Legal Opinion
People's Counsel v. Public Service Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 1982No. 81-1309PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
Upon consideration of intervenor’s motions to dismiss, and the responsive pleadings filed with respect thereto, this court has considered whether it has the jurisdiction to review the proceedings, and the Public Service Commission’s part therein, by which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the wholesale rate Potomac Electric Power Company could charge in its interstate sale of power to General Public Utilities Corporation, and is of the view that the Public Service Commission is preempted by the Federal Power Act from reviewing the reasonableness of the wholesale…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Southern California Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Narragansett Electric Co. v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
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