Citizens' Utility Board v. Public Utility Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that PUC orders allowed PGE to “include a ‘rate of return’ (i.e., profit) component” in rates
• explaining that text of statute did not “contemplate [] a return or profit on undepreciated investment”
• explaining that PUC orders allowed PGE to “include a ‘rate of return’ (i.e., profit) component” in rates
• explaining that text of statute did not “contemplate[ ] a return or profit on undepreciated investment”
• discussing situations in which the court does not defer to agency interpretation, but does “giv[e] appropriate consideration and weight to the agency’s interpretation”
• general grants of authority do not empower the PUC to approve rates that include a rate of return on capital assets that are not currently used for the provision of utility services

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).