Legal Opinion
Maine Public Service Company v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 26, 1978No. 77-1438PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Maine Public Service Company (MPSC), an electric utility, petitions for review of Federal Power Commission 1 orders denying it permission to retain a surcharge collected from its wholesale customers in 1975-76. The object of the surcharge was to recover fuel costs which were not collectable by operation of the fuel adjustment clause that forms part of MPSC’s rate schedules. 2
At the root of the present dispute is the rapid increase in fuel prices which took place in the mid-1970’s causing MPSC to shift in 1975 from one fuel adjustment clause to another. Under…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Arthurs v. Board of Registration in MedicineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- State Ex Rel. Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Boston Edison Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Daily Advertiser v. TRANS-LA, ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Public Service Company of New Hampshire v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., Towns of Ashland and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Village Precinct of New Hampton, New Hampshire, Intervenors. Appalachian Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Appalachian Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Cities of Bedford, Intervenors. Pennsylvania Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., Intervenor. Metropolitan Edison Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Boroughs of Kutztown, Goldsboro & Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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