· 5/16/1983
American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp.
Citations
- 461 U.S. 402
- 103 S. Ct. 1921
- 76 L. Ed. 2d 22
- 1983 U.S. LEXIS 29
- 52 P.U.R.4th 329
- 51 U.S.L.W. 4547
How courts have described this case
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- stating that \the term full `avoided costs' used in the regulations is the equivalent of the term `incremental cost of alternative electric energy' used in § 210(d) of PURPA\
- upholding the Commission's requirement that QFs receive full avoided cost rates, the statutory maximum under section 210
- upholding the Commission's adoption of full avoided costs rates, the statutory maximum under section 210
- upholding the Commission’s adoption of full avoided costs rates, the statutory maximum under section 210
- upholding the Commission’s requirement that QFs receive full avoided cost rates, the statutory maximum under section 210
- explaining that under the arbitrary and capricious standard of review a court “need not find that [the agency’s decision] is the only reasonable one, or even that it is the result [the Court] would have reached had the question arise in the first instance in judicial proceedings.”
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Judges: Marshall, Powell
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