GTC, a local phone company, is challenging a ruling by state regulators, who rejected a petition by GTC to recover costs it incurred to make repairs after Hurricane Dennis hit Florida in 2005. Under a 2005 state law, phone companies may request approval to charge customers up to $0.50 a month for a year to recover costs. The state regulatory panel, the Public Service Commission, is chaired by Ms. Edgar. It denied recovery of most of the costs GTC outlined. In this appeal, GTC argues the regulators misinterpreted the state law.