Farmland Industries, Inc. v. State Corp. Commission

Green, J.:

This case involves a petition for judicial review by Farmland Industries, Inc. (Farmland). Farmland challenges the Kansas Corporation Commission’s (KCC) approval of a rate design settlement. We affirm.

The public utilities Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KGE) and Kansas Power and Light Company (KPL) are owned by Western Resources, Inc. (WRI). In January 1997, the KCC approved a nonunanimous settlement which reduced KGE’s rates by $65 million and KPL’s rates by $10 million. The KCC also adopted the WRI/KCC Staff rate design proposal. Under the settlement, special contract customers…