Public Utilities
Duties of Public Utilities
Section 26
Retention of unclaimed capital credits by electric and telephone cooperatives -- Use of retained money -- Reporting requirements.
     54-3-26.   Retention of unclaimed capital credits by electric and telephone cooperatives -- Use of retained money -- Reporting requirements.
     Each electric and telephone cooperative shall:
     (1) retain capital credits given to customers of electric and telephone cooperatives in this state that remain unclaimed for a period of three years after the end the year in which the credit is given;
     (2) use the money retained solely to:
     (a) assist low-income persons to pay their utility bills; and
     (b) provide scholarships to local graduating high school seniors;
     (3) establish guidelines based on factors such as income or special needs to determine persons who qualify; and
     (4) submit copies annually to the Public Service Commission of:
     (a) the cooperative's guidelines; and
     (b) amounts and disposition of retained capital credits by individual recipients.

Enacted by Chapter 198, 1995 General Session
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