When debtor and appellee Grede Foundries, Inc. entered bankruptcy, the Wisconsin smelting plant owed more than $1.3 million in delinquent utility charges to the local municipal utility, appellant
Reedsburg Utility Commission. Months after Grede filed for bankruptcy, and despite the automatic stay that accompanied Grede’s filing, Reedsburg implemented the process pursuant to state law by which it could collect on Grede’s arrearage.
Grede sought to enforce the stay. The bankruptcy court and the district court found that none of the exceptions to the automatic stay applied to Reedsburg’s efforts to collect on Grede’s debt, which is substantial considering that Grede’s billings constituted more than one-third of Reedsburg’s operating revenue. The exceptions to the automatic stay do not apply to Reedsburg’s efforts to collect on Grede’s debt. We affirm.
Affirmed.