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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="3-102" title_number="3" title_name="Administrative and Judicial Procedure" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Procedure Before Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any person may file a complaint with the Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The complaint shall be in writing and set forth circumstances that allege a violation of this division by a public service company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a complaint filed under subsection (a) of this section states on its face a violation of this article or if the Commission determines that the complaint deserves an explanation, the Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serve a copy of the complaint on the public service company; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue an order that requires the public service company to satisfy or answer the complaint in writing within a specified time.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person that is the subject of a complaint filed by any person or the Commission is entitled to a hearing in a contested case that results from the complaint.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commission must conduct an investigation of the matters in a complaint filed under this section if the complaint concerns the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the quality or reliability of gas supply or electric power supply; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the price of gas or electricity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In order to be entitled to an investigation under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the complaint shall be signed by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the People’s Counsel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the chief executive or local legislative body of a municipal corporation or county in which a gas or electric company is authorized to operate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>not less than 100 customers of the gas company or electric company, with the names and addresses of the customers set out in the complaint.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall begin proceedings on its own motion against a person by filing a complaint.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The complaint filed under paragraph (1) of this subsection for the first time in a proceeding shall be served on the person that is the subject of the complaint before any hearing on the matter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Unless a complaint is voluntarily satisfied, the Commission shall take final action on each complaint by issuing an order that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>dismisses the complaint;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>directs full or partial satisfaction of the complaint; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>directs any action that the Commission considers to be warranted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
