MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIES v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 85-1611, 85-1613, 85-1620, 85-1621, 85-1615 to 85-1619, 85-1623, 85-1624, 85-1626, 85-1637, 85-1640, 85-1647, 85-1712, 85-1719 and 85-1772.

808 F.2d 1525 (1987)

MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIES, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Missouri Public Service Commission, Mississippi Power & Light Company, Louisiana Power & Light Company, et al., City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi Public Service Commission, State of Arkansas, Union Carbide Corporation, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Arkansas & Missouri Congressional Delegations, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Arkansas Power & Light Company, Middle South Energy, Inc., Middle South Services, Inc., and Cities of Conway and West Memphis, Arkansas, Intervenors. MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Edwin Lloyd PITTMAN, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. MISSISSIPPI LEGAL SERVICES COALITION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Representative Webb FRANKLIN, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1987.

Rehearing Granted in Part April 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Murphy, with whom Michael T. Mishkin, Washington, D.C., James V. Selna, Newport Beach, Fla., Donald T. Bliss, and David T. Beddow, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner Arkansas Industries.

Carl D. Hobelman, Washington, D.C., with whom Jerry D. Jackson, Little Rock, Ark., M. Remy Ancarrow, Washington, D.C., and Robert J. Glasser, New York City, were on the brief, for petitioner Arkansas Power & Light Co.

J. Cathy Lichtenberg, with whom Wallace L. Duncan, James D. Pembroke, Janice L. Lower, Washington, D.C., Martin C. Rothfelder, Jefferson City, Mo., William Massey, Steve Clark, and Mary B. Stallcup, Little Rock, Ark., were on the brief, for petitioners Arkansas Public Service Com'n, et al.

Hiram C. Eastland, Jr., with whom Edwin L. Pittman, Frank Spencer, John L. Maxey, II, Jackson, Miss., and Alfred Chaplin were on the brief, for petitioners Mississippi Public Service Com'n, et al.

James K. Child, Jr., Jackson, Miss., with whom Paul H. Keck, Michael F. Healy, Douglas L. Beresford, Robert R. Nordhaus, Adam Wenner, Howard Eliot Shapiro, and Margaret A. Moore, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioners Mississippi Industries, et al.

Glen L. Ortman, with whom Clinton A. Vince and Paul E. Nordstrom, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner City of New Orleans.

Michael R. Fontham, New Orleans, La., with whom David B. Robinson, Washington, D.C., and Paul L. Zimmering, New Orleans, La., were on the brief, for petitioner Louisiana Public Service Com'n.

Peter C. Kissel, Richard G. Morgan, Earle H. O'Donnell, and Robert R. Morrow, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for petitioners Occidential Chemical Corp., et al.

A. Karen Hill, Atty., F.E.R.C., with whom William H. Satterfield, Gen. Counsel, Jerome M. Feit, Sol., and John N. Estes, III, Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Richard M. Merriman, Robert S. Waters, and James K. Mitchell, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenors Middle South Services, Inc., et al.

William A. Chesnutt, Harrisburg, Pa., entered an appearance for intervenor Union Carbide Corp.

Before EDWARDS and BORK, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


Separate opinion by Circuit Judge BORK, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

PER CURIAM:

We consider eighteen consolidated petitions for review of two orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission).1 In the orders under review the Commission held that the four operating companies of the Middle South Utilities (MSU) system must share the costs of MSU's investment in nuclear energy in proportion...

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