Legal Opinion
Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1975PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On January 14, 1975, the Boston Gas Company (the company) filed with the Department of Public Utilities (the department) schedules of interim and permanent rates to be effective February 1, 1975. The company assumed that the department would act under G. L. c. 164, § 94, to suspend the permanent rates in conformity with the department’s customary practice. The interim rates were proposed to be effective during any suspension of the permanent rates, subject to refund with interest if later found to be excessive. The interim rates were intended to recognize only certain assertedly…
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