City of Scappoose v. Public Utility Commission

Defendant Public Utility Commission (PUC) appeals from the trial court’s judgment reversing PUC’s orders holding that the Scappoose Telephone Exchange does not meet the tests for inclusion in the Portland Extended Area Service (EAS) region. We reverse.

Plaintiffs are the City of Scappoose and other users of the telephone exchange (collectively Scappoose). They brought this circuit court action pursuant to ORS 756.580 et seq, seeking to set aside the three PUC orders through which Scappoose was found to be ineligible for inclusion in the Portland EAS region. See ORS 756.040.

PUC has developed…