PETITION OF NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

No. C7-86-1482.

416 N.W.2d 719 (1987)

In the Matter of the Petition of NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY for Authority to Change its Schedule of Rates for Electric Service in Minnesota.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Hanson, John P. Van de North, Jr., St. Paul, Gene R. Sommers, David A. Lawrence, David M. Sparby, Minneapolis, for NSP.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Craig P. Anderson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minnesota Dept. of Public Service.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen. pro se.

Dennis D. Ahlers, Sp. Asst., Michael J. Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Atty. Gen.

Glenn E. Purdue, William P. Jordan, Minneapolis, for Suburban Rate Authority.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Karl Sonneman, Sp. Asst., St. Paul, for Minnesota Public Utilities Com'n.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

KELLEY, Justice.

In orders following the 1985 rate increase application made by Northern States Power Company (NSP), the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC or Commission), while declining to specifically apply a preponderance standard to the evidence produced by NSP in support of application, nevertheless concluded that even had such a standard been applicable, substantial evidence in the record justified its denial of NSP's position on...

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