Appellate Briefs

Coalition to Reroute Nexus, et al. v. FERC No. 17-4302 Response in opposition to motion for stay pending appeal of non-final Certificate Order regarding NEXUS pipeline project, NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,022 (Aug. 25, 2017). Circuit 6th Cir.

Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, et al. v. FERC No. 2:17-cv-0246 Motion to dismiss, for lack of jurisdiction, complaint challenging FERC’s interim approval of new transmission rate for Bonneville Power Administration’s Southern Intertie. Circuit E.D. Cal.

Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, et al. v. FERC No. 2:17-cv-0246 Reply in support of motion to dismiss, complaint challenging FERC’s interim approval of new transmission rate for Bonneville Power Administration’s Southern Intertie. Circuit E.D. Cal.

Sierra Club, et al. v. FERC Nos. 16-1329 and 16-1387 Motion to Stay Issuance of Mandate. Order authorizing, subject to conditions, Florida Southeast, Transco, and Sabal Trail to construct and operate natural gas pipeline projects to serve Florida and southeast markets. Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, et al., 154 FERC ¶ 61,080 (2016), order on reh’g, 156 FERC ¶ 61,160 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

NextEra Energy Resources, et al. v. FERC No. 17-1110 Order accepting, with conditions, revisions to ISO-NE tariff to establish a system-wide sloped demand curve and related parameters for use in Forward Capacity Market; 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). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Bold Alliance, et al. v. FERC No. 17-cv-01822 Reply in support of motion to dismiss district court complaint raising challenges to Commission grant of certificates to Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline applications. Circuit D.D.C.

Coalition to Reroute Nexus, et al. v. FERC No. 17-4302 City of Oberlin, Ohio v. FERC No. 17-4308 Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction petitions seeking review of non-final Certificate Order regarding NEXUS pipeline project, NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,022 (Aug. 25, 2017). Circuit 6th Cir.

Ameren Servs. Co., et al. v. FERC No. 17-1141, et al. Consolidated cases concerning real-time revenue sufficiency guarantee rate: inclusion of some or all virtual supply offers in rate for generator make-whole payments, and decisions not to order refunds. Midwest Indep. Transm. System Operator, et al., 117 FERC ¶ 61,113 (2006), on reh’g, 118 FERC ¶ 61,212 (2007), on reh’g, 121 FERC ¶ 61,131 (2007); on compl., 121 FERC ¶ 61,132 (2007), on reh’g, 127 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2009), on reh'g, 155 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2016). Ameren Servs. Co. v. Midwest Indep. Transm. System Operator, 127 FERC ¶ 61,121 (2009), on reh'g, 155 FERC ¶ 61,124 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Appalachian Voices, et al. v. FERC No. 17-1271, et al. Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction petitions seeking review of non-final Certificate Order regarding Mountain Valley pipeline project, Mountain Valley Pipeline Co., LLC, 161 FERC ¶ 61,043 (Oct. 13, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Allegheny Defense Project, et al. v. FERC No. 17-1263, et al. Response in opposition to motion for stay of construction and operation of Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project. Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co., 158 FERC ¶ 61,125 (Feb. 3, 2017); order on reh’g, 161 FERC ¶ 61,250 (Dec. 6, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, et al. v. FERC No. 2:17-cv-0246 Response to motion for preliminary injunction, complaint challenging FERC’s interim approval of new transmission rate for Bonneville Power Administration’s Southern Intertie. Circuit E.D. Cal.

Appalachian Voices, et al. v. FERC Nos. 17-1271, 18-1002 and 18-1006 Response in opposition to motions and All Writs Act petition seeking to stay Certificate Order regarding Mountain Valley pipeline project, pending Commission rehearing of order granting certificate. Mountain Valley Pipeline Co., LLC, 161 FERC ¶ 61,043 (Oct. 13, 2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

New York State DEC, et al. v. FERC No. 17-3770 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 (2015), reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,194 (2017). Circuit 2nd Cir.

Boyce Hydro Power, LLC v. FERC No. 17-1270 Response in opposition to emergency motion. Circuit D.C. Cir.

City of Rockingham, North Carolina, et al. v. FERC, et al. No. 17-526 Opposition to a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking Supreme Court review of the Fourth Circuit’s decision affirming Commission orders issuing a new license for the 108 MW Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydroelectric Project on the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers in North Carolina. Duke Energy Progress, Inc., 151 FERC ¶ 62,004 (2015), order on reh’g and clar., 153 FERC ¶ 61,056 (2015). [Brief filed by the Solicitor General of the United States]. [Brief filed by the Solicitor General of the United States]. Circuit S. Ct.

Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Dists. v. FERC No. 16-71380 Denial of complaint, alleging that PG&E breached certain interconnection agreements, concerning coordination of transmission systems, between the Districts and PG&E. Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Dists. v. Pacific Gas and Elec. Co., 152 FERC ¶ 61,016 (2015), reh'g denied, 154 FERC ¶ 61,215 (2016). Circuit 9th Cir.

Bold Alliance, et al. v. FERC No. 17-cv-01822-RJL Motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ amended complaint raising challenges in district court to Commission grant of certificates to Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline applications. Circuit D.D.C.

Verso Corp., et al. v. FERC No. 15-1098, et al. Refund of previously-allocated costs associated with the operation of System Support Resource generating units, located in the American Transmission Co. service territory, under the MISO tariff. Pub. Serv. Comm’n of Wisc. v. Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Oper., Inc., et al., order on complaint & reh’g, 148 FERC ¶ 61,071 (2014), order on reh’g & compl., 150 FERC ¶ 61,104 (2015), order on reh’g & clar., 156 FERC ¶ 61,205 (2016); order on tariff rev’ns, 152 FERC ¶ 61,216 (2015), order on reh’g & compl., 155 FERC ¶ 61,134 (2016). Circuit D.C. Cir.

New Jersey Bd. of Pub. Utils., et al. v. FERC Nos. 17-1101, et al. Tariff provisions relating to the allocation of Auction Revenue Rights and Financial Transmission Rights. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 156 FERC ¶ 61,180 (2016), order on reh’g & compl., 158 FERC ¶ 61,093 (2017). Circuit D.C. Cir.

N.Y. State Dept. of Environmental Conservation v. FERC Nos. 17-3503 and 17-3770 Response in opposition to emergency motion and All Writs Act petition seeking to stay construction and operation of Millennium’s Valley Lateral project, pending appellate review of Commission orders finding that the N.Y. Department waived its authority over the project under the Clean Water Act. Millennium Pipeline Co., LLC, 160 FERC ¶ 61,065 (Sept. 15, 2017), reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,186 (Nov. 15, 2017). Circuit 2nd Cir.