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Section
39-3-1

Services for which certificate of necessity required.

Section
39-3-1.1

Purchasing cooperatives.

Section
39-3-1.2

Aggregation of electrical load by municipality or group of municipalities.

Section
39-3-2

Persons and companies eligible for certificates.

Section
39-3-3

Certificate requirement for water carriers.

Section
39-3-3.1

Petition for certificate by water carrier - Notice of pendency.

Section
39-3-4

Water carriers entitled to certificate as of right.

Section
39-3-5

Petition for certificate of necessity - Notice of pendency.

Section
39-3-6

Appeals.

Section
39-3-7

Fixing standards for service.

Section
39-3-7.1

Prohibited practices.

Section
39-3-8

Standards for measurement and testing of service.

Section
39-3-9

Testing of measuring devices.

Section
39-3-10

Filing and availability of rate schedules.

Section
39-3-11

Notice of change in rates - Suspension of change - Hearings.

Section
39-3-11.1

Changes in rates of publicly owned water authorities.

Section
39-3-11.2

[Repealed.]

Section
39-3-11.3

Providence Water Supply Board transfer.

Section
39-3-12

Burden of proof to sustain increased rates - Modification of requirements.

Section
39-3-12.1

Information required of water utility.

Section
39-3-12.2

Certain advertising costs prohibited on rate base.

Section
39-3-13

Emergency suspension of rate schedules.

Section
39-3-13.1

Power to order refunds.

Section
39-3-14

Accounting and records of utilities.

Section
39-3-15

Security issues for which permission required.

Section
39-3-16

[Repealed.]

Section
39-3-17

Procedure for obtaining authority for security issues.

Section
39-3-18

Order of division as to security issue.

Section
39-3-19

Unauthorized securities.

Section
39-3-20

Securities of foreign utilities.

Section
39-3-21

Penalty for false statements.

Section
39-3-22

Security dividends - Distribution of proceeds of securities.

Section
39-3-23

Charters amended - Availability of information.

Section
39-3-24

Transactions between utilities for which approval required.

Section
39-3-25

Proceedings for approval of transactions between utilities.

Section
39-3-26

Charters amended to authorize approved transactions.

Section
39-3-27

Definitions.

Section
39-3-28

Filing of agreements with affiliates.

Section
39-3-29

Effect of failure to file agreements.

Section
39-3-30

Investigation and order as to transaction between affiliates.

Section
39-3-31

Court order to cease practice impairing service.

Section
39-3-32

Disallowance of payments to affiliates in rate proceedings.

Section
39-3-33

Rules of division.

Section
39-3-34

Utilities to which restrictions apply.

Section
39-3-35

Municipal rights and franchises subject to regulation.

Section
39-3-36

Notice of railroad hearing.

Section
39-3-37

Public utilities - Informational mailings.

Section
39-3-37.1

Conservation notice on water bills.

Section
39-3-37.2

Informational notice on electric bills.

Section
39-3-37.3

Informational notice on electric bills - Electric distribution company.

Section
39-3-38

Wholesale contracts for the sale of water - Rates or charges.

Section
39-3-38.1

Rate adjustments - Purchase and sale of water between regulated water-supply boards.

Section
39-3-39

Purchase of power from small production facilities by electric utilities.

Section
39-3-40

Storage, transportation, and distribution of gas - Regulation - Penalties.

Section
39-3-41

Regulations for pay-per-call services.

Section
39-3-42

[Repealed.]

Section
39-3-43

[Repealed.]

Section
39-3-44

Payment of public utility bills.