Sawnee Electric Membership Corp. v. Georgia Public Service Commission

This Court has long recognized that great deference should be given to the interpretation of a statute by the administrative agency charged with enforcing and administrating the statute and that where the provisions of a statute are ambiguous or doubtful, the administrative agency’s “contemporaneous practical construction . will not be disturbed except for weighty reasons. [Cits.]” State of Ga. v. Camp, 189 Ga. 209, 210 (1) (6 SE2d 299) (1939). See also Kelly v. Lloyd’s of London, 255 Ga. 291, 293 (336 SE2d 772) (1985). This rule is applicable to the Public Service Commission’s interpretation…