Legal Opinion
Southern California Edison Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
California Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1978No. S.F. 23500PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, Acting C. J.
By this petition for writ of review Southern California Edison Company (Edison) challenges the lawfulness of portions of Decision No. 85731 of respondent Public Utilities Commission which require it to amortize, by 36 months of billing credit to its customers, substantial overcollections generated by operation of its “fuel cost adjustment clause.” Edison’s principal contention is that because the funds in issue were lawfully collected pursuant to a rate structure found by the commission to be just and reasonable at the time, the order to return them constitutes…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- City of Los Angeles v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- City of Los Angeles v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Wise v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1999
- Utah Department of Business Regulation, Division of Public Utilities v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1980
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