Power v. Public Service Commission

HOWE, Justice:

Utah Power and Light Company (UP & L) seeks review of a Public Service Commission (PSC) order that extended the time within which certain southern Utah municipalities (the municipalities) could exercise options to purchase electrical distribution systems within their limits.

On April 29, 1980, UP & L and CP National Corporation (CPN) filed a joint application with the PSC requesting approval of a sale by CPN to UP & L of CPN’s public utility electric system in Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties. The municipalities (which all lie within the three counties) protested the sale and…