City of Des Moines v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

McGIVERIN, Justice.

The controlling question in this appeal is whether the franchise fee charged Interve-nor Iowa Power and Light Company (Iowa Power) by petitioner City of Des Moines, Iowa (City), should be collected only from Iowa Power’s customers in Des Moines or whether that cost should be paid as a system-wide expense by all the customers Iowa Power serves. Respondent Iowa State Commerce Commission (Commission) and the district court ruled the franchise fee should be collected only from Des Moines customers. City appeals. We affirm. Commission cross-appeals from another ruling of the…