Tennessee § 65-2-122 - Establishment of optional services purchased by regulated entities or unregulated service providers — Cost-based charges for services — Election to use services.

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§ 65-2-122. Establishment of optional services purchased by regulated entities or unregulated service providers — Cost-based charges for services — Election to use services.

The commission may establish optional services that may be purchased by regulated entities or other unregulated service providers, which are related to the exercise, administration or enforcement of jurisdiction delegated to the commission by state or federal law. The establishment of charges for services described in subsection (a) shall be cost-based. No charge for services as established in this section shall be applied to any party that does not expressly elect to use such services, and no party shall be required to elect to use such optional services as a condition of initiating any case before the commission. Acts 2013, ch. 245, § 3; 2017, ch. 94, § 50. Amendments. The 2017 amendment substituted “commission” for “authority” twice in (a) and at the end of (c). Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 94, § 83. April 4, 2017.

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