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Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public Utilities (1978)

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197820022026
Rule Authority · 1st Cir. · signal: cf.
Cf. Boston Edison Company, 375 Mass, at 46, 375 N.E.2d 305 (although D.P.U. did not abuse its discretion in permitting Robinson’s intervention, in light of fact that his cross-examination alone took up 900 pages of a 4,700 page transcript, D.P.U. should permit similarly extensive participation by an intervenor “only if careful consideration discloses special circumstances in justification”).
Rule Authority · Mass. · 8 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 20-21 (1978) (experimental, abandoned pollution control device amortized over ten years; no error in excluding the unamortized retired plant from the rate base); Fitchburg Gas & Elec.
experimental, abandoned pollution control device amortized over ten years; no error in excluding the unamortized retired plant from the rate base
Rule Authority · Mass. · 4 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 10 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass. · 3 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 11, 15 , cert. denied, 439 U.S. 921 (1978).
Quote Authority · Mass. · 3 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 6 (1978) (“a rate increase may not be awarded retroactively as matter of law”).
“a rate increase may not be awarded retroactively as matter of law”
Rule Authority · Mass. · 2 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 24 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass. · 2 citations in this opinion
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 9 (1978).
Rule Authority · Okla. · 2 citations in this opinion
Permian Basin Area Rate Cases, 390 U.S. 747, 792 , 88 S.Ct. 1344, 1373 , 20 L.Ed.2d 312 (1968); Boston Edison Co. v. Dept. of Public Utilities, 375 Mass. 1 , 375 N.E.2d 305, 314 (1978); State v. Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Co., 204 Minn. 516 , 284 N.W. 294, 305 (1939). .
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 47 (1978) (rational partially to exempt from rate increase residential users not significantly contributing to growth in peak-load demand).
rational partially to exempt from rate increase residential users not significantly contributing to growth in peak-load demand
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 21 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 9 (1978), and cases cited.
Rule Authority · Iowa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission, 267 Ark. 550, 567-68 , 593 S.W.2d 434, 445 (1980); Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service Commission, 380 A.2d 126, 132 (D.C.1977); Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public Utilities, 375 Mass. 1, 19 , 375 N.E.2d 305, 318 (1978), cert. denied 439 U.S. 921 , 99 S.Ct. 301 , 58 L.Ed.2d 314 (1978); cf., Davenport Water Co., 190 N.W.2d at 596 (commission has discretion to choose method of determining fa…
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 12 (1978), we approved the department’s decision fixing a cost of capital for Boston Edison which was not based on the testimony of any one witness but was “a reasoned composite of all the evidence,” based upon an evaluation of “the strengths and weaknesses of each witness’s testimony.” Similarly, in Attorney Gen. v. Commissioner of Ins., 370 Mass. 791, 810 (1976), we refused to overturn the Commissioner’s choice of a trend and projection factor which wa…
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 44-46 (1978).
Rule Authority · R.I.
Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public Utilities, 375 Mass. 1, 24 , 375 N.E.2d 305, 321 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 9 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass.
Utils., 375 Mass. 1, 10 (1978), that "it is not enough... to allege confiscation in the hope that this court will disagree with the particulars of a complex decision and will supplant it with another more to the Company’s liking.” In this view we need only mention specific constitutional authority — more drastic than the present case requires —which establishes that rates are not confiscatory "merely because the aggregate collections are not sufficient to yield a reasonable …
Cited · Pa. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See Boston Edison Co. v. Dep’t. of Public Utilities, 375 Mass. 1 , 375 N.E.2d 305 (1978) (pointing out that utility was free to sell land at a profit, which would benefit stockholders, not ratepayers). 10 .
pointing out that utility was free to sell land at a profit, which would benefit stockholders, not ratepayers
Cited · Mass. Super. Ct. · signal: see
See Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public Utilities, 375 Mass. 1, 45 (1978), citing Newton v. Department of Pub.
Cited · Kan. Ct. App. · signal: see
See Boston Edison v. Dept. of Public Utilities, _ Mass __, 375 N.E.2d 305 (1978); Re Missouri Public Service Co., 25 Pub.