Iowa State Commerce Commission v. Northern Natural Gas Co.

BECKER, Justice.

Defendant Northern Natural Gas Company is a pipeline company. Its principal business is purchase, transportation and sale of natural gas. It sells high pressure pipeline gas throughout Iowa to wholesale purchasers who sell at retail to the ultimate consumer. Northern also sells gas to two classes of ultimate consumers; i. e. 1) to land owners (usually farmers) located at or near the company’s main high pressure line and 2) to main line industrial or commercial users situated outside cities and towns and not within any specific franchise territory serviced by retailers of…