APPALACHIAN POWER CO. v. STATE CORP. COM'N

Record No. 120394.

733 S.E.2d 250 (2012)

284 Va. 695

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY v. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Rolfe , Richmond ( Richard D. Gary , Richmond; Noelle J. Coates ; James R. Bacha ; Hector Garcia ; Hunton & Williams, on briefs), for appellant.

D. Mathias Roussy, Jr. ( William H. Chambliss , Richmond; Mary Beth Adams , on brief) for appellee State Corporation Commission.

Wesley G. Russell, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General; C. Meade Browder, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General; William T. Reisinger , Assistant Attorney General, on brief) for appellee Division of Consumer Counsel, Office of the Attorney General.

( Louis R. Monacell ; Edward L. Petrini ; James G. Ritter ; Christian & Barton, on brief), Richmond, for appellee Old Dominion Committee for Fair Utility Rates.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, MILLETTE, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL and LACY, S.JJ.


Opinion by Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal, we consider whether the State Corporation Commission properly construed and applied Code § 56-585.1(A)(5)(e) to deny rate adjustment clause recovery for certain costs incurred by Appalachian Power Company ("APCO" or "the Company").

Background

Prior to 1999, the State Corporation Commission ("the Commission") determined the rates electric utility companies charged consumers pursuant...

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