2011 Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 196 – Regulation of public utilities Current as of: 2011 | Check for updates | Other versions § 196.01 Definitions § 196.012 Interstate commerce § 196.015 Total service long-run incremental cost § 196.016 Relationship to certain federal telecommunications law § 196.02 Commission’s powers § 196.025 Duties of the commission § 196.027 Environmental trust financing § 196.03 Utility charges and service; reasonable and adequate § 196.04 Facilities granted other utilities; physical telecommunications connections; petition; investigation § 196.05 Public utility property; valuation; revaluation § 196.06 Uniform accounting; forms; books; office § 196.07 Balance sheet filed annually § 196.08 Audit and inspection § 196.09 Depreciation rates and practices; findings by commission; dividends from reserves; retirements § 196.10 Construction; accounting § 196.11 Profit sharing and sliding scales § 196.12 Report by public utilities; items § 196.13 Commission’s report § 196.135 Confidential handling of records § 196.14 Public record exception § 196.15 Units of product or service § 196.16 Standard measurements; accurate appliances § 196.17 Tests of meters; fees § 196.171 Examination of meters, pipes, fittings, wires and works; entering buildings for § 196.175 Construction and occupancy standards § 196.18 Entry upon premises § 196.19 Publish schedules; regulations; files; joint rates § 196.191 Telecommunications utility and alternative telecommunications utility tariffs § 196.192 Market-based compensation, rates and contracts § 196.193 Water and sewer rate increases without hearings § 196.194 Gas utility individual contracts § 196.195 Alternative telecommunications regulation plans § 196.197 Unbundled network elements § 196.198 Local measured telecommunications service § 196.199 Interconnection agreements § 196.20 Rules on service; changes in rates § 196.201 Regulation of private shared telecommunications systems § 196.202 Exemption of commercial mobile radio service providers § 196.203 Exemption of alternative telecommunications utilities § 196.204 Local government telecommunications utilities § 196.205 Election of rate regulation § 196.206 Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service § 196.207 Telephone caller identification services § 196.208 Telecommunications pay-per-call and toll-free services § 196.209 Privacy considerations § 196.21 Publicity of revised schedules § 196.212 Switched access rates § 196.216 Small telecommunications utilities as small businesses § 196.217 Average toll rates § 196.218 Universal service fund § 196.219 Protection of telecommunications consumers § 196.22 Discrimination forbidden § 196.23 Utility service for victims of misappropriated identifying information § 196.24 Agents of commission; powers § 196.25 Questionnaires § 196.26 Complaint by consumers; hearing; notice; order; costs § 196.28 Summary investigations § 196.30 Utilities may complain § 196.31 Intervenor financing § 196.32 Witness fees and mileage § 196.33 Depositions § 196.34 Commission records § 196.36 Transcripts and tapes § 196.37 Lawful rates; reasonable service § 196.371 Rate-making principles for electric generation facilities § 196.372 Railroad telecommunications service § 196.373 Water heater thermostat settings § 196.374 Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs § 196.375 Adequate service; reasonable rates § 196.377 Renewable energy sources § 196.378 Renewable resources § 196.39 Change, amendment and rescission of orders; reopening cases § 196.395 Test, conditional, emergency and supplemental orders; waiver of conditions in orders § 196.40 Orders and determinations; time of taking effect § 196.41 Court review § 196.43 Injunction procedure § 196.44 Law enforcement § 196.48 Incriminating evidence § 196.485 Transmission system requirements § 196.487 Reliability of electric service § 196.49 Authorization from commission before transacting business; extensions and improvements to be approved; enforcement of orders; natural gas § 196.491 Strategic energy assessment; electric generating facilities and transmission lines § 196.493 Construction of nuclear power plants limited § 196.494 Regional transmission planning § 196.495 Avoidance of duplication in electric facilities § 196.496 Distributed generation facilities § 196.497 State policy regarding the long-term disposal of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste § 196.499 Regulation of telecommunications carriers § 196.50 Competing public utilities; indeterminate permits; telecommunications utility certification § 196.503 Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations § 196.505 Construction of chapter § 196.51 Prior permits and franchises validated § 196.52 Relations with affiliated interests; definition; contracts with affiliates filed and subject to commission control § 196.525 Loans to officers or directors and loans to and investments in securities of holding companies; penalty § 196.53 Franchise, foreign corporation not to have § 196.54 Indeterminate permits § 196.58 Municipality to regulate utilities; appeal § 196.59 Merchandising by utilities § 196.595 Utility advertising practices § 196.60 Discrimination prohibited; penalty § 196.604 Rebates, concessions and discriminations unlawful § 196.605 Telecommunications cooperatives with federal loans § 196.61 Facilities in exchange for compensation prohibited § 196.625 Discrimination by telecommunications utilities § 196.63 Telecommunications interruption in crisis situation § 196.635 Unbilled utility service § 196.64 Public utilities, liability for treble damages § 196.642 Customer liability for treble damages § 196.643 Owner responsibility for service to rental dwelling unit § 196.645 Rate changes § 196.65 Penalties relating to information and records § 196.66 General forfeiture provisions § 196.665 Unlawful combinations, trusts § 196.67 Warning signs § 196.675 Unlawful for carriers and public utilities to employ assistant district attorneys or judicial officers § 196.68 Municipal officers, malfeasance § 196.69 Interference with commission’s equipment § 196.70 Temporary alteration or suspension of rates § 196.71 Municipal public utility contracts § 196.72 Accidents; public utility report; investigation § 196.74 Electric lines; safety and interference § 196.745 Construction and operation; safety; commission orders § 196.76 Other rights of action; penalties cumulative § 196.78 Voluntary dissolution § 196.79 Reorganization subject to commission approval § 196.795 Public utility holding companies § 196.796 Real estate activities § 196.80 Consolidation or merger of utilities § 196.807 Energy affiliate and utility employees § 196.81 Abandonment; commission approval required § 196.84 Commission’s holding company and nonutility affiliate regulation costs § 196.85 Payment of commission’s expenditures § 196.855 Assessment of costs against municipalities § 196.857 Stray voltage program § 196.858 Assessment for telephone relay service § 196.859 Assessment for telecommunications utility trade practices § 196.86 Assessments for air quality improvement program § 196.91 Acquisition of existing dams § 196.92 Procedure for acquiring dams § 196.97 Nonessential uses of natural gas § 196.975 Local access and transport area boundaries Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.
