CHAPTER 3. REGULATION OF UTILITIES
- Part 1. Role of Commission
- 69-3-101. Meaning of term "public utility".
- 69-3-102. Supervision and regulation of public utilities.
- 69-3-103. General powers and rulemaking authority of commission.
- 69-3-104. Hearings to be open.
- 69-3-105. Access to commission records and reports -- protective order.
- 69-3-106. Supervision of management of public utilities.
- 69-3-107. Investigation and reports of accidents.
- 69-3-108. Standards for and examinations of products and services.
- 69-3-109. Ascertaining property values.
- 69-3-110. Enforcement of public utility law.
- 69-3-111. Persons with interest in property leased or to be sold to public utility -- exemption.
- 69-3-112. Evaluation of coal or other boiler fuel costs.
- Part 10. Telephone Low-Income Assistance Program
- Part 11. Intrastate Consumer Protection
- Part 12. Integrated Least-Cost Resource Planning and Acquisition Act
- Part 13. Change in Customer's Telecommunications Carrier
- 69-3-1301. Purpose.
- 69-3-1302. Definitions.
- 69-3-1303. Prohibition -- exceptions.
- 69-3-1304. Rulemaking authority.
- 69-3-1305. Unauthorized change in telecommunications carrier -- liability -- penalty for violation.
- 69-3-1306. and reserved.
- 69-3-1308. Prohibitions on charges on bill -- exceptions.
- 69-3-1309. Liability for unauthorized charges on telephone bill -- penalty for violation.
- 69-3-1310. Misrepresentation concerning product or service -- violations -- complaints.
- 69-3-1311. Registration requirements -- prohibitions -- revocation.
- 69-3-1312. through reserved.
- 69-3-1315. Submission of list of entities served by billing aggregator required.
- 69-3-1316. Notice to attorney general.
- Part 14. Natural Gas Utility Restructuring and Customer Choice Act
- 69-3-1401. Short title.
- 69-3-1402. Definitions.
- 69-3-1403. Customer choice.
- 69-3-1404. Functional separation -- code of conduct -- emergency services -- customer protection.
- 69-3-1405. Licensing -- procedures -- commission rulemaking.
- 69-3-1406. Reciprocity.
- 69-3-1407. Optional performance-based ratemaking for natural gas utilities -- commission rulemaking.
- 69-3-1408. Universal system benefits programs -- establishing nonbypassable rate.
- 69-3-1409. Repealed.
- 69-3-1410. through reserved.
- 69-3-1413. Statement of purpose.
- 69-3-1414. Acquisition of rate-based facilities.
- 69-3-1415. Application and approval of natural gas production and gathering resources.
- 69-3-1416. Use of natural gas production and gathering resources.
- Part 15. Material Affiliate Transactions
- Part 2. Requirements for Public Utilities
- 69-3-201. Utilities to provide adequate service at reasonable charges.
- 69-3-202. Records of public utilities.
- 69-3-203. Annual report to commission.
- 69-3-204. Fees to be charged by commission.
- 69-3-205. Verification of reports and other papers.
- 69-3-206. Penalty for failure to make reports or permit examinations.
- 69-3-207. Penalty for violation of natural gas pipeline safety provisions and regulations.
- 69-3-208. Effect of failure by utility to cooperate with commission.
- 69-3-209. Violations of public utility laws or orders.
- 69-3-210. through reserved.
- 69-3-221. Public utility errors in billing customers.
- Part 3. Ratemaking Procedures
- 69-3-301. Schedule of rates, tolls, and charges.
- 69-3-302. Changes in schedules.
- 69-3-303. Notice and hearing on proposed change.
- 69-3-304. Temporary approval of rate increases or decreases.
- 69-3-305. Deviations from scheduled rates, tolls, and charges.
- 69-3-306. Classification of service.
- 69-3-307. Treatment of advertisement costs and contributions.
- 69-3-308. Disclosure of taxes and fees paid by customers of public utility -- automatic rate adjustment and tracking for taxes and fees.
- 69-3-309. reserved.
- 69-3-310. Rulemaking authority.
- 69-3-311. through reserved.
- 69-3-321. Complaints against public utility -- hearing.
- 69-3-322. Treatment of multiple complaints.
- 69-3-323. Complaint by public utility.
- 69-3-324. Initiation of action by commission itself.
- 69-3-325. Notice of hearing.
- 69-3-326. Conduct of hearing.
- 69-3-327. Subpoena of witnesses.
- 69-3-328. Depositions of witnesses.
- 69-3-329. Immunity for witnesses.
- 69-3-330. Decision by commission.
- Part 4. Review of Commission Actions
- Part 5. Issuance of Securities and Creation of Liens
- 69-3-501. Regulation of issuance of securities and creation of liens by utilities.
- 69-3-502. Petition for issuance of securities.
- 69-3-503. Prompt consideration of petition.
- 69-3-504. Decision on petition.
- 69-3-505. Issuance of certain short-term obligations.
- 69-3-506. Unapproved securities void.
- 69-3-507. State not obligated on securities.
- Part 6. Small Power Production Facilities
- Part 7. Conservation Purchases or Investments by Utilities
- 69-3-701. Definitions.
- 69-3-702. Eligible conservation.
- 69-3-703. Utility investment in or purchase of conservation -- approval by commission.
- 69-3-704. through reserved.
- 69-3-711. Criteria for allowable conservation -- onsite audits.
- 69-3-712. Commission to include conservation in rate base -- rate of return.
- 69-3-713. Prohibition against utility claiming conservation tax credit.
- Part 8. Montana Telecommunications Act
- 69-3-801. Short title.
- 69-3-802. Purpose.
- 69-3-803. Definitions.
- 69-3-804. Exemption for private telecommunications service.
- 69-3-805. Registration of telecommunications providers.
- 69-3-806. Prohibition against cross-subsidization.
- 69-3-807. Regulation of rates and charges.
- 69-3-808. Forbearance of rate regulation to facilitate competition.
- 69-3-809. Alternative forms of regulation.
- 69-3-810. New service -- withdrawal of services.
- 69-3-811. Costs for services provided -- jurisdiction over complaints.
- 69-3-812. through reserved.
- 69-3-815. Nondiscriminatory intercarrier compensation -- billing records -- enforcement -- rulemaking.
- 69-3-816. through reserved.
- 69-3-821. Examination of books and records.
- 69-3-822. Rulemaking authority.
- 69-3-823. Exception.
- 69-3-824. No preemption of laws governing anticompetitive activity.
- 69-3-825. through reserved.
- 69-3-829. Expedited complaint proceeding -- commission authority.
- 69-3-830. Expedited complaint proceeding -- procedure.
- 69-3-831. Interconnection -- construction and effect.
- 69-3-832. Interconnection -- jurisdiction.
- 69-3-833. Rulemaking authority.
- 69-3-834. Duty to interconnect.
- 69-3-835. Voluntary negotiation of interconnection agreements.
- 69-3-836. Mediation of interconnection agreements.
- 69-3-837. Arbitration of interconnection issues.
- 69-3-838. Approval of arbitration decision.
- 69-3-839. Approval of interconnection agreements.
- 69-3-840. Determination of eligible carrier status -- universal service support.
- 69-3-841. Universal service policies.
- 69-3-842. Universal service fund established -- purpose.
- 69-3-843. Fund administrator -- commission rulemaking authority.
- 69-3-844. Contributions to fund.
- 69-3-845. Payments from fund -- costs.
- 69-3-846. Discounts for schools, libraries, and health care providers.
- 69-3-847. Wholesale pricing standards.
- 69-3-848. Pricing of individual network elements.
- 69-3-849. Prohibited subsidies.
- 69-3-850. through reserved.
- 69-3-856. Repealed.
- 69-3-857. Repealed.
- 69-3-858. Repealed.
- 69-3-859. Repealed.
- 69-3-860. Repealed.
- 69-3-861. Repealed.
- 69-3-862. Repealed.
- 69-3-863. through reserved.
- 69-3-870. Performance assurance state special revenue account -- statutory appropriation.
- Part 9. Rate Regulation of Small Telecommunications Providers
- 69-3-901. Definitions.
- 69-3-902. Rate regulation of small telecommunications provider.
- 69-3-903. Notice of rate increase or decrease.
- 69-3-904. Commission review and determination of rate increases or decreases.
- 69-3-905. Investigations by commission.
- 69-3-906. Petition for review of proposed rate increase or decrease.
- 69-3-907. Proposed increase or decrease effective unless requisite petitions received by commission.
- 69-3-908. and reserved.
- 69-3-910. Regulatory flexibility upon petition by small telecommunications provider.