General Telephone Co. v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission

I cannot join in that portion of Section III of the majority’s opinion which affirms the commission’s utilization of the “California” approach. I believe the commission erred in not utilizing the traditional approach to an affiliate transaction. In the instant case we must determine whether once a utility has failed to carry its burden of proof of the reasonableness of charges paid to an affiliate, the commission may refuse to make further inquiry as to comparable pricing between independent parties and revert to the California approach, allowing only such charge to the affiliate as would…