MATTER OF ENERGY ASSN. v. PSC


169 Misc.2d 924 (1996)

653 N.Y.S.2d 502

In the Matter of Energy Association of New York State et al., Petitioners, and Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., et al., Intervenors-Petitioners, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Respondent, and New York State Department of Law et al., Intervenors-Respondents.

Supreme Court, Albany County.

November 25, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L. L. P. (Theodore B. Olson of the Washington, D.C. Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City (Guy Miller Struve of counsel), for Energy Association of New York State and others, petitioners. Howard Shapiro and Stuart I. Silbergleit, Albany, and LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L. L. P., Albany (Paul L. Gioia of counsel), for Energy Association of New York State, petitioner. Gould & Wilkie, New York City (Robert J. Glasser of counsel), for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, petitioner. Edwin W. Scott, New York City, for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., petitioner. Leonard P. Novello, Hicksville, for Long Island Lighting Company, petitioner. Huber, Lawrence & Abell, New York City (Kenneth M. Jasinski of counsel), for New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, petitioner. Franklin K. Breselor, Albany, for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, petitioner. John L. Carley, Pearl River, for Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc., petitioner. Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester (Richard N. George of counsel), for Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, petitioner. B. Robert Piller and Gerald A. Norlander, Albany, for Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., and another, intervenors-petitioners. Christina C. Forbes, Washington, D.C., for Edison Electric Institute, intervenor-petitioner. Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yelling, P. C., Washington, D.C. (Victoria L. Bor of counsel), and Prozefsky, Branley & Murphy, Albany (Anthony J. Murphy of counsel), for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, intervenor-petitioner. Irwin Geller, Ridgefield, Connecticut, for Utility Workers Union of America, Local 102, intervenor-petitioner. Maureen O. Helmer, Albany (Lawrence G. Malone of counsel), for Public Service Commission of State of New York, respondent. Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Richard W. Golden of counsel), for New York State Department of Law, intervenor-respondent. James F. Warden, Jr., Albany, for New York Sate Consumer Protection Board, intervenor-respondent. Couch, White, Brenner, Howard & Feigenbaum, L. L. P., Albany (Barbara S. Brenner of counsel), for Multiple Intervenors, intervenor-respondent. Kudman, Trachten & Kessler, New York City (Phyllis J. Kessler of counsel), for New York Energy Buyer's Forum and others, intervenors-respondents. Duncan, Weinberg, Miller & Pembroke, P. C., Washington, D.C. (R. Michael Sweeny of counsel), for Municipal Electric Utilities Association of New York State, intervenor-respondent. Robert J. Cassandro, Jericho, for Wheeled Electric Power Company, intervenor-respondent. White & Case, South Washington, D.C. (Carmen D. Legato of counsel), and Cohen, Dax, Koenig & Willes, P. C., Albany (John W. Dax of counsel), for National Power Lenders Forum, amicus curiae.


JOSEPH HARRIS, J.

PREFACE

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