§ 49-02-04 — Power of commission to regulate services

Whenever the commission shall find, after hearing, that the rules, regulations, practices,
equipment, appliances, facilities, or service of any public utility, or the methods of manufacture,
distribution, transmission, storage, or supply employed by it are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe,
improper, inadequate, or insufficient, the commission shall determine the just, reasonable, safe,
proper, adequate, or sufficient rules, regulations, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities,
service, or methods to be observed, furnished, constructed, enforced, or employed, and, after
hearing, shall fix the same by its order, rule, or regulation. The commission shall prescribe, after
hearing, rules and regulations for the performance of any service, or the furnishing of any
commodity, of a character furnished or supplied by any public utility. On demand and tender of
rates, such public utility shall furnish such commodity and render such service within the time
and upon the conditions provided in such rules.