阿拉巴马州州最高法院驳回能源组织上诉：公共服务委员会燃料成本决策继续不公开听证
阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利县蒙哥马利市，阿拉巴马州最高法院10月30日驳回能源组织“阿拉巴马能源”提出的上诉，维持下级法院裁定，该组织仍无法介入州公共服务委员会有关阿拉巴马电力公司燃料成本的审批程序。
此案由南方环境法律中心代理“阿拉巴马能源”提起，争议焦点是公共服务委员会批准阿拉巴马电力公司向用户收取的燃料费用时，公众是否有权旁听证据、参与程序。按现行“能源成本回收”规则，调整用户燃料成本时应举行公开听证、允许介入，以保证收费“公正合理”，但委员会此前两次拒绝了该组织的介入请求。
“阿拉巴马能源”2024年12月向蒙哥马利县巡回法院上诉，巡回法院维持委员会决定，该组织2025年8月再上诉至州最高法院，10月30日终审维持原判。
该组织执行主任丹尼尔·泰特表示，燃料费用约占电费账单的三分之一，阿拉巴马电力用户电费居全国最高之列，公众理应有一席之地。值得注意的是，委员会已有18年未举行公开燃料成本听证，期间费率至少调整18次，而自1981年规则实施以来全州仅举行过两次此类公开听证，目前电价处于冻结状态。
来源：GSM·美国
Alabama Supreme Court Denies Public Access to PSC Fuel Cost Decisions, Rejecting Energy Alabama's Appeal on October 30
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama — The Alabama Supreme Court on October 30 rejected an appeal by Energy Alabama, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, in a case fighting for public access when the Public Service Commission approves the amount Alabama Power charges customers for fuel.
The commission twice denied Energy Alabama's requests to intervene in Alabama Power's fuel cost docket. Under the rules governing Rate Energy Cost Recovery, the public is entitled to hear evidence and participate when there is an adjustment to fuel costs to ensure these changes are "just and reasonable."
Energy Alabama appealed the denial to the Montgomery County Circuit Court in December 2024. After the Circuit Court affirmed the commission's decision, the group appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court in August 2025, which affirmed on October 30.
Daniel Tait, executive director of Energy Alabama, said the fuel rate makes up almost a third of the bill and that Alabama Power customers pay some of the highest bills in the country. The commission has not held a public fuel cost hearing in 18 years, but the rate has been adjusted at least 18 times in that period, and only two such hearings have been held since the rules were adopted in 1981. Alabama Power's rates are currently frozen.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, South view 20160713 1。来源：Wikimedia Commons（DXR，CC BY-SA 4.0）
