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STATE OF N. C. v. FED ENERGY REGULATORY COM'N

Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

584 F.2d 1003 (1978)

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA and North Carolina Utilities Commission, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Philadelphia Gas Works, Gas Section, Georgia Municipal Ass'n, Washington Gas Light Company, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., North Carolina Natural Gas Corp., Commissioners of Public Works of Greenwood, South Carolina, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Carolina Pipeline Company Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Delmarva Power and Light Company, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, and North Penn Gas Company, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Philadelphia Electric Company, American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., Long Island Lighting Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Farmers Chemical Association, Inc., General Motors Corporation, South Carolina Public Service Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company, CNG Transmission Company, United Cities Gas Company, Intervenors. PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Carolina Pipeline Company et al., Intervenors. ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Delmarva Power & Light Company et al., Intervenors. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Carolina Pipeline Co. et al., Intervenors. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc., et al., Intervenors. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al., Intervenors. SOUTH JERSEY GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company and North Penn Gas Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1978.

As Amended August 29, 1978.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitions for Review of Orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Morton L. Simons, Washington, D. C., with whom Barbara M. Simons, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 76-2102.

William I. Harkaway, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 77-1019 and intervenors in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007 and 77-1083.

John T. Miller, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 76-2140.

Melvin Richter, Dale A. Wright and Gregory Grady, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 76-2130 and intervenors in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

F. Kent Burns, Raleigh, N. C., was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 76-2145.

John E. Holtzinger, Jr., and Paul H. Keck, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 77-1007.

Frederick Moring, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 77-1083.

Edward W. Hengerer, Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, Robert W. Perdue, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Allan Abbott Tuttle, Sol. and Jon G. Lotis, Asst. Litigation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Joseph P. Stevens, Brooklyn, N. Y., with whom Barbara M. Gunther, Alvin Adelman, Brooklyn, N. Y., Edward S. Kirby, Newark, N. J., James R. Lacey, Arnold Fieldman and Susan A. Low, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenors, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, et al. Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., with whom Sheila S. Hollis, Washington, D. C., and Peter H. Schiff, Gen. Counsel, Public Service Commission of New York, Albany, N. Y., were on the brief, for intervenor P. S. C. of N.Y. in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007 and 77-1019.

Steven Schachman and Barry J. Hart, Philadelphia, Pa., were on the brief, for intervenor, Philadelphia Gas Works in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., William N. Bonner, Jr., Houston, Tex., and Robert G. Hardy, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenor, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Ronald D. Eastman and Lynda S. Mounts, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenor American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Robert C. Richard, Mineola, N. Y., was on the brief for intervenors, Long Island Lighting Company in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007 and 77-1019.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Richard P. Noland, Richard A. Oliver, Washington, D. C., Frazer F. Hilder and Julius Jay Hollis, Detroit, Mich., were on the brief, for intervenor, General Motors Corp., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

John D. Daly, Stephen J. Small and Giles D. H. Snyder, Charleston, W. Va., were on the brief, for intervenor, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Stephen H. Watts, II, Richmond, Va., was on the brief, for intervenor, CNG Transmission Company in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Daryal A. Myse and Dean George Hill, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenors, Gas Section, Georgia Municipal Ass'n in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Donald W. McCoy, Fayetteville, N. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, North Carolina Natural Gas Corp., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130 and 76-2145.

William B. Patrick, Jr., Greenwood, S. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Commissioners of Public Works of Greenwood, South Carolina in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Robert G. Simon and Stanley Morley, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor, Carolina Pipeline Company in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

John S. Schmid and Paul W. Fox, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor Delmarva Power & Light Company in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140 and 76-2145.

Reuben Goldberg and Michael D. Oldak, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenors, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co., et al., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Eugene J. Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., entered an appearance for intervenor, Philadelphia Electric Co., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Keith R. McCrea, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Owens-Illinois, Inc., in No. 76-2102.

Jack M. Irion, Shelbyville, Tenn., entered an appearance for intervenor, United Cities Gas Co. in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Nathan Kaminski, Jr., and Robert T. Bockman, Columbia, S. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, South Carolina Public Service Commission in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007, 77-1019 and 77-1083.

Stephen A. Herman, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Farmers Chemical Ass'n, Inc., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140 and 76-2145.

Raymond D. Hurley, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145, 77-1007 and 77-1019.

C. Stephen Angle, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., in Nos. 76-2102, 76-2130, 76-2140, 76-2145 and 77-1007.

Michael J. Manning, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Commission of Public Works for the City of Laurens, South Carolina, in Nos. 76-2130 and 76-2140.

Jerome Ackerman, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor Stauffer Chemical Company in No. 77-1083.

Before ROBINSON, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases are before this Court on petitions for review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission") orders prescribing a permanent natural gas curtailment plan for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation ("Transco"), an interstate natural gas pipeline.1 Various aspects of the curtailment plan are challenged by a number...

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