Citizens' Utility Board v. Oregon Public Utility Commission

The question in this case is whether, when it issued its Order No. 91-1140 establishing extended area telephone service (EAS) 1 for the Portland metropolitan area, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) committed reversible error. The Citizens’ Utility Board (CUB) has taken issue with an interlocutory ruling of PUC, Order No. 91-958, protecting from public disclosure certain documents said to contain confidential cost accounting methods of U S West Communications (USWC). CUB also challenges PUC’s ruling that revenues collected for extended area service may not be refunded to customers if, after…