Southwest Gas Corp. v. Public Service Commission

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Pursuant to the terms of a written agreement appellant Southwest Gas Corporation (“Southwest”) was to provide the Nevada Power Company (“Nevada Power”) with natural gas to burn as fuel for the generation of electrical power. Subsequent to this agreement the respondent Public Service Commission of Nevada (“Commission”), in apparent response to foreseeable shortages in the supply of natural gas, established certain priorities of service in its General Order 18 to be followed by suppliers of natural gas, including Southwest. General Order 18 enumerated levels of service priorities as…