Legal Opinion
Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1978PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Company) asserts that the Department of Public Utilities (Department), in regulating its rates, has improperly excluded from the rate base an electric generating unit known as Unit 6, and that the Department’s order is confiscatory. In February, 1977, the Company sought $2,795,000 in increased annual electric revenues and $838,000 in increased annual gas revenues. Effective August 31, 1977, the Department allowed increases designed to produce $1,060,185 in additional annual electric revenues and $553,734 in additional annual gas revenues. A single…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Weld v. Board of Gas & Electric Light CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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