Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission ex rel. Residential and Small Commercial Customers of Hope Gas, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

McHUGH, Justice:

Pursuant to W.Va.Code, 24-5-1 [1979], this case is before this Court upon appeal from a final order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (“the PSC”). The appellant is the Consumer Advocate Division of the PSC (“the CAD”). The appellees are the PSC and Hope Gas, Inc. (“Hope”). For the reasons stated herein, we remand this case to the PSC for more explicit findings and conclusions and to address certain issues not addressed by the PSC.

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On July 17, 1987, Hope, the second largest gas utility in West Virginia, filed an application with the PSC to change Hope’s…