The commission upon complaint or upon its own initiative and whenever it may deem it necessary in the performance of its duties may investigate and examine the condition and operation of any public utility or any part thereof. In conducting the investigations the commission may proceed either with or without a hearing as it may deem best, but it shall make no order without affording the affected parties a hearing.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.14
INVESTIGATION.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re the Implementation of Utility Energy Conservation Improvement Programs (1985)
Most recently applied in In re Minnesota Power's Transfer of M.L. Hibbard Units 3 & 4 Boilers & Related Facilities to the Duluth (January 1987)
1974 c 429 s 14
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.