Legal Opinion
Utility Reform Network v. Public Utilities Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 29, 2008No. B197857PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EGERTON, J. *
The Utility Reform Network (TURN) petitions for review of an order of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) awarding TURN only part of the attorney fees it sought for participating in lawsuits about deregulation of the electrical power market in California. The PUC declined to award TURN compensation under the intervener compensation provisions of the Public Utilities Code for TURN’S unsuccessful court challenge to the PUC’s settlement of a lawsuit with a utility. The PUC concluded that TURN’S failed litigation did not make a substantial contribution to the PUC’s…
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