Chesapeake Utilities Corp. v. Delaware Public Service Commission

QUILLEN, Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Must the Delaware Public Service Commission allow a public natural gas utility company to recover, as a consequence of complying with federally-mandated environmental remediation, the entire cost of compliance, specifically including the carrying costs on the unamortized balance of the remediation expenditure recovery? This is the underlying question in issue on this appeal by the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“Chesapeake” or “Company”) following the findings and order of the Delaware Public Service Commission (“Commission” or “DPSC”) below. The question…