Consumers Power Co. v. Public Service Commission

The majority misinteiprets the statutory language relevant to this case and mistakenly characterizes retail wheeling as infringing the managerial prerogatives of the appellant utilities. For these reasons, I respectfully dissent.

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At issue in this case is the Public Service Commission’s interpretation of the statutes in which the Legislature delegated authority to the psc to oversee electric utilities in Michigan. The majority “grant[s] no *169deference to the psc interpretation in this case because the plain meaning of the statutes are controlling.” Ante at 157, n 8, citing Union Carbide Corp v…