Idaho Power Co. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge.

This case concerns a contractual allocation of water for production of power from the upper Snake River in Idaho. In 1923, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power”) reached an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation (“the agency”) concerning construction of the then-proposed American Falls Dam on land partially owned by Idaho Power and with respect to claimed water rights as to which Idaho Power had priority over those filed by the United States (“the government”). The agreement preserved rights to Idaho Power for production of hydroelectric power but obligated it to…