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WASH. PUB. INTEREST ORG. v. PUBLIC SERV. COM'N

Nos. 11780, 11786 and 12017.

393 A.2d 71 (1978)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION et al., Petitioners, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the District of Columbia, Respondent, Washington Gas Light Company, Intervenor. PEOPLE'S COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the District of Columbia, Respondent, Washington Gas Light Company, Intervenor. WASHINGTON PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION et al., Petitioners, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the District of Columbia, Respondent, Potomac Electric Power Company, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Hahn, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioners in Nos. 11780 and 12017.

Elizabeth A. Noel, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 11786.

Linus H. Deeny, Washington, D. C., for respondents in Nos. 11780 and 11786.

James T. McManus, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corporation Counsel, and James T. McManus, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondent in No. 12017.

Paul H. Harrington, Washington, D. C., with whom Lawrence A. Gollomp, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor in Nos. 11780 and 11786.

Allen C. Barringer, Richmond, Va., with whom Lewis Carroll, Birmingham, Ala., and Alan G. Kirk, II, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenor in No. 12017.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Petitioners, Washington Public Interest Organization (WPIO) and the People's Counsel, challenge the rate increases granted by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (the Commission) to Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) and to Washington Gas Light Company (WGL) in October, 1976. Petitioners raise a single issue: when land no longer used in delivering service to the public is sold by a public utility company, should the...

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