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O.C.G.A. § 46-3-152 — Jurisdiction of commission over rates, services, and practices of authority | Georgia Code

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TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 3. Electrical Service, 46-3-1 through 46-3-541.

ARTICLE 3 MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF GEORGIA

46-3-152. Jurisdiction of commission over rates, services, and practices of authority.

The rates, services, and practices relating to the generation, transmission, and sale by the authority of power to be generated from the projects authorized by this article shall not be subject to the provisions of the Georgia Public Service Commission law nor to regulation by nor jurisdiction of the commission.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 107, § 26.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

The Public Service Commission's interpretations of the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG) Act are not entitled to great deference and are reviewed de novo. Municipal Elec. Auth. v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 241 Ga. App. 237, 525 S.E.2d 399 (1999).

Cited in Greensboro Lumber Co. v. Georgia Power Co., 643 F. Supp. 1345 (N.D. Ga. 1986), aff'd, 844 F.2d 1538 (11th Cir. 1988).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Applicability of public utility acts to municipal corporations owning or operating a public utility, 10 A.L.R. 1432; 18 A.L.R. 946.

Public utility's right to recover cost of nuclear power plants abandoned before completion, 83 A.L.R.4th 183.

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