Union Rural Electric Ass'n v. Town of Frederick

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• stating that a municipal utility can compete with a certified public utility for new customers inside of municipal boundaries
• We held, therefore, that the PUC lacks jurisdiction over a municipally owned utility operating within the municipal boundaries of the town of Frederick.
• “The final clause in paragraph two of Article XXV [that ‘nothing herein shall be construed to apply to municipally owned utilities’] has been interpreted to restrict the powers conferred on the PUC in the first paragraph [to regulate public utilities within home rule cities].”

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