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IOWA-ILL. GAS & ELEC. v. IOWA ST. COMMERCE COM.

No. 68432.

334 N.W.2d 748 (1983)

IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Iowa Public Service Company, Iowa Power and Light Company, Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Iowa Southern Utilities Company, Interstate Power Company, and Union Electric Company, Appellees, v. IOWA STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION and Iowa Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Maret, Commerce Counsel, and Alice J. Hyde, Asst. Commerce Counsel, Des Moines, for appellant Com'n.

Roger D. Colton, Legal Services Corp. of Iowa, Des Moines, for appellant Coalition.

John C. Cortesio, Jr., Cecil L. Goettsch, and Sheila K. Tipton-Frink of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellees.

Carroll Lucht, Iowa City, and Alan S. Miller, Washington, D.C., for Natural Resources Defense Council, amicus curiae.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON, and CARTER, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal requires us to determine the extent of the authority of the Iowa State Commerce Commission to implement energy conservation measures. Seven public utility companies challenge a commission rule requiring them to serve as lenders of last resort to residential customers who implement such measures.

In 1978, Congress enacted the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), P.L. 95-619, 92 Stat. 3209 (1978) (current version at...

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