Legal Opinion
People's Counsel of the District of Columbia v. Public Service Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 31, 1984No. 82-424PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
The People’s Counsel appeals from an order of the Public Service Commission in which the Commission ruled that it had authority to approve the use of automatic fuel adjustment clauses by the Potomac Electric Power Company and that such clauses did not amount to retroactive rate-making. We reject petitioner’s arguments and affirm the Commission’s order.
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In August 1979 the Public Service Commission issued a public notice of its intention to conduct an investigative and eviden-tiary hearing “for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating the reasonableness of Potomac Electric…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- 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
- Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Federal Power Commission v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- City of Evansville v. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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