WASH. METRO. AREA TRANSIT v. PUB. SERV. COM'N

No. 83-447, 83-449.

486 A.2d 682 (1984)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent, Potomac Electric Power Company, Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc., and People's Counsel of the District of Columbia, Intervenors. PEOPLE'S COUNSEL OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Potomac Electric Power Company, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onkar N. Sharma, Washington, D.C., for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, petitioner in No. 83-447 and intervenor in No. 83-449.

Brian Lederer, Washington, D.C., with whom John T. Schell, Jay D. Pedelty, and Elizabeth A. Noel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for People's Counsel of the District of Columbia, petitioner in No. 83-449 and intervenor in No. 83-447.

Lloyd N. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Roberta Willis Sims, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for respondent.

William Dana Shapiro, Washington, D.C., with whom Edward A. Caine and Mary Donn Jordan, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Potomac Electric Power Company. Altomease R. Kennedy and Sylvia L. Bateman, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for intervenor Potomac Electric Power Co.

Frann G. Francis, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Apartment and Office Building Ass'n of Metropolitan Washington, Inc.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and MACK and TERRY, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the Office of People's Counsel (OPC) both appeal from an order by the Public Service Commission granting Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) a rate increase in Formal Case No. 785. We reject all of petitioners' arguments and affirm the Commission's order.

I. BACKGROUND

In March 1982 PEPCO filed an application with the Public Service Commission for a general...

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