Supreme Court of Florida

An order relating to a petition by a local telecommunications company to impose a customer surcharge pursuant to Florida Statutes section 364.051(4)(b) for costs incurred following Hurricane Dennis in 2005 is affirmed where the company failed to show that the Florida Public Service Commission's (PSC) construction of section 364.051(4)(b) was clearly unauthorized or erroneous, or that the determinations by the PSC were not based upon competent, substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2007
• Published 09/06/2007

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth A. Hoffman and Marsha E. Rule of Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell and Hoffman, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Smith, Attorney Supervisor, Florida Public Service Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, and Harold McLean, Public Counsel and Charles J. Beck, Deputy Public Counsel, Office of Public Counsel c/o The Florida Legislature, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.