Legal Opinion
Appeal of Public Service Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 12, 1984No. 84-140PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSoUTER, J.
At the request of Public Service Company of New Hampshire, the public utilities commission has transferred the following question of law to this court under RSA 365:20:
“Does RSA 378:30-a, as a matter of law, prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from allowing public utilities to recover, through rates, amounts such utilities have invested in plant construction projects that have been abandoned?”
When we accepted the transfer, we said that we would limit our answer to the interpretation of the statute without regard to the constitutionality of its application, since the factual record was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Public Utilities CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 1981
- Attorney General v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Legislative Utility Consumers' Council v. Public Service Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Appeal of Public Service Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
- State v. FlynnSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Barasch v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- In re Public Service Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1988
- People's Organization for Washington Energy Resources v. Utilities & Transportation CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- Ives v. Manchester Subaru, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
- State ex rel. Union Electric Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
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