Legal Opinion
Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 20, 1954PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebber, J.
On December 29, 1952- the Central Maine Power Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission a revision of its rates. Suspension orders issued pending hearing. Public hearings were duly held during which voluminous testimony and exhibits were received in evidence. By its decree on November 6, 1953, the Commission disallowed the proposed rates but authorized an increase of rates designed to produce approximately $750,000 total additional gross revenues. The authorized rates were predicated upon the assumption that the' corporate income tax rate would be reduced on April 1, 1954 from 52% to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Kennebec Water District v. City of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1902
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Simms v. Round Valley Light & Power CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1956
- Mechanic Falls Water Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
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