Legal Opinion
Petition of Northern States Power Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 11, 1987No. C7-86-1482PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEY, Justice.
In orders following the 1985 rate increase application made by Northern States Power Company (NSP), the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC or Commission), while declining to specifically apply a preponderance standard to the evidence produced by NSP in support of application, nevertheless concluded that even had such a standard been applicable, substantial evidence in the record justified its denial of NSP’s positión on five specific revenue issues. Before the court of appeals NSP contended the MPUC had erred by holding it to a stricter, but undefined, standard…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce v. Minnesota Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Minnesota Power & Light Co. v. Minnesota Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Johnson v. Minnesota Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- In re Minnesota Power for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
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