No public utility may charge, demand, collect or receive more or less compensation for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the schedules for the service filed under s. 196.19, including schedules of joint rates, as may at the time be in force, or demand, collect or receive any rate, toll or charge not specified in the schedule.
Wis. Stat. § 196.22
Discrimination forbidden
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Schmidt v. Northern States Power Co. (2007)
Most recently applied in 2009 WI App 164 - Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission (October 2009)
1983 a. 53.
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