Appellate Briefs

Allegheny Defense Project, et al. v. FERC No. 17-1263, et al. Response in opposition to motion for stay of construction and operation of Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project. Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co., 158 FERC ¶ 61,125 (Feb. 3, 2017); order on reh’g, 161 FERC ¶ 61,250 (Dec. 6, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, et al. v. FERC No. 2:17-cv-0246 Response to motion for preliminary injunction, complaint challenging FERC’s interim approval of new transmission rate for Bonneville Power Administration’s Southern Intertie. Circuit E.D. Cal.

Appalachian Voices, et al. v. FERC Nos. 17-1271, 18-1002 and 18-1006 Response in opposition to motions and All Writs Act petition seeking to stay Certificate Order regarding Mountain Valley pipeline project, pending Commission rehearing of order granting certificate. Mountain Valley Pipeline Co., LLC, 161 FERC ¶ 61,043 (Oct. 13, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

New York State DEC, et al. v. FERC No. 17-3770 Conditional certificate for construction and operation of Millennium (Valley Lateral) pipeline; waiver (through delay) of state Clean Water Act authority. Millennium Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 160 FERC ¶ 61,065 (2017), reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,186 (2017); 157 FERC ¶ 61,096 (2015), reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,194 (2017). Circuit 2nd Cir.

Boyce Hydro Power, LLC v. FERC No. 17-1270 Response in opposition to emergency motion. Circuit D.C. Cir.

City of Rockingham, North Carolina, et al. v. FERC, et al. No. 17-526 Opposition to a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking Supreme Court review of the Fourth Circuit’s decision affirming Commission orders issuing a new license for the 108 MW Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydroelectric Project on the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers in North Carolina. Duke Energy Progress, Inc., 151 FERC ¶ 62,004 (2015), order on reh’g and clar., 153 FERC ¶ 61,056 (2015). [Brief filed by the Solicitor General of the United States]. [Brief filed by the Solicitor General of the United States]. Circuit S. Ct.

Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Dists. v. FERC No. 16-71380 Denial of complaint, alleging that PG&E breached certain interconnection agreements, concerning coordination of transmission systems, between the Districts and PG&E. Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Dists. v. Pacific Gas and Elec. Co., 152 FERC ¶ 61,016 (2015), reh'g denied, 154 FERC ¶ 61,215 (2016). Circuit 9th Cir.

Bold Alliance, et al. v. FERC No. 17-cv-01822-RJL Motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ amended complaint raising challenges in district court to Commission grant of certificates to Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline applications. Circuit D.D.C.

Verso Corp., et al. v. FERC No. 15-1098, et al. Refund of previously-allocated costs associated with the operation of System Support Resource generating units, located in the American Transmission Co. service territory, under the MISO tariff. Pub. Serv. Comm’n of Wisc. v. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Oper., Inc., et al., order on complaint & reh’g, 148 FERC ¶ 61,071 (2014), order on reh’g & compl., 150 FERC ¶ 61,104 (2015), order on reh’g & clar., 156 FERC ¶ 61,205 (2016); order on tariff rev’ns, 152 FERC ¶ 61,216 (2015), order on reh’g & compl., 155 FERC ¶ 61,134 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

New Jersey Bd. of Pub. Utils., et al. v. FERC Nos. 17-1101, et al. Tariff provisions relating to the allocation of Auction Revenue Rights and Financial Transmission Rights. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 156 FERC ¶ 61,180 (2016), order on reh’g & compl., 158 FERC ¶ 61,093 (2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

N.Y. State Dept. of Environmental Conservation v. FERC Nos. 17-3503 and 17-3770 Response in opposition to emergency motion and All Writs Act petition seeking to stay construction and operation of Millennium’s Valley Lateral project, pending appellate review of Commission orders finding that the N.Y. Department waived its authority over the project under the Clean Water Act. Millennium Pipeline Co., LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,065 (Sept. 15, 2017), reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,186 (Nov. 15, 2017). Circuit 2nd Cir.

Sierra Club v. FERC Nos. 17-1236 and 17-1240 Response in opposition to emergency motion and All Writs Act petition seeking to stay construction and operation of the NEXUS pipeline project, pending Commission rehearing of order granting certificate. NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,022 (Aug. 25, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Allegheny Defense Project, et al. v. FERC Nos. 17-1098, 17-1127 and 17-1128 Response in opposition to emergency motion for stay of construction and operation of Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project, pending Commission rehearing of order granting certificate, Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co., 158 FERC ¶ 61,125 (Feb. 3, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Old Dominion Elec. Coop., et al. v. FERC No. 17-1040, et al. Allocation of costs – local or regional – of new PJM reliability transmission projects. PJM Interconn., L.L.C., et al., 154 FERC ¶ 61,097 (2016), order on reh’g and compl., 157 FERC ¶ 61,191 (2017); 154 FERC ¶ 61,096 (2016), order on reh’g and clar., 157 FERC ¶ 61,192 (2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Bold Alliance, et al. v. FERC No. 17-cv-01822 Motion to dismiss district court complaint raising challenges to Commission grant of certificates to Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline applications. Circuit D.D.C.

Sierra Club, et al. v. FERC Nos. 16-1329 and 16-1387 Petition for Panel Rehearing. Order authorizing, subject to conditions, Florida Southeast, Transco, and Sabal Trail to construct and operate natural gas pipeline projects to serve Florida and southeast markets. Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, et al., 154 FERC ¶ 61,080 (2016), order on reh’g, 156 FERC ¶ 61,160 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Adorers of the Blood of Christ, et al. v. FERC No. 17-3163 Appeal of Sept. 28, 2017 dismissal by federal district court (E.D. Pa. No. 5:17-cv-03163 (Judge Schmehl)) of challenge by landowners who allege that the proposed Atlantic Sunrise pipeline will adversely affect their religious freedom. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., 158 FERC ¶ 61,125 (2017), reh'g pending. Circuit 3rd Cir.

Big Bend Conservation Alliance v. FERC No. 17-1002 Order authorizing Trans-Pecos Pipeline to site, construct, and operate a border-crossing facility (Presidio Border Crossing Project) for the import and export of natural gas at the international boundary between the US and Mexico. Trans-Pecos Pipeline, LLC, 155 FERC ¶ 61,140 (2016), order on reh’g, 157 FERC ¶ 61,081 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Adorers of the Blood of Christ, et al. v. FERC, et al. No. 5:17-cv-03163-JLS Reply in support of motion to dismiss complaint bringing claims under Religious Freedom Restoration Act regarding route of natural gas pipeline Circuit E.D. Pa.

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. FERC No. 16-1433 Recovery of development and construction costs associated with transmission upgrade (SOCRE project), if abandoned or cancelled for reasons beyond SDG&E’s control. San Diego Gas & Electric Co., 154 FERC ¶ 61,158 (2016), reh’g denied, 157 FERC ¶ 61,056 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.