The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the procedure
to be followed in any matter that may come before it for a hearing, and in the hearing
the commission shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. The commission shall
sit as an impartial, independent body, and is charged with the duty of rendering independent
decisions affecting the public interest and private rights based upon the law and
upon the evidence presented before it by the division and by the parties in interest.
The presence of one commissioner shall constitute a quorum at all hearings, provided
that the concurrence of a majority of the commission shall be required for the rendering
of a decision.
Notes of Decisions
In Re Review of Proposed Town of New Shoreham Proj., 25 A.3d 482 (R.I. 2011).
· cites it 9× “” Section 39-1-11. The commission “hold[s] investigations and hearings involving the rates, * * * and the sufficiency and reasonableness of facilities and accommodations of * * * electric distribution.”
Narragansett Elec. Co. v. Harsch, 368 A.2d 1194 (R.I. 1977).
· cites it 4× “The commission is defined at one point in the statute as an “impartial, independent body” which renders decisions affecting both the public interest and private rights 4 based upon the law and the evidence (§39-1-11). The commission is permitted, in much the .”
Town of East Greenwich v. O'NEIL, 617 A.2d 104 (R.I. 1992).
· cites it 2× “Section 39-1-11 charges the PUC with independence and impartiality, § 39-1-18 requires that all proceedings are a matter of public record, and § 39-1-33 calls for annual reporting to the Governor and the General Assembly.”
Providence Gas Co. v. Burman, 376 A.2d 687 (R.I. 1977).
“However, §39-1-11 provides that at a hearing “the commission shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence.”
Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Smith, 302 A.2d 757 (R.I. 1973).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) §39-1-11, as amended, charges with “the duty of rendering independent decisions affecting the public interest and private rights based upon the law and upon the evidence * * * .”
Valley Gas Co. v. Burke, 446 A.2d 1024 (R.I. 1982).
· cites it 2× “1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 39-1-11, as amended by P.L.1979, ch. 95, § 2; accord, New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.”
In Re Rhode Island Comm'n for Human Rights, 472 A.2d 1211 (R.I. 1984).
“1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 39-1-11 by providing that only one of the three-member Public Utilities Commission need be present at any hearing but also stipulated that a majority of the commission must participate in the decision-making process.”
O'Neil v. Interstate Navigation Co., 565 A.2d 530 (R.I. 1989).
· cites it 2× “” Section 39-1-11. The division’s powers include the “effective administration, supervision and regulation of public utilities, communications carriers, and common or contract carriers * * *.”
In Re Narragansett Elec. Co., 544 A.2d 121 (R.I. 1988).
· cites it 3× “The applicable statute, § 39-1-8, empowers the commission to proceed with two members of the commission present and provides in part, “[t]wo (2) commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, except as provided in § 39-1-11.”
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