Petition of Citizens Utilities Co.

This is the second time this cause has been before this Court. See City of Newport v. Citizens Utilities Co., 116 Vt 103, 70 A2d 590, where the order of the public service commission was reversed pro forma and the cause was remanded for a hearing de novo. The cause has been fully reheard, and new findings of fact and a new order have been made. Three questions are now presented for review: (1) whether certain so-called fiowage rights were erroneously excluded from the rate base, (2) whether the rate of return found by the commission is supported by the evidence, and (3) whether the commission…