Alabama Public Service Commission v. Gas Utilities of Alabama, Inc.

ALMON, Justice.

The Alabama Public Service Commission (“PSC”), Alabama Gas Corporation (“Alabama Gas”), and two intervenors, Lena Mae Calhoun and Winnie L. Thomas, appeal from a judgment reversing the PSC’s holding that Gas Utilities of Alabama, Inc. (“GUA”), is subject to regulation by the PSC. The PSC had held that GUA was a “transportation company” under the definition of that term in § 37-2-1, Ala.Code 1975, and, therefore, subject to regulation by the PSC. The issue is whether, pursuant to § 37-2-1 and other applicable statutes, a company such as GUA, which proposes to supply one or more…