Court Opinion

ID: 9679555
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:56:00.713624+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:15.084553
License: Public Domain

PEDERSON, Justice,
dissenting.
“It is not the function of the judiciary to act as a super board of review.” Appeal of Johnson, 173 N.W.2d 475 (N.D.1970). After concluding that, under the law, “roll-in” rates are warranted if (1) the availability of the higher-priced Canadian gas provides a benefit to a 11 NSP customers, and (2) fundamental fairness requires that all share in those higher prices, this court should defer to administrative agency expertise in applying these yardsticks to the facts in the case.
Exactly what benefits are “enough benefits” and what, under the circumstances, is fair, would likely differ in the eyes of every beholder. Under the law of this state, the PSC has been directed to make the determination. The judiciary should not interject *287its judgment. The PSC determination should be affirmed.