(a) The commission may establish optional services that may be purchased by regulated entities or other unregulated service providers, which are related to the exercise, administration or enforcement of jurisdiction delegated to the commission by state or federal law.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-2-122

  • Commission: means the Tennessee public utility commission. See Tennessee Code 65-2-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The establishment of charges for services described in subsection (a) shall be cost-based.
(c) No charge for services as established in this section shall be applied to any party that does not expressly elect to use such services, and no party shall be required to elect to use such optional services as a condition of initiating any case before the commission.
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