New York State Public Service Commission Card Index to Case Files

Alphabetical by name of corporate entity involved in case.

This series consists of a card index to Public Service Commission unified case files and Second District case files. Cards are typewritten originals or photostat copies. Cards contain name of company, agency, or individual involved in the case; case number; related case numbers; title or summary of case; name of complainant; date received; and date closed. Each card also contains a number the reference of which is unknown.The cards are color-coded but the significance of the colors is unknown at this time.

This card index does not contain any cards for cases concerning railroad companies. Such cards may have been removed when regulation of railroad companies was transferred from the Public Service Commission to the newly-formed Department of Transportation in 1967. However, record series 19596 and 19597 do contain the case documents for railroad cases.

19597Series 19597, Commission (&quot

19596Unified&quot

) Case Files,and

Series 19596, Second District Case Files and Minutes, are indexed by this series.

There are subsidiary alphabetical card indexes to cases concerning private water companies (sub-box 28) and municipal water companies (sub-boxes 29-30). There is also a subsidiary card index to older cases concerning gas and electric companies (sub-box 34).

This index was used and maintained by the Public Service Commission's New York City office until approximately 1988 when it was replaced by an online database.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.