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COMMONWEALTH v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER CO.

201 S.E.2d 771 (1974)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia et al. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Henry M. Massie, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth of Virginia.

Harlington Wood, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Kopp, Thomas G. Wilson, Washington, D. C., for Administrator of General Services.

Conard B. Mattox, Jr., City Atty., James R. Saul, Asst. City Atty., for City of Richmond.

R. D. McIlwaine, III, Richmond, J. Dale Bimson, City Atty., for City of Virginia Beach.

R. D. McIlwaine, III, Richmond, Andrew W. Wood, County Atty., for County of Henrico.

Frederick T. Gray, Walter E. Rogers, Richmond, Oliver D. Rudy, Commonwealth's Atty., for County of Chesterfield.

C. F. Hicks, Gloucester, for Virginia Assn. of Counties.

George D. Gibson, John W. Riely, Evans B. Brasfield, Guy T. Tripp, III, Richmond, for Virginia Electric and Power Co.

Richard D. Rogers, Jr., Richmond, Lewis S. Minter, Roanoke, for State Corp. Comm.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether the State Corporation Commission (hereinafter the SCC) has the power and is under the duty to regulate the rates charged by electric companies for service furnished to certain governmental entities for purposes such as lighting streets and public buildings.

Involved in the question are several statutory and constitutional provisions. Chapter 10 of Title 56 of the Code, which chapter pertains...

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