Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-5-201 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Broadband Business Certainty Act of 2006."
Acts 2006, ch. 681, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Tennessee Cable Television Ass'n v. Tennessee Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 844 S.W.2d 151 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992).
Tennessee Cable Television Ass'n v. Tennessee Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 844 S.W.2d 151 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-5-201 (1982); Southern Bell Tel.”
In re Show Cause Proceeding to Amend the Billing & Collection Tariffs of South Cent. Bell, 779 S.W.2d 375 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). “In fixing such rates, joint rates, tolls, fares, charges or schedules, or commutation, mileage or other special rates, the commission shall take into account the safety, adequacy and efficiency or lack thereof of the service or services furnished by the public utility- T.”
Am. Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Tennessee Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 896 S.W.2d 127 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). “” See Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-5-201 . This contention is based on the fact that even Bell’s figures show that in 1994 the rates set in the PSC order would produce a return on equity of 15.”
Cedar Bluff 24-Hour Towing, Inc. v. City of Knoxville, 78 F. Supp. 2d 725 (E.D. Tenn. 1999). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 65-5-201 and 203. The City is neither a public utility nor a carrier within the meaning of the statutes.”
Consum. Advocate & Prot. Div. of the Off. of the Attorney Gen. of Tennessee v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-5-201 . The breadth of the Commission’s authority has prompted the Tennessee Supreme Court to characterize rate-making as essentially “a value judgment made by the Commission in the exercise of its -21- sound regulatory judgment and discretion.”
Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. Keith Bissell, Steve Hewlett, Sara Kyle, Constituting the Tennessee Pub. Serv. Comm'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “On May 25, 1995, the Legislature enacted the Teleommunications Reform Act, now codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-5-201 et seq. The new act was expressly designed to encourage competition in the telecommunications services market, and it created an alternative to the traditional…”
Consum. Advocate Div. v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth. Nashville Gas Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “§ 65-5-201 . But the statutory scheme -- which is the same as it was during the existence of the Public Service Commission -- recognizes that a public utility may set its own rates, subject to the power given to the TRA to determine if they are just and reasonable.”
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