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ASS'N OF PUBLIC AGENCY v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN.

No. 11-73178.

733 F.3d 939 (2013)

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AGENCY CUSTOMERS, Petitioner, v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Respondent, Citizens Utility Board of Oregon; Eugene Water & Electric Board; Idaho Power Company; Northwest Requirements Utilities; Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Pacificorp; Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative; Public Power Council; Public Utility Commission of Oregon; Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Washington; Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington; Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County, Washington; The City of Seattle, Respondents-Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sullivan (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Michael Alcantar and Donald Brookhyser , Alcantar & Kahl, LLP, Portland, OR; Michael N. Kunselman , Alston & Bird, LLP, Washington, D.C.; John M. Rochefort , Alston & Bird, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Judith Endejan , Graham & Dunn, PC, Seattle, WA; Jason N. Poulos , Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner.

Kurt R. Casad (argued), Special Assistant United States Attorney, S. Amanda Marshall , United States Attorney, Stephen J. Odell , Assistant United States Attorney, Richard A. Greene , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR; Randy A. Roach and Timothy A. Johnson , Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR, for Respondent.

Jay T. Waldron (argued) and Sara Kobak , Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, PC, Portland, OR; Donald G. Kari and Jason Kuzma , Perkins Coie, LLP, Bellevue, WA; Michael G. Andrea , Avista Corporation, Spokane, WA; Scott G. Seidman , Tonkon Torp, LLP, Portland, OR; Dan L. Bagatell , Perkins Coie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ; Ryan L. Flynn , Pacificorp, Portland, OR; R. Blair Strong , Paine Hamblen, LLP, Spokane, WA, for Intervenors PacificCorp., et al.

Paul M. Murphy (argued), Murphy & Buchal, LLP, Portland, OR; Sarah Dennison-Leonard , Portland, OR, for Intervenors Northwest Requirements Utilities, et al.

Stephanie Andrus , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, OR; Donald L. Howell, II , Deputy Attorney General, Boise, Idaho; G. Catriona McCracken and Raymond W. Myers , Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon, Portland, OR, for Intervenors Idaho Public Utilities Commission, et al.

Opinion by Judge PAEZ; Dissent by Judge ALARCÓN.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

In this opinion, we consider whether a settlement agreement between the Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA") and a large number of its customers is lawful. We invalidated a previous settlement between BPA and a class of customers because it did not comply with the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ("NWPA"). See Portland Gen. Elec. Co. v. BPA, 501 F.3d 1009

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