City of Plantation v. Mason

O’CONNELL, Justice.

This case involves a subsequent development in the controversy that was the subject of our opinion in Utilities Operating Co. v. King, Fla.1962, 143 So.2d 854.

In the cited case, the Commission had denied Utilities Operating Co. a requested increase in rates, allowing a lesser increase, even though the requested increase would not give the Utility a fair return. In that proceeding, the Utility had not offered to prove and the Commission had not determined a rate base.

We remanded that case to the Commission with directions that it “ * * * either enter an order allowing the…