Legal Opinion
Gas and Electric Department of the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Holyoke Water Power Company, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1980No. 79-1587PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In 1849, the predecessor of the Holyoke Water Power Company constructed a masonry dam across the Connecticut River at Hadley Falls, near Holyoke, Massachusetts. More than one thousand feet long and thirty feet high, the dam created an enormous head of water to power local industries. By 1948, the dam diverted water into miles of canals on both sides of the river, generating fourteen megawatts of mechanical energy for industries along the canals and eleven megawatts of hydroelectric energy for local utilities.
In 1948, the Holyoke Water Power Company (the Company) filed an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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