§ 65. Safe and adequate service; just and reasonable charges; unjust\ndiscrimination; unreasonable preference; protection of privacy. 1. Every\ngas corporation, every electric corporation and every municipality shall\nfurnish and provide such service, instrumentalities and facilities as\nshall be safe and adequate and in all respects just and reasonable. All\ncharges made or demanded by any such gas corporation, electric\ncorporation or municipality for gas, electricity or any service rendered\nor to be rendered, shall be just and reasonable and not more than\nallowed by law or by order of the commission. Every unjust or\nunreasonable charge made or demanded for gas, electricity or any such\nservice, or in connection therewith, or in excess of that allowed by law\nor by the order of the commission is prohibited.\n 2. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall\ndirectly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback or other\ndevice or method, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or\ncorporation a greater or less compensation for gas or electricity or for\nany service rendered or to be rendered or in connection therewith,\nexcept as authorized in this chapter, than it charges, demands, collects\nor receives from any other person or corporation for doing a like and\ncontemporaneous service with respect thereto under the same or\nsubstantially similar circumstances or conditions.\n 3. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall make\nor grant any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any\nperson, corporation or locality, or to any particular description of\nservice in any respect whatsoever, or subject any particular person,\ncorporation or locality or any particular description of service to any\nundue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect\nwhatsoever.\n 4. Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to prohibit a gas\ncorporation or electric corporation from establishing a sliding scale\nfor a fixed period for the automatic adjustment or charges for gas,\nelectricity or any service rendered or to be rendered and the dividends\nto be paid to stockholders of such gas corporation or electric\ncorporation, provided that the sliding scale shall first have been filed\nwith and approved by the commission; but nothing in this subdivision\nshall operate to prevent the commission after the expiration of such\nfixed period from fixing proper, just and reasonable rates and charges\nto be made for service as authorized in this article.\n 5. Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to prohibit a gas\ncorporation or electrical corporation from establishing classifications\nof service based upon the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose\nfor which used, the duration of use or upon any other reasonable\nconsideration, and providing schedules of just and reasonable graduated\nrates applicable thereto. No such classification, schedule, rate or\ncharge shall be lawful unless it shall be filed with and approved by the\ncommission, and every such classification, rate or charge shall be\nsubject to change, alteration and modification by the commission.\n 6. Service charges prohibited. Every gas corporation shall charge for\ngas supplied a fair and reasonable price. No such corporation shall make\nor impose an additional charge or fee for service or for the\ninstallation of apparatus or the use of apparatus installed, except that\na charge may be made:\n (a) where entry, inspection or examination as authorized by\nsubdivision nine of this section is denied;\n (b) for reconnecting the service to a person or corporation if the\nservice to such person or corporation was disconnected, in accordance\nwith applicable legal requirements, for non-payment of bills for\nservice;\n (b-1) for expenses reasonably incurred as determined by the commission\nin cases of meter tampering and theft of service. Such expenses shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, the cost of
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