Legal Opinion
New England Power Co. v. New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1982No. 80-1208PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
These three consolidated appeals present the question whether a state can constitutionally prohibit the exportation of hydroelectric energy produced within its borders by a federally licensed facility, or otherwise reserve for its own citizens the “economic benefit” of such hydroelectric power.
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Appellant New England Power Co. is a public utility which generates and transmits electricity at wholesale. It sells 75% of its power in Massachusetts and much of the remainder in Rhode Island; less than 6% of New Hampshire’s population is serviced by New England Power’s wholesale customers. New…
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3Cited by205 opinions
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