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Show filed by 18 Southern Utah municipalities. The action seeks to acquire the entire electric system of CPN in Washington, Iron and Kane Counties. As a result of the commencement of the legal proceedings and provisions of Utah law which deny compensation for improvements im-provements made after service of summons in eminent domain cases, CPN has taken the position that it will not expend monies of the utility for additions to its plant in service, nor will it otherwise expend monies for additions or betterments to the system until it is reasonably assured that the sums expended for such pruposes will not be at the risk of the utility and its shareholders. As a result, it appears to the Commission that there may be a substantial sub-stantial interference with public convenience and necessity in CPN's service area and it is of great importance im-portance that the matter be resolved at the earliest possible time. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ordered that CP National Corporation be and appear before the Commission Com-mission at the Commission's Hearing Room,' 330 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, the 7th day of July, 1980, at 10:00 a.m., then and there to show cause, if any there be, why it should not be ordered and directed to continue to make all additions and betterments bet-terments to its electric system as may be required by public convenience and necessity notwithstanding the pendency of certain eminent domain proceedings which have been instituted to acquire its electric system. Copies of this Order shall be served upon counsel for all parties to cases No. 80-023-01 and 80-035002 and shall be published in two issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Utah and in Washington, Iron and Kane Counties, with publication to be complete not less than five days prior to the Commencement Com-mencement of the hearing herein provided for. DATED at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 24th day of June, 1980. -s- Milly O. Bernard, Chairman -s- David R. Irving, Commissioner -s- Brent H. Cameron, Commissioner Attest: -s- David L. Stott, Secretary BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH CASE NO. 80-023-05 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND NOTICE IF HEARING IN THE MATTER OF PROCEEDINGS REQUIRING CP NATIONAL CORPORATION COR-PORATION TO SHOW CAUSE WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE ORDERED AND DIRECTED BY THE . COMMISSION TO CONTINUE CON-TINUE TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS TO ITS J2LECTRIC SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON, IRON AND KANE COUNTIES NOTWITHSTANDING NOT-WITHSTANDING THE PENDECY OF CERTAIN LITIGATION FOR ACQUISITION OF ITS. ELECTRIC SYSTEM BY EMINENT DOMAIN. BY THE COMMISSION: During the course of prehearing conference in cases Nos. 80-035-02 and 80-023-01, it has come to the attention of the Commission that CP National Corporatin ("CPN") was served witK a Summons and Complaint on June 6, 1980 in certain eminent domain actions |