City of Loveland v. Public Utilities Commission

In this appeal, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) challenges the trial court’s judgment which ordered that the PUC cease any attempt to regulate electrical services provided by the City of Loveland to customers outside its boundaries. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Since 1930, when the City of Loveland applied to the PUC and received certification to serve an area outside its boundaries, the municipally-owned facilities have supplied electric power to customers outside the city limits in the certificated area.

On December 5, 1975, Richard S. Jung, Director of Finance for the…