Legal Opinion
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1989No. 88-348PublishedCited by 1,686 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
In Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg, 476 U. S. 953 (1986), we held that for purposes of setting intrastate retail rates a State may not differ from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s allocations of wholesale power by imposing its own judgment of what would be just and reasonable. Last Term, in Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi ex rel. Moore, 487 U. S. 354 (1988), we held that FERC’s allocation of the $3 billion-plus cost of the Grand Gulf 1 nuclear reactor among the operating companies that jointly agreed to finance its construction and operation pre-empted…
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