General Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

The issue in this appeal-is whether the order of the Public Utilities Commission is unreasonable or unlawful.

Appellant argues, in a single proposition of law, that “ [i]t is unreasonable and unlawful for the Public Utilities Commission to order the institution of extended- area service where the need for such service. is minimal and the revenues generated by the service are completely inadequate to cover its costs.”

Section 23.04 of the Code of Rules and Regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio provides factors to be considered by a telephone utility when “confronted with a…