460.501 Certificate of convenience and necessity; definition. Sec. 1. The term “municipality”, when used in this act, means a city, village or township. The term “public utility”, when used in this act, means persons and corporations, other than municipal corporations, or their lessees, trustees and receivers now or hereafter owning or operating in this state […]
460.502 Certificate of convenience; necessity for gas or electric utilities. Sec. 2. No public utility shall hereafter begin the construction or operation of any public utility plant or system thereof nor shall it render any service for the purpose of transacting or carrying on a local business either directly, or indirectly, by serving any other […]
460.503 Petition; contents. Sec. 3. Before any such certificate of convenience and necessity shall issue, the applicant therefor shall file a petition with the commission stating the name of the municipality or municipalities which it desires to serve and the kind of service which it proposes to render, and that the applicant has secured the […]
460.504 Hearing; notices. Sec. 4. Upon filing such application, the commission shall set a day for the hearing thereof in accordance with its rules and practice relating to hearings and notify the applicant thereof. A copy of said application and a notice of the time and place of hearing such application shall also be served […]
460.505 Hearing; matters for consideration; certificate, contents. Sec. 5. In determining the question of public convenience and necessity the commission shall take into consideration the service being rendered by the utility then serving such territory, the investment in such utility, the benefit, if any, to the public in the matter of rates and such other […]
460.506 Review of order or decree. Sec. 6. Any order or decree of the Michigan public service commission shall be subject to review in the manner provided for in section 26 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, being section 462.26 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: 1929, Act 69, Imd. Eff. […]
