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Supreme Court rules in SnoPUD case![]()
Published:06/26/2008 National
Supreme Court rules in SnoPUD case ![]()
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia nonetheless ruled in favor of the utilities on one point, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must provide a more complete explanation of why it upheld the agreements.The presidentially appointed commission said the agreements were not contrary to the public interest. In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said that both the commission and the court majority have construed the federal regulators' authority too narrowly, setting up a rigid standard that Congress did not intend. Justice David Souter also dissented. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer did not participate in the case. In refusing to order that the contracts be modified, federal regulators said the utilities failed to show that the agreements imposed financial distress on the utilities and failed to show that the contracts would impose excessive burdens on consumers. Associated Press
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