§ 37-1-30 Use of word “utility” or “utilities.”
§ 37-1-31 Exclusive powers and jurisdiction
§ 37-1-32 General supervision of utilities
§ 37-1-33 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations – Distribution or furnishing, etc., of electricity, gas, or steam
§ 37-1-34 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations – Municipal utilities
§ 37-1-35 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations – Exercise of certain municipal powers
§ 37-1-36 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations – Nonutility business
§ 37-1-37 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations – Logging or private railroads
§ 37-1-38 Adoption of rules
§ 37-1-39 Publication of orders and opinions
§ 37-1-40 Duty of utilities to comply with orders
§ 37-1-41 Reports to Governor
§ 37-1-42 Furnishing information to Department of Revenue
§ 37-1-43 Jurisdiction over utilities engaged in interstate commerce not regulated under acts of Congress
§ 37-1-44 Proceedings when interstate rates or rules, etc., deemed excessive or discriminatory
§ 37-1-45 Sitting or conferring with commissions of other states
§ 37-1-46 Sitting or conferring with federal commissions or agencies
§ 37-1-47 Intervention, initiation or participation in federal proceedings involving interstate rates, etc., in Alabama
§ 37-1-48 Waiver by utility of terms or conditions in municipal ordinances or contracts
§ 37-1-49 Duty of utility to render adequate service and maintain facilities
§ 37-1-50 Certificate for abandonment of service
§ 37-1-51 Classification of utility services
§ 37-1-52 Prescribing standards of service; regulations for testing of service
§ 37-1-52.1 Operator service to include access to live operator
§ 37-1-53 Providing for accuracy of meters or measuring devices, etc
§ 37-1-54 Establishing uniform systems of accounts for utilities
§ 37-1-55 Separation of intrastate railroad operations for accounting purposes
§ 37-1-56 Prescribing changes in form for schedules and service regulations
§ 37-1-57 Requiring reports and information from utilities – Generally
§ 37-1-58 Requiring reports and information from utilities – Annual return of business
§ 37-1-59 Requiring reports and information from utilities – Additional reports of earnings and operating expenses
§ 37-1-60 Requiring reports and information from utilities – Form of reports and records
§ 37-1-61 Requiring reports and information from utilities – Originals to be subscribed and sworn to; preservation in office of commission
§ 37-1-62 Reports, records and accounts to be open for public inspection
§ 37-1-63 Powers of commissioners and examiners to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, etc
§ 37-1-64 Attorney General to represent commission in legal proceedings; employment of special counsel
§ 37-1-65 Actions to enforce penalties or forfeitures
§ 37-1-66 Powers of members of enforcement division
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Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 37 > Chapter 1 > Article 2 > Division 1 - General Provisions

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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 Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1