Sunflower Pipeline Co. v. State Corp. Commission

Meyer, J.:

This is an appeal from the Finney County District Court’s affirmance of a Kansas Corporation Commission order requiring Sunflower Pipeline Company to make full refunds to certain of its irrigation gas customers.

The facts are undisputed. Sunflower Pipeline Company (Sunflower) sells irrigation gas to approximately 35 farmers in Finney and Scott Counties, Kansas. The rate on file and approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) for that service from mid-1976 to 1978 was 250 per Mcf. Effective August 1, 1976, Sunflower’s previous management implemented a limited 650 per Mcf rate…