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DC PSC Denies DC Government’s Request for Reconsideration of Order Extending PROJECTpipes 2
From the Order:
[ *** ] The Commission denies DCG’s petition for reconsideration. The standards governing applications for reconsideration of Commission Orders are well settled. The sole “purpose” of an application for reconsideration “is to identify errors of law or fact in the Commission’s initial Order so that they can be corrected.”14 It is not a vehicle for the losing party to rehash the same arguments that we previously considered and rejected, nor is it an opportunity to raise new issues and arguments that, with due diligence, could have been raised and addressed earlier in the case.15 If there is substantial evidence in the record to support the decision of the Commission, that decision is not erroneous simply because there is substantial evidence that could support a contrary conclusion.16 The party seeking reconsideration bears the heavy burden of showing that the challenged portions of the Order were “unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious by demonstrating clearly and convincingly a fatal flaw in the action taken.” [ *** ]
