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§ 34-914 — Summary investigation.

District of Columbia § 34-914
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 34Public Utilities.
Ch. 9Rates, Examinations, Investigations, and Hearings.

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D.C. Code § 34-914 (2026).

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Whenever the Commission shall believe that any rate or charge of any public utility may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any reasonable service is not supplied by a public utility, or that an investigation of any matter relating to any public utility should for any reason be made, it may, on its own motion, summarily investigate the same with or without notice.

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Legislative History

Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 984, ch. 150, § 8, par. 44; May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-107, § 201(i), 47 DCR 1091

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