Legal Opinion
City of New Bedford v. Energy Facilities Siting Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 20, 1992PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, J:
The city of New Bedford (New Bedford) and the Attorney General (collectively petitioners) appeal from a final decision of the Energy Facilities Siting Council (council) approving the petition of Eastern Energy Corporation (Eastern) to construct a coal-fired cogeneration power facility (facility) in New Bedford.2 Eastern petitioned the council for approval to construct such a facility on January 29, 1990. The council granted the Attorney General’s petition to inter*484vene in the proceedings.3 After extensive discovery and fourteen days of evidentiary hearings, the council issued a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LightfootMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Simon v. State Examiners of ElectriciansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Town of Hamilton v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Leen v. Board of Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Energy Facilities Siting CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
3Cited by8 opinions
- Water Department of Fairhaven v. Department of Environmental ProtectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Providence & Worcester Railroad v. Energy Facilities Siting BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. v. Energy Facilities Siting BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Haskins v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
- Attorney General v. Energy Facilities Siting BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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