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30 V.S.A. § 26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 26. Penalty

§ 26. Penalty|When such annual report for any year is not rendered to the Department of Public Service and the tax due thereon is not paid on or before April 15 next following, there shall be added to the tax an additional amount equal to five percent thereof or  $1.00, whichever is greater, if such return is made and tax paid within 15 days after becoming due, and 25 percent of the tax or $10.00, whichever is greater, if such return is not made and tax paid within 15 days after becoming due. When a company, which has failed to file such return or has filed an incorrect or insufficient return and has been notified by the Department of its delinquency refuses or neglects within 20 days after such notice to file a proper return, or files a fraudulent return, the Department shall determine the tax due according to its best information and belief and shall increase the amount of the tax so determined by 50 percent or $20.00, whichever is greater. No assessment shall be made under this section unless made within two years from the date on which a correct return should have been filed but the limitation of two years to the assessment of such tax or additional tax shall not apply to the assessment of additional taxes upon fraudulent returns. In its discretion, the Department may waive the penalties mentioned in this section if it is satisfied that the default was for any justifiable cause, and it may extend the time for filing returns or paying such tax, not to exceed two months. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 27. Review

§ 27. Review|The assessment by the Commission or Department of Public Service of any tax or penalty under the provisions of sections 20-25 of this title may be appealed to the Washington Superior Court. The appeal shall be filed within 90 days after the receipt by the company or its agent of written notice by the Commission or Department of its assessment. Thereupon, appropriate proceedings shall be had and the relief, if any, to which the company may be found entitled may be granted and any taxes, interest, or penalties paid, found by the Court to be illegally assessed, shall be ordered refunded to the company with interest at six percent per annum from the time of payment, with costs, and judgment entered accordingly. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 1997, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.)
30 V.S.A. § 28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 28. Hearings

§ 28. Hearings|For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any return or for the purpose of making an estimate of the taxes due from any company, the Department of Public Service shall have power to examine or cause to be examined by any agent or representative designated by it for that purpose any books, papers, records, or memoranda of the company or of any person or corporation in the State bearing upon the matters required to be included in the return, and may require the attendance of any person having knowledge in the premises, at any place in the county where such person resides, and may take testimony and require proof material for its information, with power to administer an oath to such person. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 29. Right of inspection

§ 29. Right of inspection|The Public Utility Commission or the Commissioner of Public Service, the Directors for Public Advocacy and Regulated Utility Planning, and other employees of the Department authorized by the Commissioner may, during business hours, enter the offices, plants, exchanges, and stations or upon the land or lines of any company subject to supervision by the Department. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 31. Depositions

§ 31. Depositions|The Commission or the Department of Public Service, their representatives, or any party in any investigation or hearing conducted by virtue of this title may cause the depositions of witnesses, wherever residing, to be taken in such manner and used for such purposes as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for taking depositions in civil actions in the Superior Court. (Added 1961, No. 263, § 10, eff. July 31, 1961; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 212, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 32. Injunction proceedings

§ 32. Injunction proceedings|Whenever the Department of Public Service is of the opinion that a company subject to its supervision is failing or omitting or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by law or by order of the Commission or is doing anything or permitting anything or is about to do anything or to permit anything to be done contrary to or in violation of law or of any order of the Commission, the Department of Public Service may commence an action or proceeding in the Superior Court for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented by injunction. Such action or proceeding shall begin by a petition alleging the violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of injunction. It shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time, not exceeding 21 days after service of a copy of the petition, within which the company complained of must answer the petition, and the court may grant a temporary injunction in accordance with the laws of the State and rules in such case made and provided. The obtaining of a temporary injunction shall constitute a waiver by the State of its sovereign immunity to pay the person enjoined damages as such person may sustain by reason for such injunction if the court shall eventually decide that the State was not equitably entitled thereto and the State shall be liable to pay to the person enjoined such sums as would be payable by any other person in the premises. In case of default in answer, or after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances in such manner as the court directs without other or formal pleadings and without respect to any technical requirement. Such other persons or corporations as it shall seem to the court necessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order, judgment, or writs effective may be joined as parties upon application of counsel to the Department. The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that an injunction be issued as prayed for in the petition or in such modified form as the court may determine will afford appropriate relief. (Added 1961, No. 263, § 11, eff. July 31, 1961; amended 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 33
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 33. Joint hearings and investigations

§ 33. Joint hearings and investigations|The Commission shall have full authority to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or outside the State of Vermont, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official, board, commission, or agency of any state or of the United States, whether, in the holding of such investigations or hearings or in the making of such orders, the Commission shall function under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the federal government, or otherwise. (Added 1969, No. 39.)
30 V.S.A. § 34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties|§ 34. Public education on propane tank safety

§ 34. Public education on propane tank safety|The General Assembly finds that there is a need for a coordinated public safety message on the normal storage and handling of propane tanks and fuel oil tanks, and for the recovery of propane tanks and fuel oil tanks that are displaced by a natural disaster, such as flooding. The Department of Public Service, the Division of Fire Safety, and the Agency of Natural Resources shall cooperate with relevant municipal, professional, and industry organizations to develop a variety of educational materials for distribution to the public to provide information on any special treatment of propane tanks that might be required in the event of a natural disaster, such as flooding. (Added 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. May 14, 2012.)
30 V.S.A. § 52
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 2 - Building Energy|§ 52. Home energy rating organization accreditation

§ 52. Home energy rating organization accreditation|(a) The Department of Public Service shall carry out an accreditation process for home energy rating organizations, in consultation with representatives of interested parties, including builders, building designers, mortgage lenders, real estate licensees, home appraisers, utilities, nonutility fuel suppliers, the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, and contractors who provide home energy rating services. As part of the accreditation process, the Department of Public Service shall consider any national home energy rating system guidelines and shall determine whether each provider of home energy ratings in the State of Vermont complies with the accreditation criteria adopted pursuant to this section.(b) Once the Department of Public Service carries out an accreditation process pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, no organization may provide home energy rating services in the State unless the organization has been accredited by the Department.(c) The Department shall consult with the organizations described in subsection (a) of this section to facilitate a public information program to inform homeowners, renters, sellers, and others regarding the accreditation process and of the statewide home energy rating organizations accredited by the Department. (Added 1997, No. 20, § 1; recodified 2013, No. 89, § 11.)
30 V.S.A. § 54
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 2 - Building Energy|§ 54. Compliance plan

§ 54. Compliance plan|The Commissioner of Public Service:  (1) Shall issue a plan for achieving compliance with the energy standards adopted under this subchapter no later than February 1, 2017 in at least 90 percent of new and renovated residential and commercial building space. In preparing this plan, the Department shall review enforcement mechanisms for building energy codes that have been adopted in other jurisdictions and shall solicit the comments and recommendations of one or more mortgage lenders; builders; building designers; architects; civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers; utility representatives; environmental organizations; consumer advocates; energy efficiency experts; the Attorney General; and other persons who are potentially affected or have relevant expertise. (2) May:  (A) Establish active training and enforcement programs to meet the energy standards adopted under this subchapter. (B) Establish a system for measuring the rate of compliance each year with the energy standards adopted under this chapter. If such a system is established, the Commissioner also shall provide for such annual measurement. (C) Adopt administrative rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 to implement this subdivision (2). To the extent the implementation of this subdivision (2) places obligations on persons outside the Department of Public Service, such obligations shall be by means of administrative rules. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 13, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2013, No. 89, §§ 8, 11.)
30 V.S.A. § 55
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 2 - Building Energy|§ 55. Priority housing projects; stretch code

§ 55. Priority housing projects; stretch code|A priority housing project as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6001 shall meet or exceed the stretch codes established under this subchapter by the Department of Public Service. (Added 2017, No. 69, § H.6, eff. June 28, 2017.)
30 V.S.A. § 61
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 2 - Building Energy|§ 61. Definitions

§ 61. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Benchmarking" means measuring the energy performance of a single building or portfolio of buildings over time in comparison to other similar buildings or to modeled simulations of a reference building built to a specific standard such as an energy code. (2) "Commercial Working Group" means the Commercial and Multiunit Building Energy Labeling Working Group established by subsection 62(b) of this title. (3) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission. (4) "Department" means the Department of Public Service. (5) "Distribution company" means a company under the jurisdiction of the Commission that distributes electricity or natural gas for consumption by end users. (6) "Energy efficiency utility" means an energy efficiency entity appointed under subdivision 209(d)(2) of this title. (7) "Energy label" means the visual presentation in a consistent format of an energy rating for a building and any other supporting and comparative information. The label may be provided as a paper certificate or made available online, or both. (8) "Energy rating" means a simplified mechanism to convey a building's energy performance. The rating may be based on the operation of the building or modeled based on the building's assets. (9) "Home energy assessor" means an individual who assigns buildings a home energy performance score using a scoring system based on the energy rating. (10) "Multiunit building" means a building that contains more than one independent dwelling unit or separate space for independent commercial use, or both. (11) "Residential Working Group" means the Residential Building Energy Labeling Working Group established by subsection 62(a) of this title. (12) "Unit holder" means the tenant or owner of an independent dwelling unit or separate space for independent commercial use within a multiunit building. (Added 2019, No. 62, § 12.)
30 V.S.A. § 63
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 2 - Building Energy|§ 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data

§ 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data|(a) Obligation; aggregation and release of data. On request of the owner of a multiunit building or the owner's designated agent, each distribution company and energy efficiency utility shall aggregate monthly energy usage data in its possession for the unit holders in the building and release the aggregated data to the owner or agent. The aggregated data shall be anonymized.  (1) Under this section, the obligation to aggregate and release data shall accrue when the owner or agent:  (A) Certifies that the request is made for the purpose of benchmarking or preparing an energy label for the building. (B) With respect to a multiunit building that has at least four unit holders, provides documentation certifying that, at least 14 days prior to submission of the request, each unit holder was notified that the energy usage data of the holder was to be requested and that this notice gave each unit holder an opportunity to opt out of the energy use aggregation. The owner or agent shall identify to the distribution company or energy efficiency utility requesting the data each unit holder that opted out. (C) With respect to a multiunit building that has fewer than four unit holders, provides an energy usage data release authorization from each unit holder.  (2) A unit holder may authorize release of the holder's energy usage data by signature on a release authorization form or clause in a lease signed by the unit holder. The provisions of 9 V.S.A. § 276 (recognition of electronic records and signatures) shall apply to release authorization forms under this subsection. (3) After consultation with the Commercial Working Group, the Commissioner of Public Service shall prescribe forms for requests and release authorizations under this subsection. The request form shall include the required certification.   (b) Response period. A distribution company or energy efficiency utility shall release the aggregated energy use data to the building owner or designated agent within 30 days of its receipt of a request that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  (1) The aggregation shall exclude energy usage data for each unit holder who opted out or, in the case of a multiunit building with fewer than four unit holders, each unit holder for which a signed release authorization was not received. (2) A distribution company may refer a complete request under subsection (a) of this section to an energy efficiency utility that possesses the requisite data, unless the data is to be used for a benchmarking program to be conducted by the company. (Added 2019, No. 62, § 12.)
30 V.S.A. § 101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation

§ 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation|Subject to the additional or varied requirements of this chapter, a corporation may be formed pursuant to the provisions of the general corporation law for the sole purpose of conducting any one or more of the kinds of business, other than a railroad business, which are subject to regulation by the Public Utility Commission. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 102. Petition; hearing; certificate

§ 102. Petition; hearing; certificate|(a) Before the articles of incorporation are transmitted to the Secretary of State, the incorporators shall petition the Public Utility Commission to determine whether the establishment and maintenance of such corporation will promote the general good of the State and shall at that time file a copy of any such petition with the Department. The Department, within 12 days, shall review the petition and file a recommendation regarding the petition in the same manner as is set forth in subsection 225(b) of this title. Such recommendation shall set forth reasons why the petition shall be accepted without hearing or shall request that a hearing on the petition be scheduled. If the Department requests a hearing on the petition, or, if the Commission deems a hearing necessary, it shall appoint a time and place in the county where the proposed corporation is to have its principal office for hearing the petition, and shall make an order for the publication of the substance thereof and of the time and place of hearing two weeks successively in a newspaper of general circulation in the county to be served by the corporation, the last publication to be at least 12 days before the day appointed for the hearing. The Department of Public Service, through the Director for Public Advocacy, shall represent the public at the hearing.(b) If the Commission finds that the establishment and maintenance of the proposed corporation will promote the general good of the State, it shall give the incorporators a certificate to that effect under its seal.(c) For good cause, after an opportunity for hearing, the Commission may amend or revoke any certificate awarded under the provisions of this section. If any such certificate is revoked, the corporation shall no longer have authority to conduct any business which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission whether or not regulation thereunder has been reduced or suspended under section 226a or 227a of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 1987, No. 87, § 4; 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect

§ 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect|The articles of incorporation, the certificate of the Public Utility Commission, and the organization fee shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State. When such articles are recorded, such certificate shall be recorded therewith. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
30 V.S.A. § 104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission

§ 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission|Such a corporation or company shall not amend its articles of incorporation unless and until the Public Utility Commission, on petition and after such hearing and notice thereof as the Commission directs, certifies that such amendment will promote the general good of the State. Its certificate shall be recorded with the certificate of amendment. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1985, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
30 V.S.A. § 105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission

§ 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission|When stock is issued for property other than cash, the value of the property fixed by the incorporators or stockholders must receive the approval of the Public Utility Commission. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain|§ 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations

§ 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations|When a corporation subject to the regulation of the Public Service Commission, prior to April 2, 1915, was authorized by its charter or otherwise to hold stock in another corporation, such public service corporation may petition the Public Utility Commission for authority to increase the amount of stock of such other corporation which may be owned by the petitioning corporation. If the Commission finds and adjudges that such increase will promote the general good of the State, it may issue its certificate and order authorizing the same, and thereupon the charter or articles of incorporation shall be amended to conform to such order. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)