United States v. Utah Power & Light Co.

DONALDSON, Justice.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Utah Power and Light Company is a public utilities company serving customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Increased operating costs led Utah Power to apply for a rate increase before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. After extensive hearings, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission issued Order No. 12054 granting Utah Power a 10 percent across the board increase.

*667One of the parties to which the Commission held the rate increase applied was the United States Energy Research and Development Administration or ERDA as it is commonly…