Section 815-RICR-40-00-1.1 - Authority and PurposeA. Authority. These rules are issued pursuant to the authority granted by R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-33, and shall apply to any person, firm, corporation or other entity now or hereafter engaged as a public utility in the business of furnishing water to the public (hereinafter, "water utility") within the State of Rhode Island.B. Effect on Prior Rules. These Rules & Regulations replace the existing Division Rules and Regulations Prescribing Standards for Water Utilities, in Division Docket #929, Division Report and Order #8090 of January 31, 1966, effective March 1, 1966, and shall be applied prospectively only. The existing compilation of Rules & Regulations is hereby rescinded upon the effective date of this document.C. Amendment or Waiver of Rules. Upon its own motion, or upon application, and for good cause shown, the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers may modify, suspend, or repeal the provisions of any rule herein. Application may be made to the Division for the modification of any rule or for temporary or permanent waiver from its provision, provided, however, that no water utility shall submit application for such modification or waiver without submitting therewith a full and complete justification for such action.D. Penalty for Violations. The Division of Public Utilities and Carriers may impose a penalty as provided by R.I. Gen Laws § 39-2-8 upon any water utility which violates: 2. an Order issued by the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers; or3. R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 39-1 through 39-5.815 R.I. Code R. 815-RICR-40-00-1.1
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