Appellate Briefs

D.C. Cir. Nos. 24-1039 and 24-1084 Order rejecting, with guidance, generator interconnection agreement among MISO as transmission provider, Eagle Creek Solar Park as interconnection customer, and Michigan Electric Transmission Co., Wolverine Power Supply Coop., and Michigan Public Power Agency as joint transmission owners.  Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 185 FERC ¶ 61,182 (2023), order on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,015 (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., 185 FERC ¶ 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).

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).

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. 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. 14531.  Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 184 FERC ¶ 61,138 (2023); Order on Rehearing and on Supplemental Petition for Declaratory Order (concerning the Yuba-Bear Project), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Nevada Irrigation Dist., 186 FERC ¶ 61,121 (2024); Order on Rehearing (concerning Yuba-Bear Project), Nevada Irrigation Dist., 187 FERC ¶ 61,095 (2024).   D.C. Cir.

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), on reh’g, 187 FERC ¶ 61,039 (2024).

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

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. 23-1348, 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).

4th Cir. No. 23-1192 Supplemental Brief.  Order on petition for declaratory order, asking the Commission to declare that Blue Ridge members are permitted to utilize battery storage technology on their systems to manage their demands under the terms of full requirements power contracts with Appalachian Power.  Blue Ridge Power Agency, 181 FERC ¶ 61,048 (2022); Notices of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law, 181 FERC ¶ 62,199 (2022) and 184 FERC ¶ 62,048 (2023).  

D.C. Cir. Nos. 22-1059, et al. Response of Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Petition for Panel and En Banc Rehearing

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1291 Order approving surrender of hydropower license for projects in Maine and New Hampshire; denying dam removal and decommissioning alternative.  Aclara Meters, LLC, 183 FERC ¶ 62,095 (2023), order on reh’g, 184 FERC ¶ 61,183 (2023).

5th Cir. No. 23-60110, et al. Order following hearing and ALJ initial decision, concerning electric plant capacity rates that are charged by System Energy Resources.  La. Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. Sys. Energy Res., Inc., Opinion No. 581, 181 FERC ¶ 61,243 (2022), order on reh’g, 184 FERC ¶ 61,097 (2023).  

D.C. Cir. No. 23-1334 Order authorizing ITC Midwest to recover, pursuant to Order No.