No electrical utility shall directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever or in any way, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person, corporation or municipality a greater or less compensation for any electric current or service rendered or supplied or to be rendered or supplied by such electrical utility than that prescribed in the schedules of such electrical utility applicable thereto then on file in the manner provided in this chapter, nor shall any person, corporation or municipality receive or accept any service, electric current, product or commodity from an electric utility for a compensation greater or less than that prescribed in such schedules.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-830
Utility shall not charge rates different from those in schedule
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hamm v. South Carolina Public Service Commission (1984)
Most recently applied in Hamm v. South Carolina Public Service Commission (November 1984)
1962 Code SECTION 24-33; 1952 Code SECTION 24-33; 1942 Code SECTION 8555-2; 1932 (37) 1497; 1934 (38) 1452; 1935 (39) 207; 1937 (40) 493.
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