South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Article 3 - ELECTRIC SYSTEMS › Subarticle 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 103-304 - Territory and Certificates

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
No electrical utility supplying electric service to the
				  public shall hereafter begin the construction or operation of any electric
				  facilities, or of any extension thereof, without first obtaining from the
				  commission a certificate that public convenience and necessity requires or will
				  require such construction or operation; such certificate to be granted only
				  after notice to the ORS, other interested electric systems and to the public,
				  and after due hearing; provided, however, that this regulation shall not be
				  construed to require any such electrical utility to secure a certificate for
				  any extension within a municipality or district within which it has heretofore
				  lawfully commenced operations, or for an extension within or to territory
				  already served by it, necessary in the ordinary course of its business, or for
				  an extension into territory contiguous to that already occupied by it and not
				  receiving similar service from another electrical utility, but if any electric
				  system in constructing or extending its lines, plant or system unreasonably
				  interferes, or is about to unreasonably interfere, with the service or the
				  system of any other electric system, the commission may make such order and
				  prescribe such terms and conditions in harmony with this regulation as are just
				  and reasonable.
1. Rural Territorial
				Act. The commission has assigned all areas outside municipal limits, and more
				than 300 feet from the lines (as defined in Section
				58-27-610(3)
				of the South Carolina Code of Laws), as such lines existed on the dates of
				assignments, of any electric supplier (except some territory which was left
				unassigned to any supplier), and no electric supplier shall construct lines and
				equipment except as provided by S.C. Code of Laws, Sections
				58-27-620(2);
				58-27-620(4); 58-27-620(6); 58-27-650; and 58-27-660(1), into territory
				assigned to another supplier without prior approval of the commission; and no
				electric supplier shall construct permanent lines and equipment into any
				territory left unassigned by the commission pursuant to S.C. Code Ann., Section
				58-27-640
				without prior notice to the commission and the ORS filed within a reasonable
				period of time prior to the date of actual construction of permanent lines,
				which notice shall include a map of the area showing existing facilities,
				location of the customer, and the proposed route of the permanent line, and a
				written certification that those electric suppliers furnishing electric service
				in any areas contiguous to the unassigned territory have been provided a copy
				of the notice of construction of facilities as filed with the commission and
				provided to the ORS, and all such facilities providing electric service shall
				be constructed in accordance with good utility practices and all other
				applicable provisions of the S.C. Code of Laws, as amended.
2. Utility Facility Siting and Environmental
				Protection Act. No electric system subject to the jurisdiction of the
				commission shall begin the construction and/or operation of any transmission
				line with a designed voltage of 125 KV or more or the construction and/or
				operation of a generating station of more than 75 megawatts, except a
				hydroelectric generating facility, before receiving a certificate of
				Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Necessity in accordance
				with Sections
				58-33-10
				et seq., of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.