§ 39-3-10. Filing and availability of rate schedules.
(a) Every public utility shall file with the public utilities administrator, within a
time to be fixed by the administrator, schedules that shall be open to public inspection,
showing all rates, tolls, and charges it has established and that are in force at
the time for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection
therewith or performed by any public utility controlled or operated by it. A copy
of so much of the schedules as the administrator shall deem necessary for the use
of the public shall be printed in plain type, or typewritten, and kept on file in
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§ 39-3-10. Filing and availability of rate schedules.
(a) Every public utility shall file with the public utilities administrator, within a
time to be fixed by the administrator, schedules that shall be open to public inspection,
showing all rates, tolls, and charges it has established and that are in force at
the time for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection
therewith or performed by any public utility controlled or operated by it. A copy
of so much of the schedules as the administrator shall deem necessary for the use
of the public shall be printed in plain type, or typewritten, and kept on file in
every station or office of the public utility where payments are made by the consumers
or users, open to the public in such form and place as to be readily accessible and
conveniently inspected, and as the administrator may order. The administrator may
determine and prescribe the form in which the schedules, required by this section
to be kept open to the public inspection, shall be prepared and arranged, provided,
that with respect to public utilities subject to the federal Interstate Commerce Act,
49 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., so-called, the form of the schedules shall be that as from time to time
prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) herein, a public utility may post on its website the
rates, tolls, and charges of any retail telecommunications service performed by it
within the state for any business customers. Subsection (a) herein shall not apply
to any service so posted, and such public utility shall not be required to file with
the public utilities administrator or publish any schedule or tariff for such service.
Upon written notice to the public utilities administrator, the public utility may
withdraw any schedule or tariff previously filed with the administrator for any service
so posted.
(c) Nothing in subsection (b) herein or in § 39-2-5(12) shall derogate from the statutory authority of the commission or of the division,
including, but not limited to, the authority to protect ratepayers from unreasonable
rates. Nor shall anything in subsection (b) herein or in § 39-2-5(12) derogate from the common law or statutory authority of the attorney general, including,
but not limited to, the authority to enforce consumer protection or unfair or deceptive
trade practice statutes and regulations.