ARK. POWER & LIGHT v. MO. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N

Nos. 86-2254, 86-2255 and 86-2284.

829 F.2d 1444 (1987)

ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee, v. MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, William Steinmeier, Charlotte Musgrave, Allen G. Mueller, Connie B. Hendren, James Fischer, Office of Public Counsel, St. Joe Mineral Corporation, Ozark Lead Company, Cominco American Corporation, and GAF Corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Harrelson, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellants.

Michael G. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether a federally ordered wholesale electric rate must be immediately passed on to a utility's retail customers, despite state laws providing for a period of suspension before retail rates may become effective. The parties agree that costs represented by federally imposed wholesale rates must eventually be recognized by state retail-rate-making authorities. Their disagreement...

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