Section 49-01-12.1 - Public utility fee1. The commission shall assess each electric and gas utility a fee in proportion to the utility's respective gross operating revenues from the retail sale of gas and electric service within the state during the preceding calendar year The total of the combined assessments may not exceed three hundred thousand dollars per biennium The fee must be paid quarterly and deposited in the public service commission program fund2. In January of each year, each electric and gas public utility shall file with the public service commission the amount of gross receipts derived from the company's customers within the state during the preceding calendar year. The commission shall review the gross receipts annually and adjust the fee for each utility in proportion to the gross operating revenues.Added by S.L. 2021, ch. 8 (HB 1008),§ 5, eff. 7/1/2021.