Idaho Code
Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 50-325 (2026)

Power plants — Power distribution. 

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IClegislature.idaho.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Power plants — Power distribution. 

(1) Cities shall have authority: to acquire, own, maintain and operate electric power plants, purchase electric power, and provide for distribution to the residents of the city, and to sell excess power subject to the provisions of section 50-327, Idaho Code.

(2)  Any consumer of a municipal electric system may apply to the district court of the county where the consumer’s service entrance is located for a determination that the municipality’s charges for electric service to that consumer are fair, just and reasonable and are not discriminatory or preferential. In the event that the court determines that the rate is not fair, just and reasonable or is discriminatory or preferential, the court shall remand the matter to the municipality to alter or amend such rate in conformance with the determination of the court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2010 · leading case: Asson v. City of Burley, 670 P.2d 839 (Idaho 1983).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Asson v. City of Burley, 670 P.2d 839 (Idaho 1983). · cites it 14× “While an Idaho municipality is authorized to "acquire, own, maintain and operate electric power plants, purchase electric power, and provide for distribution to the residents of the city", I.C. § 50-325, and may purchase for resale to BPA "electric power and energy" under a…”
Alpert v. Boise Water Corp., 795 P.2d 298 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 6× “§ 50-322 empowers the cities to establish, create, develop, maintain and operate domestic water systems; and I.C. § 50-325 authorizes the cities to acquire, own, maintain and operate electric power plants.”
City of Idaho Falls v. Fuhriman, 237 P.3d 1200 (Idaho 2010). · cites it 4× “See I.C. § 50-325. Once a municipality exercises that authority and constructs a power facility to supply the electric needs of its citizens, it certainly has undertaken a responsibility to continue that service in the manner most advantageous to its customers.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.