Legal Opinion
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. v. Delaware Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 12, 1994PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice:
This appeal from Superior Court presents two questions: (1) whether a gas transporter, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company (“ESNG”), is a public utility under 26 Del.C. § 102(2), subject to regulatory supervision by the Delaware Public Service Commission (“Commission”); and (2) whether the Commission’s proposed rate regulation of ESNG’s direct end use sales within the State of Delaware is preempted by the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C., ch. 15B, and the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). ESNG asserts that it is not a public utility within the meaning…
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