In Brief
The Supreme Court held that under a Power Purchase Agreement, the term "natural gas only" is confined to natural gas in its natural form and does not include Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG), despite RLNG being a variant of natural gas. The Court found that the parties' intention, reflected in successive amendments to the agreement and their correspondence, was to use reasonably priced fuel to keep power costs affordable for consumers. RLNG requires expensive importation and processing, making it costlier than domestic natural gas. The respondent's own letters seeking permission to use RLNG demonstrated it understood RLNG was excluded. Occasional emergency use of RLNG under special orders cannot reinterpret the contract's ordinary scope. The Appellate Tribunal's judgment was reversed and the Regulatory Commission's order was affirmed.
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