City of East Providence v. Public Utilities Commission

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before the court on a writ of certiorari from the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (commission). In a declaratory judgment the commission ruled that G.L.1956 (1984 Reenactment) § 39-1-30, which requires an appeal to the commission of ordinances and regulations affecting companies “under the supervision of the commission,” does not apply to the respondents Rhode Island Cogeneration Associates, Newbay Corporation, and OEIG Limited Partnership (Newbay) as Newbay is neither a “public utility” nor an “electric utility” under the supervision of the…