Legal Opinion
Montana Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1979No. 76-2726PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the novel question whether the Federal Power Commission (now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) may prevent an electric utility from including in its rate base, for accounting purposes, the total cost of acquiring an electric transmission line from a railroad. The Montana Power Company petitions for review, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 8257(b), of an order issued by the Federal Power Commission (“FPC”) on April 19, 1976, which approved the company’s purchase of a railroad’s 100 kv transmission line, while rejecting the Company’s proposed…
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