PUBLIC SERV. COM'N, STATE OF N. Y. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 71-1161.

467 F.2d 361 (1972)

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR the STATE OF NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1972.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Mr. Francis C. Allen, Atty. F.P.C., for respondent. Messrs. Gordon Gooch, Gen. Counsel, F.P.C., Leo E. Forquer, Sol., and J. Richard Tiano, Asst. Sol., F.P.C., were on the brief for respondent.

Mr. Paul E. Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., with whom Mr. William W. Brackett, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before ROBINSON, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Power Commission (FPC) in the Southern Louisiana Area Rate Proceeding recognized that this country is now facing a critical shortage of natural gas,1 attributable to an unprecedented demand for "clean" gas energy which has not met with commensurate exploration and development.2 Interpreting its duty to be "to take all the action...

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