Appellate Briefs

D.C. Cir. Nos. 22-1116, et al. Series of related orders, concerning whether sellers can justify certain summer 2020 spot market sales that exceeded the WECC soft price cap, and in some cases directing refunds. Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., 179 FERC ¶ 61,034 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,182 (2022), and other orders involving other sellers [consolidated appeal of 36 petitions for review, filed by sellers and the California Pub. Utils. Comm’n].

D.C. Cir. Nos. 23-1069 & 23-1071  Order granting authorization to site, construct, and operate a natural gas liquefaction and export facility, including an NGA section 3 natural gas pipeline, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (Commonwealth LNG Project).  Commonwealth LNG, LLC, 181 FERC ¶ 61,143 (2022), order on reh’g, 183 FERC ¶ 61,173 (2023).  

S. Ct. No. 22-601 (US) Brief of amicus curiae United States in response to a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging a Fifth Circuit decision in NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. v. Lake, 48 F.4th 306 (5th Cir. 2022), in which the court held that a Texas law granting in state developers a right of first refusal to construct transmission lines constitutes a facial violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause.

D.C. Cir. No. 20-5203 Opposition to Plaintiff-Appellants' Emergency Motion for Injunctive Relief

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1031, et al. Order granting motion requesting a 26-month extension of time, until August 1, 2028, to complete the construction of and make available for service the Train 4 Project authorized in May 2019.  Freeport LNG Development,  L.P., and FLNG Liquefaction 4, LLC, 181 FERC ¶ 61,023 (2022), order on reh’g, 182 FERC ¶ 61,112 (2023).

9th Cir. Nos. 20-72432(L), et al. Response in Opposition to Motion for Attorneys Fees Under Equal Access to Justice Act

S. Ct. No. 22-1246  Response in opposition to petition for a writ of certiorari, seeking Supreme Court review of 2/14/23 decision of the D.C. Circuit in Solar Energy Indus. Ass’n v. FERC, affirming Commission’s order certificating that proposed hybrid solar photovoltaic facility is a qualifying small power production facility pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.  Broadview Solar, LLC, 174 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2021), order on reh’g, 175 FERC ¶ 61,228 (2021).    

8th Cir. Nos. 23-1520, et al.

D.C. Cir. Nos. 20-1283 & 20-1352 Order on cost responsibility for Required Transmission Enhancements that are included in the PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.  PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 170 FERC ¶ 61,295 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,205 (2020).    

D.C. Cir No. 22-1018 Post-judgment motion seeking clarification regarding Commission’s authority to act on a rate filing at any time before the proposed effective date.  

D.C. Cir. Nos. 21-1272, et al. Order rejecting Affected System Operator Agreement between Duke Energy Progress, the affected system operator, and American  Beech Solar, the interconnection customer.  Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 177 FERC ¶ 61,001 (2021), order on reh’g, 179 FERC ¶ 61,007 (2022). Order accepting unexecuted operating agreement between Duke and Edgecombe Solar.  Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 180 FERC ¶ 61,005 (2022), order on reh’g, 181 FERC ¶ 61,197 (2022).

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1278, et al. Order accepting tariff records, to implement a producer certified gas (PCG) pooling service option on Tennessee’s pipeline system.  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 179 FERC ¶ 61,233 (2022), order on reh’g, 181 FERC ¶ 61,063 (2022).  

D.C. Cir. No. 20-5203 Supplemental brief, addressing the implications of recent Supreme Court decision in Axon Enter., Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, 143 S. Ct. 890 (2023), whether court of appeals should continue to dismiss, for lack of jurisdiction, challenge to Mountain Valley Pipeline certificate, filed in district court after D.C. Circuit had affirmed the FERC certificate.

No. 22-3593, et al. Order granting petition for declaratory order, and exercising primary jurisdiction, that SPP properly compensated AECI, for sales of emergency energy made by AECI to SPP during Winter Storm Uri, in accordance with Attachment AE of the SPP Tariff. Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 180 FERC ¶ 61,110 (2022), order on reh’g, 182 FERC ¶ 61,016 (2023).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 20-1512 and 21-1040 Respondent FERC’s Notice Of Intervening Events And Motion To Dismiss The Petitions For Review

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1205 Order rejecting revisions to Lincoln Electric’s formula rate template to allow for the recovery of costs associated with Lincoln Electric’s capacity share of the Laramie River Station (LRS)-related transmission facilities as part of the annual transmission revenue requirement in SPP’s transmission pricing zone 19.  Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 179 FERC ¶ 61,045 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2022).  

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1045, et al. Order ultimately setting oil pipeline index for the five-year period beginning 7/1/21 as the Producer Price Index for Finished  Goods minus 0.21 percent.  Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index, 173 FERC ¶ 61,245 (2020), order on reh’g, 178 FERC ¶ 61,023 (2022), order on reh’g, 179 FERC ¶ 61,100 (2022).

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1214, et al. Order issuing certificate for East 300 Project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 179 FERC ¶ 61,041 (2022), order on reh’g, 181 FERC ¶ 61,051 (2022).

6th Cir. No. 22-3176, et al. Order on voluntary remand, concerning reserve market provisions of PJM tariff.  PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 177 FERC ¶ 61,209 (2021), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,051 (2022).  

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1251 Order granting petition filed by Nopetro LNG, for declaratory order that its liquid natural gas facility in Port St. Joe, Florida is not subject to FERC jurisdiction.  Nopetro LNG, LLC, 178 FERC ¶ 61,168 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,057 (2022).