Appellate Briefs

No. 20-1465, et al. Order Denying Complaint.  LSP Transmission Holdings II, LLC, et al. v. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operating, Inc., 172 FERC ¶ 61,098 (2020), order on reh’g, 173 FERC ¶ 61,202 (2020); Order on cost allocation for Market Efficiency Projects and selection process for Immediate Need Reliability Projects.  Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operating, Inc., 172 FERC ¶ 61,095 (2020), order on reh’g, 173 FERC ¶ 61,203 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1249, et al. Order accepting planning procedures of PJM Transmission Owners, to apply to a limited subset of Supplemental Projects designed to mitigate the risk associated with critical transmission stations and substations identified pursuant to NERC reliability standard CIP-014-2 — Physical Security. Appalachian Power Co. and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Order Accepting Tariff Revisions, 170 FERC ¶ 61,196 (2020), order on reh’g, 173 FERC ¶ 61,157 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1315, et al. Consideration of tax gain portion of the accumulated deferred income tax associated with the sale and leaseback of 9.3% of Entergy Louisiana, LLC’s ownership interest in the Waterford 3 nuclear plant recorded in the fifth (2010 test year), sixth (2011 test year), and seventh (2012 test year) bandwidth calculations. Louisiana Public Service Comm’n v. Entergy Corp., Opinion No. 560, 162 FERC ¶ 61,234 (2018), order on reh’g, 171 FERC ¶ 61,044 (2020), order on reh’g, 173 FERC ¶ 61,152 (2020).

D.C. Cir. Nos. 20-1104 and 20-1356 [Supplemental Brief] Order denying complaint and on initial decision, concerning alleged off-system sales that Entergy Arkansas made (1) in 2000, from its share of Grand Gulf, and (2) from 2000 to 2005, as Opportunity Sales that were later converted to Joint Account Sales.  Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. Entergy Corp., 169 FERC ¶ 61,113 (2019), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,056 (2020); Louisiana Public Serv. Comm’n v. Entergy Corp., 165 FERC ¶ 61,022 (2018), reh’g denied, 169 FERC ¶ 61,179 (2019).

D.C. Cir. No. 16-1088 Orders granting 50 basis point adder to base return on equity to independent transmission company.  Midcontinent Indep. System Operator, Inc., 150 FERC ¶ 61,252 (2015), order on reh’g & compl., 154 FERC ¶ 61,004 (2016).  

D.C. Cir. Nos. 19-1236, et al.  Order removing a market power mitigation measure imposed to resolve horizontal market power concerns originating from 1998 utility merger and 2006 withdrawal from Midcontinent ISO.  Louisville Gas and Elec. Co. and Kentucky Utils.

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1492 Order on remand, from decision in City of Oberlin v. FERC, 937 F.3d 599 (D.C. Cir. 2019), concerning need for pipeline project. NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, et al., 172 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2020), and notice of denial of reh’g by operation of law, 174 FERC ¶ 62,068 (2021). 

5th Cir. No. 16-60604, et al. Order affirming an Initial Decision in which the Administrative Law Judge found that BP violated section 4A of the Natural Gas Act and section 1c.1 of the Commission’s regulations (Anti- Manipulation Rule), by manipulating the price of natural gas in the Houston region; order on civil penalties and disgorgement. BP America Inc., et al., 147 FERC ¶ 61,130 (2014), order on Initial Decision and reh’g, Opinion No.

D.C. Cir. No. 16-1325, et al. Orders on base return on equity of, and refunds by, MISO transmission owners.  Ass’n of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity, et al. v. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., et al., 149 FERC ¶ 61,049 (2014), order on reh’g, 156 FERC ¶ 61,060 (2016); and Arkansas Elec. Coop. Corp., et al. v. ALLETE, Inc., et al., 151 FERC ¶ 61,219 (2015), order on reh’g, 156 FERC ¶ 61,061 (2016); Ass’n of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity v. Midcontinent Indep. System Operator, Inc., et al., Op. No.

 D.C. Cir. No. 20-1260, et al. Order granting petition for declaratory order, as to certain transmission and power supply agreements.  Public Service Co.of Colorado, 170 FERC ¶ 61,294 (2020), order on reh’g and clar., 173 FERC ¶ 61,044 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1325, et al. Complaint regarding property rights for Grand River Dam Authority’s Pensacola Project.  Grand River Dam Authority, Project No. 1494-445 - Oklahoma Pensacola Project, Letter to Mr. Dean Kruithof, City Manager, from Director, FERC Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance (2020), order on reh’g, Grand River Dam Authority, 172 FERC ¶ 61,255 (2020).  

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1491 Approval of LNG terminal design change proposals.  Rio Grande LNG, LLC & Rio Bravo Pipeline Co., LLC (Aug. 13, 2020), order on reh’g, 174 FERC ¶ 61,048 (2021).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1422, et al. Order terminating a Federal Power Act section 206 investigation regarding ISO New England Inc.’s implementation of the exemption for immediate need reliability projects.  ISO New England Inc., 171 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,293 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1389 Order accepting cost recovery mechanism for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) costs incurred by facilities that ISO-NE identifies as critical to the derivation of Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits.  ISO New England Inc., 171 FERC ¶ 61,160 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 62,251 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1492 Order on remand, from decision in City of Oberlin v. FERC, 937 F.3d 599 (D.C. Cir. 2019), concerning need for pipeline project.  NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, et al., 172 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2020), and notice of denial of reh’g by operation of law, 174 FERC ¶ 62,068 (2021).   

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1238, et al.  Protective petition for review of order approving sedimentation and flood protection plan for the City of Salisbury, North Carolina Water Intake.  Cube Yadkin Generation LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 62,143 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,254 (2020).  

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1161, et al. Order authorizing Jordan Cove Energy Project to site, construct, and operate a liquefied natural gas export terminal and associated facilities in Coos County, Oregon, and authorizing Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline to construct and operate a new interstate natural gas pipeline system in Klamath, Jackson, Douglas, and Coos Counties, Oregon.  Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P., and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, L.P., 170 FERC ¶ 61,202 (2020), order on reh’g, 171 FERC ¶ 61,136 (2020).  

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1495, et al. Order granting petition for declaratory order, concerning agreement among Duke and municipals using battery storage technology on their systems.  North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, 172 FERC ¶ 61,249 (2020), order on reh’g, 173 FERC ¶ 61,235 (2020).  

D.C. Cir. No. 16-1088 On review of orders granting 50 basis point adder to base return on equity to independent transmission company.  Midcontinent Indep. System Operator, Inc., 150 FERC ¶ 61,252 (2015), order on reh’g & compl., 154 FERC ¶ 61,004 (2016).  

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1313, et al. Order denying complaint, alleging that PG&E unreasonably denied service to San Francisco in violation of its Wholesale Distribution Tariff, and that it is implementing the WDT in an unjust and discriminatory manner.  City & County of San Francisco v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 171 FERC ¶ 61,021 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,237 (2020).