Southern Nebraska Rural Public Power District v. Nebraska Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc.

Although I agree with the judgment reached by the majority, I write separately because its reference to the statement of the introducer of L.B. 220, 1963 Neb. Laws, ch. 397, § 1, p. 1258, and other unspecified so-called legislative history of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1001 (Reissue 1990) is both unnecessary and, for the reasons developed in my concurrence in Omaha Pub. Power Dist. v. Nebraska Dept. of Revenue, 248 Neb. 518, 537 N.W.2d 312 (1995), improper.

In describing the policy considerations underlying its determination to establish the Nebraska Power Review Board and giving it the powers and…