Legal Opinion
Northeast Utilities Service Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 23, 1995No. 94-1948PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
The main issue in this case is whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) complied with our mandate in Northeast Utilities Service Co. v. FERC, 993 F.2d 937 (1st Cir.1993) (Northeast I) and applied the “public interest” test in ordering the modification of a wholesale electric power contract.
In Northeast I we upheld FERC’s decision conditionally approving the merger of Northeast Utilities (NU) and the Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH). Before us also was the objection of Northeast Utilities Service Company (ÑUSCO) to the Commission’s…
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