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- Title: City Of Los Angeles V. Public Utilities Commission
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 12, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 96 KB
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In these three telephone rate cases the Public Utilities Commission determined, inter alia, that it lacked legal authority to approve tariffs which would annually adjust telephone rates to take account of changing federal tax expenses. As a consequence, the commission found itself compelled to set a rate which, in its own words, would "create a windfall for [the telephone companies] to the detriment of the ratepayers." (Re Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1974) Cal.P.U.C. (Decision No. 83162; slip opn., p. 63).) The commission took this action in spite of our having annulled its previous decisions in this matter "[for] failure to consider lawful alternatives in calculation of federal income tax expense." (City and County of San Francisco v. Public Utilities Com. (1971) 6 Cal. 3d 119, 130 [98 Cal. Rptr. 286, 490 P.2d 798].) As we explain, we have concluded that the commission does possess the power to implement an annual adjustment scheme, and we accordingly remand these cases in order that the agency may reconsider its action with knowledge of the full scope of its powers.