§ 364. Provisions of public service law applicable. 1. Except as
provided in subdivision two of this section, all of the provisions of
article four of the public service law, so far as the same are
applicable, shall apply to a municipal corporation furnishing a public
utility service under this article.

2. (a) A municipal corporation need not apply to or obtain from the
public service commission a certificate of authority for a public
utility service under this article.

(b) A municipal corporation furnishing a public utility service or
services need not decrease its rates and charges for such service or
services on order of the public service commission unless such order is
issued upon notice and after hearing instituted upon the verified
complaint in writing of not less than twenty-five of the active
consumers as shown by the records of the utility, residing in the
territory in which the utility rate or rates referred to in said
complaint is or are applicable.