Appellate Briefs

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).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1262 and 20-1391 Order on cost allocation method for MISO’s share of the cost of certain interregional transmission projects with PJM. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 170 FERC ¶ 61,241 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,101 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1427 Order issuing certificate to MVP-Southgate, authorizing Mountain Valley Pipeline to construct and operate approximately 75.1 miles of natural gas pipeline and associated aboveground facilities in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and Rockingham and Alamance Counties, North Carolina. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, 171 FERC ¶ 61,232 (2020), order on reh’g and stay, 172 FERC ¶ 61,261 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1453 Order on remand from Ameren Servs. Co. v. FERC, 880 F.3d 571 (D.C. Cir. 2018), on funding for interconnection with new generation.  Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 164 FERC ¶ 61,158 (2018), order on compliance and reh’g, 169 FERC ¶ 61,233 (2019), order on compliance and reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,248 (2020). 

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1236, et al. Order (1) accepting refund report dealing with market resettlements as a result of FERC orders accepting Amendment No. 60, California ISO’s proposed cost allocation for its must-offer generation requirement under its open access transmission tariff, and (2) ordering that interest be applied to the resettlements.  California Indep. System Operator Corp., et al., 168 FERC ¶ 61,127 (2019), reh’g denied, 171 FERC ¶ 61,109 (2020).  

D.C. 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. 20-1493 Order conditionally accepting tariff revisions, allowing selection of a storage facility as a transmission-only asset in the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan.  Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 170 FERC ¶ 61,186 (2020) and 172 FERC ¶ 61,132 (2020), reh’g denied by operation of law, 173 FERC ¶ 62,022 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1295, et al. Order rejecting PSCo’s proposed tariff revisions to its Large Generator Interconnection Procedures. Public Service Co. of Colorado, 171 FERC ¶ 61,115 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,297 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1330 Order denying complaint in part (on NGL’s supply arrangements, Phillips 66 proprietary interconnection, and Phillips Pipeline’s prorationing policy), and setting remaining issues (challenging Phillips Pipeline’s transmix rates and practices) for hearing.  NGL Supply Wholesale, LLC v. Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC and Phillips 66 Co., 172 FERC ¶ 61,106 (2020).  

D.C. Cir. Nos. 19-1224, et al. Order accepting tariff revisions related to winter reliability program for Forward Capacity Auctions.  ISO New England, Inc., 171 FERC ¶ 61,235 (2020), reh’g denied by operation of law, 172 FERC ¶ 62,095 (Aug. 20, 2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1289, et al. Order on compliance and remand, concerning prices paid for service under the 2013-2014 Winter Reliability Program.  ISO New England Inc., 171 FERC ¶ 61,003 (2020), order on reh’g, 172 FERC ¶ 61,164 (2020).

D.C. Cir. No. 20-1388 Order approving California ISO-preferred approach for determining capacity procurement method (CPM) compensation for resources with cost offers above the soft offer cap.  California Independent System Operator Corp., 171 FERC ¶ 61,172 (2020), notice of denial of rehearing by operation of law, 172 FERC ¶ 62,052 (2020).