United Water New York, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

—Graffeo, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Donohue, J.), entered June 6, 1997 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request for an earlier effective date of a rate increase.

Petitioner, a New York corporation in the business of supplying water for approximately 90% of the population of Rockland County, requested approval from respondent in 1994 to increase its annual revenues by approximately $3.12 million. In August 1995, the parties entered into a…