Whenever the commission or department shall be of the opinion that any person or public utility is failing or omitting or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by Laws 1974, chapter 429 or by any order of the commission, or is doing anything or about to do anything, or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, contrary to or in violation of Laws 1974, chapter 429 or of any order of the commission, it shall refer the matter to the attorney general who shall take appropriate legal action.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.54
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VIOLATION.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Peoples Natural Gas Co. v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (1985)
Most recently applied in 734 F. Supp. 879 - H.J., Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. (April 1990)
1974 c 429 s 54; 1980 c 614 s 115
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.