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TN Code § 65-33-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 33 - Installment Payment of Fuel Bills|§ 65-33-103. Payment of Delinquent Bill Prior to Participation

 A customer may be required to pay all delinquent bills before participating in a payment-averaging program.
TN Code § 65-33-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 33 - Installment Payment of Fuel Bills|§ 65-33-104. Withdrawal From Plan by Customer

 A participating customer may withdraw from the payment-averaging program at any time by giving notice to the utility. When a customer leaves the program, the actual use by that customer up to that point shall be determined and, at the next billing date, the customer shall receive either a credit to the account or, upon written request, a payment in case of overestimated payment or shall pay the utility any amount not covered by that customer's averaged monthly payments.
TN Code § 65-33-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 33 - Installment Payment of Fuel Bills|§ 65-33-105. Cancellation of Plan by Customer Delinquency

 A customer failing to make an average payment in any month may be subject to removal from the program in which case the computations required in § 65-33-104 will be made and the customer will resume being billed for actual use each billing period.
TN Code § 65-33-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 33 - Installment Payment of Fuel Bills|§ 65-33-106. Adjustment of Payment to Reflect Rate Changes

 If the cost of power or fuel supplies to a utility increases or decreases significantly at any time and appears likely to remain at this new level so that the adjustment in the twelfth month would exceed the averaged monthly payment, the utility may adjust the averaged monthly payments.
TN Code § 65-34-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-101. Legislative Intent — Findings

 The general assembly hereby finds that:   Duplication of electric system facilities leads to excessive consumer costs and adverse environmental and aesthetic impacts;   The public health, safety, and welfare require that electric service to a particular geographic area be provided by a single electric system;   The general assembly has heretofore established the geographic territories of electric systems as those geographic areas in which a particular electric system maintained facilities to provide electric service on March 6, 1968, except as those geographic areas have been modified by statutorily authorized agreements among adjacent electric systems, all as provided by § 6-51-112;   Maintenance of the previously established geographic territories, as modified by statutorily authorized agreements, continues to be in the public interest and promotes the public health, safety and welfare;   The consumer owners of municipal and cooperative electric systems have invested large sums in facilities and equipment necessary to provide electric service within areas served by those electric systems; and   It would be contrary to the public interest to permit utilities that are not consumer owned to expand service into areas already served by consumer owned municipal and cooperative electric systems, as such expansion would result in a duplication of service facilities and the loss of consumer investment in displaced facilities.
TN Code § 65-34-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Current geographic territory” means the parcels of land, as such parcels are defined or designated by the assessor of property of the county in which the parcels are located, to which a public electric system was providing electric service on February 16, 1989. In any case in which more than one (1) public electric system was providing electric service to a parcel of land on such date, the parcel shall be included within the current geographic territory of the public electric system that first provided electric service to such parcel. Should a public electric system enter into an agreement authorized by § 65-34-108, the current geographic territory of that public electric system shall be modified as provided in that agreement;   “Electric and community service cooperative” has the meaning set forth in § 65-25-102(4);   “Municipal electric system” means any electric system owned by any county, municipality, power district, or other subdivision of Tennessee;   “Non-consumer owned electric system” means any public electric system other than electric and community service cooperatives and municipal electric systems; and   “Public electric system” includes electric and community service cooperatives, municipal electric systems, and every individual, co-partnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, that own, operate, manage, or control any electric power system, plant, or equipment within Tennessee affected by and dedicated to public use.
TN Code § 65-34-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-103. Non-Consumer Owned Electric Systems — Expansion Limits

 No non-consumer owned electric system may construct, acquire, or maintain facilities, lines, poles, or other equipment used or useful for the distribution or sale of electricity outside its current geographic territory, nor may any non-consumer owned electric system provide, by sale or otherwise, electricity to any parcel of land located outside its current geographic territory. Should a non-consumer owned electric system enter into an agreement authorized by § 65-34-108, the current geographic territory of that non-consumer owned electric system and the current geographic territory of the municipal electric system or electric and community service cooperative system, which is a party to the agreement, shall be modified as provided in that agreement; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall restrict the construction, acquisition, or maintenance of facilities, lines, poles, or other equipment used exclusively in this state for the transmission or sale at wholesale of electricity to electric and community service cooperatives or municipal electric systems.
TN Code § 65-34-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-104. Non-Consumer Owned Electric Systems — Removal of Equipment, Facilities

  Any non-consumer owned electric system owning any lines, poles, facilities, or other equipment used or useful for the distribution or sale of electricity located outside the non-consumer owned electric system's current geographic territory on any property or right-of-way owned by the state or by any county or municipality or other subdivision of the state must remove such equipment or facilities at the non-consumer owned electric system's expense within six (6) months of May 2, 1989.   If the non-consumer owned electric system owning or otherwise exercising control over such equipment or facilities neglects to remove the equipment or facilities within six (6) months of May 2, 1989, the governmental entity owning the property or right-of-way on which such equipment or facilities are located may, after notice to the non-consumer owned electric system and opportunity for hearing, remove and dispose of such equipment or facilities in whatever manner it deems appropriate, if it determines that such equipment or facilities are located outside the non-consumer owned electric system's current geographic territory. The manner of disposal may include, without limitation, selling such equipment or facilities for other utility use or for scrap and applying the proceeds of such disposal to offset the costs the governmental entity incurred in removing such equipment or facilities. The requirement for removal shall not apply to equipment or facilities otherwise lawfully located on public rights-of-way used solely for the transmission of electricity for parcels of land within the non-consumer owned electric system's current geographic territory.
TN Code § 65-34-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-105. Tennessee Public Utility Commission — Jurisdiction — Powers

 The Tennessee public utility commission has jurisdiction to hear and resolve any disputes concerning the boundaries of the current geographic territories of nonconsumer owned electric systems. The commission may promulgate and enforce appropriate rules not inconsistent with this chapter.
TN Code § 65-34-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-106. Eminent Domain

 Electric and community service cooperatives and municipal electric systems may in the exercise of their powers of eminent domain acquire facilities, equipment, and service areas of non-consumer owned electric systems, notwithstanding the fact that such facilities and equipment shall be dedicated to utility use following their acquisition.
TN Code § 65-34-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-107. Municipalities — Powers — Limitations

  Nothing in this chapter shall impair the right and power of municipalities to operate or authorize the operation of municipal electric systems or electric and community service cooperatives within their municipal boundaries consistent with § 6-51-112.   The provisions of § 6-51-111 to the contrary notwithstanding, municipalities may not through the grant of franchises or other operating authority expand the current geographic territories of non-consumer owned electric systems.
TN Code § 65-34-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 34 - Geographic Territories of Electric Utility Systems|§ 65-34-108. Agreements Among Public Electric Systems — Legislative Intent

 Two (2) or more public electric systems serving adjacent current geographic territories may enter into an agreement by which their current geographic territories are modified and by which equipment, facilities, and the right to serve specified parcels of land are transferred from one (1) public electric system to another. In negotiating and executing such an agreement, the general assembly hereby expresses its intent that public electric systems replace competition with the monopoly public service.
TN Code § 65-35-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Owner” means the owner of any property, any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of any structure which is capable of receiving service by a utility;   “Person” means an individual, corporation, firm, company, partnership, association or organization of any kind, public or private;   “Tenant or occupant” means any person who occupies the whole or a part of any building, whether alone or with others, and includes the owner;   “Utility” means any person, municipality, county, cooperative, board, commission, district or any entity created or authorized by public act, private act or general law to provide electricity, natural gas, water, sanitary sewer service, telephone service, or any combination thereof, for sale to consumers in any particular service area, whether or not regulated by the Tennessee public utility commission; and   “Utility customer” means:  The person or persons listed on the records of the utility as the customer liable for charges or payment for the utility service;   The person or persons residing in the structure where utility services have been connected without permission or authorization of the utility; or   The manager, superintendent, officer or other responsible official of a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, association or other business organization that is listed on the records of the utility as the customer liable for charges for utility service or acting in behalf of a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, association or other business organization where utility services have been connected without permission or authorization of the utility.
TN Code § 65-35-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-103. Evidence of Violation

  Any property on which it is found to have telephone, electric, gas, sanitary sewer, or water utilities tampered with in violation of § 65-35-102, and capable of receiving telephone, electricity, gas, sanitary sewer, or water service as a result of the use of any method of diversion prohibited in that section, is prima facie evidence and creates against the tenant or occupant a presumption of intent to tamper or divert in violation of § 65-35-102.   The presence upon property served by a utility of a metering device altered to improperly monitor the amount of utility service used on or by such property is presumptive evidence that the utility customer has diverted or used utility service with the intent to deprive or defraud the utility from receiving proper charges or payment for such utility service in violation of this chapter.
TN Code § 65-35-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-104. Civil Liability — Damages — Liens — Perfection of Liens

  Any person violating  § 65-35-102 is liable civilly for damages resulting from such violation, including actual, compensatory, incidental and punitive damages.   The damages shall be three (3) times the utility's estimated loss of revenue, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs associated with such loss.   A finding of guilt in violation of § 65-35-102, as part of an action brought to impose the penalties under § 39-14-104, is conclusive evidence of liability for civil damages recoverable under this chapter in any court of appropriate jurisdiction in a proceeding to assess civil damages against the guilty party.   Regardless of any criminal charge or lack thereof, any utility may nevertheless bring a civil action in any court of appropriate jurisdiction against the owner, occupant or tenant and allege the violation of any of the acts prohibited by § 65-35-102; and upon a finding that the person has violated § 65-35-102, the court shall likewise determine the estimated loss of revenues and award judgment for sums specified in subsections (a) and (b).    Any utility that can properly establish the amount of utility service fraudulently taken on or by any premises occupied by the owner thereof shall have the right to declare a lien for the value of such utility service against the property on which the utility service was taken.   The lien shall be filed within one (1) year of the date of the utility's first actual knowledge of the fraudulently diverted utility service.    The lien shall be perfected upon the filing of a notice with the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the property upon which the lien is claimed is located, and such lien shall be second only to liens of the state, county, or municipality for taxes and special assessments, and any valid lien, right, or interest in such property duly recorded or duly perfected by filing, prior to the filing of such notice. Such notice shall contain the name of the titleholder or titleholders of the property upon which the lien is claimed, the property address, a description of the property sufficient to identify it, the signature and address of the entity claiming the lien, and the amount claimed by such entity.   The priority of liens established by this subdivision (e)(3) shall apply to all liens filed pursuant to this subsection (e) on or after April 10, 1990.     If a utility has not registered the notice as provided in subdivision (e)(3), such lien shall not be effective against a bona fide purchaser for value without actual or constructive knowledge of the fraudulently diverted utility service.     Civil actions pursuant to this section shall be commenced within the time required by law in an action to recover damages for the loss of property.
TN Code § 65-35-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-105. Criminal Proceedings

  A violation of § 65-35-102 is also a violation of § 39-14-104 and § 65-35-103 applies to any proceeding brought to impose the penalties for a violation of § 39-14-104.   In all criminal proceedings brought to impose penalties under § 39-14-104 for violation of this chapter, the provisions of § 65-35-103 pertaining to “prima facie evidence,” “presumption of intent” and “presumptive evidence” shall be deemed to be an inference of such evidence or intent.
TN Code § 65-35-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-106. Civil Remedies and Criminal Penalties Mutually Exclusive

 It is the intent of the general assembly that the civil remedies of this chapter and the criminal penalties imposed by any other act of the general assembly are mutually exclusive methods for the prosecution of the unlawful activities described in the respective statutes.
TN Code § 65-35-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 35 - Fraud, Theft or Destruction of Property|§ 65-35-107. Regulatory Jurisdiction Not Extended

 Nothing in this chapter confers upon the Tennessee public utility commission the jurisdiction to regulate any utility not expressly subject to regulation by other provision of state law.
TN Code § 65-36-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-101. Short Title

 The title of this chapter is, and may be cited as the “Electric Utility Comprehensive Equal Power and Authority Act of 1997.”
TN Code § 65-36-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Electric cooperative” means an electric cooperative or electric membership corporation, whether organized or operating under chapter 25 of this title or similar statutes of any other state, which, as of June 19, 1997, distributes electric power purchased from the Tennessee Valley authority; and   “Municipal utility” and “municipal electric utility” means any governmental entity as defined in § 29-20-102, having a system for the distribution of electricity, whether operated under the authority of a board of the governmental entity, a department of the governmental entity or under the authority of a board created pursuant to the Tennessee Municipal Electric Plant Law, compiled in title 7, chapter 52, or by the authority of any other public or private act of the general assembly or pursuant to the charter of a municipality, and that operates an electric generation or distribution system which, as of June 19, 1997, distributes electricity purchased from the Tennessee Valley authority and also includes any municipality, county or other political subdivision of another state, whether operated under a board or as a county or municipal department, which, as of June 19, 1997, distributes electricity purchased from the Tennessee Valley authority.
TN Code § 65-36-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-103. Legislative Findings

 The general assembly hereby finds and determines that participating in interlocal agreements by electric cooperatives and municipal utilities, as authorized by this chapter, provides a mutual benefit by reducing the expense of operations of municipal utilities and electric cooperatives and, as a result, reduces the cost of electricity for the citizens of this state. Accordingly, the general assembly hereby finds that all contributions of financial and administrative resources and associated costs and expenses that are made by a municipal utility pursuant to an interlocal agreement as authorized by this chapter, are made for a public and governmental purpose, and that all such contributions benefit the contributing municipal utilities.
TN Code § 65-36-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-104. Interlocal Cooperation Agreements Authorized

 Every municipal electric utility and every electric cooperative are hereby authorized to enter into and to fulfill the terms of interlocal cooperation agreements under the authority of title 12, chapter 9, whether or not the parties of such agreements share equal powers with respect to the subject matter of such agreements. For the purpose of entering into agreements authorized under this chapter or entering into an interlocal agreement under title 12, chapter 9, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives are authorized to enter into interlocal agreements, as if each electric cooperative were a “public agency” for the purposes of title 12, chapter 9.
TN Code § 65-36-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-105. Use of Surplus Funds

 Every municipal electric utility and every electric cooperative are hereby authorized to use surplus revenues in connection with the exercise of any power or authority they may exercise under any law; provided, that the exercise of that power or authority is not a violation of the terms and conditions of a wholesale power contract between the Tennessee Valley authority and the respective municipal electric utility or electric cooperative and is not a violation of or otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of any covenants in any outstanding revenue bonds of the municipal electric utility or loan covenant of the electric cooperative, as may be applicable.
TN Code § 65-36-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-106. Telephone, Telegraph and Telecommunications Services

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or other law to the contrary, if the exercise of power or authority granted by this chapter involves any system, plant, or equipment for the provision of telephone, telegraph, telecommunications services or any other like system, plant, or equipment, such exercise, whether by a municipal electric system, an electric cooperative or jointly, shall not be subject to this chapter but instead shall be subject to title 7, chapter 52, as amended. With respect to telephone, telegraph, or telecommunications services, electric cooperatives shall be subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission to the same extent as municipal electric utilities under title 7, chapter 52.
TN Code § 65-36-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 36 - Equal Powers and Authority Act|§ 65-36-107. Competitive Consequences of Agreement

 In the exercise of their respective powers and authority, jointly and severally, under interlocal cooperation agreements entered into under the authority of this chapter and title 12, chapter 9, electric cooperatives and municipal utilities and any separate entity or body created under § 12-9-104(c), may exercise such powers and authority regardless of the competitive consequences thereof.