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CALIFORNIA EX REL. LOCKYER v. F.E.R.C.

No. 02-73093.

383 F.3d 1006 (2004)

State of CALIFORNIA, ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Petitioner, Coral Power, LLC; Duke Energy North America, LLC; Duke Energy Trading And Marketing, LLC; Transcanada Energy Ltd.; City of Tacoma, Washington; Portland General Electric Company; Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc.; El Segundo Power LLC, Long Beach Generation LLC; Cabrillo Power I LLC; Cabrillo Power II LLC; Mirant Americas Energy Marketing LP; Mirant California, LLC; Mirant Delta, LLC; Mirant Potrero, LLC; Public Service Company of New Mexico; El Paso Merchant Energy LP; BP Energy Co.; Public Service Company of Colorado; Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Arizona Public Service Co.; Pacificorp; Pacificorp Power Marketing, Inc.; Strategic Energy LLC, Intervenors, Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., Respondent-Intervenor, AES Companies; Reliant Energy Services, Inc.; Enron Power Marketing, Inc.; Enron Energy Services, Inc., Intervenors, Powerex Corp.; Puget Sound Energy; Avista Energy, Inc.; Sempra Energy Trading Corp., Sempra Energy Solutions; Sempra Energy Resources, Respondents-Intervenors, California Public Utilities Commission, Petitioner-Intervenor, Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, Intervenor, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Avista Corporation, Intervenor, Long Beach Generation LLC, Respondent-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Stein, Ken Alex, Tom Greene, Richard Frank, Deputy Attorneys General, San Francisco and Sacramento, CA, for petitioner Bill Lockyer.

Beth G. Pacella, Dennis Lane, Cynthia A. Marlette, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Howard E. Shapiro, Gary D. Bachman, Cheryl Feik Ryan, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., and Kenneth W. Irvin, Beth S. Brinkmann, Lois K. Perrin, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Wholesale Power Suppliers.

Gary Cohen, Arocles Aguilar, Harvy Y. Morris, Elizabeth McQuillan, Michael Edson, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae California Public Utilities Commission.

Before: THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question, inter alia, of whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") properly authorized and administered market-based energy tariffs. The State of California ("California"), through its Attorney General, claims that it did not, and that California energy consumers are entitled to as much as $2.8 billion in refunds. We conclude that FERC's authorization of market-based tariffs in this case complied...

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