Public utility fee
N.D. Cent. Code § 49-01-12.1
in effect49-01-12.1. Public utility fee
1. The commission shall assess each electric and gas utility a fee in proportion to
the utility's respective gross operating revenues from the retail sale of gas and
electric service within the state during the preceding calendar year. The total of
the combined assessments may not exceed three hundred thousand dollars per
biennium. The fee must be paid quarterly and deposited in the public service
commission program fund.
2. In January of each year, each electric and gas public utility shall file with the public
service commission the amount of gross receipts derived from the company's
customers within the state during the preceding calendar year. The commission shall
review the gross receipts annually and adjust the fee for each utility in proportion to the
gross operating revenues.
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