PEOPLE'S COUNSEL v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N

No. 89-361.

572 A.2d 410 (1990)

OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S. Watson, with whom Frederick D. Dorsey, Washington, D.C., Elizabeth A. Noel, L. Marie Guillory, Washington, D.C., and Sandra Mattavous-Frye were on the brief, for petitioner.

Howard C. Davenport, with whom Mary J. Sisak, Kenneth G. Vaughn, Phoenix, Ariz., and James L. Winston, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Lee A. Satterfield, with whom Thomas L. Welch, Washington, D.C., Eric N. Miller, and Mark J. Mathis were on the brief, for intervenor.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN, and TERRY, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

Petitioner, Office of the People's Counsel ("OPC"), challenges a decision of the Public Service Commission interpreting D.C. Code § 43-612(a) (1986). This section provides that regulated utilities shall bear the cost of various OPC and Commission expenses. It also sets limitations on reimbursable expenses that depend on whether the proceeding is a "valuation or rate case" or comes within "all other investigations." The Commission determined...

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