§ 66. General powers of commission in respect to gas and electricity.\nThe commission shall:\n 1. Have general supervision of all gas corporations and electric\ncorporations having authority under any general or special law or under\nany charter or franchise to lay down, erect or maintain wires, pipes,\nconduits, ducts or other fixtures in, over or under the streets,\nhighways and public places of any municipality for the purpose of\nfurnishing or distributing gas or of furnishing or transmitting\nelectricity for light, heat or power, or maintaining underground\nconduits or ducts for electrical conductors, and all gas plants and\nelectric plants owned, leased or operated by any gas corporation or\nelectric corporation.\n 1-a. Review the annual capital expenditure of each combination gas and\nelectric corporation and may order such improvement in the manufacture,\nconveying, transportation, distribution or supply of gas, in the\nmanufacture, transmission or supply of electricity, or in the methods\nemployed by such corporation as in the commission's judgment is\nadequate, just and reasonable.\n 2. Investigate and ascertain, from time to time, the quality of gas\nsupplied by persons, corporations and municipalities; examine or\ninvestigate the methods employed by such persons, corporations and\nmunicipalities in manufacturing, distributing and supplying gas or\nelectricity for light, heat or power and in transmitting the same, and\nhave power to order such reasonable improvements as will best promote\nthe public interest, preserve the public health and protect those using\nsuch gas or electricity and those employed in the manufacture and\ndistribution thereof, and have power to order reasonable improvements\nand extensions of the works, wires, poles, lines, conduits, ducts and\nother reasonable devices, apparatus and property of gas corporations,\nelectric corporations and municipalities; and have power after an\ninvestigation and a hearing to order any corporation having authority\nunder any general or special law or under any charter or franchise, to\nlay down, erect or maintain wires, pipes, conduits, ducts or other\nfixtures in, over or under the streets, highways and public places of\nany municipality for the purpose of supplying, selling or distributing\nnatural gas, to augment its supply of natural gas, whenever the\ncommission deems necessary and whenever artificial gas can be reasonably\nobtained, by acquiring by purchase, manufacture or otherwise a supply\nthereof to be mixed with such natural gas, in order to render adequate\nservice to the customers of such corporation or to maintain a proper and\nuniform pressure; and have power after an investigation and a hearing to\norder any corporation having authority under any general or special law\nor under any charter or franchise, to lay down, erect or maintain wires,\npipes, conduits, ducts or other fixtures in, over or under the streets,\nhighways and public places of any municipality for the purpose of\nsupplying, selling or distributing artificial gas, to augment its supply\nof artificial gas, whenever the commission deems necessary and whenever\nnatural gas can be reasonably obtained, by acquiring by purchase or\notherwise a supply thereof to be mixed with such artificial gas, in\norder to render adequate service to the customers of such corporation or\nto maintain a proper and uniform pressure; and to fix such rate for the\nsupplying of mixed gas as shall secure to such corporation a fair\nreturn; and may order the curtailment or discontinuance of the use of\nnatural gas for manufacturing or industrial purposes, for periods\naggregating not to exceed four months in any calendar year, if it is\nestablished to the satisfaction of the commission that the supply of\nnatural gas is not adequate to meet the reasonable demands of domestic\nconsumption and may prohibit the use of natural gas in wasteful devices\nand practices.\n 2-a. Have power, after an investigation a
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