WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO. v. PUB. SERV. COM'N

Nos. 82-111, 82-113 and 82-126.

455 A.2d 384 (1982)

WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, Potomac Electric Power Company, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, Petitioners, 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

Gordon M. Grant, Washington, D.C., with whom Lewis Carroll and Ralph E. Fisher, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for Washington Gas Light Co.

William Dana Shapiro, Washington, D.C., with whom Edward A. Caine and Altomease R. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for Potomac Elec. Power Co.

Lee A. Satterfield, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael J. Morrissey, Robert A. Leveton and Mark J. Mathis, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.

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

Lloyd N. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Michael deHaven Newsom, Warner Lawson, Jr., and Michael E. Geltner, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.

Before KELLY, KERN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

This is the third case to reach this court seeking review of a District of Columbia Public Service Commission ("Commission" or "PSC") decision interpreting D.C.Code 1981, § 43-612(a). That section provides that various expenses of the Commission and of the Office of People's Counsel ("OPC") shall be borne by the regulated public utilities. The expenses of a proceeding are assessed directly against the utility involved in that proceeding...

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