Legal Opinion
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Otter Tail Power Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1980No. 12562PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSHEIM, Justice.
This appeal stems from a rate increase applicable to the South Dakota retail electric customers of Otter Tail Power Company (OTP). We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand.
OTP is an investor-owned electric utility, providing electric service at retail in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In 1975, OTP had a revenue deficiency and filed for a rate increase, requesting that its South Dakota customers share in correcting the loss. Its request was denied by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and OTP appealed. In February of 1977, the circuit court found that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Piper v. Neighborhood Youth Corps.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- Application of Dakota Transp. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1940
- Application of Ed Phillips & Sons CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
- Matter of Certain Territorial Elec. Boundaries, Etc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
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- State, Division of Human Rights Ex Rel. Miller v. MillerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
- Barkdull v. Homestake Mining Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
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