Basin Electric Power Cooperative v. State Board of Control

ROSE, Justice.

These consolidated appeals primarily concern the State Board of Control’s decision not to grant the Basin Electric Power Cooperative the right to transfer certain historic closed-basin return flows, as requested in Basin’s petition to change the use and point of diversion under certain acquired water appropriations. Basin’s petition, filed pursuant to § 41-3-104, W.S.1977 [§ 41-4.1, W.S.1957, 1975 Cum.Supp.],1 was contested by the Upper Laramie Users, Inc., the Wheatland Irrigation District (an organization then denominated as the Laramie River Water Users), the Middle Laramie…