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30 V.S.A. § 215
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 215. Natural gas

§ 215. Natural gas|The Department of Public Service, or its duly appointed representative, is hereby authorized as an agency of the State to represent the interests of the State before the Federal Power Commission or other body in all matters relating to the transportation and distribution of natural gas into the State of Vermont or the New England states. Upon findings by the natural gas study commission that (a) the procurement of natural gas for the State of Vermont or parts thereof is economically feasible and could substantially promote the interests of Vermont consumers, domestic and industrial, and (b) that such procurement cannot be obtained by agreement between or among gas transmission or distribution companies within and outside the State, within a reasonable time, not to exceed two years, the Department of Public Service shall be also designated as the agent of the State of Vermont with full powers to act for and represent the State in any negotiations, arrangements, or proceedings for the procurement of natural gas from any source within or outside of the State of Vermont with the right, with the approval of the Governor, to contract for the purchase and transmission of such gas and the resale thereof on a nonprofit basis to the gas transmission or distribution companies, cooperative, municipal, and privately owned, without preference or discrimination, for transmission or distribution within the State. With the approval of the Governor, it may enter into contracts for the transmission of natural gas from the place of purchase to a point or points within the State of Vermont. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 267, § 2, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 216
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 216. Gas rate fixing

§ 216. Gas rate fixing|The Public Utility Commission, under its general jurisdiction over public utilities, shall have authority to fix rates and determine the minimum standards of service for consumers in the event natural gas shall be piped into the State. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 217
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 217. Department to prosecute

§ 217. Department to prosecute|The Department of Public Service, through the Director for Public Advocacy, shall represent the public at such hearing when the matters involved result directly from a proposed increase in rates, tolls, or charges, or the issuing of stock, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness for which the approval of the Commission is required by law. In any proceeding, the Commission may request the appearance of the Attorney General or appoint a member of the Vermont bar to represent the interests of the public or State. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 218b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 218b. Farm customers; energy efficiency; electric energy generation

§ 218b. Farm customers; energy efficiency; electric energy generation|Each Vermont electric distribution utility shall develop and implement comprehensive energy efficiency programs for its livestock and domestic fowl farm customers. Such programs shall include all program measures that the Public Utility Commission determines will be cost-effective as part of the utility's least-cost integrated plan. Utilities shall file such proposed programs by August 1, 1991. The Commission shall require each utility to deliver approved program measures to farm customers as rapidly as possible thereafter, taking into consideration the need for these services, utility financial constraints, and cost-effective delivery mechanisms. (Added 1991, No. 98; amended 1997, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 21, 1998.)
30 V.S.A. § 218e
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 218e. Implementing State energy policy; manufacturing

§ 218e. Implementing State energy policy; manufacturing|To give effect to the policies of section 202a of this title to provide reliable and affordable energy and assure the State's economic vitality, it is critical to retain and recruit manufacturing and other businesses and to consider the impact on manufacturing and other businesses when issuing orders, adopting rules, and making other decisions affecting the cost and reliability of electricity and other fuels. Implementation of the State's energy policy should:  (1) encourage recruitment and retention of employers providing high-quality jobs and related economic investment and support the State's economic welfare; and (2) appropriately balance the objectives of this section with the other policy goals and criteria established in this title. (Added 2013, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
30 V.S.A. § 219
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 219. Service

§ 219. Service|Each company subject to supervision under this chapter shall be required to furnish reasonably adequate service, accommodation, and facilities to the public. The charge made by any such company for any product or service shall be reasonable and without discrimination, except as provided in this chapter.
30 V.S.A. § 221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 221. Forms; orders

§ 221. Forms; orders|The Commission may prescribe the forms of all books, accounts, papers, and records of any public utility over which it has jurisdiction and such public utility shall keep and render its books, accounts, papers, and records accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the Commission and comply with all orders and directions of the Commission relating to such books, accounts, papers, and records. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
30 V.S.A. § 222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 222. Exceptions

§ 222. Exceptions|Public utilities under the jurisdiction of a federal commission shall not be required to keep any system of accounts and records that would conflict with any requirement of such federal commission.
30 V.S.A. § 223
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 223. Appeal from municipal authorities

§ 223. Appeal from municipal authorities|A person or corporation aggrieved by an order or decision of the municipal authorities made under the provisions of any statute, relative to the granting of a license or permit for location, may appeal therefrom to the Commission at any time within 30 days from the date of such order or decision. After notice and public hearing of all parties interested, as provided in section 208 of this title, the decision of the Commission thereon shall be final, subject to a right to transfer such cause to the Supreme Court as provided by section 12 of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 224
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 224. Special authority to municipality, to be under supervision of Commission

§ 224. Special authority to municipality, to be under supervision of Commission|Any statute conferring authority upon municipalities to supervise or to make any order or regulation respecting any location, business, or company, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be construed as giving such municipalities jurisdiction without authority to alter or modify any order, judgment, decree, or regulation made by the Public Utility Commission. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 227
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 227. Suspension, refund

§ 227. Suspension, refund|(a) If the Commission orders that a change shall not go into effect until final determination of the proceedings, it shall proceed to hear the matter as promptly as possible and shall make its determination within seven months from the date that it orders the investigation. If a company files for a change in rate design among classes of ratepayers, and the company has a rate case pending before the Commission, the Commission shall make its determination on the rate design change within seven months after the rate case is decided by the Commission. If the Commission fails to make its determination within the time periods set by this subsection, the changed rate schedules filed by the company shall become effective and final.(b) The Commission, on its own motion, may order an investigation and hearing on the justness and reasonableness of existing rates of a company, subject to supervision under this chapter. The Commission shall proceed to hear the matter as promptly as possible and shall make every effort to make its determination within seven months from the date the proceeding was instituted. If the Commission does make its determination within such seven months then its final order shall be retroactive to the day that the proceedings were instituted and such final order shall contain a directive that the company, other than a common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle, shall repay to the persons from whom collected between the time the proceedings were instituted and the final order all sums which the Commission determines are in excess of the rates ultimately found to be just and reasonable. If the Commission does not make its determination within seven months of the institution of the proceedings then its final order when made shall be retroactive only to a date seven months after the institution of the proceedings and the final order shall contain a directive that the company shall repay to persons from whom collected between the date seven months after the institution of the proceedings and the determination thereof all sums which the Commission determines are in excess of the rates ultimately found to be just and reasonable. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 263, § 4, eff. July 31, 1961; 1981, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 6, 1982; 1995, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 22, 1996; 2019, No. 31, § 20.)
30 V.S.A. § 227c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 227c. Nondominant carriers

§ 227c. Nondominant carriers|(a) The Commission may modify, reduce, or suspend the requirements under this title as applied to nondominant providers of telecommunications service. The Commission may act by rule, or, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it may act by order. The modifications, reductions, or suspensions may apply to one or more classes of nondominant providers, and may apply differently to each class. The Commission may modify, suspend, or reduce any or all of the regulatory requirements under sections 104, 105, 107-109, 225, 226, subsection 227(a), and sections 229 and 311 of this title.(b) In determining whether a carrier or class of carriers is nondominant, the Commission shall consider whether the carriers have sufficient market power to set prices for the market.(c) In determining whether to modify, reduce, or suspend regulatory requirements, the Commission shall consider whether competition in the market combined with the remaining requirements under this title:  (1) will be sufficient to ensure that the charges, practices, classifications, or regulations related to the service are just and reasonable, and are not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory; and (2) will afford the public at least as much protection as the applicable regulatory requirements being suspended or reduced.   (d) Upon petition of the Department, the Commission shall, and upon its own initiative the Commission may, investigate whether it should reimpose any regulatory requirements which it has modified, suspended, or reduced under this section. If the Commission finds, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, and after considering the factors identified in subsection (c) of this section, that the public is not sufficiently protected, the Commission may reimpose any regulatory provisions that the Commission deems necessary. Pending any final order, the Commission may reimpose any regulatory requirements on a temporary basis as it determines is just and reasonable. (Added 1999, No. 67 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
30 V.S.A. § 227e
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice

§ 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice|(a) Beginning July 1, 2011, State land may not be leased or licensed for the purpose of construction or installation of a wireless telecommunications facility, as defined in subsection 248a(b) of this title, unless authorized by the Secretary of Administration pursuant to the requirements of this section. For purposes of this section, "State land" means land owned in fee or interests in land owned by the Agency of Natural Resources. No initial lease or license, including any renewal thereof, entered into pursuant to this section shall exceed 25 years.(b) Prior to entering into or renewing a lease or license, the Secretary shall:  (1) publish notice of the proposed telecommunications facility site in one daily newspaper of general circulation in the region of the proposed site and on the website maintained by the Agency of Administration, with appropriate hyperlinks to that website on all relevant, State-maintained websites; and (2) send by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of the proposed lease or license or renewal to the legislative body of each municipality in which such leased or licensed land is located. The notice shall include a description of the land to be leased or licensed and of the proposed telecommunications facility to be sited on the land, including the facility's height and location. (Added 2011, No. 53, § 12, eff. May 27, 2011.)
30 V.S.A. § 228
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 228. Copy of schedules

§ 228. Copy of schedules|Each company, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall keep on file in every station or office thereof where payments are made by consumers or users a copy printed in plain type of so much of its schedules as the Commission shall deem necessary. Such copy shall be in such form and place as to be readily accessible to inspection by the public. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 229
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 229. Rebates; exceptions

§ 229. Rebates; exceptions|A public service company shall not directly or indirectly or by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or method make any deviation from the rates, fares, charges, or prices for any service rendered by it or in services rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith, as specified in its schedules of charges in effect at the time such service was rendered. No public service company may enter into any contract, agreement, or arrangement relating to the furnishing or rendering of any special product or special service not provided for or covered in the schedule without the prior approval of the Commission. However, nothing herein shall prohibit the giving by any such public service company of free or reduced rate service to its employees, or in case of public emergency, or to the classes defined and provided for in the act of Congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce" and acts amendatory thereof. Subject to the approval of the Commission, it shall be lawful for any public utility to make a contract for a definite term for its product or service. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 263, § 5, eff. July 31, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 230
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 230. Special rate or rebate; penalty

§ 230. Special rate or rebate; penalty|Except as provided in section 229 of this title, an officer or employee of such public service company who grants a special rate or rebate or knowingly consents thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Commission, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00. In addition, such company granting a special rate or rebate shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, of not more than the larger of $10,000.00 or five times the amount of the benefit or rebate. (Amended 1961, No. 263, § 6, eff. July 31, 1961; 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
30 V.S.A. § 232
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 232. Sales, leases, pledges, bonds, notes; hearings

§ 232. Sales, leases, pledges, bonds, notes; hearings|(a) Except in connection with replacement or exchange, an individual, partnership, or unincorporated association conducting such public service business shall not make a sale or lease or series of sales or leases in any one calendar year constituting 10 percent or more of its property located within this State and actually used in or required for public service operations or mortgage or pledge any of its property or issue any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness without the consent of the Public Utility Commission, given on petition and after opportunity for hearing and a finding that the same will promote the general good of the State. Notice of such hearing shall be given as the Commission directs.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an individual, partnership, or unincorporated association may issue evidences of indebtedness payable within one year from date of issue without such consent provided such borrowing is necessary as an emergency to restore service immediately after disaster or provided its total evidences of indebtedness so payable within one year do not exceed 20 percent of its total assets. If such evidences of indebtedness in an amount which would cause its total evidences of indebtedness so payable within one year to exceed 20 percent of its total assets, then it shall give the Commission notice in writing of its intention so to do at least 10 days before the date of the proposed issue. If the Commission determines after considering the notice and the said individual, partnership, or unincorporated association's report to the Commission that further inquiry is warranted, it shall order such individual, partnership, or unincorporated association not to issue such evidences of indebtedness under this subsection without the consent of the Commission given after opportunity for hearing, provided, however, that if the Commission does not make such an order within 10 days from the time it receives such notice under this subsection, then the individual, partnership, or unincorporated association may issue such evidences of indebtedness without the consent of the Public Utility Commission, and the Commission shall so notify such individual, partnership, or unincorporated association in writing.(c) Nothing in this section shall restrict the right of a common carrier by motor vehicle to issue evidences of indebtedness payable within one year from the date of issue without prior notice to or consent by the Commission. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 21, § 9, eff. May 12, 1993.)
30 V.S.A. § 234
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 234. Appeal

§ 234. Appeal|A person, partnership, or unincorporated association aggrieved by any act or order of the Public Utility Commission may transfer such cause to the Supreme Court under the provisions of section 12 of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 247
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 247. Penalty

§ 247. Penalty|In addition to any civil penalty imposed under section 30 and section 230 of this title, any person, partnership, unincorporated association, company, or corporation, or the officers of any unincorporated association, company, or corporation who violates section 230 or section 248 of this title shall be fined not more than $100.00 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both. (Amended 1995, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)