Legal Opinion
St. Lawrence Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 6, 1977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCooke, J.
In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner, St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc., seeks to set aside that part of a Public Service Commission (PSC) order which rejected a "going value” adjustment, which would have added to petitioner’s rate base the sum of $3,116,454.
The adjustment sought involves "development costs” incurred beginning in 1962 when it commenced service as a public utility. These costs apparently resulted from the fact that petitioner, while still a new utility, felt compelled to establish rates for natural gas which would be competitive with the price of oil, but which were below…
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