Nucor Steel, A Division of Nucor Corp v. South Carolina Public Service Commission

Toal, Justice:

This consolidated appeal originally arose as separate appeals and cross appeals from two different circuit courts’ reviews and reversals of Public Service Commission Orders Number 90-729 and 90-1010. The Public Service Commission orders, which were each issued as a results of PSC Docket Number 90-204-G, approved a reduction in gas rates for South Carolina Pipeline’s sale-for-resale customers. We REVERSE both circuit courts and reinstate the Public Service Commission’s orders.

FACTS

The facts of both cases are essentially the same. In March 1990, South Carolina Pipeline Corporation…