Montana Dakota Utilities Co. v. Public Service Commission

GOLDEN, Justice.

In this appeal, on certification from the district court pursuant to Wyo.R.App.P. 12.09, we are asked to answer the principal questions whether in a pass-on rate increase procedure the Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) may adjust a gas utility’s proposed apportionment of a refund ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and a non-gas component of the retail rate sought to be recovered by the gas utility from its customers. Underlying issues include whether PSC’s adjustment actions violate the so-called filed rate doctrine, whether PSC’s refund…