City of Westminster v. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Cureton, Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether Act 431,1984 S. C. Acts 1865, amending Section 58-27-1360, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, should be applied retroactively to bar The City of Westminster’s action to acquire facilities owned by Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc. The trial court held the Act should be applied prospectively and constituted no bar to the City’s action. We affirm.

In this action the City seeks to compel a sale to it of electrical facilities owned by Blue Ridge pursuant to Section 58-27-1360, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, The parties submitted…