Pending Cases

No. 18-1108 (D.C. Cir. filed 4/24/2018) Order authorizing construction and operation of pipeline facilities (the Orion Project) in Pennsylvania. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 158 FERC ¶ 61,110 (2017), rehg denied, 162 FERC ¶ 61,167 (2018). Status: petitions for review denied 12/27/2018

No. 18-1335 (8th Cir. filed 2/16/2018)New license for the 50.937 MW Loup River hydroelectric project in Nance and Platte Counties, Nebraska; effect of the project on water quality, aquatic habitat, and endangered species. Loup River Pub. Power Dist., 159 FERC ¶ 62,198 (2017), rehg denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,292 (2017). Status: in abeyance

No. 18-1046 (D.C. Cir. filed 2/16/2018)Order dismissing petition for a declaratory order, finding no current conflict of law justifying preempting Oregons fish passage requirements with respect to Idaho Powers Hells Canyon hydroelectric project. Idaho Power Co.,158 FERC ¶ 61,048 (2017), order on rehg clar., 161 FERC ¶ 61,284 (2017). Status: in abeyance

No. 18-1032 (D.C. Cir. filed 1/29/2018) Order authorizing construction and operation of 510 miles of new interstate pipeline and related facilities, extending from Appalachian supply area to Livingston County, Michigan; denial of request for blanket certificate to perform certain activities in light of intentional demolition of property eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Rover Pipeline LLC, 158 FERC ¶ 61,109 (2017), order on clar. & reh'g,161 FERC ¶ 61,244 (2017). Status: in abeyance

No. 18-1114 (4th Cir. filed 1/29/2018) Order authorizing construction and operation of 604 miles of new interstate pipeline and related facilities, extending from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina. Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC,161 FERC ¶ 61,042 (2017), reh'g pending. Status: dismissed 3/21/2018

No. 18-1031 (D.C. Cir. filed 1/29/2018) Order authorizing abandonment, construction, and operation of pipeline and compression facilities, the Tennessee Abandonment and Capacity Restoration Project, in various states. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 160 FERC ¶ 61,144 (2017), reh'g pending. Status: dismissed 12/28/2018

Nos. 18-1018, 18-1019, and 18-1020 (D.C. Cir. filed 1/19/2018) Rate of return for incremental recourse rates and calculation of lease payments associated with Transco Atlantic Sunrise, Virginia Southside Expansion, and Dalton Expansion Projects. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, 158 FERC ¶ 61,125 (2017), order on reh'g,161 FERC ¶ 61,250 (2017); 156 FERC ¶ 61,022 (2016), reh'g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,212 (2017); 156 FERC ¶ 61,092 (2016), reh'g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2017). et al. Status: petition for review dismissed for lack of jurisdiction 4/3/2019

No. 17-1275 (D.C. Cir. filed 12/28/2017) Revisions to ISO-NE tariff that revise the Forward Capacity Market rules to provide a means for capacity suppliers to price the potential retirement of existing resources and to address the potential exercise of market power associated with the retirement of existing resources. ISO New England, Inc., 155 FERC ¶ 61,029 (2016), order on reh'g & compl., 161 FERC ¶ 61,115 (2017). Status: record remanded to FERC 12/28/2018

No. 17-4302 and 17-4308 (6th Cir. filed 12/21/2017) Conditional certificate authorizing construction and operation of the NEXUS pipeline project in Ohio. NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,022 (2017), reh'g pending.et al. Status: dismissed 3/15/2018

No. 17-1267 (D.C. Cir. filed 12/18/2017) Acceptance of termination of Generator Interconnection Agreement, between wind generator in ND (Merricourt), Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., and MISO. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 154 FERC ¶ 61,172 (2016), reh'g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,077 (2017). Status: dismissed 6/14/2019

Nos. 17-1262 and 17-1265 (D.C. Cir. filed 12/15/2017) Allocation of costs of undergrounding three VEPCO transmission projects. Old Dominion Elec. Coop., et al. v. Virginia Elec. and Power Co., 146 FERC ¶ 61,200 (2014), reh'g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,055 (2017). Status: petition for review denied on 12/20/2019

No. 17-73244 (9th Cir. filed 12/4/2017) Order accepting APS notice of cancelation, rejecting APS proposal to pay SoCal Edison a negotiated reimbursement to be recovered in rates, and directing APS to file a 2015 expiration agreement. Arizona Pub. Serv. Co.,156 FERC ¶ 61,006 (2016), order on reh'g & clar., 161 FERC ¶ 61,022 (2017). Status: petition for review denied in part, granted in part, and remanded

No. 17-3770 and 17-3966 (2nd Cir. filed 11/28/2017 and later) 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 (2016), reh'g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,194 (2017). Status: petition for review denied 3/12/2018

No. 17-1251, et al. (D.C. Cir. filed 11/21/2017 and later) Calculation of refunds as a result of Entergy's violation of the System Agreement through improper allocation of energy used to source Entergy Arkansas's off-system sales of energy. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Entergy Corp.,, Op. No. 521, 139 FERC ¶ 61,240 (2012), order on reh'g, 155 FERC ¶ 61,064 (2016), order on reh'g, 160 FERC ¶ 61,109 (2017); Op. No. 548, 155 FERC ¶ 61,065 (2016) reh'g denied,161 FERC ¶ 61,171 (2017). Status: in abeyance

No. 17-1243 (D.C. Cir. filed 11/16/2017) New license for continued operation and maintenance of the Yadkin Project on the Yadkin River in North Carolina; transfer of new license. Alcoa Power Generating Inc. and Cube Yadkin Generation LLC, 156 FERC ¶ 62,210 (2016), order on reh'g, 160 FERC ¶ 61,097 (2017). order on reh'g, 160 FERC ¶ 61,098 (2017). Status: petition for review denied on 1/18/2019

No. 17-73060 (9th Cir. filed 11/7/2017) Revision of project boundary to include property owned by licensee within a residential development. Pub. Util. District No. 2 of Grant County, Wash.,158 FERC ¶ 61,036 (2017), reh'g denied, 160 FERC ¶ 61,096 (2017). Status: petition for review denied 4/23/2019

No. 17-1143 (D.C. Cir. filed 6/1/2017) Certificate to construct and operate the Northern Access 2016 Project, consisting of new pipeline and compression facilities in Pennsylvania and New York. National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. and Empire Pipeline, Inc.,158 FERC ¶ 61,145 (2017), reh'g pending (tolling order issued). Status: in abeyance

No. 17-1135, et al. (D.C. Cir. filed 5/24/2017 and later Certificate to construct and operate the Atlantic Bridge Project, consisting of new pipeline and compression facilities in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Algonquin Gas Transmission and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline,158 FERC ¶ 61,061 (2017), reh'g pending (tolling order issued). Status: petitions for review denied 12/27/2018

No. 17-5084 (D.C. Cir. filed 4/24/2017) Appeal of Mar. 22, 2017 district court dismissal of Riverkeeper complaint, challenging funding of natural gas pipeline reviews and fairness of certificate process, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. FERC, D.D.C. 1:16-cv-00416 (J. Chutkin). [no FERC docket] Status: judgment of the District Court affirmed 7/10/2018

No. 17-1110 (D.C. Cir. filed 4/3/2017) Revisions to New England Forward Capacity Market, including system-wide sloped demand curve and exemption for certain renewable resources from minimum offer price rule. ISO New England, Inc. and New England Power Pool Participants Comm., 147 FERC ¶ 61,173 (2014), order on reh'g & clar.,150 FERC ¶ 61,065 (2015), order on remand,155 FERC ¶ 61,023 (2016), order on reh'g,158 FERC ¶ 61,138 (2017). Status: petition for review denied 7/31/2018