Barron Electric Cooperative v. Public Service Commission

The Public Service Commission and Northern States Power Company of Wisconsin (NSP) appeal from an order reversing the commission's decision that Barron Electric Cooperative does not have the right to provide electric service in a residential development in rural Barron County. The commission ruled that Barron's extension of service to a duplex residence in the development violated § 196.495(lm)(b), STATS., and ordered removal of the offending line. Section 196.495 defines two classes of electric utility service extensions according to length. An extension of 500 feet of line or more is a…