GREATER CLEVELAND WELFARE RIHGTS ORG., INC. v. PUB. UTIL. COMM.

No. 82-288.

2 Ohio St. 3d 62 (1982)

GREATER CLEVELAND WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph P. Meissner, for appellants.

Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, Mr. Marvin I. Resnick and Mr. James R. Bacha, for appellee.

Bell & Randazzo Co., L.P.A., Mr. Langdon D. Bell and Mr. John W. Bentine, for intervening appellee Industrial Electricity Consumers Group.

Messrs. Steer, Strauss, White & Tobias, Mr. F. Bruce Abel and Mr. Patrick I. Nesbitt, for intervening appellee Armco, Inc.

Mr. William J. Moran, Mr. James J. Mayer and Mr. James J. McGraw, Jr., for intervening appellee Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

Mr. Alan D. Wright and Mr. David W. Whitehead, for intervening appellee Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

Mr. Richard M. McMorrow and Mr. James L. Reeves, for intervening appellee Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.

Mr. S. F. Koziar and Mr. William E. Herron, for intervening appellee Dayton Power & Light Co.

Mr. T. C. Sheppard, Jr. and Mr. Edward G. Kennedy, for intervening appellee Monongahela Power Co.

Mr. Russell J. Spetrino and Mr. Michael A. Gribler, for intervening appellee Ohio Edison Co.

Mr. Alan Kessler and Mr. Mark C. Scolander, for intervening appellee Ohio Power Co.

Mr. James J. Pfeiffer, for intervening appellee Toledo Edison Co.


KRUPANSKY, J.

Sections 114(a) and (b) of PURPA (Section 2624[a] and [b], Title 16, U.S. Code) provide:

"(a) Lower rates. — No provision of this chapter prohibits a State regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) or a nonregulated electric utility from fixing, approving, or allowing to go into effect a rate for essential needs (as defined by the State regulatory authority or by the nonregulated electric...

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