84 - Complaints as to service and price of steam heat; investigation by commission; forms of complaints.

§ 84. Complaints  as to service and price of steam heat; investigation  by commission; forms of complaints.  Upon the complaint  in  writing  of  the  mayor of the city, the trustees of a village or the town board of a  town in which a person or corporation is authorized to manufacture, sell  or supply steam for heat or power, or upon the complaint in  writing  of  not less than fifty customers or purchasers of such steam heat in cities  of  the first or second class, or of not less than twenty-five in cities  of the third class, or of not less  than  ten  elsewhere,  or  upon  the  complaint  in  writing of the state consumer protection board, as to the  price, pressure or efficiency of steam supplied for heat or power,  sold  and  delivered in such municipality, the commission shall investigate as  to the cause for such  complaint.  When  such  complaint  is  made,  the  commission  may,  by  its  agents, examiners and inspectors, inspect the  work, system, plant, devices, appliances and methods used by such person  or corporation in manufacturing, transmitting and supplying such  steam,  and  may  examine  or  cause to be examined the books and papers of such  person or corporation pertaining to the manufacture, sale,  transmitting  and supplying of such steam. The form and contents of complaints made as  provided  in  this  section  shall be prescribed by the commission. Such  complaint shall  be  signed  by  the  officers,  or  by  the  customers,  purchasers  or subscribers making them, who must add to their signatures  their place of residence, by street and number, if any.