Appellate Briefs

7th Cir. Nos. 24-3248 and 24-3249 Amicus brief offering FERC perspective on state transmission right of first refusal laws (on appeal of district court decision preliminarily enjoining Indiana ROFR law).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 21-1126, et al. Supplemental brief, following Supreme Court Loper Bright decision on deference afforded to agency interpretation of statute, and following D.C. Circuit 2/14/23 affirmance of FERC orders ultimately granting Broadview Solar’s application seeking Commission certification that proposed hybrid solar photovoltaic facility is a qualifying small power production facility pursuant to the Public UtilityRegulatory Policies Act of 1978. Broadview Solar, LLC, 174 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2021), order on reh’g, 175 FERC ¶ 61,228 (2021).

5th Cir. Nos. 24-60222 and 24-60352 Order granting petition for a declaratory order, that ANR's tariff requires it to provide service to Short-Notice Service shippers upon two hours' telephonic notification, subject to the shipper submitting a nomination and delivering a commensurate amount of gas to ANR later in the gas day.  LSP University Park, LLC, 186 FERC ¶ 61,168 (2024), order on reh’g, 188 FERC ¶ 61,027 (2024).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 24-1099 and 24-1198 Order issuing certificate for Cumberland Project, authorizing construction and operation of natural gas facilities in Tennessee, to provide additional firm transportation service for Tennessee Valley Authority.  Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 186 FERC ¶ 61,046 (2024), order on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,136 (2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 24-1306 Response of FERC to Order to Show Cause.Order denying request that Midland Power Coop. provide data of its supplying utility, (Central Iowa Power Coop.) and the rate at which Midland currently purchases energy and capacity.  Gregory and Beverly Swecker, 187 FERC ¶61,187 (June 27, 2024); Notice of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law and Providing for Further Consideration, 188 FERC ¶ 62,101 (Aug. 26, 2024).

5th Cir. No. 23-60601 Order affirming ALJ Initial Decision, following hearing, that applicants should be granted market-based rate authority to ship crude oil for the Nederland and Anchorage destination markets, and that applicants should not be granted market-based rate authority for the Tyler destination market.  West Texas Gulf Pipe Line Co. LLC and Permian Express Partners LLC, Opinion No. 584, 184 FERC ¶ 61,182 (2023), order on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,103 (2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 24-1076 Order affirming ALJ initial decision, after hearing, concerning the fuel and loss retention percentages (F&LR) and the electric power cost rates (EPCR) proposed in Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s annual fuel filing submitted on March 1, 2021.  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 186 FERC ¶ 61,069 (2024); Notice of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law, 186 FERC¶62,162 (Mar. 28, 2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1174, et al. Response to petitions for rehearing of court’s 8/6/24 decision to remand and vacate FERC orders authorizing construction and operation of LNG facilities and connecting pipeline. Rio Grande LNG, LLC & Rio Bravo Pipeline Co., LLC, 183 FERC ¶ 61,046 (2023), order on reh’g, 185 FERC ¶ 61,080 (2023); Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, 183 FERC ¶ 61,047 (2023), order on reh’g, 185 FERC ¶ 61,079 (2023).

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1348, et al. Order on exceptions to ALJ’s Initial Decision concerning the Quality Bank for the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), and specifically whether the current Quality Bank methodology for valuing Resid continues to be just and reasonable. BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc., and ExxonMobil Pipeline Co., Opinion No. 588, 185 FERC ¶ 61,206 (2023).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 23-1342, et al. Order denying waiver of water quality certification under CWA section 401, for the proposed relicensing of the Upper Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project No. 2310, Deer Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 14530, and Lower Drum Project No.

D.C. Cir. Nos. 24-1094 and 24-1150 Order granting three-year extension of time, until June 18, 2026, to complete construction of the MVP Southgate Project. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, 185 FERC ¶ 61,208 (2023), order on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,039 (2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 24-1092 Order denying complaint, concerning PJM’s calculation and assessment of Non-Performance Charges under its tariff.  Energy Harbor LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 185FERC ¶ 61,203 (2023); Notice of Denial of Rehearing By Operation of Law, 186 FERC ¶ 62,070 (Feb. 20, 2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1196, et al. Order on remand and compliance, from Kentucky Mun. Energy Agency v. FERC, 45 F.4th 162 (D.C. Cir. 2022), rejecting proposal to remove rate depancaking requirement related to earlier merger between LG&E and KU.  Louisville Gas & Elec. Co., Order on remand, 183 FERC ¶ 61,122 (2023), order on reh’g, 185 FERC ¶ 61,121 (2023); Order on compliance filing and transition mechanism agreements, 185 FERC ¶ 61,120 (2023), order on reh’g, 186 FERC ¶ 61,191 (2024). 

9th Cir. No. 24-2527, et al.  Order accepting in part and setting for hearing PG&E's proposed revised Formula Rate and rejecting PG&E's request for an adder to its proposed return on equity for its continued participation in California ISO.  Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 185 FERC ¶ 61,243 (Dec. 29, 2023), order on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,167 (June 12, 2024).

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1334 and 23-1151 Supplemental Brief.  Order rejecting proposed tariff revisions, to require market participants representing load serving entities participating in MISO’s planning resource auction to implement a Minimum Capacity Obligation.  Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 180 FERC ¶ 61,142 (2022), order on reh’g, 183 FERC ¶ 61,112 (2023).

8th Cir. No. 24-2714, Motion to Dismiss of Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1064, et al. Response to Transco petition for rehearing of court’s 7/30/24 decision to remand and vacate FERC orders approving Regional Energy Access Expansion pipeline project. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, 182 FERC ¶ 61,006 (2023), order on reh’g, 182 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2023).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 23-1264, et al. Order setting aside earlier 10/22/22 order, and now rejecting SPP process allocating costs of a transmission facility with a voltage level between 100 kV and 300 kV (Byway facility), and dismissing compliance filing.  Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 184 FERC ¶ 61,028 (2023), order on reh’g, 185 FERC ¶ 61,189 (2023).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 21-1042 and 21-1109 Order denying Morrisville’s petition for a declaratory order and concluding that Vermont had not waived Clean Water Act water quality certification authority.  Village of Morrisville, Vermont, 173 FERC ¶ 61,156 (2020), order on reh’g, 174 FERC ¶ 61,141 (2021).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 24-1291, et al. Opposition of Respondent FERC to Motion For Stay.