Facilities owned or operated by utilities and used in furnishing electricity shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated so as to render adequate and continuous service. Utilities shall, at all times, use every reasonable effort to protect the public from danger and shall exercise due care to reduce the hazards to which employees, customers and others may be subjected from the utility's equipment and facilities.

KEY: public utilities, utility regulation, electric safety codes, electric utility industries

Date of Last Change: May 22, 2019

Notice of Continuation: July 15, 2022

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 54-3-1; 54-3-7; 54-4-1; 54-4-8; 54-4-14; 54-4-23