South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Article 8 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 103-859 - Emergency Procedures
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. When it appears to the Office of Regulatory Staff that a utility is planning to disconnect its service to a customer(s) in violation of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and under circumstances which prevent the full Commission from meeting to address the issue, upon the request of the Office of Regulatory Staff, any one Commissioner may issue an Order on behalf of the Commission restraining and/or enjoining a utility from disconnecting service or requiring the utility to maintain the status quo with its customer(s) until further Order of the Commission. Thereafter, at the next scheduled Commission meeting with proper legal notice, the full Commission shall consider the Order of the single Commissioner and take such action on the single Commissioner's Order as it deems appropriate.
B. When it appears to the Office of Regulatory Staff that a utility has disconnected a customer's (s') service in violation of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and under circumstances which prevent the full Commission from meeting to address the issue, upon the request of the Office of Regulatory Staff , any one Commissioner may issue an Order on behalf of the Commission requiring the utility to reconnect the service and maintain that status quo until further Order of the Commission. Thereafter, at the next scheduled Commission meeting with proper legal notice, the full Commission shall consider the Order of the single Commissioner and take such action on the single Commissioner's Order as it deems appropriate.
