The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL POWERS
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 208)
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§ 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure
A complaint to the Public Utility Commission may be made against a company subject
to supervision under the provisions of this chapter concerning any claimed unlawful
act or neglect adversely affecting the complainant, who may be a company or five or
more individuals or, if less than five are so affected, then any one of them. The
complainant may bring his or her complaint directly before the Commission or he or
she may file his or her complaint with the Department of Public Service, which shall
investigate such complaint and, if sufficient cause exists, shall prosecute the same
in the name of the State. Upon request of the trustees of an incorporated village
or the selectboard or city council or upon its own motion, the Department of Public
Service may institute investigations regarding the price, toll, rate, or rental charged
by any utility. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)