(a)  A foreign electric utility, in order to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state pursuant to this chapter, shall make application therefor to the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of § 7-1.2-1405 and § 7-1.2-1406 and shall be subject to § 7-1.2-1403 — § 7-1.2-1418, 7-1.2-1501 and 7-1.2-1601 — 7-1.2-1604.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-20-5

  • Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-20-2
  • Electric utility: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or entity, or subdivision thereof, private, governmental, or other, wherever resident or organized, primarily engaged in the generation and sale or purchase and sale of electricity, or the transmission thereof, for ultimate consumption by the public. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-20-2
  • Public utility: means and includes every company that is an electric distribution company and every company operating or doing business in intrastate commerce and in this state as a railroad, street railway, common carrier, gas, liquefied natural gas, water, telephone, telegraph, and pipeline company, and every company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing, or controlling any plant or equipment, or any part of any plant or equipment, within this state for manufacturing, producing, transmitting, distributing, delivering, or furnishing natural or manufactured gas, directly or indirectly, to or for the public, or any cars or equipment employed on, or in connection with, any railroad or street railway for public or general use within this state, or any pipes, mains, poles, wires, conduits, fixtures, through, over, across, under, or along any public highways, parkways, or streets, public lands, waters, or parks for the transmission, transportation, or distribution of gas for sale to the public for light, heat, cooling, or power for providing audio or visual telephonic or telegraphic communication service within this state, or any pond, lake, reservoir, stream, well, or distributing plant or system employed for the distribution of water to the consuming public within this state, including the water supply board of the city of Providence; provided, that, except as provided in § 39-16-9 and in P. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2

(b)  A foreign public utility that has received a certificate of authority to transact business in this state pursuant to this chapter:

(1)  Shall, before owning or operating an electric-generating facility in this state, notify the commission of the action to be taken by it;

(2)  Shall thereafter furnish to the commission annually a copy of the annual report filed by it with the utility regulatory agency of the state of its domicile or principal locus; and

(3)  Shall furnish to the commission, from time to time, such other information with respect to its activities in the state as the commission may reasonably request.

History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 36, § 25; P.L. 2005, ch. 72, § 25.