Louisiana Statutes
§ 45:1176 — Investigations as to reasonableness of rates; operating expenses
Louisiana § 45:1176
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 45Public Utilities and Carriers
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Bluebook
La. Stat. Ann. § 45:1176 (2026).
Text
The commission and any parochial or municipal body having similar powers in the fixing of just and reasonable rates charged or to be charged by public utilities, shall investigate the reasonableness and justness of all contracts, agreements and charges entered into or paid by such public utilities with or to other persons, whether affiliated with such public utilities or not, and shall have the power to disallow as an operating expense of any public utility such part of the amount so paid by it under any such contract or agreement as the commission or parochial or municipal body may find, after hearing, to be unjust or unreasonable and designed for the purpose of concealing, abstracting or dissipating the net earnings of the public utility.
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So. Cent. Bell Tel. v. La. Public Service Com'n
352 So. 2d 964 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1977)
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940 F.2d 117 (Fifth Circuit, 1991)
Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Alabama Power Co.
824 F.2d 1465 (Fifth Circuit, 1987)
Central La. Elec. Co. v. La. Public Service
373 So. 2d 123 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1979)
Cleco v. Public Service Com'n
508 So. 2d 1361 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1987)
South Cent. Bell v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N
594 So. 2d 357 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1992)
La. Power & Light Co. v. PSC
523 So. 2d 850 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1988)
Occidental Chemical Corp. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
494 F. Supp. 2d 401 (M.D. Louisiana, 2007)
Opelousas Trust Authority v. Cleco Corp.
105 So. 3d 26 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2012)
Gordon v. Council of the City of New Orleans
977 So. 2d 212 (Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2008)
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482 So. 2d 715 (Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1985)
Sugar Bowl Gas Corp. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
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