Harrison Rural Electrification Ass'n v. Public Service Commission

Harrison Rural Electrification Association, Inc. (HREA) appeals an order (2-1 Commissioner Frum dissenting) of the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) resolving two customer service disputes between HREA and Monongahela Power Company (MPC) in favor of MPC. On appeal, HREA argues that the PSC should have found that the new customers were part of HREA’s exclusive service territory based on a 1938 agreement of the parties and should not have classified the disputed areas as overlapping, that is an area outside an exclusive franchised area with intermeshed service provided by two or…