Legal Opinion
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1981No. 79-2020PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal of an order entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) permitting an accelerated rate of depreciation for certain facilities owned by Northern Natural Gas (Northern). The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (South Dakota) opposed Northern’s proposed adjustments before the FERC and has appealed its decision. The FERC found that because of dwindling reserves of natural gas, Northern should be allowed to depreciate its equipment over a period shorter than the physical life of the equipment. That is, the FERC decided that the useful…
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