Vermont Code — 30
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- § 1. Composition of Department
- § 2. Department powers
- § 3. Public Utility Commission
- § 4. Qualifications of members, commissioners, and clerk A person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any
- § 5. Clerk; oath The Commission shall appoint a clerk, who shall serve during its pleasure
- § 6. Powers and duties of clerk
- § 7. Quorum; meetings Two Commission members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business
- § 8. Powers of single Commission member or other officer or employee
- § 9. Court of record; seal The Commission shall have the powers of a court of record in the determination and adjudication of all matters over which it is given jurisdiction
- § 10. Service of process; notice of hearings; temporary restraining orders
- § 11. Pleadings; rules of practice; hearings; findings of fact
- § 11a. Electronic filing and issuance
- § 12. Review by Supreme Court A party to a cause who feels aggrieved by the final order, judgment, or decree of the Commission may appeal to the Supreme Court
- § 13. Repealed. 1967, No. 205, § 3.
- § 14. Powers of Supreme Court
- § 15. Decree of Commission; enforcement A party to an order or decree of the Public Utility Commission or the Commission
- § 16. Repealed. 1959, No. 186, § 2, eff
- § 17. Fees of witnesses; duties of clerk The fees of witnesses before the Commission shall be the same as in the Superior Court
- § 18. Production and examination of books; witnesses So far as is necessary for the performance of its duties, the Public Utility Commission or the Commissioner of Public Service, the Directors for Public Advocacy and Regulated
- § 19. Experts With the approval of the Governor, the Commission may appoint and employ, at the expense of the
- § 20. Particular proceedings and activities; personnel
- § 21. Particular proceedings and activities; assessment of costs
- § 22. Tax to finance Department and Commission
- § 22a. Use of gross operating revenues tax Expenses incurred by the Department for the support of activities relating to
- § 23. Public Service Reserve Fund
- § 24. Payments from special funds; biennial report All payments from the special fund for the maintenance of the engineering and accounting forces and from the
- § 25. Assessment When the Department of Public Service discovers from the examination of the return or otherwise
- § 26. Penalty When such annual report for any year is not rendered to the Department of Public Service and the
- § 27. Review The assessment by the Commission or Department of Public Service of any tax or penalty under the provisions of sections 20–25 of this chapter may be appealed to the Washington
- § 28. Hearings For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any return or for the purpose of making an
- § 29. Right of inspection The Public Utility Commission or the Commissioner of Public Service, the Directors for
- § 30. Penalties; affidavit of compliance
- § 31. Depositions The Commission or the Department of Public Service, their representatives, or any party in any
- § 32. Injunction proceedings Whenever the Department of Public Service is of the opinion that a company subject
- § 33. Joint hearings and investigations The Commission shall have
- § 34. Public education on propane tank safety
- § 51. Residential building energy standards; stretch code
- § 52. Home energy rating organization accreditation
- § 53. Commercial building energy standards
- § 54. Compliance plan The Commissioner of Public Service:
- § 55. Priority housing projects; stretch code A priority housing project as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6001 shall meet or exceed
- § 61. Definitions As used in this subchapter:
- § 62. Repealed. 2019, No. 62, § 15(c), effective June 30, 2021.
- § 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data
- § 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation
- § 102. Petition; hearing; certificate
- § 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect The articles of incorporation, the certificate of the Public Utility Commission, and the organization fee shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State
- § 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission Such a corporation or company shall not amend its articles of
- § 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission When stock is issued for property other than cash, the value of the property fixed by the incorporators or stockholders must receive the approval of the Public Utility
- § 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations
- § 107. Acquisition of control of one utility company by another; supervision
- § 108. Issue of bonds or other securities
- § 109. Sales and leases; hearings
- § 110. Eminent domain; companies authorized When it is necessary for a corporation formed under this chapter or a foreign
- § 110a. Inclusion of communications facilities When a gas or electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission
- § 111. Petition; notice of hearing
- § 111a. Preexisting utility lines
- § 112. Findings; dams; assessment of damages; jury trial
- § 113. Compensation; where party cannot be found
- § 114. Copy of order; record When the Commission renders judgment, it shall send by registered mail to each of the parties in interest or their attorneys, within 30 days thereafter, a certified copy of such judgment
- § 115. Effect of payment of awards
- § 116. Scope of application Without limiting or enlarging the
- § 117. Rights acquired and not used Where property, easements,
- § 118. Taking burial grounds; condemnation When it is necessary
- § 119. Notice to municipality Notice of such proceedings shall
- § 120. Removal of remains The remains of the dead
- § 121. Notice to kindred Before the removal of such remains, the selectboard or board of cemetery commissioners,
- § 122. Headstones or monuments erected The selectboard or board of cemetery commissioners shall cause existing headstones or monuments to be removed and reerected to the memory of the deceased
- § 123. Expense
- § 124. Appeal The judgment and findings of the Commission shall be final, except that a party who feels himself or herself aggrieved thereby may appeal to the Supreme Court pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of this title
- § 125. Powers; annual report
- § 126. Saving clause; corporations formed before April 2, 1915 All corporations formed prior to April 2, 1915, by special act or under the general laws of this State, that are conducting any business subject to regulation by the
- § 127. Utility poles in easements across private property
- § 201. Definitions As used in this chapter:
- § 202. Electrical energy planning
- § 202a. State energy policy It is the general policy of the State of Vermont:
- § 202b. State Comprehensive Energy Plan
- § 202c. State telecommunications; policy and planning
- § 202d. Telecommunications Plan
- § 202e. Telecommunications and connectivity
- § 202f. Telecommunications and Connectivity Advisory Board
- § 203. Jurisdiction of certain public utilities The Public Utility Commission and the Department of Public Service shall have
- § 203a. Fuel Efficiency Fund
- § 204. Organization; reports of public utility corporations Immediately upon the transmission of its articles of association,
- § 205. Duty to furnish copies of contracts At the request of the Department of Public Service, a corporation subject to
- § 206. Information to be furnished to
- § 207. Report of accidents; investigation The superintendent or manager of any line or plant, subject to supervision under
- § 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure A complaint to the Public Utility Commission may be made against a company
- § 208a. Selection of telecommunications carrier
- § 208b. Unauthorized billing A company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission shall not send
- § 209. Jurisdiction; general scope
- § 209a. Qualified cost mitigation charge orders
- § 209b. [Reserved for future use.]
- § 209c. Electricity affordability program
- § 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities
- § 211. Electric energy from inside or outside State
- § 212. Niagara power project The Department of Public Service, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by section 211 of
- § 212a. Retail sales by Department; statutory authorization
- § 212b. Repealed. 2023, No. 53, § 136, eff
- § 212c. Retail sale by the Department; Commission approval
- § 212d. Access; negotiations; Commission order
- § 212e. Representation of public; production of records
- § 212f. Identification of Department sales on bills
- § 213. Interchange of electric facilities; power shortage The Public Utility Commission, in the interest of public necessity,
- § 214. Application for interconnection; joint use of facilities; and resolution of transmission disputes
- § 215. Natural gas
- § 216. Gas rate fixing The Public Utility Commission, under its general jurisdiction over public utilities, shall
- § 217. Department to prosecute The Department of Public Service, through the Director for Public Advocacy, shall
- § 218. Jurisdiction over charges and rates
- § 218a. Permanent telecommunications relay service
- § 218b. Farm customers; energy efficiency; electric energy generation Each Vermont electric distribution utility shall develop and implement comprehensive energy efficiency programs for its livestock and domestic fowl farm customers
- § 218c. Least-cost integrated planning
- § 218d. Alternative regulation of electric and natural gas companies
- § 218e. Implementing State energy policy; manufacturing To give effect to the policies of section 202a of this subchapter to
- § 219. Service Each company subject to supervision under this chapter shall be required to furnish reasonably adequate service, accommodation, and facilities to the public
- § 219a. Repealed. 2013, No. 99 (Adj
- § 219b. Repealed. 2013, No. 99 (Adj
- § 220. Repealed. 1975, No. 56, § 2.
- § 221. Forms; orders The Commission may prescribe the forms of all books, accounts, papers, and records of any
- § 222. Exceptions Public utilities under the jurisdiction of a
- § 223. Appeal from municipal authorities A person or corporation aggrieved by an order or decision of the municipal
- § 224. Special authority to municipality, to be under supervision of Commission Any statute conferring authority upon
- § 225. Rate schedules
- § 226. Rates, hearings, bond
- § 226a. Contracts regarding basic exchange telecommunications services
- § 226b. Incentive regulation of basic exchange telecommunications providers
- § 227. Suspension; refund
- § 227a. Pricing of competitive telecommunications services
- § 227b. Wireless telecommunications
- § 227c. Nondominant carriers
- § 227d. Small eligible telecommunications carriers
- § 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice
- § 228. Copy of schedules Each company, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall keep on file in every
- § 229. Rebates; exceptions A public service company shall not directly or indirectly or by any special rate,
- § 230. Special rate or rebate; penalty
- § 231. Certificate of public good; abandonment of service; hearing
- § 231a. Registration of billing aggregators
- § 232. Sales, leases, pledges, bonds, notes; hearings
- § 233. Repealed. 1995, No. 99 (Adj
- § 234. Appeal A person, partnership, or unincorporated association aggrieved by any act or order of the Public
- § 235. Heating and process fuel efficiency program
- § 236. §§ 236-245.
- § 246. Temporary siting of meteorological stations
- § 247. Penalty In addition to any civil penalty imposed under section 30 and section 230 of this title, any person,
- § 248. New gas and electric purchases, investments, and facilities; certificate of public good (a)(1) No company, as defined in section 201 of this subchapter, may: (A) in any way purchase electric capacity or energy from outside the State:
- § 248a. Certificate of public good for communications facilities
- § 248b. Fees; Agency of Natural Resources; participation in siting proceedings
- § 248c. Fees; Department of Public Service and Public Utility Commission; participation in certification and siting proceedings
- § 248d. Fee refund
- § 249. Service territories; Commission jurisdiction
- § 249a. Campground submetering Notwithstanding the provisions of section 249 of this title or any other provision of this
- § 250. Application; maps Within six months after July 1, 1970, or at such later date as the Public Utility
- § 251. Areas served by several companies
- § 252. Experts, payment of expense
- § 253. National Environmental Policy Act review
- § 254. Construction or extended operation of nuclear plant; public engagement process
- § 254a. Joint Fiscal Committee; nuclear energy analysis
- § 255. Regional coordination to reduce greenhouse gases
- § 271. §§ 271-273.
- § 301. §§ 301-310.
- § 311. Public Utility Commission’s authority A consolidation or merger under the provisions of this chapter shall not become
- § 401. Lake Seymour The Public Utility Commission shall ascertain and establish the natural maximum and minimum
- § 402. Prohibition The waters of Lake Seymour shall not by any artificial means be raised higher or drawn lower,
- § 403. Penalty A person, firm, or corporation who violates a provision of sections 401 and 402 of this title shall be subject to the penalty set forth in 10 V.S.A. § 1094.
- § 404. Great Averill Pond, Little Averill Pond, Norton Lake The Public Utility Commission shall establish maximum and minimum water levels of
- § 405. Prohibition The waters of Great Averill and Little Averill ponds and Norton Lake shall not by any
- § 406. Penalty A person, firm, or corporation who violates
- § 451. §§ 451-453.
- § 501. Definitions As used in this chapter:
- § 502. Jurisdiction
- § 503. Certification
- § 504. Certificates of public good
- § 505. Service No company holding a certificate of public good under this chapter may abandon or curtail any
- § 506. Renewal Certificates with a limited duration may be renewed during or at the end of the period, after
- § 507. Repealed. 1973, No. 147 (Adj
- § 508. Unauthorized operation; penalty A person or company rendering service that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public
- § 509. Amendment and revocation; fines; assurance of discontinuance
- § 510. Notice to subscribers regarding quality of service
- § 511. Extensions for transfer or sale At the end of a certificate period that was not renewed, or if a certificate is
- § 512. Assistance to unserved areas
- § 513. Municipal cable television systems
- § 514. Annual report At the time of filing its annual report under section 22 of this title, each company shall also file with the Commission and the Department the following:
- § 515. Acquisition of control of a company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission
- § 516. Modification by the Commission of cable television tariff requirements
- § 517. Line extensions
- § 518. Retransmission fees; reporting
- § 601. Definitions
- § 602. Authorization The City of Burlington and the Village of Lyndonville acting through its board of trustees are, and each municipality singly is, hereby authorized to enter into a New
- § 603. NEPOOL agreement The New England power pool agreement may provide for, among other things:
- § 604. Additional authority
- § 605. Contracts Contracts under section 604 of this chapter may be for a term or for an indefinite period; may
- § 606. Tenancy in common
- § 607. Consent to application of laws of other states
- § 608. Bonding authority — City of Burlington
- § 609. Village of Lyndonville
- § 610. Bonding authority — Town of Rockingham
- § 610a. Authorization of indebtedness
- § 611. Liability of the State; immunity No provision of this chapter shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity of the State.
- § 701. §§ 701-711.
- § 801. §§ 801-807.
- § 808. §§ 808-810.
- § 811. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 901. §§ 901-917.
- § 918. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 1001. §§ 1001-1036.
- § 1101. §§ 1101-1108.
- § 1109. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 1151. §§ 1151-1155.
- § 1201. §§ 1201-1248.
- § 1301. §§ 1301-1303.
- § 1304. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj
- § 1305. §§ 1305-1330.
- § 1361. §§ 1361-1387.
- § 1431. §§ 1431-1438.
- § 1471. §§ 1471-1482.
- § 1501. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 1521. Repealed. 1989, No. 246 (Adj
- § 1522. §§ 1522-1524.
- § 1525. §§ 1525-1527.
- § 1528. §§ 1528-1535.
- § 1536. §§ 1536-1539.
- § 1571. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj
- § 1572. §§ 1572-1578.
- § 1579. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj
- § 1621. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 1622. §§ 1622-1628.
- § 1629. §§ 1629, 1630.
- § 1631. Repealed. 1959, No. 262, § 37, eff
- § 1632. §§ 1632-1636.
- § 1637. Repealed. 1959, No. 262, § 37, eff
- § 1638. §§ 1638-1643.
- § 1644. §§ 1644-1648.
- § 1649. §§ 1649, 1650.
- § 1651. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj
- § 1701. §§ 1701-1709.
- § 1801. §§ 1801-1813.
- § 1901. §§ 1901, 1902.
- § 1903. §§ 1903-1905.
- § 1906. Recodified. 1995, No. 60, § 37, eff
- § 1907. Repealed. 1961, No. 267, § 7, eff
- § 1908. §§ 1908-1912.
- § 1951. §§ 1951-1953.
- § 2501. Town; duties of certain officers As used in this chapter, the word “town” includes an incorporated village or city,
- § 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities
- § 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice When it is inconvenient or inexpedient to erect such wires,
- § 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change manner of crossing highway The Transportation Board or the
- § 2505. Location near residence When a person objects to the erection of a line of wires along a street or highway
- § 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty A tree within a street or highway shall not be cut or injured in
- § 2507. Poles A person or corporation owning or operating a line of wires in a city or village shall cause the
- § 2508. Penalty A person or corporation that neglects or refuses, after 20 days’ notice in writing given by the
- § 2509. Selectboard’s powers; expense
- § 2510. Cemeteries The owner or operator of a line of wires shall maintain straight and painted poles upon which
- § 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment When, in the erection of a line of wires, the owner or occupant of lands or tenements sustains or is likely to sustain damages thereby, the
- § 2512. Appeal; proceedings When either party is dissatisfied with such appraisal of damages, the party may apply
- § 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications facilities
- § 2514. Line to remain property of company A line
- § 2515. Erecting new lines When a person or corporation is about to erect a line of telegraph or telephone wires,
- § 2516. Expenses; repairs The Transportation Board or selectboard shall ascertain, as near as may be, the original
- § 2517. Notice; copy The Transportation Board or selectboard shall give written notice to the proprietors of both
- § 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action The proprietors of a line of poles so required to be used by another person
- § 2519. No prescriptive rights Enjoyment of any length of
- § 2520. Town lines For their own use, towns may
- § 2521. Private lines The Transportation Board or selectboard may authorize persons, upon such terms as it
- § 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard’s control; town’s rights After the erection of such line, the posts and structures
- § 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to standing poles Persons desiring to attach a telephone line to poles of a
- § 2524. Court may enforce order When, in such cause,
- § 2525. Attachment of wires Telephone wires attached to poles
- § 2526. Fees of certain officers When the selectboard members
- § 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees
- § 2528. Injuries to line A person who willfully or intentionally injures a wire, post, or other fixture erected or
- § 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty
- § 2530. Telephones in public areas
- § 2601. Names of members; filing and record Every foreign
- § 2602. Charges restricted to tariff rate; excess recoverable A telegraph or express company shall be restricted in its charges to the tariff of rates filed as provided by law
- § 2603. Lien on goods restricted An express company shall not have a lien on goods or property transported by it, after the payment or tender of the amount embraced in the tariff of rates.
- § 2604. Noncompliance; effect An express or telegraph company shall
- § 2701. Transfer of messages and interchange of service Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or
- § 2702. Repealed. 1995, No. 99 (Adj
- § 2703. Telephone service On application of a telegraph or telephone company and upon reasonable terms, a person or corporation owning, controlling, or operating a telephone exchange or service in this
- § 2704. Discrimination prohibited On application of a person or corporation and tender of the charges or rental sum
- § 2705. Repealed. 1995, No. 99 (Adj
- § 2706. Transmission of telephone messages A person owning, hiring,
- § 2801. General duties; rates; powers of Public Utility Commission
- § 2802. Sale and distribution; regulation A person, association, company, or corporation, its successors, grantees, lessees, trustees, or receivers by whatever court appointed, that generates electric energy within the
- § 2803. Procedure; petition; recognizance When the parties cannot agree, the procedure for carrying out the provisions of
- § 2804. Citation; service; hearing
- § 2805. Appeal; commissioners; hearing on report A party to the cause who feels aggrieved by the final order or decree of the Commission shall have the right to take the cause to the Supreme Court
- § 2806. Penalty A person or corporation that violates a provision of sections 2801-2805 of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000.00.
- § 2807. §§ 2807-2810.
- § 2811. Smart meters; customer rights; reports
- § 2812. Meter tests on customer’s demand Upon demand of
- § 2813. Time Such company shall test every service meter
- § 2814. Cost; report When a customer requests a meter test within 12 months after the date of the installation or
- § 2815. Inaccurate meters Such company shall not keep in service a gas or electric service meter that registers upon no load or that has an error in measurement in excess of four percent.
- § 2816. Civil penalty for violation of gas safety standards
- § 2901. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:
- § 2902. Powers of municipalities
- § 2903. Authorization by voters; cities
- § 2904. Towns and villages A town or village may acquire or construct a municipal plant, when authorized by three-fifths of the legal voters present and voting by Australian ballot at any annual meeting duly warned
- § 2905. Indebtedness A municipality that has voted according to the provisions of this chapter to acquire or