Legal Opinion
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. District of Columbia Government
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 24, 1986No. Civ. A. No. 85-4101PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SPORKIN, District Judge.
This case concerns the scope of power of the Office of the People’s Counsel (“OPC”), the consumer’s advocate before the District of Columbia’s Public Service Commission (“PSC”). Three utility companies bring this action to contest the process of enactment as well as the substantive content of a District of Columbia statute known as the “Utility Regulatory Assessment and Clarification Act of 1984” (“the Act”). Specifically, they allege that the Act’s providing further definition of the powers of the Office of the People’s Counsel amounted to an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ronald Tuck v. Pan American Health OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Office of People's Counsel v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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