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Commonwealth Electric Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 22, 1986PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.

The Pilgrim Unit 1 nuclear power station (Pilgrim 1) was out of service for several months in 1981 and 1982. The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued a series of orders in which it found that the operator of Pilgrim 1, Boston Edison Company (Boston Edison), acted imprudently in certain aspects of the outage. We affirmed those orders. Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 393 Mass. 244 (1984). Before *363us now are appeals from a series of DPU orders imputing the imprudence of Boston Edison to the petitioner, Commonwealth Electric Company (company), thus precluding the company…

2Cases cited50 opinions

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Zachs v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  5. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Department of Telecommunications & EnergyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004

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