City of Saint Paul v. Northern States Power Co.

OPINION

FLEMING, Judge.

Appellant City of St. Paul brought an action for a declaratory judgment to the effect that respondent NSP had violated its franchise agreement with the city by entering into -contracts with retail customers of respondents EGM and Centran to transport natural gas through NSP pipelines from a point outside the city to the customers within city limits. The natural gas in question was sold by EGM and Centran to the St. Paul customers with the express understanding that the gas was to be delivered to the customer at NSP’s “town border station” (TBS) outside the city limits.…