COLORADO-UTE ELEC. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES

Nos. 86SA244, 86SA246.

760 P.2d 627 (1988)

COLORADO-UTE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.; Delta-Montrose Electric Association; Empire Electric Association, Inc.; Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc.; Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc.; Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc.; Intermountain Rural Electric Association; La Plata Electric Association, Inc.; Sangre De Cristo Electric Association, Inc.; San Isabel Electric Association, Inc.; San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Miguel Power Association, Inc.; Southeast Colorado Power Association; White River Electric Association, Inc.; Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc., Petitioners-Appellees, v. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF COLORADO; Shell Oil Company; Atlantic Richfield Company; Exxon Company, U.S.A.; City of Delta, Colorado, Respondents-Appellants. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY and Exxon Corporation, Petitioners-Appellees, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF COLORADO; Commissioners Edythe S. Miller, Ronald L. Lehr, as Successor to Former Commissioner Daniel E. Muse; Andra Schmidt, as Successor to Former Commissioner Clarence Raymond Clark, III, Respondents-Appellants, and Colorado-Ute Electric Association, Inc., Respondent-Appellee. COLORADO-UTE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.; Delta-Montrose Electric Association; Empire Electric Association, Inc.; Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc.; Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc.; Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc.; Intermountain Rural Electric Association; La Plata Electric Association, Inc.; Sangre De Cristo Electric Association, Inc.; San Isabel Electric Association, Inc.; San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; San Miguel Power Association, Inc.; Southeast Colorado Power Association; White River Electric Association, Inc.; Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc., Petitioners-Appellees, v. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF COLORADO; Atlantic Richfield Company; Exxon Corporation; Shell Western E & P, Inc., Respondents-Appellants. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY and Exxon Corporation, Appellants, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF COLORADO; Commissioners Edythe S. Miller, Ronald L. Lehr, as Successor to Former Commissioner Daniel E. Muse; Andra Schmidt, as Successor to Former Commissioner Clarence Raymond Clark, III; Colorado-Ute Electric Association, Inc.; San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc.; Intermountain Rural Electric Association; White River Electric Association, Inc.; San Isabel Electric Association, Inc.; Sangre De Cristo Electric Association, Inc.; Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc.; Delta-Montrose Electric Association; Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc.; Empire Electric Association, Inc.; San Miguel Power Association, Inc.; Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc.; La Plata Electric Association, Inc.; Southeast Colorado Power Association, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. James, Colorado Springs, for Delta-Montrose Elec. Ass'n, Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc., Gunnison County Elec. Ass'n, Inc., Holy Cross Elec. Ass'n, Inc., Intermountain Rural Elec. Ass'n, La Plata Elec. Ass'n, Inc., Sangre De Cristo Elec. Ass'n, Inc., San Isabel Elec. Ass'n, Inc., San Luis Valley Rural Elec. Co-op., Inc., White River Electric Ass'n, Inc., Yampa Valley Elec. Ass'n, Inc.

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, William Hamilton McEwan, Joseph B. Wilson, Denver, for Empire Electric Association, Inc.,

Carol A. Curran, John R. McNeill, Montrose, for Colorado-Ute Elec. Ass'n, Inc.

Holland & Hart, Robert M. Pomeroy, Jr., Timothy M. Rastello, Marcy G. Glenn, Denver, for Atlantic Richfield Co. and Exxon Corp.

Jones, Meiklejohn, Kehl & Lyons, Edward T. Lyons, Jr., Denver, for Shell Western E & P, Inc.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Eugene Cavaliere, Deputy Atty. Gen., Denver, for Public Utilities Com'n of the State of Colo.


ROVIRA, Justice.

These two cases concern a judgment of the Montrose County District Court which set aside orders promulgated by the Public Utilities Commission of Colorado (PUC or Commission) involving the design of electric power rates to be charged by Colorado-Ute Electric Association (Colo-Ute).

We reject Colo-Ute's claim that this appeal is moot. We further hold, contrary to the district court's order, that the PUC possessed statutory authority to determine...

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