Legal Opinion
In re Public Service Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 26, 1988No. 87-311PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
This interlocutory transfer, filed by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC or commission) pursuant to RSA 365:20, raises the issue of the constitutionality of applying RSA 378:30-a to the fixing of electric utility rates in an emergency rate proceeding. The commission reserved, certified, and transferred three questions of law which are set forth in the discussion below. We answer all three questions in the negative, and hold that RSA 378:30-a is constitutional under the State and Federal Constitutions on the facts presented to us in this transfer.
I. Facts and Procedural History
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. Baker. Public Utilities Commission of District of Columbia v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- In Re Public Service Co. of New HampshireUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · 1988
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