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30 V.S.A. § 205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 205. Duty to furnish copies of contracts

§ 205. Duty to furnish copies of contracts|At the request of the Department of Public Service, a corporation subject to supervision under this chapter shall submit to the Department for its approval certified copies of contracts entered into after July 1, 1961, between such corporation and any person, partnership, association, trust, or corporation holding, controlling, or owning 10 percent or more of the voting capital stock of such corporation subject to supervision, or with any other corporation which is itself owned or controlled by a person, partnership, association, trust, or corporation so holding, controlling, or owning 10 percent or more of the voting capital stock of such corporation subject to supervision. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 183, § 3; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 206. Information to be furnished Department

§ 206. Information to be furnished Department|On request by the Department of Public Service, a company owning or operating a plant, line, or property subject to supervision under this chapter shall furnish the Department information required by it concerning the condition, operation, management, expense of maintenance and operation, cost of production, rates charged for service or for product, contracts, obligations, and the financial standing of such company. It shall also inform the Department of the salaries of, the pensions, option, or benefit programs affecting, and the expenses reimbursed to, its officers or directors, or both. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 183, § 4; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 2015, No. 29, § 22.)
30 V.S.A. § 207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 207. Report of accidents; investigation

§ 207. Report of accidents; investigation|The superintendent or manager of any line or plant, subject to supervision under this chapter, shall, immediately after its occurrence, notify the Department in writing of any accident that occurs within this State upon such line or plant that results in loss of life or injury to any person that incapacitates him or her from engaging in his or her usual vocations. If the accident is subject to investigation by VOSHA pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 3, subchapters 4 and 5, the Department shall provide support as requested by VOSHA, and VOSHA shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the Department with any information pertaining to the investigation that is requested by the Department. If the accident is not subject to investigation by VOSHA, the Department shall inquire into the cause of the accident and shall make any recommendations to the company and to the Public Utility Commission as appropriate. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 2021, No. 54, § 1.)
30 V.S.A. § 208
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure

§ 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure|A complaint to the Public Utility Commission may be made against a company subject to supervision under the provisions of this chapter concerning any claimed unlawful act or neglect adversely affecting the complainant, who may be a company or five or more individuals or, if less than five are so affected, then any one of them. The complainant may bring his or her complaint directly before the Commission or he or she may file his or her complaint with the Department of Public Service which shall investigate such complaint and if sufficient cause exists, shall prosecute the same in the name of the State. Upon request of the trustees of an incorporated village or the selectboard or city council or upon its own motion, the Department of Public Service may institute investigations regarding the price, toll, rate, or rental charged by any utility. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 208b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 208b. Unauthorized billing

§ 208b. Unauthorized billing|A company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission shall not send a bill to a consumer for goods or services that the company provides and that will appear as a charge on the consumer's telecommunications bill without the consumer's consent. The Department shall develop a consumer education plan to ensure that consumers of telecommunications services have adequate notice of this requirement. A company that violates this section shall be subject to the remedies authorized by this title, including penalties authorized by section 30 and injunctions authorized by section 209. (Added 1999, No. 67 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
30 V.S.A. § 209c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 209c. Electricity affordability program

§ 209c. Electricity affordability program|(a) The Public Utility Commission shall design a proposed electricity affordability program in the form of draft legislation. The program shall be developed with the aid of an electricity affordability program collaborative. The collaborative, composed of representatives from the electric utilities, residential customers, consumer representatives, low-income program representatives, representatives from programs for elders, the Department of Public Service, the Agency of Human Services, and other stakeholders identified by the Commission, shall aid in the development of an electricity affordability program, as well as requirements for the implementation and funding of the program. The proposed electricity affordability program will be presented to the Vermont General Assembly in the form of draft legislation for consideration in January 2007.(b) The proposed electricity affordability program shall provide assistance in the payment of electricity bills for eligible low-income residential customers served by electric companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.(c) In developing the electricity affordability program, the Commission shall review the successes and administrative burdens of similar programs in operation in other states and consider the following goals, which shall be afforded equal weight in formulating the program:  (1) the need to provide payment assistance to low-income customers at and below 150 percent of the federal poverty level; (2) the need for automatic screening and enrollment methods of eligible customers by means of information obtained from existing means-tested financial assistance programs administered by other Vermont agencies such as food stamps, Medicaid, LIHEAP, or TANF; and (3) the need to design a program that is funded by all customer classes in an equitable and reasonable manner and that results in the reimbursement of net incremental costs incurred by electric utilities to implement the program, taking into consideration the benefits as well as the costs. (Added 2005, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 10a; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 191.)
30 V.S.A. § 210
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities

§ 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities|(a) The Public Utility Commission shall have jurisdiction to order electric companies subject to its supervision to build or rebuild electric transmission lines in order to provide adequate interconnection between the transmission systems of the State. The Commission shall have power to exercise the jurisdiction herein conferred only after due notice to all interested parties and opportunity for hearing and after making findings based upon adequate evidence that the ordered construction:  (1) is necessary in the interests of consumers of electrical energy; (2) is not detrimental to the interests of the investors of the company ordered to build or rebuild; (3) will serve the public good.   (b) The Commission may allocate the cost of building or rebuilding between the companies whose facilities are to be interconnected, providing that the findings herein referred to are made as to each company affected by such allocation. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1999, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
30 V.S.A. § 212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212. Niagara power project

§ 212. Niagara power project|The Department of Public Service, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by section 211 of this title and notwithstanding any limitations on such authority imposed thereby or by any other law of this State, is hereby designated as the agent of the State of Vermont with full power to act for and represent the State in any negotiations, arrangements, or proceedings for the procurement of electrical energy from the Niagara power project authorized by Congress in Public Law 85-159 (16 U.S.C.A. § 836) and for which a license was issued to the power authority of the State of New York by the Federal Power Commission as Project 2216, with the right, with the approval of the Commission, to contract for the purchase of such power and resale thereof in accordance with the terms of said federal legislation with federal license. (1959, No. 326 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Jan. 29, 1960; amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
30 V.S.A. § 212a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212a. Retail sales by Department; statutory authorization

§ 212a. Retail sales by Department; statutory authorization|(a) The Department of Public Service, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by sections 211 and 212 of this title and notwithstanding any limitations on that authority imposed by those sections or by any other law of this State, is authorized to purchase from any source and to distribute and sell at retail without unjust discrimination, electrical energy directly to all consumers of electricity in Vermont, under the provisions of this section and sections 212b-212f of this title.(b) The Department may continue to purchase, sell, and distribute electric capacity and energy at retail pursuant to contracts or arrangements that existed under the terms of this section prior to changes effected by 1987, No. 65. Any purchase, sale, and distribution of electricity by the Department to replace or exceed amounts sold at retail by the Department on May 28, 1987 shall be subject to the provisions of this section and sections 212b-212f as added or amended by 1987, No. 65. (Added 1985, No. 20, eff. April 23, 1985; amended 1987, No. 65, § 3, eff. May 28, 1987.)
30 V.S.A. § 212b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212b. Review Board on Retail Sales

§ 212b. Review Board on Retail Sales|(a) There is established a board to represent the interests of the State and its residents with respect to retail sales. The Board shall consist of the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the House Majority Leader, the House Minority Leader, one other member of the House from the party other than that of the Speaker appointed by the Speaker, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, and one other Senator from the party other than that of the President Pro Tempore appointed by the Committee on Committees. The Review Board shall seek to obtain information from interested parties, including, if appropriate, a representative of each of the following: consumer-owned utilities, investor-owned utilities, electric consumers of the State, and environmental interest groups.(b) The Governor shall serve as Chair. The Board shall meet as necessary to discharge its duties under this section, and for attendance at meetings during adjournment of the General Assembly, legislative members of the Board shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses and per diem compensation under 2 V.S.A. § 406(a). Meetings shall be at the call of the Chair, or a majority of the voting members of the Board.(c) Prior to any filing with the Public Utility Commission under section 212c of this title, the Department shall submit any proposal for retail sales of electric energy or capacity to the Review Board on Retail Sales for its review and approval. The Review Board shall approve a proposal for filing with the Public Utility Commission only if it is satisfied that the potential benefits of the retail sale to the ratepayers of the State outweigh any potential risks to the State's residents, that the sale does not expose the State to unreasonable financial liability, that the sale does not adversely affect the retail electrical energy distribution system as a whole, and that the sale will promote effective competition. The Board shall conduct its review under such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate. The Department may proceed to file the proposal for retail sales with the Public Utility Commission upon approval by the Review Board and failure of the Board to act within 60 days of submission of the proposal shall be deemed to be approval. (Added 1987, No. 65, § 4, eff. May 28, 1987.)
30 V.S.A. § 212c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212c. Retail sale by the Department; Commission approval

§ 212c. Retail sale by the Department; Commission approval|(a) The Department shall not enter into a contract or arrangement for retail sales unless approved by the Public Utility Commission under this section. Before the Public Utility Commission approves any retail sale of energy or capacity under this section, it shall conclude that the sale will promote the public good of the State by finding that:  (1) the proposed sale, where appropriate, is reasonably required to meet actual or projected growth in statewide demand, to replace amounts of electricity or capacity sold at retail by the Department on May 28, 1987, or to provide capacity or energy needs arising from a bankruptcy filing by any Vermont electric utility; (2) the Department's retail rates are just and reasonable, the sale will not result in unjust discrimination in rates, and the sale will result in economic benefits for the State and its residents; (3) the sale will not adversely affect system stability and reliability, and the sale will be in compliance with the Electric Energy Plan adopted under section 202 of this title, or that there exists good cause to permit the proposed sale; and (4) the sale is in the best interests of the ratepayers, and that the current and future benefits of the sale outweigh the current and future costs to the State's residents.   (b) The Commission shall make its final determination under this subsection within six months after a filing by the Department. The Department's rate filings and any adjustments or exceptions thereto shall be consistent with the procedures set forth in sections 225, 226, 227, 228, and 229 of this title, where applicable. (Added 1987, No. 65, § 4, eff. May 28, 1987.)
30 V.S.A. § 212d
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212d. Access; negotiations; Commission order

§ 212d. Access; negotiations; Commission order|(a) Upon a finding by the Commission that the retail sale will promote the general good of the State under section 212c of this title, Vermont electric utility companies shall enter into negotiations for contracts with the Department that are necessary for sale and distribution, including lease of facilities, provision of services to the Department to distribute electric energy, and the assurance of adequate reliability. The rates, charges, terms, or other conditions of such contracts shall be established by negotiations or pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. No electric utility company with which the Department shares a service territory may unreasonably deny replacement power needed by the Department to assure adequate reliability of service.(b) If, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Department and a company are unable to negotiate the rates, charges, terms, or other conditions of such contracts including the assurance of adequate reliability, either may petition the Public Utility Commission to establish the rates, terms, charges, or conditions thereunder, or resolve any other related matter, as the Commission determines to be just and reasonable. The Commission shall establish rates or charges under this section to compensate or reimburse such company for all costs reasonably and necessarily incurred by it to provide such arrangements. The Commission shall offer an opportunity for commencing a hearing within 45 days of filing of the petition and shall make either a final decision or, if unable to do so, an interim decision within three months of filing of the petition. If, within three months of filing, the Commission is unable to reach a final decision on the petition, the Commission shall direct the company to provide to the Department the necessary arrangements, including if necessary or appropriate, backup reliability, and access to facilities to allow the Department to distribute the electric energy involved in its proposal on an interim basis under such interim terms and conditions as the Commission finds to be reasonable pending a final Commission decision on the petition. The Commission shall render a final decision on the petition within six months from the date it is filed. (Added 1987, No. 65, § 4, eff. May 28, 1987; amended 1999, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
30 V.S.A. § 212e
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212e. Representation of public; production of records

§ 212e. Representation of public; production of records|(a) The Commission shall request the appearance of the Attorney General or shall appoint a member of the Vermont bar to represent the interests of the public or the State in any hearings before the Commission under section 212a, 212c, or 212d of this title regarding either:  (1) the sale of electrical energy by the Department of Public Service; or (2) any other matter in which, upon petition of a company directly affected, the Commission finds that there is a conflict or a likelihood of a conflict between the Department's role as seller or distributor of electrical energy under this section and the Department's responsibility to represent the interests of the public or the State in that matter. The Department shall upon request provide sufficient funds to the Attorney General or person so appointed to engage necessary engineering or other technical advice.   (b) Any request by the Department of Public Service, or subpoena issued by the Department of Public Service for the production and examination of books, records, and witnesses, or to furnish information under this title, may, upon motion to the Commission by the company affected, be quashed upon a finding by the Commission that the request or subpoena would result in the production of a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information of the company which would materially disadvantage the company as a competitor to the Department in the sale or distribution of electrical energy. (Added 1987, No. 65, § 4, eff. May 28, 1987.)
30 V.S.A. § 212f
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 212f. Identification of Department sales on bills

§ 212f. Identification of Department sales on bills|(a) Each electric company, municipal, cooperative, or private, shall print on all bill statements to customers at least the following information:  (1) the number of kilowatt hours of electricity available to the customer from the Department of Public Service per billing cycle; (2) the number of kilowatt hours of Department electricity sold to the customer during the billing cycle; and (3) the price to the customer of the Department's electricity per kilowatt hour.   (b) With respect to the information itemized in subsection (a) of this section, the companies are required to identify clearly the Department of Public Service as the retail source of the electricity. (Added 1987, No. 65, § 5.)
30 V.S.A. § 213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department|§ 213. Interchange of electric facilities; power shortage

§ 213. Interchange of electric facilities; power shortage|The Public Utility Commission, in the interest of public necessity, is hereby empowered to order, in writing, a company engaged in the manufacture, transmission, distribution, or sale of electricity directly to the public or to be used ultimately by the public for lighting, heating, or power, to transport electric energy over its transmission or distribution facilities at a reasonable service charge and in such manner as the Commission shall direct when such transmission will alleviate an electric power shortage within this State. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 1; 1967, No. 185, § 1, eff. April 17, 1967.)