§ 80. General powers of commission in respect to steam heating. The\ncommission shall: 1. Have general supervision of all steam corporations\nhaving authority under any general or special law or under any charter\nor franchise to lay down, regulate or maintain pipes, conduits, ducts or\nother fixtures in, over or under the streets, highways and public places\nof any municipality, for the purpose of furnishing or transmitting steam\nfor heat or power, and all plants leased or operated by any such\ncorporation.\n 2. Investigate and ascertain, from time to time, the methods employed\nby such persons and corporations in manufacturing, distributing and\nsupplying steam for heat or power and have power to order such\nreasonable improvements as will best promote the public interest,\npreserve the public health and protecting those using such steam and\nthose employed in the manufacture and distribution thereof, and have\npower to order reasonable improvements and extensions of the pipes,\nlines, conduits, ducts and other reasonable devices, apparatus and\nproperty of such corporation.\n 3. Have power, in its discretion, to prescribe uniform methods of\nkeeping account, records and books, to be observed by such corporation\nin the manufacture, sale and distribution of steam. It may also in its\ndiscretion prescribe, by order, forms of accounts, records and memoranda\nto be kept by such persons and corporations. Notice of alterations by\nthe commission in the required method or form of keeping a system of\naccounts shall be given to such persons or corporations by the\ncommission at least six months before the same shall take effect. Any\nother and additional forms of accounts, records and memoranda kept by\nsuch corporation shall be subject to examination by the commission.\n 4. Examine all persons and corporations under its supervision and keep\ninformed as to the methods, practices, regulations and property employed\nby them in the transaction of their business. The commission shall have\npower of its own motion to examine and investigate the plants and\nmethods employed in manufacturing, delivering and supplying steam and\nshall have access through its members or persons employed and authorized\nby it to make such examinations and investigations to all parts of the\nmanufacturing plants owned, used or operated for the manufacture,\ntransmission, distribution, furnishing or sale of steam for heat or\npower by any such person or corporation. Whenever the commission shall\nbe of the opinion, after hearing had upon its own motion or upon\ncomplaint, that the rates or charges or the acts or regulations of any\nsuch person or corporation, are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly\ndiscriminatory or unduly preferential or in any wise in violation of any\nprovision of law, the commission shall determine and prescribe in the\nmanner provided by and subject to the provisions of section eighty-five\nof this chapter the just and reasonable rates and charges thereafter to\nbe enforced for the service to be furnished, and the just and reasonable\nacts and regulations to be done and observed; and whenever the\ncommission shall be of opinion, after hearing had upon its own motion or\nupon complaint, that the property, equipment or appliances of any such\nperson or corporation are unsafe, inefficient or inadequate, the\ncommission shall determine and prescribe the safe, efficient and\nadequate property, equipment and appliances thereafter to be used,\nmaintained and operated for the security and accommodation of the public\nand in compliance with the provisions of law and of their franchises and\ncharters.\n 5. Require every person and corporation under its supervision and it\nshall be the duty of every such person and corporation to file with the\ncommission an annual report, verified by the oath of the president,\nvice-president, treasurer, secretary, general manager or receiver, if\nany, thereof, or by the person required to file the same. The\nver
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