Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. v. Federal Power Commission

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 26, 1952No. 428PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black

In 1944 the Maryland Public Service Commission, the Mayor and Council of the City of Baltimore, the Baltimore County Commissioners, and several private purchasers of electric power decided to ask the Federal Power Commission for help. They requested the Commission to investigate allegedly “excessive rates” the Pennsylvania Water & Power Company (Penn Water)1 was charging Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore (Consolidated). The Maryland interests wanted the Federal Power Commission to reduce these charges so that the state commission could lower Consolidated’s rates…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. v. Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. Of Baltimore (Public Service Commission of Maryland, Intervener)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  3. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. v. Federal Power Commission (Two Cases). Pennsylvania Power Utility Commission v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  4. Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
  5. Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co. Of Baltimore v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952

3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Otter Tail Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. United States v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Federal Power Commission v. Southern California Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964

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