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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="2-123" title_number="2" title_name="Public Service Commission and People's Counsel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Public Service Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with this section, the Commission may charge reasonable and nondiscriminatory fees for the filing of documents with the Commission and for other services performed by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Actions for which the Commission may charge a fee include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an initial tariff or tariff change;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a certificate of public convenience and necessity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an application to provide or abandon service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a preparation of any record in appeal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a certification of any document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>an application or petition to increase or decrease rates;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>an annual report;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a copy of papers, testimony, microfiche, records, and computer printouts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>any other filing or service for which the Commission reasonably determines that a fee is required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In determining the amount of a fee to be charged for a filing or other service performed by the Commission, the Commission shall consider the estimated expense associated with the filing or other service.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Commission shall waive a fee charged under this section for a filing by a unit of State government or for a service performed by the Commission for a unit of State government.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commission may waive a fee charged under this section if the Commission determines that the waiver is in the public interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A document for which a filing fee is required may be received by the Commission at any time, but may not be considered filed until the filing fee has been paid.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commission shall deposit all fees collected under this section in the Public Utility Regulation Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commission shall adopt regulations to set reasonable and nondiscriminatory fees for filing and other services performed by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
