Attorney General v. Public Service Commission No 1

In this appeal as of right, the Attorney General challenges the propriety of allowing Consumers Power Company to recover, under a gas cost recovery clause, additional charges imposed pursuant to an arrangement with a supplier by virtue of which Consumers must pay for a minimum amount of natural gas, even if it takes delivery of a lesser amount.

As we read the conflicting testimony of various witnesses, it is clear to us, as it was to the Public Service Commission, that this is an accounting problem. Witnesses for parties who opposed recoupment of these costs under a gas cost recovery clause…