City of Amherst v. Public Utilities Commission

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether the Public Utilities Commission had the authority in case No. 75-536 to exercise the emergency powers granted to it in R. C. 4909.16.

R. C. 4909.16 (former Gr. C. 614-32) grants to the Public Utilities Commission “* * * extraordinary and special powers in the event jt determines that an emergency exists.” Cincinnati v. Pub. Util. Comm. (1948), 149 Ohio St. 570, 575, 80 N. E. 2d 150.

R. C. 4909.16 states:

“When the Public Utilities Commission deems it necessary to prevent injury to the business or interests of the public or of any public…