Capital Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

NEUMANN, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute under the Territorial Integrity Act, N.D.C.C. §§ 49-03-01 et seq., over an extension of electric service to a new customer located outside municipal corporate limits. The disputants are Capital Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Capital Electric), a rural electric cooperative, and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (MDU), an electric public utility1 regulated under the Territorial Integrity Act. The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) granted MDU’s application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to serve the customer. The district…