City of Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission v. Kandiyohi Cooperative Electric Power Ass'n

OPINION

HAROLD W. SCHULTZ, Judge.

Appellant, a cooperative power association, challenges an injunction prohibiting it from extending electric service without a franchise to new customers in an area assigned to appellant but recently annexed by the City of Willmar. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has also appealed, claiming the district court lacked the ap- thority to decide the parties’ dispute over electric service. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

Appellant Kandiyohi Cooperative Electric Power Association (“Kandiyohi”) is a rural electric cooperative association whose principal offices are…