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MID-IOWA COM. ACTION v. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 87-227.

421 N.W.2d 899 (1988)

MID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION, INC., and Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc., Appellees, v. IOWA STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellant, Office of Consumer Advocate, Intervenor-Appellee. OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE, Appellee, v. IOWA STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellant, Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc., and Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc., Intervenor-Appellees, Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Colton, National Consumer Law Center, Inc., Boston, Mass., for appellees Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc., and Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc.

Susan Allender, Gen. Counsel, Allan Kniep and Dean F. Stonner, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Des Moines, for appellant Iowa Utilities Bd., Dept. of Commerce.

James Maret and Ben Stead, Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee Office of Consumer Advocate.

Thomas J. Pitner and Julie Cohen, Cedar Rapids, for intervenor-appellant Iowa Elec. Light and Power Co.

Considered en banc.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the scope of authority granted the Iowa Utilities Board to order payment of refunds to customers who have paid unlawful utility charges, and to impose civil penalties for violation of laws pertaining to utility service disconnection. The issues are raised in the context of consolidated petitions for judicial review, and the parties agree that pertinent sections of Iowa Code chapter 476 govern the controversy.

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