Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1163 – A.(1) The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any street railway, gas, electric light, heat, power, waterworks, or other local public utility for the pur
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1163
- commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Public utility: means any person, public or private, subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission but not including carriers by rail, water, electric or motor vehicles or pipelines, or public utilities municipally owned, or operated, or regulated, unless the electors of such municipality, and electors residing outside the municipality, who are customers of the municipally owned utility, have manifested their approval of such jurisdiction as is required by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161
A.(1) The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any street railway, gas, electric light, heat, power, waterworks, or other local public utility for the purpose of fixing and regulating the rates charged or to be charged by and service furnished by such public utilities.
(2) However, no aspect of direct sales of natural gas by natural gas producers, natural gas pipeline companies, natural gas distribution companies, or any other person engaging in the direct sale of natural gas to industrial users for fuel or for utilization in any manufacturing process, or to any person for use in vehicles capable of using compressed natural gas which when combusted results in comparably lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or any combination thereof, shall be subject to such regulation by the commission.
(3) In addition, a schedule of rates of an electric cooperative shall not require approval of the commission if the schedule previously was approved by the board of directors of the electric cooperative and by the federal government or any agency thereof, nor shall the authority of the commission extend to the service rendered by electric cooperatives except to the extent provided in La. Rev. Stat. 45:123 and in orders of the commission promulgated to effectuate the purposes of La. Rev. Stat. 45:123.
B. The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any electric cooperative, that, by a vote of its membership, has elected to be regulated by the commission, as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 12:426, for the purpose of fixing and regulating the rates charged or to be charged and services furnished by the cooperative.
C. To ensure that costs passed through to consumers are just and reasonable, the commission shall, no less frequently than every other year, audit the adjustment clause filings submitted by a public electric utility in this state, exercise its authorized review and determination of such filings, and exercise its control and rate-fixing authority to modify fuel adjustment charges of an electric utility as assessed by an electric utility to rate-paying consumers through operation of the utility’s fuel adjustment clause.
Acts 1964, No. 446, §1; Acts 1978, No. 77, §1; Acts 1983, No. 636, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1990, No. 306, §1; Acts 1990, No. 531, §1; Acts 2016, No. 135, §1.