Citizens Utilities Co. v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission

BISTLINE, Justice.

Citizens Utilities Company (Citizens), a corporation headquartered in Connecticut, provides electricity to the Wallace, Idaho area through its Idaho Electrical Division. The Idaho division of Citizens is not a separate utility — rather it is a division of a Connecticut corporation which operates both utility and non-utility property in other states. On June 20, 1985, Citizens filed an application for an increase in its rates and charges. Following a suspension of the effective date of the proposed rate increase, the Commission, on January 31, 1986, issued an order granting a…