Legal Opinion

Hamm v. South Carolina Public Service Commission

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 31, 1992No. 23705PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Toal, Justice:

This consolidated appeal arises from several rate orders of the South Carolina Public Service Commission (“Commission”) granting certain relief to South Carolina Electric and Gas (“SCE&G”). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

1987 CASE

Rerating Issue

In 1983, SCE&G applied for a change in its rate structure to add the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, into its rate base. The Commission excluded 400 megawatts (“MW”) or $114,770,512 of the investment in the V.C. Summer Plant from SCE&G’s rate base. The Commission did not find that the capacity represented by the 400 MW was not…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Boise Water Corp. v. Idaho Public Utilities CommissionIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
  4. People Ex Rel. Hartigan v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Able Communications, Inc. v. South Carolina Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Porter v. South Carolina Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  2. Kiawah Property Owners Group v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  3. Heater of Seabrook, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
  4. Porter v. SC PUBLIC SERVICE COM'NSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  5. Utilities Services of South Carolina, Inc. v. South Carolina Office of Regulatory StaffSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011

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