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RI Gen L § 39-2.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-2.2 - Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act|Section 39-2.2-2 - Road repair by public utility or utility facility.

§ 39-2.2-2. Road repair by public utility or utility facility.Any public utility as defined by § 39-1-2 or any utility facility as defined by chapter 8.1 of title 24 that shall alter, excavate, disrupt, or disturb a roadway shall be responsible for complete repaving and repair of the roadway from curbline to curbline or as required in accordance with the state or municipal utility permit requirements.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-2.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-2.2 - Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act|Section 39-2.2-3 - State road repair.

§ 39-2.2-3. State road repair.(a) Any repaving and repair of a state road required by § 39-2.2-2 shall be to the satisfaction of the director of the department of transportation.(b) All utility work within and/or upon a state road or state right-of-way requires a state utility permit issued by the department of transportation prior to the work commencing. Any public utility or utility facility violating this section for non-emergency utility work without a state utility permit shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) per incident in addition to the required road repaving and repair (restoration).(c) As part of the state utility permit requirements:(1) The public utility or utility facility shall obtain and submit to the state a performance bond in accordance with the state utility permit application requirements prior to the state utility permit being issued by the department of transportation; and(2) The department of transportation will contract with pre-qualified vendors (Master Price Agreement) to conduct state-certified testing and inspection services on all utility work in accordance with the state utility permit requirements, and the public utility or utility facility shall reimburse the department of transportation for these costs.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-2.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-2.2 - Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act|Section 39-2.2-4 - Municipal road repair.

§ 39-2.2-4. Municipal road repair.Any repaving and repair of a municipal road required by § 39-2.2-2 shall be in accordance with standards promulgated by the director of the department of transportation.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-2.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-2.2 - Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act|Section 39-2.2-5 - Recovery for failure to repair state road.

§ 39-2.2-5. Recovery for failure to repair state road.(a) If the director of the department of transportation deems any repaving or repair of a state road insufficient, defective, noncompliant, or incomplete and requests repairs, it will be the responsibility of the public utility or utility facility to complete the repairs to the satisfaction of the director of the department of transportation within thirty (30) days of being notified.(b) If the public utility or utility facility fails to complete the repairs, the department of transportation will initiate the repairs through the performance bond claim process and/or recovering the amount required for the repairs from the public utility or utility facility.(c) If any payment determined to be due from any public utility or utility facility for reparation, reconstruction, or repaving shall not be paid to the state within one year from the date of the determination, the state shall be entitled to recover the amount due in an action of debt, together with interest from six (6) months from the date of determination at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-1 - Services for which certificate of necessity required.

§ 39-3-1. Services for which certificate of necessity required.No public utility, whether privately owned or a quasi-public agency, shall distribute electricity or furnish or sell gas in any town or city in which any other public utility is at the time distributing electricity or furnishing or selling gas to the public generally, unless the public utility desiring to distribute electricity or to furnish or sell gas shall first have obtained a certificate from the division of public utilities and carriers certifying that public convenience and necessity require the same. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require a certificate to be obtained as a condition of distributing electricity or furnishing or selling gas in any town or city by any public utility that was actually distributing electricity or furnishing or selling gas to the public generally in the town or city on or prior to January 1, 1996, or by any successor to the public utility. The division shall not grant the certificate to any electric distribution company if the electric distribution company that is distributing electricity in the town or city offers to provide distribution service to all customers served by any nonregulated power producer, whether affiliated or not, on comparable prices and terms approved pursuant to this title, including the transition charge pursuant to § 39-1-27.4. A copy of any application filed by the Block Island Power Company with either the commission or the division shall be provided by the Block Island Power Company to the New Shoreham town clerk by certified mail.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 59; P.L. 1926, ch. 767, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 55; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-1; P.L. 1971, ch. 265, § 5; P.L. 1972, ch. 205, § 5; P.L. 1996, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 106; P.L. 2002, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 361, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-3-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-1.1 - Purchasing cooperatives.

§ 39-3-1.1. Purchasing cooperatives.Purchasing cooperatives may at any time be organized consisting of any group of electricity consumers for the purpose of negotiating for electric power from nonregulated power producers. The purchasing cooperatives shall be considered to be associations of electricity consumers organized solely for the purpose of negotiating the purchase of electric power by members of the cooperative. Purchasing cooperatives are specifically not required to be legal entities and are hereby prohibited from engaging in resale of electric power. Electricity consumers will maintain individual accounts with the nonregulated power producer with which a contract is concluded. Electricity consumers may withdraw from a purchasing cooperative at any time by providing thirty (30) days' notice to the cooperative and to nonregulated power producers with which a purchasing cooperative has reached an agreement. Nothing in this section shall prevent a cooperative from becoming a legal entity or utilizing a legal entity to negotiate for rates for the purchasing cooperative.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 106.
RI Gen L § 39-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-2 - Persons and companies eligible for certificates.

§ 39-3-2. Persons and companies eligible for certificates.No certificate shall be issued to any person who is not a citizen resident within this state, or to any association, unless all members of the association are citizens of this state, or to any corporation unless the corporation has been created by special act of the general assembly upon petition for the same. Notice of the pendency of the petition shall be given in such manner as the general assembly may by general law or special act prescribe; provided, however, that the prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to any corporation lawfully doing business in this state as a public utility prior to March 1, 1926.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 59; P.L. 1926, ch. 767, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 55; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-2; P.L. 1971, ch. 265, § 5; P.L. 1972, ch. 205, § 5.
RI Gen L § 39-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-3 - Certificate requirement for water carriers.

§ 39-3-3. Certificate requirement for water carriers.(a) No common carrier of persons and/or property operating upon water between termini within this state shall hereafter furnish or sell its services unless the common carrier shall first have made application to and obtained a certificate from the division certifying that public convenience and necessity required the services. A filing fee of one hundred dollars ($100) must accompany all filings made pursuant to this section. Certificates issued under this section shall be renewed before the close of business on December 31 of each calendar year. The renewal fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and shall be submitted with the renewal form. All revenues received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues; provided, however, that this fee shall not apply to any city or town, to any agency or department of any city or town of the state, or to any nonprofit corporation in the tourism industry.(b) A copy of any application filed with either the commission or the division by a water common carrier that includes a New Shoreham terminus shall be provided by the water common carrier to the New Shoreham town clerk by certified mail.(c) Notwithstanding any provision of §§ 39-5-1 and/or 42-35-15, or any other provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, no agency nor reviewing court may order an interlocutory stay of any order of the division with respect to an application entered under § 39-3-3.1, and/or certificate under § 39-3-3.1. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the right of any petitioner, public utility, party in interest, or other person or entity aggrieved by an order of the division entered under § 39-3-3.1, from seeking judicial review in accordance with §§ 39-5-1 and/or 42-35-15.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 55; P.L. 1942, ch. 1249, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2795, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3403, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-3; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 34, § 4; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 117; P.L. 2002, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 361, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 580, § 1.
RI Gen L § 39-3-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-3.1 - Petition for certificate by water carrier - Notice of pendency.

§ 39-3-3.1. Petition for certificate by water carrier — Notice of pendency.A petition in writing for the issuance of a certificate under § 39-3-3 shall first be filed with the division of public utilities and carriers by the common carrier desiring to obtain such certificate. Upon receipt of the petition, the division shall fix a time and place of hearing thereon and shall give notice as it may prescribe of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of a hearing thereon to the petitioner, to the mayor and also any city manager of each city, and to the president of the town council and also any town manager for each town, in which the petitioner desires to pick up or discharge passengers. The division shall also publish a notice of the hearing at least ten (10) days prior to the date thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each city or town in which the petitioner desires to pick up or discharge passengers. After the hearing the division shall enter an order granting or refusing to grant the petition.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 504, § 2.
RI Gen L § 39-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-4 - Water carriers entitled to certificate as of right.

§ 39-3-4. Water carriers entitled to certificate as of right.Any person, corporation, or authority who or that has lawfully been doing business as a common carrier of persons and/or property upon water between termini within this state during a seven-year period, seasonally or otherwise, prior to April 30, 1943, and any cooperative association that, although not yet operating between its proposed termini within this state, has been formed for the purpose of providing a means of transportation by water, and that has been incorporated under the provisions of chapter 8 of title 7, prior to April 30, 1954, shall be entitled as a matter of right and without public hearing thereon, to receive a certificate of convenience and necessity from the division setting forth the scope and termini of its operation.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 55; P.L. 1942, ch. 1249, § 1; 1951, ch. 2795, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3403, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-4.
RI Gen L § 39-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-5 - Petition for certificate of necessity - Notice of pendency.

§ 39-3-5. Petition for certificate of necessity — Notice of pendency.A petition in writing for the issuance of a certificate under § 39-3-1 shall first be filed with the division of public utilities and carriers by the public utility desiring to obtain the certificate. Upon receipt of the petition, the division shall fix a time and a place for a hearing thereon, and shall give such notice as it may prescribe of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon to the petitioner, to the mayor of each city, and to the president of the town council of each town, in which the petitioner desires to furnish or sell gas or electricity, and to any public utility furnishing or selling gas or electricity in the town or city, and shall give a public hearing upon the petition. After the hearing the division of public utilities and carriers shall enter an order granting or refusing to grant the petition.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 60; P.L. 1926, ch. 767, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 56; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-5; P.L. 1971, ch. 265, § 6; P.L. 1972, ch. 205, § 5.
RI Gen L § 39-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-6 - Appeals.

§ 39-3-6. Appeals.Any petitioner or any public utility or other party in interest aggrieved by any order of the division granting or refusing to grant the petition, or rescinding, altering, or amending any previous action of the division, may appeal to the superior court as provided in § 39-5-1, and all the other provisions of chapters 1 — 5 of this title relative to appeals shall apply to appeals from any order.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 265, § 6; P.L. 1972, ch. 205, § 5; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 12.
RI Gen L § 39-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-7 - Fixing standards for service.

§ 39-3-7. Fixing standards for service.The commission shall periodically, after having given each public utility concerned reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard, determine and fix by order the standard amount, quality, pressure, initial voltage, and character of each kind of product or service to be furnished or rendered by each public utility, and standard condition or conditions pertaining to furnishing or rendering the same, and thereafter each public utility shall furnish and render the same accordingly. The hearing prescribed by this section may be held simultaneously with the hearing prescribed by § 39-3-11.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 45; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 45; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 42; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-7; P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 5.
RI Gen L § 39-3-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-7.1 - Prohibited practices.

§ 39-3-7.1. Prohibited practices.The use of "master-meters," so-called, in apartment or tenement houses containing more than ten (10) apartments or dwelling units is hereby prohibited; provided, however, that this section shall only apply to apartment houses, construction of which is commenced after July 1, 1977. Each apartment or dwelling unit shall have a measuring device or meter for the purpose of measuring the electricity used only by that apartment. The commission shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the multifamily dwellings constructed for the exclusive use of persons who are elderly and/or disabled through public financing, whenever the organization sponsoring the construction shall elect to use a single meter for all, or designated portions, of the housing.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 387, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 88; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 88.
RI Gen L § 39-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-8 - Standards for measurement and testing of service.

§ 39-3-8. Standards for measurement and testing of service.The division shall ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of the quality, pressure, initial voltage, or other condition pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by any public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and testing of the product or service and for the measurement thereof. It shall establish reasonable rules, regulations, specifications, and standards to secure accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurement, and every public utility is required to carry into effect all orders issued by the division relative thereto.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 46; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 46; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 43; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-8.
RI Gen L § 39-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-9 - Testing of measuring devices.

§ 39-3-9. Testing of measuring devices.The division shall provide for the examination and testing of any and all appliances used for measuring any product or service of any public utility. Any consumer or user may have any appliances tested upon payment of the fees fixed by the division. The division shall declare and establish reasonable fees to be paid for the testing of appliances on the request of the consumers or users, the fee to be paid by the consumer or user at the time of his or her request, but to be paid by the public utility and repaid to the consumer or user if the appliances be found defective or incorrect or to the disadvantage of the consumer or user. A meter shall be deemed correct for the purpose of this section if it appears from the examination or test that it does not vary more than two percent (2%) from the standard approved by the division.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 47; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 47; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-9.
RI Gen L § 39-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 39-3 - Regulatory Powers of Administration|Section 39-3-10 - Filing and availability of rate schedules.

§ 39-3-10. Filing and availability of rate schedules.(a) Every public utility shall file with the public utilities administrator, within a time to be fixed by the administrator, schedules that shall be open to public inspection, showing all rates, tolls, and charges it has established and that are in force at the time for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection therewith or performed by any public utility controlled or operated by it. A copy of so much of the schedules as the administrator shall deem necessary for the use of the public shall be printed in plain type, or typewritten, and kept on file in every station or office of the public utility where payments are made by the consumers or users, open to the public in such form and place as to be readily accessible and conveniently inspected, and as the administrator may order. The administrator may determine and prescribe the form in which the schedules, required by this section to be kept open to the public inspection, shall be prepared and arranged, provided, that with respect to public utilities subject to the federal Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., so-called, the form of the schedules shall be that as from time to time prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) herein, a public utility may post on its website the rates, tolls, and charges of any retail telecommunications service performed by it within the state for any business customers. Subsection (a) herein shall not apply to any service so posted, and such public utility shall not be required to file with the public utilities administrator or publish any schedule or tariff for such service. Upon written notice to the public utilities administrator, the public utility may withdraw any schedule or tariff previously filed with the administrator for any service so posted.(c) Nothing in subsection (b) herein or in § 39-2-5(12) shall derogate from the statutory authority of the commission or of the division, including, but not limited to, the authority to protect ratepayers from unreasonable rates. Nor shall anything in subsection (b) herein or in § 39-2-5(12) derogate from the common law or statutory authority of the attorney general, including, but not limited to, the authority to enforce consumer protection or unfair or deceptive trade practice statutes and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 48; P.L. 1918, ch. 1651, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 48; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 45; P.L. 1949, ch. 2172, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-3-10; P.L. 2011, ch. 132, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 148, § 2.