Public Service Commission v. Rochester Telephone Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herlihy, J.

Respondent Rochester Telephone Corporation is a telephone corporation as defined by subdivision 17 of section 2 of the Public Service Law and as such is subject to regulation by petitioner Public Service Commission (PSC). Re*201spondent also has two wholly owned regulated subsidiaries, Sylvan Lake Telephone Company and Highland Telephone Company, as well as a minority interest in Ausable Valley Telephone Company. The acquisition of the wholly owned subsidiaries and the minority interest in Ausable were approved by the PSC, pursuant to section 107 of the Public…