Sioux Electric Cooperative Ass'n v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

HAYDEN, Judge.

Petitioner, Sioux Electric Cooperative Association (Sioux Electric), appeals the af-firmance by the district court of the action of the Iowa State Commerce Commission (now the Iowa Utilities Board). The agency denied without an evidentiary hearing Sioux Electric’s request to modify the exclusive service area boundaries between it and Iowa Public Service Company (IPS). Sioux Electric asserts it was error to deny it an evidentiary hearing.

The service area boundaries between Sioux Electric and IPS were established by the agency in 1979. In its Statement of Position, filed December…