Supreme Court of Alabama January 21, 2000, 1961413 (Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alabama Power Co.)

MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal involves the rights of competing electric-service suppliers to provide electric service to an industrial customer. The facts are not seriously disputed. The specific question presented is whether Alabama’s Electric Service Territories Acts, Ala.Code 1975, § 37-14-1 et seq., and § 37-14-30 (“the Service Territories Acts”), authorize an electric utility to.