Court Opinion

ID: 9851792
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:19:42.032597+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:15.390807
License: Public Domain

Judge Martin
dissenting.
The action of the Commission, in undertaking to determine the issues in this case and to render its decision, without any notice or hearing, is directly in conflict with its statutory authority in Chapter 62 of the General Statutes. Consequently, the requirements of procedural due process have not been fulfilled in this case. The fact that the utility itself has no control over certain of its costs does not, under our law, justify its exemption from regular rate procedures. The exigency of the situation, however meritorious, is not enough to sustain a deviation from statutory requirements. For this reason I vote to reverse.