Oil Heat Institute of Long Island, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered January 18, 1979 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, on the ground that petitioner lacked the requisite standing to maintain the instant proceeding. In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner, a trade association representing some 300 home heating oil dealers on Long Island, challenges the validity of special permission order G-1950 of the Public Service Commission, pursuant to which the Long Island Lighting Company, petitioner’s largest competitor in the…