Legal Opinion
Washington Gas Light Co. v. Public Service Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 2009No. 08-AA-148, 08-AA-17PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
This appeal concerns a $350,000 forfeiture levied by the D.C. Public Service Commission against Washington Gas Light Company (WGLC). On July 20, 2007, the Commission ordered WGLC to produce to it a copy of a contract WGLC had signed with a third party. When, in the opinion of the Commission, WGLC willfully and “egregious[ly]” failed to submit an unre-dacted copy of the contract, the Commission imposed the forfeiture, citing D.C.Code § 34-706(a) (2009 Supp.) as its primary source of authority to do so. WGLC applied for reconsideration. When its application was denied,…
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