§ 40-4-101 — Regulations, service, and facilities prescribed

(1) Whenever the
commission, after a hearing upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that the
rules, regulations, practices, equipment, facilities, or service of any public utility or
the methods of manufacture, distribution, transmission, storage, or supply
employed by it are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, improper, inadequate, or
insufficient, the commission shall determine the just, reasonable, safe, proper,
adequate, or sufficient rules, regulations, practices, equipment, facilities, service, or
methods to be observed, furnished, constructed, enforced, or employed and shall
fix the same by its order, rule, or regulation.

(2) The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations for the
performance of any service or the furnishing of any commodity of the character
furnished or supplied by any public utility, and upon proper tender of rates, such
public utility shall furnish such commodity or render such service within the time
and upon the conditions provided in such rules.

(3) The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations for the termination
of gas and electric service to residential customers. Said rules and regulations shall
require that the customer be given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be
heard by the terminating utility company before termination of gas or electric
service and that such service may not be terminated during certain periods if the
customer establishes that termination of the service would be especially dangerous
to the health or safety of the customer and that he is unable to pay for the service
as regularly billed by the utility, or that he is able to pay but only in reasonable
installments.

Legislative History

Source: L. 13: p. 475, � 24. C.L. � 2935. CSA: C. 137, � 25. CRS 53: � 115-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 115-4-1. L. 69: p. 933, � 19. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 748, � 1, effective April 13.