Utah Power & Light Co. v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission

The Department of Energy (DOE) is once again before this Court seeking a favorable result in its ongoing battle to have Idaho Power Company declared the sole legal supplier of electricity for the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. In 1977 this Court decided United States v. Utah Power & Light Co., 98 Idaho 665, 570 P.2d 1353 (1977). That case involved an Idaho Public Utilities Commission order which granted UP & L a rate increase. At that time DOE strenuously argued, to no avail, that it was not even a customer of Utah Power & Light (UP & L) under the three-party contract. Appellant’s…