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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-39 > Chapter-39-3 > 39-3-1SECTION 39-3-1
§ 39-3-1 Services for which certificate ofnecessity required. – No public utility whether privately owned or a quasi public agency shalldistribute electricity or furnish or sell gas in any town or city in which anyother public utility is at the time distributing electricity or furnishing orselling gas to the public generally, unless the public utility desiring todistribute electricity or to furnish or sell gas shall first have obtained acertificate from the division of public utilities and carriers certifying thatpublic convenience and necessity require the same. Nothing contained in thischapter shall be construed to require a certificate to be obtained as acondition of distributing electricity or furnishing or selling gas in any townor city by any public utility which was actually distributing electricity orfurnishing or selling gas to the public generally in the town or city on orprior to January 1, 1996 or by any successor to the public utility. Thedivision shall not grant any such certificate to any electric distributioncompany if the electric distribution company that is distributing electricityin the town or city offers to provide distribution service to all customersserved by any nonregulated power producer, whether affiliated or not, oncomparable prices and terms approved pursuant to this title, including thetransition charge pursuant to § 39-1-27.4. A copy of any application filedby the Block Island Power Company with either the commission or the divisionshall be provided by the Block Island Power Company to the New Shoreham townclerk by certified mail.
