62-6-24: Safety rules and regulations.

The commission shall have the right and is hereby empowered to adopt, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be required to protect users of gas or electricity from damage to their persons or property through the use of defective gas or electrical appliances or equipment, or improper installation thereof; and to require discontinuance by a consumer of the use of any defective appliance or equipment or the removal forthwith of any unsafe condition incident to the distribution of gas or electricity.