Portsmouth Home Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

165 N.E. 354, 120 Ohio St. 12, 120 Ohio St. (N.S.) 12, 1929 Ohio LEXIS 401

Opinion

By the Court.

In our opinion, the order of the Public Utilities Commission should be affirmed except in so far as the same provides for the appropriation of the excess of the annual net income above 6 per cent, of the present value of the property to be expended only in the making of repairs and replacements which are occasioned by extraordinary contingencies. In our judgment, said sum in excess of 6 per cent, of the present value of the property should be employed as directed by Sections 614-23 and 614-49, G-eneral Code, to-wit, to be employed for surplus, depreciations, and contingencies, and to provide the amount required over and above the cost and expense of maintenance to keep the property of the public utility in a state of efficiency corresponding to the progress of the art or industry.

In all other respects, the order of the commission should he affirmed, and, as so modified, such order is so affirmed.

Order modified and affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Kinkade, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.