Kings County Lighting Co. v. Maltbie

The petitioner seeks an order staying and suspending, pending the final determination on the appeal of this certiorari proceeding, the enforcement of orders of the Public Service Commission fixing temporary rates to be charged by the petitioner for gas pending the final determination in the rate-fixing proceeding pending before it.

The Commission has the power to authorize, in a rate proceeding, an immediate, reasonable, temporary increase or decrease pending a final determination of the price to be thereafter charged by any person or corporation subject to its rate fixing jurisdiction. (Pub.…