POTOMAC ELEC. POWER v. P.S.C. OF DIST. OF COL.

Nos. 79-1159, 79-1106.

457 A.2d 776 (1983)

POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent, People's Counsel of the District of Columbia and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dana Shapiro, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Edward A. Caine, William C. Gardner and Betty K. Cauley, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Lloyd N. Moore, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel at time brief was filed, and Melvin J. Washington, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Elizabeth A. Noel, Asst. People's Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Brian Lederer, People's Counsel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for intervenor People's Counsel.

Onkar N. Sharma, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C. was on the brief for intervenor Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

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


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) denied two applications submitted by the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) for emergency rate relief.1 In this consolidated appeal, PEPCO raises numerous objections to these decisions. It contends that the Commission's refusal to order an emergency increase in electric rates was arbitrary and constituted...

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