Legal Opinion
Union Electric Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 1989No. Nos. 88-1103, 88-1125PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In December 1984 Union Electric Company brought its Callaway nuclear power plant into service. Under traditional rate-making principles, the resulting inclusion of the plant in Union’s rate base would have driven its wholesale rates up by about 75%. In anticipation of the resulting “rate shock,” Union and its wholesale customers (the latter working for these purposes under the label Wholesale Defense Group (or “WDG”)) agreed on certain features of a possible solution. In ruling on the rates…
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