{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1671.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-1671.03","heading":"Role, duties, and powers of the Commission.","body":"(a)\nThe Commission shall adopt regulations or issue orders to:\n(1)\nGovern the licensing and the revocation, suspension, or surrender of a natural gas supplier license;\n(2)\nImplement customer protections;\n(3)\nEstablish procedural rules for complaints, investigations, and dispositional hearings;\n(4)\nImpose a civil penalty or other remedy;\n(5)\nRequire that residential customers’ bills indicate, as an individual line item, charges for retail natural gas sales;\n(6)\nEstablish reasonable requirements for solicitation of residential customers;\n(7)\nEstablish uniform contract terms, except as to price, for the enrollment agreement for residential customers;\n(8)\nEstablish reasonable procedures for contracting between residential customers and natural gas suppliers;\n(9)\nEstablish reasonable requirements and limitations relating to deposits, billing, contract cancellations, and disconnections of residential customers; and\n(10)\nEstablish minimum service quality, safety, and reliability standards.\n\n(b)\nThe Commission shall adopt any other regulations, or issue any other orders, consistent with the policies enunciated in this chapter that are necessary to ensure the development of a competitive market for retail natural gas, billing, and any component of retail natural gas sales declared to be a potentially competitive service.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 16C. Retail Natural Gas Supplier Licensing and Consumer Protection."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-1671.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"69298f3a533f6a5b4c5c78786935f4afc5f5c05e7e566ac277a6b2ecdf8d4d5f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1671.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1671.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}