MAPCO Intrastate Pipeline Co. v. State Corp. Commission

Foth, C.J.:

Mapco Intrastate Pipeline Company, Inc. (Mapco), appeals an order of the Kansas State Corporation Commission (Commission or KCC), denying Mapco’s requested increase in intrastate common carrier pipeline tariff rates. The Commission approved a tariff increase lower than that requested.

Mapco and Mid-America Pipeline Company (Mid-America) are wholly owned subsidiaries of Mapco Transportation, Inc. They are common carrier pipeline companies transporting natural gas liquids and some refined petroleum products. According to its president, Mid-America has 7,000 miles of pipe extending…