Appeal of Global Moving & Storage of New Hampshire, Inc.

In this appeal, Coastal Environmental Systems, Inc. (Coastal) and Global Moving & Storage óf N.H., Inc. (Global) challenge an order of the public utilities commission (PUC) which vacated the PUC’s prior authorization of a transfer of operating authority between Coastal and L. V. Regan Moving & Storage Company, Inc. (Regan). We reverse and remand.

In August 1972, Coastal was organized as a corporation to engage in rubbish disposal and general appliance delivery. In the fall of 1975, it purchased, among other businesses, the business of the Regan corporation. Regan first obtained its household…