Legal Opinion
Application of Northwestern Public Service Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1980No. 12456PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Justice.
This is a rate case which arises from the July 17, 1975, filing of a notice and application for a general increase in electric rates by the Northwestern Public Service Company (company). The proposed rates would have raised company’s electric revenues by approximately $8,450,000 per annum. At the hearing staged before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the South Dakota Electric Consumers, a consortium of seven municipalities (cities), intervened and actively participated in the proceedings. The PUC issued its initial decision on September 27, 1976, purportedly allowing…
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- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Columbus Gas & Fuel Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Otter Tail Power Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
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