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Formal ComplaintBefore the Surface Transportation Board

NOR 42113

ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. V. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Caption from the Board’s record. Sub-dockets, included below: NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)

55 filings, 25 decisions and 0 environmental comments observed here; last checked 10 Oct 2026, 21:36 UTC; last new entry 26 Aug 2026, 15:45 UTC.

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  1. Decision
    46321Entire Board
    DECISION REMOVED THIS PROCEEDING FROM ABEYANCE AND REINSTITUTED THE RATE PRESCRIPTION FOR 2017-2018.
  2. Decision
    46199Entire Board
    DECISION REINSTITUTED THE RATE PRESCRIPTION IN THIS PROCEEDING FOR 2015, USING 2015 FINANCIAL DATA.
  3. Decision
    45335Entire Board
    DECISION REINSTITUTED THE RATE PRESCRIPTION IN THIS PROCEEDING FOR 2014, USING 2014 FINANCIAL DATA. THE BOARD CONTINUES TO HOLD THIS CASE IN ABEYANCE FOR 2015-2018, TO ALLOW THE ASSET MARKUP RESULTING FROM THE BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, INC. ACQUISITION OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY TO BE FULLY REFLECTED IN THE VARIABLE COSTS AND THE RATE PRESCRIPTION.
  4. Decision
    44635Entire Board
    DECISION CLARIFIED ITS EARLIER DECISION BY DIRECTING THE PARTIES, FOR PURPOSES OF THE 2010-2013 RATE PRESCRIPTION CALCULATION, TO USE THE CORRECTED UNIFORM RAILROAD COSTING SYSTEM (URCS) COSTS, OR IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTED URCS COSTS, THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE URCS COSTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING YEAR.
  5. Reply
    238622Reply
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  6. Motion
    238509Petition For Reconsideration
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  7. Decision
    44298Entire Board
    DECISION: (1) REINSTITUTED THE RATE PRESCRIPTION IN THIS PROCEEDING FOR THE YEARS 2009-2013, USING THE MOST RECENT, CORRECTED FINANCIAL DATA AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD TO RESTATE THE BNSF AND WESTERN REGION VARIABLE COSTS FOR 2010-2012, AND USING THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE 2013 DATA; AND (2) CONTINUE TO HOLD THIS CASE IN ABEYANCE FOR 2014-2018, TO ALLOW THE ASSET MARKUP RESULTING FROM THE BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ACQUISITION OF BNSF TO BE FULLY REFLECTED IN BNSF'S VARIABLE COSTS AND THE RATE PRESCRIPTION.
  8. Notice
    237359Notice
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  9. Notice
    237352Notice
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  10. Reply
    234872Reply
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  11. Comments
    234871Comment
    Bnsf Railway Company
  12. Comments
    234870Comment
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  13. Decision
    42914Entire Board
    DECISION DIRECTED PARTIES TO CONFER AND COMMENT ON APPROACHES TO REINSTITUTE THE RATE PRESCRIPTION IN THIS PROCEEDING BY SEPTEMBER 23, 2013.
  14. Decision
    42481Director Of Proceedings
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT COURT ACTION WAS INSTITUTED IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  15. Decision
    42337Entire Board
    DECISION DENIED A PETITION FILED BY ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC., WHICH REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD ORDER BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY TO PUBLISH JOINT RATES TO COMPLY WITH A DECISION SERVED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2012.
  16. Decision
    42338Entire Board
    DECISION ORDERED THE DEFENDANT CARRIERS TO PAY REPARATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,244,143.90, WITH INTEREST ACCRUING FROM DECEMBER 30, 2011, UNTIL THE DATE OF PAYMENT.
  17. Motion
    232078Motion/Petition/Request
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  18. Reply
    231771Reply
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  19. Reply
    231770Reply
    Bnsf Railway Company
  20. Decision
    42185Director Of Proceedings
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT COURT ACTION WAS INSTITUTED IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  21. Decision
    42184Director Of Proceedings
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT COURT ACTION WAS INSTITUTED IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  22. Decision
    42182Director Of Proceedings
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT COURT ACTION WAS INSTITUTED IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  23. Decision
    42164Entire Board
    DECISION: (1) FOUND THAT CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFIED REOPENING THIS PROCEEDING; (2) TEMPORARILY LIFTED THE PRESCRIPTIVE EFFECT OF THE RATE PRESCRIPTIONS IN THIS CASE; AND (3) HELD THIS PROCEEDING IN ABEYANCE, REGARDING AN ISSUE RAISED IN A PETITION TO REOPEN ONLY, PENDING FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN DOCKET NO. FD 35506.
  24. Motion
    231641Motion/Petition/Request
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  25. Motion
    231536Petition To Reopen
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  26. Decision
    41181Entire Board
    DECISION FOUND THAT ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. (AEPCO) DOES NOT HAVE A FEASIBLE SHIPPING ALTERNATIVE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AT ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THIS DECISION FOUND THAT THE CHALLENGED RATES BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (BNSF) AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (UP) CHARGES AEPCO ARE UNREASONABLY HIGH. AS A RESULT, THIS DECISION PRESCRIBED MAXIMUM REASONABLE RATES FOR FUTURE AT-ISSUE SHIPMENTS AND ORDERS BNSF AND UP TO PAY REPARATIONS FOR PAST, EXCESSIVE CHARGES.
  27. Errata
    230744Errata Sheet
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  28. Rebuttal
    230654Rebuttal
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  29. Reply
    230644Reply
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  30. Supplement
    230566Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  31. Decision
    41696Entire Board
    DECISION DIRECTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT NEW COSTING EVIDENCE IN THIS RAIL RATE REASONABLENESS PROCEEDING.
  32. Decision
    41652Entire Board
    DECISION DIRECTED THE PARTIES TO ATTEND A TECHNICAL CONFERENCE WITH THE BOARD'S STAFF TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COSTING EVIDENCE SUBMITTED IN THIS RAIL RATE REASONABLENESS PROCEEDING.
  33. Decision
    41545Director Of Proceedings · in NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)
    DECISION: (1) GRANTED ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.'S MOTION DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE ITS COMPLAINT AGAINST UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; AND (2) DISCONTINUED THIS PROCEEDING.
  34. Motion
    229035Motion To Dismiss Or Discontinue · in NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  35. Decision
    41180Director Of Proceedings
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT POSE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ORAL ARGUMENT HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2010.
  36. Reply
    228046Reply
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  37. Motion
    228000Motion/Petition/Request
    Bnsf Railway Company
  38. Oral
    227884Oral Argument Exhibits
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  39. Letter
    227839Letter
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  40. Letter
    227838Letter
    Bnsf Railway Company
  41. Brief
    227541Brief
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  42. Brief
    227538Brief
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  43. Errata
    227428Errata Sheet
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  44. Rebuttal
    227380Rebuttal
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  45. Rebuttal
    227379Rebuttal
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  46. Decision
    40873Director Of Proceedings
    DECISION MODIFIED THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  47. Request
    227262Request For Extension Of Time
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  48. Errata
    227256Errata Sheet
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  49. Reply
    226998Reply
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  50. Statement
    226351Opening Statement
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  51. Supplement
    226275Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  52. Decision
    40517Director Of Proceedings
    DECISION REVISED THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  53. Request
    226235Request For Extension Of Time
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  54. Decision
    40360Secretary
    DECISION (1) GRANTED ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.'S SECOND MOTION TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING; AND (2) MODIFIED THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  55. Request
    225954Request For Extension Of Time
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  56. Report
    225723Status Report
    Union Pacific Railroad Company, Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Bnsf Railway Company
  57. Supplement
    225603Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  58. Report
    225316Status Report · in NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  59. Decision
    40012Secretary
    DECISION GRANTED ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.'S MOTION TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROCEEDING.
  60. Request
    225143Request For Extension Of Time
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  61. Notice
    225057Notice · in NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  62. Decision
    39878Entire Board · also entered in NOR 42113 (Sub-No. 1)
    DECISION ORDERED A PORTION OF ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.'S (AEPCO'S) RATE REASONABLENESS COMPLAINT TO BE HELD IN ABEYANCE PENDING A DETERMINATION BY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA AS TO WHETHER, AND TO WHAT EXTENT, A RAIL TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT EXISTS BETWEEN UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND AEPCO FOR TRAFFIC ORIGINATING IN COLORADO AND WYOMING'S SOUTHERN POWDER RIVER BASIN (SPRB). THIS DECISION ALSO MOVED THE COLORADO/SPRB PORTION OF AEPCO'S RATE COMPLAINT TO A SUB-DOCKET OF THIS PROCEEDING AND ORDERED THAT AEPCO'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY BE HELD IN ABEYANCE PENDING A BOARD DECISION TO RESUME THE NEWLY SUB-DOCKETED PROCEEDING.
  63. Letter
    224934Letter
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  64. Reply
    224882Reply
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  65. Motion
    224820Motion To Compel
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  66. Decision
    39807Secretary
    DECISION GRANTED A JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING.
  67. Reply
    224687Reply
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  68. Request
    224665Request For Extension Of Time
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bnsf Railway Company
  69. Reply
    224660Reply
    , Bnsf Railway Company
  70. Motion
    224596Motion/Petition/Request
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  71. Supplement
    224566Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  72. Answer
    224557Answer
    Bnsf Railway Company
  73. Answer
    224556Answer
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  74. Decision
    39697Secretary
    DECISION: (1) ADOPTED THE PARTIES' STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING; AND (2) DIRECTED THE PARTIES TO COMPLY WITH THE PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS DECISION.
  75. Supplement
    224457Modify/Supplement Prior Filing Or The Record
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  76. Answer
    224377Answer
    Union Pacific Railroad Company
  77. Answer
    224375Answer
    Bnsf Railway Company
  78. Report
    224344Status Report
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Bnsf Railway Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company
  79. Certificate
    224324Certificate Of Service
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc
  80. Complaint
    224276Complaint
    Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc