Appellate Briefs

Crescent Bar Condominium Ass’n v. FERC No. 13-73971 Approval of shoreline management plan for Priest Rapids Project; determination that licensee is not required to permit private uses (including private leasing) of project lands. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 of Grant County, Wash., 143 FERC ¶ 61,046 (2013), reh'g denied, 144 FERC ¶ 61,210 (2013). Circuit 9th Cir.

PPL Energyplus, LLC, et al. v. Lee A. Solomon, in his official Capacity as President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, et al. Nos. 13-4330 & 13-4501 (consolidated) Appeal of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey’s ruling that a New Jersey statute, the Long Term Capacity Pilot Program Act is preempted by the Federal Power Act. PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v. Hanna, No. 11-745, 2013 WL 5603896 (D.N.J. Oct. 2013). The New Jersey statute is a state initiative to incentivize the development of new generation resources. Generators selected under the statute are required to participate in the regional interstate energy market administered by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and overseen by the Commission.

Myersville Citizens, et al. v. FERC No. 13-1219 Order granting certificate to Dominion to construct and operate new natural gas facilities, including compressor station in Myersville, Maryland. Dominion Transmission, Inc., 141 FERC ¶ 61,240 (2012), reh’g denied, 143 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Illinois Commerce Comm’n, et al. v. FERC No. 13-1674, et al. Order on remand from Illinois Commerce Comm’n v. FERC, 576 F.3d 470 (7th Cir. 2009), regarding cost allocation for transmission facilities that operate at or above 500 kV; affirmation of region-wide, postage stamp allocation for covered facilities planned and approved before Feb. 1, 2013. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 138 FERC ¶ 61,230 (2012), on reh’g, 142 FERC ¶ 61,216 (2013). Circuit 7th Cir.

Smith Lake Improvement Ass’n v. FERC No. 13-1074 Relicensing of the Warrior River Hydroelectric Project, on the Black Warrior River in Alabama; various issues concerning surface elevation of reservoir. Alabama Power Co., 130 FERC ¶ 62,271 (2010), reh’g denied, 141 FERC ¶ 61,127 (2012), reh’g rejected, 142 FERC ¶ 61,039 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Northwest Requirements Utils., et al. v. FERC Nos. 13-70391, et al. Order granting petition filed by owners of wind facilities that Bonneville’s Redispatch Policy offers non-comparable transmission service that favors federal hydroelectric resources. Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., et al. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 137 FERC ¶ 61,185 (2011), reh’g denied, 141 FERC ¶ 61,233 (2012). Circuit 9th Cir.

In re Louisiana Public Service Commission No. 14-30073 Petition of LPSC for mandamus to act on “abeyance orders” in 5 bandwidth/complaint dockets, denied. Circuit 5th Cir.

TC Ravenswood, LLC v. FERC No. 12-1434 Rates for Ravenswood’s operation of a dual-fuel (natural gas or fuel oil) generator. TC Ravenswood, LLC, 133 FERC ¶ 61,087 (2010), reh’g dismissed, 140 FERC ¶ 61,214 (2012). Circuit D.C. Cir.

In re Louisiana Public Service Commission No. 14-30073 Petition of LPSC for mandamus to compel FERC to act on 2011 rehearing of order on remand, and to comply with 2008 mandate, denied. Circuit 5th Cir.

Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. FERC No. 13-1155 Exercise of discretion not to order refunds for the 15-month period following LPSC complaint, despite FERC finding of improper allocation of costs among Entergy operating companies (improper inclusion of interruptible load in Entergy’s calculation of peak load responsibility). Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm’n and the City of New Orleans v. Entergy Corp., 129 FERC ¶ 61,237 (2009), amended, 132 FERC ¶ 61,133 (2010), reh’g granted in part, 135 FERC ¶ 61,218 (2011), reh’g denied, 142 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.

South Carolina Pub. Serv. Auth., et al. v. FERC Nos. 12-1232, et al. Order 1000 rulemaking, amending transmission planning and cost allocation requirements established in Order No. 890. Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Order No. 1000, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,323 (2011), order on reh’g, Order No. 1000-A, 139 FERC ¶ 61,132 (2012). Circuit D.C. Cir.

R. Gordon Gooch v. FERC No. 13-1148 Dismissal of complaint challenging Colonial’s alleged over-recovery of revenues for transportation of petroleum products. R. Gordon Gooch v. Colonial Pipeline Co., 142 FERC ¶ 61,220 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Idaho Power Co., et al. v. FERC No. 13-72220 Order on remand, approving a settlement between Idaho Power/IDACORP and the City of Tacoma, Washington, resolving most issues, on the condition that settling parties remove settlement language that might extinguish right of non-settling parties to bring “ripple claims” against Idaho Power/IDACORP. Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. All Jurisdictional Sellers of Energy and/or Capacity at Wholesale into Electric Energy and/or Capacity Markets in the Pacific Northwest, 139 FERC ¶ 61,209 (2012), order on reh’g & compl., 141 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2012). Circuit 9th Cir.

Minisink Residents, et al. v. FERC No. 12-1481, et al. Certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing Millennium Pipeline to construct and operate compressor station and related facilities in the Town of Minisink, New York. Millennium Pipeline Co., 140 FERC ¶ 61,045 (2012), reh’g denied, 141 FERC ¶ 61,198 (2012), reh’g denied, 142 FERC ¶ 61,077 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Southwestern Power Admin., et al. v. FERC No. 13-1033 NERC/FERC imposition of penalty of $19,500 against a federal entity (SWPA) that violates a mandatory reliability standard. North American Electric Reliability Corp., 140 FERC ¶ 61,048 (2012), reh’g denied, 141 FERC ¶ 61,242 (2012). Circuit D.C. Cir.

NO Gas Pipeline, et al. v. FERC No. 12-1470, et al. Certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing Texas Eastern and Algonquin, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Spectra Energy, to construct and operate New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, to increase firm transportation service to the New York City metropolitan area. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 139 FERC ¶ 61,138 (2012), reh’g denied, 141 FERC ¶ 61,043 (2012). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. FERC No. 13-60140 Bandwidth calculations and remedies to keep Entergy companies in rough equalization under System Agreement; consideration of depreciation inputs and costs. Entergy Services, Inc., Op. No. 514, 137 FERC ¶ 61,029 (2011), reh’g denied, Op. No. 514-A, 142 FERC ¶ 61,013 (2013); Arkansas Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. Entergy Corp., et al., 128 FERC ¶ 61,020 (2009), reh’g denied, 137 FERC ¶ 61,030 (2011), on reh’g, 142 FERC ¶ 61,012 (2013). Circuit 5th Cir.

FirstEnergy Service Co. v. FERC No. 12-1461 PJM allocation to new member (ATSI) a share of the costs of high voltage regional transmission expansion projects that were planned prior to the new member’s integration into PJM. American Transmission Systems, Inc.; FirstEnergy Serv. Co. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 129 FERC ¶ 61,249 (2009), order on reh’g, 130 FERC ¶ 61,171 (2010), order on reh’g, 140 FERC ¶ 61,226 (2012). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Calif., ex rel, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, et al. v. FERC No. 12-71958 Order on remand from State of California, ex rel. Bill Lockyer v. FERC, 383 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2004), affirming ALJ after hearing that California Parties failed to prove that violations of reporting requirements masked an accumulation of market power. State of California, ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California v. British Columbia Power Exchange Corp., et al., 135 FERC ¶ 61,113 (2011), reh’g denied, 139 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2012). Circuit 9th Cir.

Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. FERC No. 13-1015 Certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. to upgrade existing pipeline system with 40 miles of pipeline looping. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 139 FERC ¶ 61,161 (2012), on reh’g, 142 FERC ¶ 61,025 (2013). Circuit D.C. Cir.