Russellville Water Co. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission

Frank Holt, Justice.

In October, 1978, the Russellville Water Co., Inc., requested the Arkansas Public Service Commission’s approval of increased rates and charges in the amount of $397,807. In September, 1979, the Commission found that the Company was entitled to an increase of only $133,294. Upon the Commission’s denial of the Company’s petition for a rehearing, except as to one issue, the Company filed in the Pulaski Circuit Court a petition to review the Commission’s orders.

The circuit court reversed the Commission on its failure to include in the Company’s rate base $422,293 for…