Legal Opinion
City of Montrose v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N, ETC.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 15, 1981No. 80SA38PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
The City of Montrose (City) appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming an order of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC, or Commission) concerning the manner in which municipal franchise charges are passed along to the customers of Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company (Rocky Mountain).
Municipal franchise charges are sums paid to a municipality by utilities such as Rocky Mountain by agreement for the privileges of providing utility service within that municipality and of constructing and maintaining utility lines in streets, alleys and other municipal property. The PUC…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- Millis v. Bd. of Cty. Com'rs of Larimer Cty.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Consolidated Freightways Corp. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
- People v. Childs, Jr.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- City of Montrose v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Persichini v. Brad Ragan, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Colorado-Ute Electric Ass'n v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Home Builders Ass'n of Metropolitan Denver v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Colorado Municipal League v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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