STATE COURT CASES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — PUBLIC UTILITIES
01-2-1157 In the Matter of the Petition of Public Service Electric and Gas Company for Approval of Changes in Its Electric and Gas Societal Benefits Charge Rates , App. Div. (per curiam) (15 pp.) Petitioner Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) appeals from a decision of the Board of Public Utilities (a) disapproving the company’s application to pass on to its ratepayers an assessment imposed by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) for PSE&G’s share of the cost of a default by two other PJM-member companies; and (b) allowing PSE&G to recover 50 percent rather than 100 percent of the interest the company proposed to charge its ratepayers based on accounting entries in a bad-debt reserve. Both issues stem from policies the board adopted to implement the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act of 1999 (EDECA). The appellate panel concludes that the agency’s decisions fell within the ambit of its statutory authority and policy-making discretion and were supported by substantial credible evidence. [Decided March 1, 2011.]
