Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Corp. Commission

OPINION

TIMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiff-appellant Arizona Water Company (“Arizona Water”) holds a certificate of convenience and necessity (“CC & N”) issued by defendant-appellee Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) to provide water to specified communities within Pinal County, Arizona. Arizona Water wished to extend its service to Sandia, a new community under development in the county. Rather than award a CC & N to Arizona Water for this purpose, the Commission awarded the CC & N to intervenor-appellee Woodruff Water Company (‘Woodruff Water”), a start-up company that had not previously…