Legal Opinion
Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Inc. v. Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 3, 1978No. 76-478PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
On January 17, 1974, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. (WEPCO) applied to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for increases in electric rates. WEPCO sought by this application to be made whole, that is, to be enabled to earn a rate of return which had previously been authorized as just and reasonable, but which WEPCO had been unable to earn as a result of increasing costs.
After public hearing, the PSC filed an interim order on July 18, 1974, and a final order on January 27, 1975. Both of these orders authorized WEPCO to insert in its rate schedules an expanded adjustment clause. As authorized, the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Arnold v. County Court of Rock CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
- Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
- Wisconsin Southern Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Consumers Organization for Fair Energy Equality, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by65 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Cranes & Doves v. Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. WittrockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. BurkmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Wisconsin Bankers Ass'n v. Mutual Savings & Loan Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
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