Winch v. Public Service Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in an action commenced under Chapter 227, Stats., affirming an order of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC). The order denied a petition filed by the appellants and twenty-nine others (petitioners) requesting the PSC to order the Wisconsin Telephone Company (WTC) to provide the Evansville telephone exchange with extended-area service to other specified exchanges or to grant alternative relief. The Evansville exchange of the WTC serves approximately 1,750 customers in the city of Evansville and surrounding *364rural areas in northwestern Rock…