Regulation of Public Utilities

Miss. Code Ann. tit. 77, ch. 3
in effect

Contents

section77-3-1. Application of article to municipal public utilities.section77-3-2. Declaration of policy.section77-3-3. Definitions.section77-3-5. Jurisdiction and powers of commission.section77-3-6. Investigations and arbitration of billing and services between public utilities and customers.section77-3-7. Bonding of commission employees; preference for full-time employees; additional personnel.section77-3-8. Public service commission staff; Personnel Board to establish salaries; duties of staff; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-9. Attorney for public service commission.section77-3-10. Regulated utilities to file with commission copies of contracts with affiliates; authority of commission to disallow certain payments as operating costs.section77-3-11. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required; exceptions; complaints prompting hearing as to adequacy of service.section77-3-12. Certificate of public convenience and necessity grants exclusive right to public utility to provide services for which certificate issued; utility systems authorized to extend facilities through certificated area of another utility for purposes other than certificated need.section77-3-13. Issuance of certificates; temporary certificates; cancelability review upon change of ownership.section77-3-14. Certificate of public convenience and necessity required for construction of electrical generating and transmitting facilities; commission to maintain analysis of electricity needs in state.section77-3-15. Two or more persons holding certificates for similar operations in same municipality.section77-3-16. Bids required on certain public utility contracts; exceptions; list of contractors and suppliers.section77-3-17. Operation of public utility following expiration of municipal franchise; municipal acquisition of utility.section77-3-19. Applicant for certificate must obtain a municipal franchise.section77-3-21. Hearing on adequacy of service afforded by certificate holder.section77-3-22. Placement of privately owned water and sewer systems in receivership; conditions.section77-3-22.1. 1. Preferences in transfer of ownership of privately owned water or sewer system in receivership.section77-3-23. Procedure for sale, assignment, lease or transfer of certificate.section77-3-25. Unlawful sale, lease, assignment or transfer of certificate or certain other utility property.section77-3-27. Commission to investigate violations.section77-3-29. Extension of service.section77-3-31. Accounts and depreciation reports of utilities.section77-3-33. Rates, classifications and service of utilities.section77-3-35. Regulation of rates and charges generally; approval of certain contracts of utilities; regulation of provision of telecommunication services; adoption of alternative methods of regulation; Public Service Commission authorized to regulate only rates, terms and conditions of certain switched access services and single-line flat rate voice communication services; incumbent local exchange carrier to provide primary single-line flat rate voice communication service to premises of permanent residence or business within its franchised service territory if cost to requesting party does not exceed certain amount; commission to retain exclusive original jurisdiction over customer complaints for services continuing to be regulated; certain telecommunication utilities required only to file financial or service quality information required to be filed with Federal Communications Commission.section77-3-36. Recovery of costs of political advertising from ratepayers prohibited; recovery of costs of promotional or institutional advertising regulated; definitions.section77-3-37. Changes in rates.section77-3-39. Hearing on rate change; suspension of proposed rates.section77-3-40. Hearing examiners; powers and duties; reports, recommended decisions and orders of examiners; procedures.section77-3-41. Rates fixed by commission.section77-3-42. Rate increase resulting from fuel adjustment clauses or riders; audits of fuel purchases.section77-3-43. Determination of rate base.section77-3-44. Rate-regulated electric public utilities authorized to undertake economic development activities.section77-3-45. Promulgation of rules and regulations.section77-3-46. Management reviews of public utility companies.section77-3-47. Hearings by commission.section77-3-49. Issuance of process by commission; witnesses.section77-3-51. Depositions by agreement.section77-3-53. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence.section77-3-55. Orders, findings, authorizations and certificates to be in writing and entered in minutes.section77-3-57. Service on parties.section77-3-59. Decisions; compliance with orders.section77-3-61. Alteration of orders.section77-3-63. Record of proceedings; reporter.section77-3-65. Rehearing; stay of order.section77-3-67. Appeals to chancery court.section77-3-69. Stay of orders pending appeal.section77-3-71. Appeals to supreme court.section77-3-72. Direct appeals to supreme court from decisions of public service commission involving filings for rate changes.section77-3-73. Appealed commission matters to take preference in all courts.section77-3-75. Enforcement of commission orders.section77-3-77. Burden of proof on party seeking to vacate commission order.section77-3-79. Reports by utilities; inspection of records; filing deadlines; penalties.section77-3-81. Violations of article or orders of commission; furnishing to commission of false testimony, reports, records, etc.section77-3-83. Penalties are cumulative.section77-3-85. Jurisdiction of actions to recover penalties and criminal prosecutions; limitation of actions.section77-3-87. Utilities taxed for expense of regulation by commission; collection of tax; adjustment of tax rate; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-89. Payment of expenses; audit of books and accounts; Public Utilities Staff Regulation Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-90. Annual reports of commission.section77-3-91. Definitions applicable to §§ 77-3-91 through 77-3-95.section77-3-93. Cost of purchasing electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days included as expense item for purpose of calculating rates.section77-3-95. Utilities to report to public utility staff and public service commission purchases of electricity from non-utility generator for period in excess of 30 days; public comment on report; hearings.section77-3-97. Water conservation; submetering in multiunit dwellings.section77-3-101. Legislative determinations and declarations of policy.section77-3-103. Definitions.section77-3-105. Inclusion of certain expenditures in electric public utility rate base and rates; accrual of reasonable rate of return; cancellation or abandonment of construction; prudence reviews; appeal of final order of commission.section77-3-106. Rate mitigation plan; proposal, scope, approval, implementation.section77-3-107. Rules and regulations; preference for ownership of generating facilities by certain electric public utilities.section77-3-109. Legislative Advisory Board on Alternate Method of Cost Recovery on Base Load Generation; purpose; composition.section77-3-111. Definitions.section77-3-113. Contents of petition.section77-3-115. Petition procedure.section77-3-117. Commission’s responsibility in issuing a finance order; establishment of a special purpose entity to act as issuing entity.section77-3-119. Filing of true-up report by issuing entity; review by commission.section77-3-121. Rate reduction bond charge as nonbypassable charge; legal remedy for failure of electric public utility to remit payment of rate reduction bond charge revenues.section77-3-123. Security property.section77-3-125. Security property as collateral to secure payment of financing costs; relation to Uniform Commercial Code.section77-3-127. Liability on rate reduction bonds issued under a financing order.section77-3-129. Sections 77-3-111 through 77-3-127 deemed full and complete authority for exercise of powers granted therein.section77-3-201. Definitions.section77-3-203. Property owners’ remedies upon utility’s failure or refusal to provide service.section77-3-205. Determination of responsibility for costs where construction of facilities is undertaken by owner.section77-3-207. Owner’s agreement with utility as to costs; contract for construction in absence of agreement.section77-3-209. Allocation of costs among proposed consumer outlets; reimbursement by utility.section77-3-211. Notice prior to construction; inspection during construction and upon completion; deviations.section77-3-213. Effect of conveyance of property after institution of proceedings on owner’s rights.section77-3-215. Effect of transfer or assignment of public utility system.section77-3-217. Provisions are cumulative and not in derogation of prior law; conduct of proceedings and appeals.section77-3-301. Optional rate schedules and minimum charges to be provided in lieu of service charges.section77-3-303. Itemized bills required.section77-3-305. Violations.section77-3-307. Exemptions.section77-3-401. Determination of adequacy of service initiated by petition of attorney general.section77-3-403. Notice to corporation to appear before commission.section77-3-405. Distinct findings of fact to be made by commission.section77-3-407. Issuance of order requiring changes in service.section77-3-409. Removal of proceedings to circuit court.section77-3-411. Forfeiture of charter for failure to make changes.section77-3-413. Certiorari to circuit court.section77-3-415. Appeal from judgment of circuit court.section77-3-417. Effect of receivership proceedings.section77-3-419. Liquidation of business.section77-3-421. Operations within same territory by second company following forfeiture of first company’s charter.section77-3-423. Necessity that sales, leases or transfers be made to company capable of providing adequate service.section77-3-425. Continuation of service in event of sale of business.section77-3-451. Definitions.section77-3-453. Public Service Commission to regulate; application of article; hours of operation; use for purpose of inducing purchase of goods or services prohibited; exceptions.section77-3-455. Requirements for placing calls using automatic dialing-announcing devices.section77-3-457. Application to connect automatic dialing-announcing device; penalties.section77-3-459. Legislative intent; retroactive effect of article.section77-3-501. Legislative findings.section77-3-503. Definitions; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-505. Statewide program to provide telephone access to speech or hearing impaired persons; commission not liable for claims, actions, etc. arising out of program.section77-3-507. Maintenance surcharge on local exchange access facilities; Dual Party Relay Service Trust Fund; source of funds; use of funds; charges for use of relay service; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-509. Advisory committee on telecommunications services for hearing or speech impaired persons; members; terms; compensation; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund.section77-3-511. Commission to implement relay service within one year; report to Legislature.section77-3-601. Definitions.section77-3-603. Conduct of telephone solicitors regulated.section77-3-605. Registration of telephone solicitors with Attorney General; surety bond.section77-3-607. Requisites of enforceable contract; certain exceptions; merchant not to charge consumer’s account before receipt of copy of contract.section77-3-609. Exempt parties and transactions.section77-3-611. Attorney General to investigate violations; actions for civil penalties, injunction, and other relief; stipulated penalties; waiver of penalty upon restitution, reimbursement or payment of damages.section77-3-613. Burden of proving exemption or exemption from definition.section77-3-615. Attorney’s fees; costs.section77-3-617. Telecommunications companies to inform customers of provisions of law.section77-3-619. Attorney General may issue rules and regulations to carry out provisions of law.section77-3-701. Short titlesection77-3-703. Legislative findingssection77-3-705. Definitions.section77-3-707. Use of the “no-calls” database by telephone solicitors mandatory.section77-3-709. Commission’s discretion to exempt some telephone solicitors from purchase and use of no-calls database.section77-3-711. Exempt categories.section77-3-713. Registration of telephone solicitors mandatory.section77-3-715. Regulatory powers of Public Service Commission.section77-3-717. Inclusion in no-calls database of Mississippi part of any Federal Trade Commission national database.section77-3-719. Nondisclosure of database.section77-3-721. Fees; funding of expenses of agency; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund [Repealed effective July 1, 2021]section77-3-723. Rules for authorized calls.section77-3-725. Violations; hearings; penalties.section77-3-727. Consumer complaints.section77-3-729. Defenses.section77-3-731. Commission granted personal jurisdiction over resident and nonresident telephone solicitors.section77-3-733. Right of appeal.section77-3-735. Service providers certificated by commission not liable for violations of others.section77-3-737. Repealed.section77-3-801. Short title.section77-3-803. Definitions.section77-3-805. Causing caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to subscriber prohibited.section77-3-807. Exceptions.section77-3-809. Penalties.

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