Ne. Neb. Pub. Power Dist. v. Neb. Pub. Power Dist. (In Re Ne. Neb. Pub. Power Dist. )

I. INTRODUCTION

This is our first opinion addressing an appeal from an arbitration board's decision under Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-1301 to 70-1329 (Reissue 2009). After Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided a discount to wholesale customers **239 who renewed their contractual relationship, some nonrenewing customers initiated statutory arbitration. They alleged that the discount was discriminatory and an abuse of NPPD's statutory rate-setting authority, 1 but the arbitration board disagreed. Upon our de novo review, we conclude that the discount was reasonable and not arbitrary and that…