Central Kansas Power Co. v. State Corporation Comm.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (KCC) appeals from an order of the District Court of Graham County, Kansas. The district court set aside an order of the KCC which denied in part a rate increase request filed by Central Kansas Power Company (CKP). The district court held that the method of allocation used by KCC in determining the value of the utility’s property for rate-mating purposes was unreasonable and that the method suggested in the application for rate increase by CKP should be approved and adopted by KCC.

At the…