Annual reports of public utility companies, 1905-1996.

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Annual reports of public utility companies, 1905-1996.

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This series consists of annual reports submitted by public utilities (water, gas, electricity, steam, telephone, telegraph, and radio-telephone companies) to the Public Service Commission and then the Department of Public Service. Reports are filed by three types of public entities operating public utilities subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission: commercial, municipal, and private associations. Files for gas utilities contain reports for 1906-1907 that were submitted to the Commission of Gas and Electricity under Chapter 737, Laws of 1905. These files were transferred to the Public Service Commission established under Chapter 429, Laws of 1907.

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New York (State). Dept. of Public Service.

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State regulation of public utilities dates from the early nineteenth century, when the legislature began including financial and service requirements in incorporation statutes. More systematic oversight began with an 1843 assembly resolution requiring railroads to submit reports to the secretary of state. Five years later (Laws of 1848, Chapter 140), the railroads were required to report instead to the state engineer and surveyor on financial affairs, equipment, and passengers and f...

New York (State). Public Service Commission

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Harold A. Jerry was appointed to the Public Service Commission in 1973. In 1994, he was appointed Commission Chair and served in that capacity until his retirement in the same year. From the description of Subject, correspondence, and utility files, 1981-1995. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 122364503 Annual reports were submitted by railroad companies to the Public Service Commission pursuant to Section 46 of Chapter 429 of the Laws of 1907. The reports were ...