Public Utilities Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.

On April 12, 1954, the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado, herein referred to as PUC, on its own motion, entered an ex parte order, amended May 12, 1954, nunc pro tunc as of April 12, 1954, directing itself to make an investigation to determine whether the Colorado Interstate Gas Company, herein referred to as Interstate, was conducting its business unlawfully in that it was operating as a public utility without having applied for and obtained from PUC a certificate of public convenience and necessity and without complying with the statutes of the state of Colorado governing…