Legal Opinion
Appeal of Granite State Electric Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided September 16, 1981No. 80-390PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
Granite State Electric Company (Granite State) appeals an order of the public utilities commission (PUC) establishing a minimum rate at which it must purchase electric power from small power producers (SPP) of hydroelectric power over the life of their projects. Granite State challenges both the rate and the fact that the PUC set that rate as a minimum for the life of the power projects. We reverse and remand.
In 1978, the New Hampshire Legislature enacted the Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act (LEEPA), RSA ch. 362-A (Supp. 1979), “to provide for small scale diversified sources of…
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- Appeal of Mountain Springs Water Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
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