Legal Opinion
Appeal of Granite State Electric Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 28, 1983No. 82-197PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
In this appeal pursuant to RSA chapter 541, Granite State Electric Company (GSE) challenges a ruling by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) disallowing a proposed surcharge in GSE’s rates. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the PUC’s ruling and dismiss the appeal.
GSE is a public utility corporation, in the business of distributing and selling electric energy to customers in twenty-three New Hampshire cities and towns. In 1972, with the approval of the PUC, it incorporated a fuel adjustment clause (FAC) into its rate schedule in order to expedite its recovery of rapidly…
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- Public Service Co. v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
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- LEGISLATIVE UTIL. CONSUMERS'COUNCIL v. Public Util. Com.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
- O'Neil v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Appeal of the Ass'n of New Hampshire UtilitiesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
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