OFFICE OF CONS. ADV. v. STATE COMMERCE COM'N

No. 85-499.

395 N.W.2d 1 (1986)

OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE, Appellant, v. IOWA STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellee, and Interstate Power Company and Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected September 24, 1986.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing October 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Maret, Alexis K. Wodtke, Des Moines, for appellant.

Susan Allender, Gen. Counsel, Patrick J. Nugent, Deputy Counsel, Diane Munns, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Des Moines, for appellee Iowa State Commerce Com'n.

Clement F. Springer, Jr., William D. Carstedt, Leslie Recht of Defrees & Fiske, Chicago, Ill., for appellee Interstate Power Co.

John T. Ward, Fred L. Dorr of Wasker, Sullivan & Ward, Des Moines, for appellee Northwest Iowa Power Co-op.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, SCHULTZ, WOLLE and LAVORATO, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this appeal from the district court's judicial review of an agency ruling by the Iowa State Commerce Commission, our first task is to identify the nature of the agency action. Interstate Power Company (Interstate) filed a petition with the Iowa State Commerce Commission (Commission), seeking a declaratory ruling as to the future treatment of the cost of a proposed purchase in the determination of electricity...

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