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SC Code § 58-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-20. Applicability to a business not exclusively a public utility.

 Any corporation or person not engaged in business exclusively as a public utility shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter in respect only of the public utility owned, leased, operated or managed by it or him and not in respect to any other business or pursuit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-102; 1952 Code Section 58-102; 1942 Code Section 8209; 1932 Code Section 8252; Civ. C. '22 Section 1045; Civ. C. '12 Section 922; 1910 (16) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-30. Exemption of public utilities owned or operated by municipalities and regional transportation authorities.

 Except as provided in Article 23, Chapter 9 of Title 58, nothing contained in Articles 1, 3, and 5 of this chapter shall give the commission or the regulatory staff any power to regulate or interfere with public utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of any municipality or regional transportation authority as defined in Chapter 25 of this title or their agencies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-103; 1952 Code Section 58-103; 1942 Code Section 8213; 1932 Code Section 8262; 1922 (32) 938; 1923 (33) 183; 1935 (39) 25; 1985 Act No. 169, Section 1, eff July 1, 1985; 2002 Act No. 360, Section 1B, eff July 1, 2002; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 6, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-35. Exemption of certain public utilities and pipeline companies from regulation by Commission.

 Public utilities and pipeline companies engaged in the extraction, processing, distribution, or sale of landfill gas (LFG) derived from sanitary landfills, which provide this gas to no more than twenty customers from any single landfill, are exempt from regulation by the commission.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 162, Section 3, eff June 5, 1989.
SC Code § 58-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-40. Exemption of sellers at wholesale of water or water-borne waste disposal services to municipality.

 Any water supplier who sells water wholesale to a municipality and any supplier of water-borne waste disposal services who renders such services on a wholesale basis to a municipality shall not be under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Public Service Commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff as to such sale of water or services.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-107; 1969 (56) 444; 1976 Act No. 556; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 7, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-50. Exemption of certain term contracts from declaration of unreasonableness by Commission.

 Nothing contained in Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter shall authorize the Commission to declare any rate, toll, charge or fare contained in any contract voluntarily entered into prior to March 24, 1922 for a term of years by and between any public utility and any person or corporation, whether public, private or municipal, for the sale and purchase of gas, or other commodity, the subject of such contract, to be unreasonable and noncompensatory without the consent of both parties to such contract.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-104; 1952 Code Section 58-104; 1942 Code Section 8213; 1932 Code Section 8262; 1922 (32) 938; 1923 (33) 183; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-60. Exemption of certain rates, tolls, charges, or fares set by franchise or ordinance from declaration of unreasonableness by Commission.

 The Commission shall have no power to declare any rate, toll, charge or fare or any maximum rate, toll, charge or fare contained in, or provided for, by any franchise or ordinance, whereby any municipality, prior to March 24, 1922, has given any public utility the right to use the streets or public places of such municipality for any purpose, to be unreasonable and noncompensatory when such ordinance or franchise has been, prior to March 24, 1922, accepted by such public utility.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-105; 1952 Code Section 58-105; 1942 Code Section 8213; 1932 Code Section 8262; 1922 (32) 943; 1923 (33) 183; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-210. Supervision and regulation of rates and service.

 The Public Service Commission is hereby, to the extent granted, vested with power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate the rates and service of every public utility in this State, together with the power, after hearing, to ascertain and fix such just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices and measurements of service to be furnished, imposed, observed and followed by every public utility in this State and the State hereby asserts its rights to regulate the rates and services of every "public utility" as herein defined.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-111; 1952 Code Section 58-111; 1942 Code Section 8210; 1932 Code Section 8253; Civ. C. '22 Section 1046; Civ. C. '12 Section 923; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-220. Standardized system of accounts.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff may, in its discretion, subject to approval of the commission:  (a) establish a standardized system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its jurisdiction;  (b) classify such public utilities and establish a standardized system of accounts for each class; and  (c) prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-112; 1952 Code Section 58-112; 1942 Code Section 8210; 1932 Code Section 8253; Civ. C. '22 Section 1046; Civ. C. '12 Section 923; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 8, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-230. Examination of books and accounts.

 The books and accounts of all public utilities shall be subject to the examination of the regulatory staff at any time.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-113; 1952 Code Section 58-113; 1942 Code Section 8210; 1932 Code Section 8253; Civ. C. '22 Section 1046; Civ. C. '12 Section 923; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 9, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-260. Notice by publication of filing of new or changed schedule.

 Within ten days after the filing of any new or changed schedule by a public utility the Commission shall give general notice thereof by publication.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-116; 1952 Code Section 58-116; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-270. Applications and individual consumer complaints; hearings.

 Applications may be made by any corporation, public or private, person, chamber of commerce or board of trade, by any civic, commercial, mercantile, traffic, agricultural, or manufacturing association or by any body politic, commission, board, or municipal corporation by petition in writing, setting forth any act or thing done, or omitted to be done, with respect to which, under the provisions of Articles 1, 3, and 5 of this chapter, the commission has jurisdiction or is alleged to have jurisdiction. Individual consumer complaints must be filed with the Office of Regulatory Staff which has the responsibility of mediating consumer complaints under the provisions of Articles 1, 3, and 5. If a complaint is not resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant, the complainant may request a hearing before the commission. The commission has jurisdiction to hear complaints regarding the reasonableness of any rates or charges that affect the general body of ratepayers; but the commission may at its discretion refuse to entertain a petition as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges unless it be signed by the mayor or the president or chairman of the board of trustees or a majority of the council, commission or other legislative body of the city or county or city or town affected by the subject matter of such complaint or by not less than twenty-five consumers of the public utility named in the complaint. Any public utility shall have the right to petition the commission on any of the grounds upon which petitions are allowed to be filed by other parties, including the fairness, reasonableness, or sufficiency of any schedule, classification, rate, price, charge, fare, toll, rental, rule, regulation, service, or facility of such public utility and in such event the same procedure shall be adopted and followed as in other cases.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-117; 1952 Code Section 58-117; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 11, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-290. Correction by Commission of improper rates and the like.

 Whenever the Commission shall find, after hearing, that the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges or classifications or any of them, however or whensoever they shall have theretofore been fixed or established, demanded, observed, charged or collected by any public utility for any service, product or commodity, or that the rules, regulations or practices, or any of them, affecting such rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges or classifications, or any of them, are unjust, unreasonable, noncompensatory, inadequate, discriminatory or preferential or in any wise in violation of any provision of law, the Commission shall, subject to review by the courts, as herein provided, determine the just and reasonable fares, tolls, rentals, charges or classifications, rules, regulations or practices to be thereafter observed and enforced and shall fix them by order as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-119; 1952 Code Section 58-119; 1942 Code Section 8210; 1932 Code Section 8253; Civ. C. '22 Section 1046; Civ. C. '12 Section 923; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-5-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-300. All facts may be considered in making correction.

 In connection with a determination under Section 58-5-290 the commission may consider all facts which in its judgment have a bearing upon a proper determination of the question, although not set forth in the application and not within the allegations contained therein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-120; 1952 Code Section 58-120; 1942 Code Section 8210; 1932 Code Section 8253; Civ. C. '22 Section 1046; Civ. C. '12 Section 923; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 12, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-310. Record of proceedings; transcript of evidence.

 The commission shall cause a record to be kept of all proceedings and all testimony shall be taken down by a competent stenographer, designated by the commission, and a copy or transcript thereof, verified by the oath of such stenographer, shall be furnished on terms fixed by the commission to parties desiring it and shall be received in evidence with the same effect as if such stenographer were present and testified thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-121; 1952 Code Section 58-121; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 13, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-320. Recision, alteration or amendment of order or decision.

 The commission may, at any time, upon notice and opportunity to the public utility affected and the regulatory staff to be heard, rescind, alter, or amend any order or decision made by it. Any order rescinding, altering, or amending a prior order or decision shall, when served upon the public utility affected, have the same effect as is herein provided for original orders or decisions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-122; 1952 Code Section 58-122; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 14, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-5-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-330. Rehearing by Commission.

 Within twenty days after an order or decision is made by the commission, any party to the action or proceeding may apply for a rehearing as to any matter determined in the action or proceeding and specified in the application for rehearing and a rehearing must be granted if in the judgment of the commission sufficient reason exists. No right of appeal arising out of an order or decision of the commission accrues in any court to any corporation or person unless the corporation or person makes application to the commission for a rehearing within the time specified. The application must set forth specifically the ground on which the applicant considers the decision or order to be unlawful. The determination must be made by the commission within thirty days after it is finally submitted. If, after the hearing and a consideration of all the facts, including those arising since the making of the order or decision, the commission is of the opinion that the original order or decision, or any part of it, is in any respect unjust or unwarranted or should be changed, the commission may abrogate, change or modify it and, if changed or modified, the modified order must be substituted in the place of the order originally entered and with like force and effect.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-123; 1952 Code Section 58-123; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 38, 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 § 58-5-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-340. Court review of orders or decisions.

 A decision of the commission may be reviewed by the Supreme Court or court of appeals as provided by statute and the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules upon questions of both law and fact, as provided pursuant to this section. The commission must not be a party to the action.  No order of determination of the commission reducing any rate, fare, charge, or toll may be in force during the pendency of the action if the utility affected executes and files with the clerk of court a bond undertaking in a sum as the court prescribes, and approved by the court, conditioned to secure the refund to customers of any sum that may be collected in excess of the rates, fares, charges, or tolls that are finally adjudged to be lawful and valid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-124; 1952 Code Section 58-124; 1942 Code Section 8211; 1932 Code Section 8254; Civ. C. '22 Section 1047; Civ. C. '12 Section 924; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 938; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 15, eff May 24, 2006; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 39, 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 § 58-5-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 5 - Gas, Heat, Water, Sewerage Collection And Disposal, And Street Railway Companies|Section 58-5-370. Charging higher water or gas rates than those fixed by Commission unlawful.

 Any person or corporation owning or operating a plant furnishing water or gas to the public or any portion thereof for compensation who shall fail or refuse to accept the rate fixed by the Commission to be charged for water or gas and instead thereof shall charge, demand or receive a greater amount than that fixed by the Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, one half of such fine as may be imposed going to the informer and the other half to the city in which the complaint arises. Each overcharge to any consumer of water or gas shall constitute a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-127; 1952 Code Section 58-127; 1942 Code Section 8241; 1932 Code Section 1356; Cr. C. '22 Section 253; Cr. C. '12 Section 276; 1910 (26) 564; 1922 (32) 956; 1935 (39) 25.