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Mr. Wra. Reinhardt Page 2 July 6, 1951 The Utah Code p rovides in Section 76-3-7 that no p u b lic u t i l i t y s h a ll extend to any person any r u le o r re g u la tio n o r any f a c i l i t y or p r iv ile g e except such as i s r e g u la r ly and uniform ly extended to a l l corp oration s and persons, provided that the Commission may, by ru le o r o rder, e s t a b lis h such exceptions as i t may con sider ju s t and reason able to th is p ro v is io n o f the Code. The Nevada P u b lic U t i l i t i e s Act p rovid es that the Commission s h a ll have power to pass upon the p ro p rie ty o f such r a t e , fa r e , charge, c la s s if ic a t io n , re g u la tio n o r p ra c tic e o f a p u b lic u t i l i t y . (S ec tio n 6113, Nevada Compiled Law s). As you know, the P u b lic Service Commission o f Utah, in Case No. 3372, "In the M atter o f the A p p lic a tio n o f Mountain Fuel Supply Company fo r res t r ic t io n o f gas se rv ic e " handed down i t s Report, Findings and Order, dated A p r il 2, 1949, in which i t provided , among other th in gs, that the Mountain Fuel Supply Company should "not accept any a p p lic a tio n s o r fu rn ish any a d d it io n a l gas fo r new or a d d it io n a l uses except as provided in Section (g ) h e re in ". (S ectio n (g ) r e fe r r e d to s p e c ia l h eatin g p r iv ile g e s f o r physic ia n s 1 o f f i c e s e t c . ) . This d e c isio n was apparently based on the gen eral powers o f the P u b lic S ervice Comm ission above r e fe r r e d to . In p a ssin g , and f o r reasons which I w i l l r e f e r to la t e r in th is l e t t e r , the Utah Commission drew a tte n tio n to Section 76-3-1 o f the Utah Code, re ad in g as fo llo w s : "Every p u b lic u t i l i t y s h a ll fu rn ish , p rovide and m aintain such s e rv ic e , in s tru m e n ta litie s , equipment and f a c i l i t i e s as w i l l promote the sa fe ty , h e a lth , comfort and convenience o f i t s patrons and the p u b lic , and as w i l l be in a l l re sp e c ts, adequate, s u ffic ie n t , ju s t and reasonable * * The C a lifo rn ia Commission has a u th ority to re q u ire p u b lic u t i l i t i e s to improve t h e ir f a c i l i t i e s under Section 36 o f the P u b lic U t i l i t i e s A ct.