Legal Opinion
American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1983No. 82-34PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
This case concerns two rules promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pursuant to §210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), 92 Stat. 3144, as amended, 16 U. S. C. §824a-8 (1976 ed., Supp. V). The first rule requires electric utilities to purchase electric energy from cogenerators and small power producers at a rate equal to the purchasing utility’s fall avoided cost, i. e., the cost the utility would have incurred had it generated the electricity itself or purchased the electricity from another source. The second rule requires utilities to make…
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