Peoples Natural Gas Division of Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

ROVIRA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Court in and for the County of El Paso, ordering the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado (the commission or P.U.C.) to allow Peoples Natural Gas Division of Northern Natural Gas Company (Peoples) to take the deposition of Ms. Jacqueline Vermuelen (Vermuelen), an Assistant Solicitor General. We reverse.

Facts

Peoples is a public utility regulated by the commission. It was the subject of a show cause proceeding initiated by the P.U.C. in Case No. 5758 to determine whether or not Peoples was providing adequate…