POTOMAC ELEC. POWER CO. v. PUB. SERV. COM'N

Nos. 81-801 to 81-821.

455 A.2d 374 (1982)

POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, Washington Gas Light Company, Intervenor, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent, Office of People's Counsel, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dana Shapiro, Washington, D.C., with whom Edward A. Caine and Betty K. Cauley, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Potomac Elec. Power Co.

Carl Belcher, Springfield, Va., with whom Lewis Carroll and Abraham R. Spalter, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Washington Gas Light Co.

Lloyd N. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Michael deHaven Newsom, Daniel O. Bernstein, Robert P. Charrow, Irving Ferman, Michael E. Geltner and Warner Lawson, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent Public Service Commission.

Joseph H. Sharlitt, Washington, D.C., with whom Harvey A. Levin and Harley Daniels, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Office of People's Counsel.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and MACK, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

This consolidated case involves appeals of 21 assessment orders of the Public Service Commission ("PSC" or "Commission"). Each of these orders directed the Potomac Electric Power Company ("Pepco"), petitioner herein, to pay expenses of the Office of People's Counsel ("OPC") pursuant to D.C.Code 1981, § 43-612.1 Pepco contends that these orders are unlawful, arbitrary, and unsupported by evidence. Because we...

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