Legal Opinion
Pacificorp, a Maine Corporation, Dba Pacific Power & Light Company v. Bonneville Power Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1988No. 87-7266PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
Pacificorp is an investor-owned electric utility company serving retail customers in Alturas, California, a city having a population of about 3000. Pacificorp appeals the decision of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to serve Alturas with firm power through a creative use of the city’s power of eminent domain and the preference afforded the Surprise Valley Electrification Corporation (SVEC) as a rural electrification beneficiary. See Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Planning Act), 16 U.S.C. § 839 et seq. (1982).
SVEC is an electrical…
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