Legal Opinion
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 23, 1987No. 86-523PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
All parties appealed from a judicial review proceeding. The district court for the most part affirmed a state commerce commission order which rejected a utility’s application for a rate increase. We affirm on all appeals.
In 1976 petitioner Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company undertook a long-term study of alternate energy sources. At the time it projected a 302 megawatt deficiency in electric generation for the year 1984. After assessing its consumer needs, as well as those of other investor-owned cooperative and municipal utilities in Iowa, the company concluded it should…
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