§486J-11  Powers of the public utilities
commission.  (a)  The public utilities commission may take any action or
make any determination under this chapter, including but not limited to actions
or determinations that affect persons not regulated under chapters 269, 271,
and 271G, as the commission deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities
or otherwise effectuate chapter 269, 271, or 271G.



(b)  The public utilities commission may
examine or investigate each distributor, the manner in which it is operated,
its prices and rates, its operating costs and expenses, the value of its
property and assets, the amount and disposition of its income, any of its
financial transactions, its business relations with other persons, companies,
or corporations, its compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, and
all matters of any nature affecting the relations and transactions between the
distributor and the public, persons, or businesses.



(c)  In the performance of its duties under
this chapter, the commission shall have the same powers respecting
administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production
of documents, examining witnesses, and punishing for contempt, as are possessed
by the circuit courts.  In case of disobedience by any person to any order of
or subpoena issued by the commission, or of the refusal of any witness to
testify to any matter regarding which the witness may be lawfully questioned,
any circuit court, upon application by the commission, shall compel obedience as
in case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from a circuit
court or a refusal to testify therein. [L 1997, c 257, pt of §2; am L 2007, c
182, §10]