An investigation into West Virginia American Water and Mountaineer Gas after November’s West Side gas crisis has been split into two separate cases. The West Vriginia Public Service Commission said the general case was dismissed on Friday and a new order was filed, creating a new case for each company. One reason for the split was the fact that the two companies are in civil litigation with one another over liability for the gas crisis and the PSC didn’t want to play the role of the court. The PSC also said it has received a number of consumer complaints against both companies. The PSC will now “focus on reviewing maintenance practices and whether each utility acted reasonably and had procedures in place during and following the outage.”