Establishment of the Commission

(1) There shall be and is hereby established a body to be known as the Public Utilities Commission (hereinafter “the Commission”) which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal. (2) The Commission shall be an autonomous institution governed by the provisions of this Act and any other law, and may exercise any powers and functions entrusted to or conferred upon it by or in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any other law, and such other duties incidental or ancillary to, or consequential upon, the performance of its