Legal Opinion
Application of Delmarva Power & Light Company
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided April 17, 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALICK, Judge.
This is the court’s opinion on the appeal by Delmarva Power & Light Company from an order of the Public Service Commission on an application for an increase in gas rates. The Commission allowed about one third of the proposed increase. Delmarva raises three grounds in support of its appeal.
The Commission’s statutory duty of fixing just and reasonable rates has been explained by the Supreme Court, Application of Wilm. Suburban Water Corp., Del. Supr., 8 Storey 494, 211 A.2d 602, 605 (1965), as follows:
26 Del.C. § 155, requires the Commission to fix “just and reasonable” rates to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Petrucci v. LandonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1954
- Application of Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Application of Diamond State Tel. Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1954
- In Re the Application of Diamond State Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1955
- Application of Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Superior Court of Delaware · 1964
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Public Service Commission v. Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Chesapeake Utilities Corp. v. Delaware Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Delaware · 1997
- In Re the Consolidated Application of Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Superior Court of Delaware · 1976
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978