A Utilities commission, Utility Regulatory Commission (URC), Public Utilities Commission (PUC) or Public Service Commission (PSC) is a governing body that regulates the rates and services of a public utility A public utility is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to state-wide government monopolies. Common arguments in favor of regulation include. In some cases, government bodies with the title "Public Service Commission" may be civil service oversight bodies, rather than utilities regulators.
The utility that is being regulated may be owned by the consumers that it serves, a mutual utility like a Public Utility District A public utility district is a special-purpose district or other governmental jurisdiction that provides public utilities (such as electricity, natural gas, sewage treatment, waste collection/management, wholesale telecommunications, water) to the residents of that district, a state or government owned utility, or it may be a stockholder owned utility either publicly traded on a stock exchange or closely held among just a few investors.
Countries:
- Anguilla Public Utilities Commission
- Bahamas Public Utilities Commission [1]
- Belize Public Utilities Commission [2]
United States:
- Alabama Public Service Commission [3]
- Regulatory Commission of Alaska [4]
- Arizona Corporation Commission The Arizona Corporation Commission is the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Arizona, established by Article 15 of the Arizona Constitution. There are currently five members of the commission . Arizona is one of only a handful of states with elected commissioners. The Arizona constitution itself explicitly calls for an elected commission ( [5]
- Arkansas Public Service Commission [6]
- California Public Utilities Commission [7]
- Colorado Public Utilities Commission [8]
- Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control [9]
- Delaware Public Service Commission [10]
- District of Columbia Public Service Commission [11]
- Florida Public Service Commission [12]
- Georgia Public Service Commission [13]
- Hawaii Public Utilities Commission [14]
- Idaho Public Utilities Commission [15]
- Illinois Commerce Commission [16]
- Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission [17]
- Iowa Utilities Board [18]
- Kansas Corporation Commission [19]
- Kentucky Public Service Commission [20]
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Louisiana Public Service Commission is an independent regulatory agency which manages public utilities and motor carriers in Louisiana. The commission has five elected members chosen in single-member districts for staggered six-year terms. Thus the commissioners have large constituencies (bigger, e.g., than congressional districts), long terms (6 [21]
- Maine Public Utilities Commission [22]
- Maryland Public Service Commission [23]
- Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities [24]
- Michigan Public Service Commission [25]
- Minnesota Public Utilities Commission [26]
- Mississippi Public Service Commission [27]
- Missouri Public Service Commission [28]
- Montana Public Service Commission [29]
- Nebraska Public Service Commission [30]
- Nevada Public Utilities Commission [31]
- New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission [32]
- New Jersey Board of Public Utilities [33]
- New Mexico Public Regulation Commission [34]
- New York Public Service Commission [35]
- North Carolina Utilities Commission [36]
- North Dakota Public Service Commission The North Dakota Public Service Commission is a constitutional agency that maintains various degrees of statutory authority over utilities, telecommunications, railroads, grain elevators, pipeline safety, and other functions in North Dakota [37]
- Public Utilities Commission of Ohio [38]
- Oklahoma Corporation Commission [39]
- Oregon Public Utility Commission The Oregon Public Utility Commission is the chief electric, gas and telephone utility regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. It sets rates and establishes rules of operation for the state's investor-owned utility companies. With respect to publicly owned utility districts and cooperatives, its authority is limited to [40]
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission [41]
- Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission [42]
- South Carolina Public Service Commission [43]
- South Dakota Public Utilities Commission [44]
- Tennessee Public Service Commission
- Texas Public Utility Commission [45]
- Public Service Commission of Utah [46]
- Vermont Public Service Board [47]
- Virginia State Corporation Commission The State Corporation Commission, or SCC, is a Virginia regulatory agency whose authority encompasses utilities, insurance, state-chartered financial institutions, securities, retail franchising, and railroads [48]
- Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is a three-member board appointed by the Governor of Washington and confirmed by the Washington State Senate to six year terms. The purpose of the UTC is to regulate the rates, services, and practices of privately-owned utilities and transportation companies, including electric, [49]
- West Virginia Public Service Commission [50]
- Wisconsin Public Service Commission [51]
- Wyoming Public Service Commission [52]
- The Interstate Commerce Commission The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. The agency was abolished in 1995, and the agency's remaining functions were transferred to the Surface Transportation Board and Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six strategic goals in the areas of broadband, perform similar functions in their respective fields in the United States.
Categories: Economics of regulation Categories: Law and economics | Public administration | Public utilities Public utilities are typically defined as companies that supply what are considered basic (essential) services to homes and businesses, such as electricity, gas, telephone, water and sewer connections. They should not be confused with non-connective services such as cellular telephone companies, nor to optional services such as satellite dish or | Government agencies Categories: Government institutions | Public administration | Agencies | Public utilities commissions of the United States
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