Montana — Title 69 · Chapter 3 — REGULATION OF UTILITIES
- § 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
- § 69-3-113 — Power of eminent domain
- § 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
- § 69-3-221 — Public utility errors in billing customers
- § 69-3-222 — Utility disclosure required -- definition
- § 69-3-223 — Utility -- liability
- § 69-3-224 — Sale of power produced by data center
- § 69-3-225 — Overbilling of regulated telecommunications tariff charges -- statute of limitations for recovery
- § 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
- § 69-3-310 — Rulemaking authority
- § 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
- § 69-3-331 — Cost tracking and recovery
- § 69-3-332 — Digital asset mining ratemaking
- § 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
- § 69-3-601 — Definitions
- § 69-3-602 — Generation and sale of electricity by qualifying small power production facility
- § 69-3-603 — Required sale of electricity under rates and conditions prescribed by commission
- § 69-3-604 — Standards for determination of rates and conditions
- § 69-3-701 — Definitions
- § 69-3-702 — Eligible conservation
- § 69-3-703 — Utility investment in or purchase of conservation -- approval by commission
- § 69-3-711 — Criteria for allowable conservation and demand-side management programs -- onsite audits
- § 69-3-712 — Commission to include conservation and demand-side management programs in rate base -- rate of return
- § 69-3-714 — Criteria for allowable advanced conductor programs
- § 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 -- rulemaking
- § 69-3-811 — Costs for services provided -- jurisdiction over complaints
- § 69-3-815 — Nondiscriminatory intercarrier compensation -- billing records -- enforcement -- rulemaking
- § 69-3-822 — Rulemaking authority
- § 69-3-823 — Exception
- § 69-3-824 — No preemption of laws governing anticompetitive activity
- § 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
- § 69-3-847 — Wholesale pricing standards
- § 69-3-848 — Pricing of individual network elements
- § 69-3-849 — Prohibited subsidies
- § 69-3-850 — Internet protocol-enabled service not regulated
- § 69-3-905 — Investigations by commission
- § 69-3-1001 — Creation of program -- amount of assistance
- § 69-3-1002 — Eligibility -- rules
- § 69-3-1003 — Reimbursement for discounts
- § 69-3-1004 — Administration -- rules
- § 69-3-1005 — Annual reports
- § 69-3-1006 — Federal requirements
- § 69-3-1007 — Applicability -- voluntary participation or withdrawal
- § 69-3-1101 — Purpose
- § 69-3-1102 — Definitions
- § 69-3-1103 — Administrative rules
- § 69-3-1104 — Disclosure requirements
- § 69-3-1105 — Operator service provider liability -- penalty -- costs and fees entitlement -- jurisdiction
- § 69-3-1106 — Billing disclosure requirements
- § 69-3-1201 — Short title
- § 69-3-1202 — Policy -- planning
- § 69-3-1203 — Definitions
- § 69-3-1204 — Integrated least-cost plan
- § 69-3-1205 — Public comment -- public meetings
- § 69-3-1206 — Rate treatment
- § 69-3-1207 — Competitive solicitation process -- independent evaluator -- public service commission role
- § 69-3-1208 — Resource planning -- advisory committee
- § 69-3-1209 — Electric utility demand-side management programs
- § 69-3-1210 — Independent evaluator role
- § 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
- § 69-3-1308 — 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
- § 69-3-1315 — Submission of list of entities served by billing aggregator required
- § 69-3-1316 — Notice to attorney general
- § 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 -- exemption
- § 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
- § 69-3-1501 — Definitions
- § 69-3-1502 — Commission approval of material affiliate transactions -- rulemaking authority
- § 69-3-1503 — Exemption
- § 69-3-1601 — Short title
- § 69-3-1602 — Purpose -- legislative intent
- § 69-3-1603 — Definitions
- § 69-3-1604 — Commission rulemaking
- § 69-3-1605 — Financing orders -- application requirements
- § 69-3-1606 — Issuance of financing orders
- § 69-3-1607 — Effect of financing order
- § 69-3-1608 — Montana energy impact assistance bonds
- § 69-3-1611 — Effect on commission jurisdiction
- § 69-3-1612 — Electric utility customer protection
- § 69-3-1613 — Judicial review of financing orders
- § 69-3-1616 — Electric utilities -- duties -- nonbypassable charges
- § 69-3-1617 — Montana energy impact assistance property
- § 69-3-1618 — Montana energy impact assistance bonds -- legal investments -- not public debt -- pledge of the state
- § 69-3-1619 — Assignee or financing party not subject to commission regulation
- § 69-3-1620 — Effect of other laws
- § 69-3-1621 — Security interests in Montana energy impact assistance property
- § 69-3-1622 — Sales of Montana energy impact assistance property
- § 69-3-1623 — Use of amounts received by electric utility as consideration for its transfer of Montana energy impact assistance property