Section 10-4-321 Duty to serve public. - Alabama Statutes

Section 10-4-321

Duty to serve public.

Any corporation which exercises any of the rights conferred by this article shall, after the completion of its works and plants, be under the duty and obligation to the public to manufacture and sell to the public electric current produced at its plants; and any corporation manufacturing, selling and supplying power, heat, light or electricity produced by water as a motive force under the provisions of this article must sell such power, heat, light or electricity to any person or persons, municipal or other corporations, in order in which requests or demands are made for such light, heat, power or electricity; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require any such corporation to furnish light, heat, power or electricity to any person or persons, corporation or corporations, until satisfied of his or its financial responsibility, except in conformity with its reasonable rules and regulations and reasonable prices for the same and except as far as the capacity of its plant will permit.

(Code 1907, §3636; Code 1923, §7202; Code 1940, T. 10, §187.)