Village of St. Clairsville v. Public Utilities Commission

Citations

• 102 Ohio St. (N.S.) 574

Syllabus

<p>Public utilities commission- — Jurisdiction — Abandonment of service — Section 504-3, General Code — Gas supply to municipality — Inability of distributing company to secure supply — ■Jurisdiction of noncontractual company — Notice of application to Withdraw service — Newspaper publication sufficient.</p> <p>1. The public utilities commission by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by Section 5,04-3, General Code, may allow a gas company to discontinue service to a municipality, if satisfied that the gas company no longer has a supply of gas and is unable to procure by contract a supply from another gas company or pipe line company.</p> <p>2. The commission does not have power to compel by order a gas company which is not a pipe line company to jfurnish a supply of natural gas to another gas company to enable such other gas company to comply with its contract to supply a municipality and its inhabitants.</p> <p>3. By the provisions of Section 504-3, General Code, upon application by a public utility to be allowed to withdraw service, it is not required that notice shall be given to each party theretofore receiving service of the time and place for hearing such application, other than publication in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the county or municipality where such utility has a franchise.</p>