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Surigao Electric Co., Inc., Et Al vs. Mun. Of Surigao, Et Al

SURIGAO ELECTRIC CO., INC. and ARTURO LUMANLAN, SR., petitioners, vs. MUNICIPALITY OF SURIGAO and HON. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22766 | 1968-08-30

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

On June 18, 1960, Congress further amended the Public Service Act, one of the changes introduced doing away with the requirement of a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission for "public services owned or operated by government entities or government-owned or controlled corporations," but at the same time affirming its power of regulation, 1 more specifically as set forth in the next section of the law, which while exempting public services owned or operated by any instrumentality of the government or any government owned or controlled corporations from its...