In re Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
The Public Service Commission has decided that it is not empowered to investigate and determine whether the municipally owned plant of the city of Jamestown is furnishing electrical energy at a price less than fixed by the Charter of the City. The petitioner, a privately owned corporation, in 1887 received a franchise and constructed a plant for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the city. The city began its venture in commercial lighting in 1895. In August, 1928, it had over 9,900 private consumers, and the petitioner had about 4,400. At that time the city filed…
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