Article 1.--POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
66-1,205.Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.(a) Upon a complaint in writing made against any natural gas publicutility governed by this act that any rates or rules and regulations of suchnatural gas public utility are in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust,unjustlydiscriminatory or unduly preferential, or both, or that any rule andregulation,practice or act whatsoever affecting or relating to any service performedor to be performed by such natural gas public utility for the public,is in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unreasonably inefficient orinsufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or that anyservice performed or to be performed by such natural gas public utilityfor the public is unreasonably inadequate, inefficient, undulyinsufficient or cannot be obtained, the commission may proceed,withor without notice, to make such investigation as it deems necessary.
No order changing such rates, rules and regulations, practices or actscomplained of shall bemade or entered by thecommission without a formal public hearing in accordance with theprovisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, of which due noticeshall begiven by the commission to such natural gas public utility or to suchcomplainant or complainants, if any.Any public investigation or hearingwhich the commission shall have power to make or to hold may be made orheld before any one or more commissioners. All investigations,hearings, decisions and orders made by a commissioner shall be deemedthe investigations, hearings, decisions and orders of thecommission, when approved by the commission.
(b) The commission shall have power to require natural gas publicutilities to make such improvements and do such acts as are or may berequired by law to be done by any such natural gas public utility.
Article 1.--POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
66-1,205.Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.(a) Upon a complaint in writing made against any natural gas publicutility governed by this act that any rates or rules and regulations of suchnatural gas public utility are in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust,unjustlydiscriminatory or unduly preferential, or both, or that any rule andregulation,practice or act whatsoever affecting or relating to any service performedor to be performed by such natural gas public utility for the public,is in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unreasonably inefficient orinsufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or that anyservice performed or to be performed by such natural gas public utilityfor the public is unreasonably inadequate, inefficient, undulyinsufficient or cannot be obtained, the commission may proceed,withor without notice, to make such investigation as it deems necessary.
No order changing such rates, rules and regulations, practices or actscomplained of shall bemade or entered by thecommission without a formal public hearing in accordance with theprovisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, of which due noticeshall begiven by the commission to such natural gas public utility or to suchcomplainant or complainants, if any.Any public investigation or hearingwhich the commission shall have power to make or to hold may be made orheld before any one or more commissioners. All investigations,hearings, decisions and orders made by a commissioner shall be deemedthe investigations, hearings, decisions and orders of thecommission, when approved by the commission.
(b) The commission shall have power to require natural gas publicutilities to make such improvements and do such acts as are or may berequired by law to be done by any such natural gas public utility.
Article 1.--POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
66-1,205.Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.(a) Upon a complaint in writing made against any natural gas publicutility governed by this act that any rates or rules and regulations of suchnatural gas public utility are in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust,unjustlydiscriminatory or unduly preferential, or both, or that any rule andregulation,practice or act whatsoever affecting or relating to any service performedor to be performed by such natural gas public utility for the public,is in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unreasonably inefficient orinsufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or that anyservice performed or to be performed by such natural gas public utilityfor the public is unreasonably inadequate, inefficient, undulyinsufficient or cannot be obtained, the commission may proceed,withor without notice, to make such investigation as it deems necessary.
No order changing such rates, rules and regulations, practices or actscomplained of shall bemade or entered by thecommission without a formal public hearing in accordance with theprovisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, of which due noticeshall begiven by the commission to such natural gas public utility or to suchcomplainant or complainants, if any.Any public investigation or hearingwhich the commission shall have power to make or to hold may be made orheld before any one or more commissioners. All investigations,hearings, decisions and orders made by a commissioner shall be deemedthe investigations, hearings, decisions and orders of thecommission, when approved by the commission.
(b) The commission shall have power to require natural gas publicutilities to make such improvements and do such acts as are or may berequired by law to be done by any such natural gas public utility.
