Legal Opinion
El Paso Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1982No. 80-1763PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to review Opinion Nos. 85 1 and 85-A 2 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 3 denying petitioner’s request to include within its rate base expenditures on construction work in progress and establishing 13.75 percent as the rate of return to which petitioner is entitled on common equity. Having found no merit to the contentions raised by the petitioner, we affirm the decision of the Commission.
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A. Background
Because El Paso challenges the exercise by the Commission of its authority to regulate the recovery of certain carrying charges on capital…
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