Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity v. Public Service Commission

On February 6, 1990, the Public Service Commission held in consolidated cases nos. U-9174 (a 1989 gas cost recovery case) and U-8812 (a general rate case) that Michigan Consolidated Gas Company should be allowed "the opportunity to collect its current take-or-pay costs.” It was also held, among other things, that Michigan Consolidated Gas Company’s gas cost recovery plan for 1989, as revised by that order, was approved as "reasonable and prudent.” Michigan Consolidated Gas Company was also authorized to assess its transportation customers (appellant) a "flexible surcharge of between (ty and…