Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission

Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) appeals from that portion of an order affirming the Public Service Commission's (PSC) denial of the company's application to install a "phase-shifting transformer" as part of its electrical generation and distribution system. The issues are: (1) whether the term "public" in sec. 196.49(3)(b), Stats., which requires the PSC to certify the "public convenience and necessity" of proposed utility projects, may be read to include persons other than the customers of the particular utility applying for the permit; (2) if so, whether the commission's findings of…