Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024
Section 103-400 - Authorization of RulesA. Section 58-5-210 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, provides: "That the Public Service Commission is hereby, to the extent granted, vested with power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate the rates and service of every 'Public Utility' in this State as defined in this Act, together with the power, after hearing, to ascertain and fix such just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices and measurements of service to be furnished, imposed, observed and followed by every public utility in this State, and the State hereby asserts its rights to regulate the rates and services of every 'Public Utility' as herein defined." In accordance with the above provisions, the Public Service Commission has adopted the following Rules and Regulations and fixed the following standards for gas service. All previous rules or standards are hereby revoked, annulled, and superseded.
B. The adoption of these rules shall in no way preclude the Public Service Commission from altering, amending or revoking them in whole or in part, or from requiring any other or additional service, equipment, facility or standard, either upon complaint or upon its own motion, or upon the application of any utility. Furthermore, these rules shall not in any way relieve the commission, the Office of Regulatory Staff, or the utilities of any duties under the laws of this State.
S.C. Code Regs. § 103-400
Amended by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 6, eff June 27, 1986; State Register Volume 32, Issue No. 5, eff May 23, 2008.