Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 61-301 (2026)
Charges just and reasonable.
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Charges just and reasonable.
All charges made, demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two (2) or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1937–2011 · leading case: Grindstone Butte Mut. Canal Co. v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 627 P.2d 804 (Idaho 1981).
Grindstone Butte Mut. Canal Co. v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 627 P.2d 804 (Idaho 1981). “I.C. §§ 61-301, 61-315 & 61-502. [1] In the instant case, appellants contend that the Commission erred in the rate revision of Schedule 24 because it did so without evidence as to cost of service analysis.”
Lemhi Tel. Co. v. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., 571 P.2d 753 (Idaho 1977). “I.C. §§ 61-301, 61-302. Rates granting preference or advantage or creating prejudice or disadvantage are prohibited and the Public Utilities Commission is specifically granted the power to determine any such question of fact.”
Afton Energy, Inc. v. Idaho Power Co., 693 P.2d 427 (Idaho 1984). “2d 720 (1978); I.C. §§ 61-301, 61-315, 61-503; Agricultural Products Corp.”
Idaho State Homebuilders v. Washington Water, 690 P.2d 350 (Idaho 1984). “" Since the Commission has power to regulate and fix charges and rates, but a utility is enjoined from establishing rates or charges which are preferential or discriminatory, it follows by implication that the Commission's authority may only be exercised in such a way as to fix…”
Gen. Tel. Co. v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 712 P.2d 643 (Idaho 1986). “Idaho Code, §§ 61-301, -315 and -502. This is precisely the process followed by the Commission [here].”
Agric. Prods. Corp. v. Utah Power & Light Co., 557 P.2d 617 (Idaho 1976). “The Idaho statutes set forth several duties of the Commission, including maintenance of just and reasonable charges, § 61-301, maintenance of adequate service, § 61-302, and various other duties.”
Stevenson v. Prairie Power Coop., Inc., 794 P.2d 641 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). “Stevenson contends that such a policy poses a financial hardship for irrigators, such as himself, who cannot easily obtain letters of credit from lending institutions or who have no alternative source of power.”
Bldg. Contractors Ass'n v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 253 P.3d 684 (Idaho 2011). “” I.C. § 61-301. The Commission has the authority to determine charges that are just and reasonable.”
Bldg. Contractors Ass'n of Sw. Idaho, Inc. v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 916 P.2d 1259 (Idaho 1996). “*538 However, the question presented here is whether in allocating the entire increased cost of resource supply to new customers via increased hook-up fees the IPUC regularly pursued its authority to set nondiscriminatory rates as required by sections 61-301, 61-315, -502, and…”
Oregon Short Line R. v. Ada Cnty., 18 F. Supp. 842 (D. Idaho 1937). “The assessor did not separately assess upon the rolls the right of way according to numbers but lumped it all, which was not a compliance with the provisions of sections 61-301, 61-302, 61-303 and 61-307 of the Idaho Code, but attention is called to section 61-1024 of the Idaho…”
The Bldg. Contractors Assoc. of SW Idaho v. IPUC & Idaho Power (Idaho 2011). “” I.C. § 61-301. The Commission has the authority to determine charges that are just and reasonable.”
J. R. Simplot Co. v. Intermountain Gas Co., 630 P.2d 131 (Idaho 1981). “I.C. §§ 61-301, 61-315 & 61-502. “Again cost of service is but one criterion to consider.”
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