Mississippi Valley Gas Co. v. City of Pontotoc

BANKS, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Here we must decide whether the Public Service Commission erred as a matter of law when it denied Mississippi Valley Gas Company certification to operate gas systems in parts of Pontotoc County because the City of Pontotoc began con-*521strueting a gas pipeline in the same area. Because we find that both municipally and investor-owned public utilities are subject to certification requirements, that the Public Service Commission’s exclusive jurisdiction is not preempted by local legislation, and that the Commission’s decision was against the manifest weight of the…