Chapter 25 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
- Section 25:1 - Department of public utilities; seal
- Section 25:1A - Prioritization of safety, security, reliability of service, affordability, equity and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to meet statewide greenhouse gas emission limits and sublimits
- Section 25:2 - Commission; members; appointment and term; chairman; salaries; annual report
- Section 25:2A - Energy advisory board; membership; duties
- Section 25:3 - Commissioners; oath; interests in regulated industry companies
- Section 25:4 - Chairman of commission; powers and duties; hearings; investigations; reports
- Section 25:4A - Hearings on change of rates or reduction in or discontinuance of service; time and place
- Section 25:4B - Declaration of state of emergency; authority of chairman of department of public utilities
- Section 25:4C - Appointment of receiver to oversee companies serving less than 100,000
- Section 25:5 - Rulings; orders; appeal; costs; staying enforcement; burden of proof; evidence
- Section 25:5A - Witnesses; summonses; subpoenas; fees
- Section 25:5B - Rules and regulations
- Section 25:5C - Hazardous materials; rail transportation regulations
- Section 25:5D - Protection of trade secrets, confidential and other proprietary information from public disclosure; presumption
- Section 25:5E - Audits
- Section 25:7 - Duties relative to common carriers; appointing employees to perform; division of railroad track inspection
- Section 25:8 - Duties relative to common carriers; expenditures in performing
- Section 25:9 - Duties relative to water, gas and electric companies; expenditures; appointing employees to perform
- Section 25:10 - Officers and employees; supervision and control
- Section 25:10B - Filing fees
- Section 25:12E 1/2 - [Repealed]
- Section 25:12F - Transportation division
- Section 25:12G - Investigations and inquiries
- Section 25:12N - Facility siting division
- Section 25:12O - Department of Telecommunications and Energy Trust Fund
- Section 25:12P - Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund
- Section 25:12Q - Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund
- Section 25:12R - Department of Public Utilities Carrier Registration Trust Fund
- Section 25:18 - Assessments upon telecommunications and energy companies based on intrastate revenues; rates; suspension of rates
- Section 25:18A - Assessment against steam distribution companies
- Section 25:19 - Funding for energy efficiency programs; mandatory charge for consumers to fund energy efficient activities; other funding; gas energy efficiency programs; allocation of funds
- Section 25:20 - Mandatory charge for consumers to support development and promotion of renewable energy projects; rates
- Section 25:21 - Energy efficiency and demand reduction resources cost-effective or less expensive than supply preferred; energy and natural gas efficiency investment plans; failure to comply
- Section 25:22 - Energy efficiency advisory council; quarterly report to council
- Section 25:23 - Division to promulgate rules and regulations and perform administrative and enforcement function of chapter 159A 1/2; funding from surcharge on transportation network companies