PETITION OF PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO.

Nos. C5-84-875, C9-84-913, C0-84-914, C8-84-921 and C6-84-934.

358 N.W.2d 684 (1984)

In the Matter of the Petition of PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY for Authority to Increase Rates for Gas Utility Service in Minnesota.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Lee, Mackall, Crounse & Moore, Minneapolis, Lawrence G. Acker, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C., for appellants, The Hanna Mining Company, Erie Mining Company and Hibbing Taconite Joint Venture.

Warren M. Yalowitz, Inland Steel Company, Chicago, Ill., for Inland Steel Co.

James J. Ryan, Steer, Strauss, White & Tobias, Cincinnati, Ohio, for relators, Eveleth Taconite Company and Reserve Mining Company.

James W. Sanders, Cleveland, Ohio, for Oglebay Norton Co.

Thomas N. Wright, Omaha, Neb., for Peoples Natural Gas Co.

Elmer B. Trousdale, Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, St. Paul, for Peoples.

Philip Crowley, Council Bluffs, Iowa, for Peoples Natural Gas, a Division of InterNorth.

Randall D. Young, St. Paul, for MN Public Utilities Commission.

Jeffrey J. Strand, LeFevere, Lefler, Kennedy, O'Brien & Drawz, Minneapolis, for relator, United States Steel Corporation.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Karl W. Sonneman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent, MN Public Utilities Commission.

Susan W. Rester, Craig R. Anderson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae MN Dept. of Public Service.

Heard, considered and decided by SEDGWICK, P.J., and HUSPENI and NIERENGARTEN, JJ.


OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Peoples Natural Gas Company (Peoples), a division of InterNorth, Inc., petitioned the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) to increase its rates for retail natural gas service within Minnesota by approximately $2,622,000. The Commission issued a decision on June 1, 1983, allowing Peoples to increase its rates on an interim basis, subject to refund, by $2,035,000 for gas service to all classes of customers. By orders...

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