South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Otter Tail Power Co.

291 N.W.2d 291 (1980)

SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Appellant,

v.

OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY, Respondent.

No. 12562.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued October 11, 1979.

Decided April 16, 1980.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1980.

Frances E. Francis, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., Ben Stead, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellant; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Warren W. May of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, Peter A. Hoff of Arvesen, Donoho, Lundef, Hoff & Svingen, Fergus Falls, Minn., for respondent.

FOSHEIM, Justice.

This appeal stems from a rate increase…