Shopping Centers Ass'n v. Public Utilities Commission

Public utilities generally, empowered by law to exercise the right of eminent domain and not infrequently comprising monopolies which furnish services, products, or both, to the public, such products often consisting of electric energy, are subject to supervision, regulation and control by governmental agencies established for such purpose, which agencies function, inter alia, to protect those served by the utilities with respect to the fairness of rates charged and adequacy of service and against discriminatory practices.

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company is a public utility which,…