Legal Opinion
Peoples Natural Gas Division of Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 2, 1977No. 27237PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges
Peoples Natural Gas Division (Peoples Division) of Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) operates in Colorado as a natural gas was authorized. The new rate of return on capital as set by the PUC was calculated on the basis of a capital structure imputed to Peoples Division, rather than the capital structure of Northern which also operates non-utility subsidiaries.
The parties agree that the use of Northern’s capital structure would have resulted in an additional $230,000 of revenue. Peoples Division sought review and reversal in the trial court of that portion of PUC Decision No. 87288 which…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Northwestern Bell Telephone Company v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- Public Utilities Commission v. Northwest Water Corp.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1969
- Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Application of Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1979
- City of Montrose v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N, ETC.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Home Builders Ass'n of Metropolitan Denver v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Colorado Municipal League v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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