City of Providence Ex Rel. Water Supply Board v. Public Utilities Commission

OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

The city of Providence petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to review a report and order dated August 3, 1978, of the Public Utilities Commission (the commission) regarding an increase in the water rates charged by the Providence Water Supply Board (the board). We issued the writ and heard arguments on two matters:

1. whether the commission has jurisdiction to oversee the rate-making authority of the board, and

2. whether the commission erred in not authorizing a return on the board’s investment in capital facilities.

Because we find that the commission has no…