Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. v. Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.

In April 1990, appellee Virginia Natural Gas, Inc. (VNG), a public utility providing natural gas sales and transportation services in the Commonwealth, applied to the State Corporation Commission *46for a general increase in its rates. VNG sought an increase that would produce additional annual revenue of approximately $6.3 million based on data for the 12 months ending December 31, 1989. With the application, VNG filed new proposed revisions to its tariffs, including its Interruptible Gas Delivery Service (Schedule 9). Gas delivery service involves the utility’s transportation of gas owned by…