GTE Florida Inc. v. Deason

We have on appeal a decision by the Florida Public Service Commission relating to rates or service of telephone utilities. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(2), Fla. Const.; § 364.381, Fla.Stat. (1993).

In 1992, GTE Florida Incorporated asked the Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a telephone rate increase in gross annual revenues of $110,997,618, later revised downward to $65,994,207. After hearings, the PSC denied the request and reduced revenues by about $14,500,000.

GTE Florida filed a motion for reconsideration. The PSC took up the motion in a meeting lasting less than an hour.…