Walton Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Power Company (two Cases)

Summary

The court reversed the Court of Appeals and held that the Public Service Commission did not abuse its discretion in allowing Nestle to change electric suppliers. It construed the Territorial Electric Service Act to permit the exception when premises are substantially dismantled, even without wholesale destruction, and are not reconstructed largely in the same fundamental nature or quality. The court applied abuse-of-discretion review to the ultimate mixed question while reviewing statutory meaning de novo.