Utility Industry Generation Reintegration|Part 1. General Provisions|69-8-102. Repealed

  69-8-102. Repealed. Sec. 21, Ch. 491, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 505, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 565, L. 2003.