Pine Tree Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Pine Tree Telephone & Telegraph Company (Pine Tree) appeals from a Public Utilities Commission (Commission) decision denying Pine Tree’s request to recoup legal expenses from an escrow account established to fund an extended area service plan. Pine Tree challenges the Commission’s decision on the basis that it (1) violated Commission regulations by refusing to allow Pine Tree to recoup its legal expenses by means other than a rate proceeding, and (2) violated the scope of an earlier Commission order by denying Pine Tree’s recovery of compliance-related attorney fees from the…