General Motors Corp. v. Public Utilities Commission

R. C. 4909.16 provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

“When the public utilities commission deems it necessary to prevent injury to * * * the public * * * in case of any emergency to be judged by the commission, it may temporarily alter, amend, or, with the consent of the public utility concerned, suspend any existing rates, schedules, or order *361relating to or affecting any public utility or part of any public utility in this state. * * *”

This statute allows the commission, in response to a natural gas shortage, to authorize and approve curtailment plans which allocate the available supplies…