Ohio Fuel Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Opinion of the Court
A Federal Power Commission order of September 1, 1960 authorizes Texas
Petitioners do not want the new service and contend that the Commission has fixed too low a rate for it. They say the rate should not be based on segregated costs, that certain costs have been understated, that the record is not precise or complete enough to support the conclusion that the rate is just and reasonable, and that the Commission should have reopened the proceedings to hold concurrent hearings on this matter and another application.
The Commission’s brief points out that it may revise the rate if “actual operating experience with Winter Service reveals some significant change * * Commission counsel said in oral argument:
Mr. Justice Reed, speaking for this court, recently said: “The role of reviewing courts in passing on the rate-making methods used by administrative agencies is necessarily narrow. These matters are properly for the Commission, and its determination is to be disturbed for only the most basic forms of abuse.” Battle Creek Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission, 108 U.S.App.D.C. 209, 213, 281 F.2d 42, 46. We find no abuse.
Affirmed.
. A transcript of the oral argument was made available to us by the parties,
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- OHIO FUEL GAS COMPANY and The Manufacturers Light and Heat Company v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., The Brooklyn Union Gas Company and Long Island Lighting Company, Boston Gas Company, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Philadelphia Electric Company, The United Gas Improvement Company, Intervenors
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