MISSISSIPPI PSC v. MISS. POWER & LIGHT

No. 89-CC-1123.

593 So.2d 997 (1991)

MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harbour Mounger, William Bruce McKinley, Jackson, for appellant.

James K. Child, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Henderson S. Hall, Jr., D. Michael Cockrell, Wise Carter Firm, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.


PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

The primary issue in this appeal is the validity of rules adopted by order of the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC). The Chancery Court of Hinds County held that each of the challenged rules were beyond the authority of the Commission to adopt. We affirm the chancery court as to all rules, except Rule 9 B(2). As to Rule 9 B(2), we reverse and reinstate the order of the MPSC.

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