§ 8-1-13-38 — Complaints by corporation affecting its own rates or service; notice and hearing requirements; consent orders

Indiana § 8-1-13-38

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 13: Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act

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(a) Any corporation may make complaint as
to any matter affecting its own rates or service. The corporation shall
publish a notice of the filing of the petition or complaint in a newspaper
of general circulation published in any county in which the corporation
renders service. An order affecting rates or service may be entered by
the commission without a formal public hearing, if the corporation has
obtained written consent to obtain an order affecting its rates from the
commission without a formal hearing from any agency of the federal
government with which the corporation has outstanding evidence of
indebtedness to the federal government. The commission may,
however, on its own motion require a formal public hearing, and shall,
upon a motion filed by the utility consumer counselor, by any public or
municipal corporation, by ten (10) individuals, firms, corporations,
limited liability companies, or associations, or by ten (10) complainants
of any or all of these classes, hold a formal public hearing with respect
to any petition or complaint.
(b) In any general rate proceeding under subsection (a) which
requires a public hearing and in which an increase in revenues is
sought which exceeds the sum of two million five hundred thousand
dollars ($2,500,000), the commission shall conduct at least one (1)
public hearing in one (1) of the following, as determined by the
commission:
(1) The largest municipality located within the corporation's
service area.
(2) The municipality containing the largest number of customers
served by the corporation.
(3) The county containing the largest number of customers served
by the corporation.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.125; P.L.87-2024, SEC.17.