69-8-408. Penalties -- license revocation. (1) The commission may begin a proceeding to revoke or suspend a license of an electricity supplier, impose a penalty, or both, for just cause on the commission's own investigation or upon the complaint of an affected party if it is established that the electricity supplier:
     (a) intentionally provided false information to the commission;
     (b) switched, or caused to be switched, the electricity supply for a customer without first obtaining the customers written permission;
     (c) failed to provide a reasonably adequate supply of electricity for its customers in Montana; or
     (d) committed fraud or engaged in deceptive practices.
     (2) Any person selling or offering to sell electricity in this state in violation of 69-8-404, 69-8-410, and this section is subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for the violation or a license revocation or suspension. Each day of each violation constitutes a separate violation.
     (3) The fine must be recovered in a civil action upon the complaint by the commission in any court of competent jurisdiction.
     (4) A license revocation proceeding under this section is a contested case proceeding pursuant to the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, Title 2, chapter 4, part 6.

     History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 505, L. 1997.