Attorney General v. Public Service Commission

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an opinion and order entered by the Ingham Circuit Court which affirmed the March 29 and July 24, 1985, orders of defendant Public Service Commission awarding an electric rate increase to intervening defendant Consumers Power Company in order to ensure the continued solvency of the utility in the face of the debt incurred in the construction of its Midland Nuclear Power Plant. The circuit court reasoned that the costs of the Midland project had not been shifted to Consumers’ customers because these costs were expressly eliminated from the rate base…