Howell v. Catterall

On August 24, 1971, the State Corporation Commission ordered that an application of Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Vepco”) for permission to increase its rates be set for hearing on March 6, 1972. On December 8, 1971, Henry E. Howell, Jr., the incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, who had become a party to the rate case by intervention as provided by the Commission’s rules, moved the Commission to postpone the hearing until at least thirty days after adjournment of the 1972 session of the General Assembly of Virginia.

Howell based his motion on Code § 30-5, which provides:

“Any…