Appellate Briefs

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).  

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1151, et al. Order dismissing complaints, alleging that Texas Eastern failed to deliver gas at the Adair Interconnect at the minimum pressure necessary for delivery into the Columbia Gulf system in violation of statute, regulations, certificate, and service agreement.  Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 178 FERC ¶ 61,217 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC 61,079 (2022).   

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1101, et al. Order issuing certificates, to construct, acquire, and operate the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project in Louisiana, and approving abandonment.  Tennessee Gas Co. and Southern Natural Gas Co., 178 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,205 (2022).  

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1166  Order on formal challenge to AEP true-up calculation of charges.  Southwest Power Pool, Inc., American Electric Power Service Corp., 178 FERC ¶ 61,208 (2022), order on reh’g, 180 FERC ¶ 61,161 (2022).  

D.C. Cir. Nos. 22-1235 and 22-1267 Order granting 31-month extension of time, to construct and place into service LNG and pipeline projects.  Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC, et al., 179 FERC ¶ 61,087 (2022), order on reh’g, 181 FERC ¶ 61,033 (2022).  

S. Ct. No. 22-743 Response to a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking review of 8/4/22 9th Cir. opinion (in Nos. 20-72432, et al.) vacating Commission orders holding that the California State Water Resources Control Board waived its power to grant or deny Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certifications for hydroelectric projects that are subject to FERC licensing  

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1233 Order granting 35-month extension of time, to construct and place into service Northern Access 2016 Project.  National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., et al., 179 FERC ¶ 61,226 (2022); Notice of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law, 180 FERC ¶ 62,099 (2022).

D.C. Cir. No. 23-164 Respondent’s opposition to emergency motion for stay.  Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, 182 FERC ¶ 61,006 (2023); Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, 182 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2023)

D.C. Cir. Nos. 20-1429, et al. Denial of Xcel complaint, concerning SPP assignment of network upgrade charges to Xcel under Attachment Z2 of SPP’s open access tariff.  Xcel Energy Services, Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 162 FERC ¶ 61,203 (2018), order on reh’g, 178 FERC ¶ 61,096 (2022). Order denying and granting in part a complaint filed by KEPCo against SPP in connection with the direct assignment of network upgrade charges (credit payment obligations) to KEPCo under Attachment Z2 of SPP’s open access tariff.  Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 161 FERC ¶ 61,145 (2017), order on reh’g, 178 FERC ¶ 61,095 (2022).  

D.C. No. 22-1146 and 22-1147 Order granting two-year extension of time to construct Atlantic Bridge Project, including compressor station in Weymouth, MA.  Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144 (2020) (denying rehearing of Dec. 26, 2019 delegated order of OEP staff approving extension).  Order on briefing and rehearing, sustaining authorization of the Weymouth Compressor Station and other facilities associated with the Atlantic Bridge Project.  Algonquin Gas Transmission, et al., 178 FERC ¶ 61,029 (2022).

S. Ct. No. 22-616 Response in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking review of 6/17/22 D.C. Cir. opinion (in No. 21-1120) affirming Commission orders holding that the California State Water Resources Control Board did not waive its power to grant or deny Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certifications for two hydroelectric projects that are subject to FERC licensing.

D.C. Cir. No. 22-1090, et al. Order accepting PJM’s proposed revisions to its existing Transmission Constraint Penalty Factor rules.  PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 178 FERC ¶ 61,104 (2022), order on reh’g, 179 FERC ¶ 61,161 (2022).