§ 65-4-201 Certificate required – Bond or other security required for projects proposed by public utilities providing wastewater service
§ 65-4-202 Complaint of interference – Limited certificate
§ 65-4-203 Basis for granting certificate – Notice of hearing
§ 65-4-204 Public hearing on certificate – Plans and information required of applicant
§ 65-4-205 Evidence
§ 65-4-206 Agreement to permit other entity to operate within same geographic boundaries
§ 65-4-207 Law inapplicable at local option
§ 65-4-208 Interstate transmission of electric power
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 4 > Part 2 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

  • Competing telecommunications service provider: means any individual or entity that offers or provides any two-way communications service, telephone service, telegraph service, paging service, or communications service similar to such services and is certificated as a provider of such services after June 6, 1995, unless otherwise exempted from this definition by state or federal law. See Tennessee Code 65-4-101
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • cooperative: shall mean only those nonprofit cooperative entities organized under or otherwise subject to the Rural Electric and Community Services Cooperative Act, compiled in chapter 25 of this title, or the Telephone Cooperative Act, compiled in chapter 29 of this title. See Tennessee Code 65-4-101
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Incumbent local exchange telephone company: means a public utility offering and providing basic local exchange telephone service as defined by §. See Tennessee Code 65-4-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Public utility: includes a wind energy facility, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 65-4-101
  • 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
  • Telecommunications service provider: means any incumbent local exchange telephone company or certificated individual or entity, or individual or entity operating pursuant to the approval by the former public service commission of a franchise within §. See Tennessee Code 65-4-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105