Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Chapter 515-3 - GENERAL RULES
Subject 515-3-1 - GENERAL RULES
Rule 515-3-1-.08 - Allocation of Gas or Electric Utility Service
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
The Commission shall allocate any Gas or Electric utility service in such manner as it shall deem proper in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare, including for such purposes, the power and authority to alter, amend, suspend, or terminate any existing rate, schedule, contract, rule or regulation affecting such utility service, and to prescribe new or further rates, schedules, contracts, rules or regulations affecting such utility service, provided, however, that in any event such rates, schedules, contracts, rules or regulations as are altered, amended, or prescribed by the Commission shall be just and reasonable, in the event that:
(a) The Commission funds, after notice to the persons affected and hearing respecting the manner, if any, in which the Commission should exercise such power and authority, as well as the necessity therefor, such hearing to be initiated by the Commission on its own motion or by any person, that a shortage exists or is imminent in the quantities of such utility service available in the State of Georgia, or in any portion thereof, and that it is necessary for the Commission to exercise such power and authority in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare; or
(b) The Commission finds that an emergency exists with respect to the quantities of such utility service available in the State of Georgia, or in any portion thereof, and that it is necessary for the Commission to exercise such power and authority in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare before notice and hearing can be afforded to the persons affected, provided, however, that the directives, rulings and orders of the Commission respecting such utility service based upon a finding that an emergency exists pursuant to the subparagraph shall be temporary and provisional and the Commission shall, as soon as practicable under the circumstances, afford notice and hearing to the persons affected as to whether such directives, rulings, or orders of the Commission shall be continued, modified, made permanent, or otherwise affected.
Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125; 1907, pp. 72, 75; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1950, p. 311; 1956, pp. 104, 105; 1970, p. 104; 1972, pp. 138, 439, 615; 1973, pp. 200-220.
