Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Twenty-five years after it created overlapping service territory between two utilities that later became the Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority (THREA) and the Alaska Power Company, the Alaska Public Utility Commission (commission) eliminated the overlap in favor of Alaska Power. THREA appeals, alleging that the commission's decision is procedurally flawed, is substantively wrong, is preempted by federal law, and results in a taking of THREA's property without just compensation. Alaska Power, the commission, and Klawock cross-appeal on the…