The provisions of this Charter as to supervision and regulation by said city of any public utility operating therein shall not, and shall not be construed to affect or impair the right of the public utilities commission to exercise any powers of supervision, regulation or control over any such public utility, which the city may by vote have surrendered to such public utilities commission or which such public utilities commission may have been empowered to exercise by constitutional amendment adopted prior to the taking effect of this Charter.
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 5, 2002.