Georgia Commons

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 2. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

62 sections · 46-2-1 to 46-2-95

Article 1. ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS

  1. 46-2-1Election of Commissioners; terms of office.
  2. 46-2-1.1Elections for Georgia Public Service Commission Districts 2, 3, and 5.
  3. 46-2-2Qualifications of Commissioners; restriction on any interest in companies under jurisdiction of commission; disqualification of Commissioner.
  4. 46-2-3Oath of office of Commissioners.
  5. 46-2-4Filling of vacancies on commission.
  6. 46-2-5Chairperson of commission; selection.
  7. 46-2-6Salary of Commissioners.
  8. 46-2-7Employment of officers, experts, and other employees by commission; compensation of employees.
  9. 46-2-7.1Director of utilities.
  10. 46-2-7.2Public information officer.
  11. 46-2-8Payment of salaries and expenses by commission; appropriations for salaries and expenses; designation of Public Service Commission Fund.
  12. 46-2-9Domicile of commission; jurisdiction of actions involving commission or business entities regulated by commission; furnishing commission with office and supplies.
  13. 46-2-10Payment of special fee by corporations and utilities subject to jurisdiction of commission; notice of amount due; procedure on default.

Article 2. JURISDICTION, POWERS, AND DUTIES GENERALLY

  1. 46-2-20Jurisdiction of commission generally; powers and duties of commission generally.
  2. 46-2-20.1Electric vehicle charging services; operation.
  3. 46-2-21Extension of commission’s powers and duties to street railroads, telegraph companies, telephone companies, and gas and electric light and power companies.
  4. 46-2-22Jurisdiction of commission over express companies and telegraph companies.Reserved
  5. 46-2-23Rate-making power of commission generally; special provisions concerning telecommunications companies.
  6. 46-2-23.1Alternative form of regulation; filing; notice; approval; release of interstate pipeline capacity.
  7. 46-2-24Consideration by commission of quality of service in determining just and reasonable rates and charges.
  8. 46-2-25Procedure for changing any rate, charge, classification, or service; recovery of financing costs.
  9. 46-2-25.1County-wide local calling; modification of existing rate schedules; plans for implementing service; methods of funding; rate-making power of commission not affected.
  10. 46-2-25.2Sixteen-mile toll-free telephone calling; rate schedule modifications; telephone company recovery of expenses or lost revenues; rate-making power of commission not affected.
  11. 46-2-25.3Toll-free calls within 22 miles of exchange; hearings; net gain.
  12. 46-2-26Fuel-adjustment tariffs utilization restriction; rate change by utility based solely on change in fuel costs procedure; commission’s power over rate changes; utilities seeking rate change disclosure requirements.
  13. 46-2-26.1Accounting methods to be used by electric utilities in rate-making proceedings.
  14. 46-2-26.2Tax accounting by utilities in rate-making proceedings.
  15. 46-2-26.3Recovery of costs of conversion from oil-burning to coal-burning generating facility; filing of request; public hearing; determination of rate; adjustments.
  16. 46-2-26.4Accounting procedures in gas utility rate proceedings.
  17. 46-2-26.5Gas supply plans and adjustment factors; filings and hearing procedures; recovery of purchase gas cost.
  18. 46-2-27Notation on bill of charges for fuel adjustment, meter reading and consumption, and where rates charged may be obtained.
  19. 46-2-28Procedure for issuance of stocks, bonds, notes, or other debt by companies under commission’s jurisdiction; exemptions.
  20. 46-2-29Requirement of confidentiality of information obtained by commission member or employee in a proceeding under Code Section 46-2-28.
  21. 46-2-30Power of commission to make rules and regulations generally.
  22. 46-2-31Annual report by commission to Governor.
  23. 46-2-32Payment of fines into state treasury; cumulative nature of remedies provided by this title.
  24. 46-2-33Costs incurred by commission charged to utility; invoicing; recovery.

Article 2A. UTILITY FINANCE SECTION

  1. 46-2-40Creation; composition of section.
  2. 46-2-41Appointment of director; compensation; qualifications; responsibilities.
  3. 46-2-42Employment of assistant director and other personnel; application of rules and regulations.
  4. 46-2-43Director, assistant director, or any other employee of Utility Finance Section prohibited from having any interest in or being employed by electric utilities.
  5. 46-2-44Duties of Utility Finance Section generally.
  6. 46-2-45Relationship of Utility Finance Section to commission.

Article 3. INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS

  1. 46-2-50Conducting of hearings and investigations generally.
  2. 46-2-51Prescription by commission of rules of procedure and rules of evidence; promulgation of rules and regulations as to rehearing, reconsideration, and oral argument of orders.
  3. 46-2-52Keeping of records of proceedings on formal investigations; transcribing of testimony.
  4. 46-2-53Reports, rate schedules, orders, rules, or regulations of commission as admissible evidence in court proceedings.Reserved
  5. 46-2-54Power to issue subpoenas; payments to witnesses; failure or refusal to obey subpoenas.
  6. 46-2-55Compelling witnesses to testify before commission as to the giving or granting of rebates or as to discriminations in rates and charges by common carriers.
  7. 46-2-56Compelling witnesses to testify against common carriers or any other person in court.
  8. 46-2-57Discovery rights; petitions for necessary orders, injunctions, and subpoenas; extension of suspension periods; timing.
  9. 46-2-58Conducting of hearings by hearing officers.
  10. 46-2-59Permissible parties in proceedings before commission; intervention in proceedings generally; limited appearances; procedure for granting leave to intervene.

Article 4. ALLOCATION OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

  1. 46-2-70Definitions.
  2. 46-2-71Power of commission; findings required before commission exercises powers of allocation.
  3. 46-2-72Immunity from liability of persons acting in accordance with ruling or order of commission entered pursuant to Code Section 46-2-71.

Article 5. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PENALTIES

  1. 46-2-90Liability of companies subject to jurisdiction of commission generally; venue for actions generally; award of attorney’s fee.
  2. 46-2-91Penalties recoverable before commission; superior court filing of certain commission orders; venue; effect of judgment.
  3. 46-2-92Penalties recoverable by state through civil action.
  4. 46-2-93Criminal penalty; venue for actions; calling of agents and employees of company as witnesses; use of testimony against agents and employees.
  5. 46-2-94Operation as household goods carrier for hire without having valid certificate prohibited.Reserved
  6. 46-2-95Civil actions; standard for obtaining an injunction.