Legal Opinion
NEPCO Municipal Rate Committee v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 15, 1981No. Nos. 80-1343, 80-1363, 80-1364, 80-1745 and 81-1283PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge MARKEY.
MARKEY, Chief Judge:
The proceedings consolidated here for review were initiated by three separate rate increase filings of New England Power Company (NEP), an investor owned electric utility, under section 205 of the Federal Power Act. In each instance, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) suspended the rate filing and ordered an investigation. NEPCO Municipal Customer Rate Committee (Committee) and numerous other intervenors participated in the extensive proceedings before FERC.1 In two proceedings (R-8 and R-10), FERC approved…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Consolo v. Federal Maritime CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Valley Gas Co. v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
- Narragansett Electric Co. v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- Nepco Municipal Rate Committee and the Electric Departments and Plants of Ashburnham v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, New England Power Company, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co., Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Citizens Action Coal. v. No. Ind. Pub. Serv.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1984
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