Marietta Board of Lights & Water v. Georgia Public Service Commission

Pope, Judge.

This appeal involves the construction of certain provisions of the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act (the act), OCGA § 46-3-1 et seq., which was enacted in 1973 (Ga. L. 1973, p. 200) “in order (1) to assure the most efficient, economical, and orderly rendering of retail electric service within the state, (2) to inhibit duplication of the lines of electric suppliers, (3) to foster the extension and location of electric supplier lines in the manner most compatible with the preservation and enhancement of the state’s physical environment, and (4) to protect and conserve lines…