[DOWNLOAD] "Williams v. Industrial Commission" by Colorado Court of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Williams v. Industrial Commission
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 26, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The City of Greeley (City) and the Home Light and Power Company (Home Light), plaintiffs below, appeal from an adverse judgment of the Weld County District Court. The trial court held that provisions of the City Charter and City Code, which require public utilities to obtain a franchise to use city streets, were unenforceable against the defendant, Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (REA). REA claimed, and the trial court held, that REA had the right to continue and expand electric service in a portion of an area annexed by the City, because the relevant annexed area previously was served by REA pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). We conclude that REA is not required to obtain a city franchise to operate and maintain its electric distribution system within the City as it existed at the time of the annexation. REA must obtain a city franchise if it desires to use city streets or public places in order to expand and provide new service within that portion of its certificated service area that was annexed by the City. We affirm the district court in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.