Narragansett Electric Company v. Harsch

This order supplements earlier orders entered in this controversy whereby on October 1, 1976, a majority of this court denied the Narragansett Electric Company’s (Narragansett) motion to suspend an order of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that in turn had suspended the effective date of a proposed rate increase sought by the utility. Narragansett’s motion to suspend accompanied an amended petition for certiorari, which was filed with this court on September 3, 1976.

Earlier, in Rhode Island Consumers’ Council v. Smith, 113 R.I. 384, 322 A.2d 17 (1974), we alluded to Narragansett’s family…