MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASS'N OF MASS. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 22385.

414 F.2d 1206 (1969)

MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, The Connecticut Light & Power Company, The Hartford Electric Light Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Spiegel, Washington, D. C. with whom Messrs. Worth Rowley and John C. Scott, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Israel Convisser, Attorney, Federal Power Commission, with whom Messrs. Richard A. Solomon, Gen. Counsel, Peter H. Schiff, Solicitor, and Drexel D. Journey, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. David R. Pokross, Boston, Mass., with whom Messrs. Maurice L. Zilber, Boston, Mass., and Jerome Ackerman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case brings before us for review a license granted by the Federal Power Commission to three private power companies1 to construct and operate a large hydroelectric power plant on the Connecticut River at Northfield Mountain, Massachusetts. Petitioners, public power interests in Massachusetts,2 contest the license on the grounds...

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