TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS P. L. CORP. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

Nos. 73-1410, 73-1412, 73-1558, 73-1575.

488 F.2d 1325 (1973)

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company et al. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR the State of NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company et al. ASSOCIATED GAS DISTRIBUTORS, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, Northern Illinois Gas Company et al. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, Northern Illinois Gas Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1973.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Robert G. Hardy, Washington, D. C., and Lawrence H. Gall, Houston, Tex., were on the brief, for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., with whom Peter H. Schiff, Gen. Counsel, Albany, N. Y., was on the brief for Public Service Commission for the State of New York. Michael H. Rosenbloom, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for the Public Service Commission for the State of New York.

Frederick Moring, and Richard G. Morgan, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs for Associated Gas Distributors.

William I. Harkaway, Washington, D. C., and Robert A. Froehlich, New York City, were on the briefs for Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Petitioners in No. 73-1575.

William M. Sawyer, Atty., Federal Power Commission with whom Leo E. Forquer, Gen. Counsel, and George W. McHenry, Jr., Sol., were on the brief, for respondent.

Paul E. Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief for Intervenor, Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co. and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.

Barbara M. Gunther, and Joseph P. Stevens, Brooklyn, N. Y., were on the brief for the Intervenor, The Brooklyn Union Gas Co. in Nos. 73-1410 and 73-1412.

Mark L. Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief for the Intervenor, City of Chicago.

J. Stanley Stroud, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief for the Intervenor, Northern Illinois Gas Co.

Thomas P. Hamill, Houston, Tex., was on the brief for the Intervenor, Mobile Oil Corp.

Philip R. Ehrenkranz, and Carroll L. Gilliam, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for Intervenor, Mobil Oil Corp.

William A. Sackmann, Geneva, Switzerland, entered an appearance for Intervenor, Marathon Oil Co.

Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for Intervenor, Monsanto Co.

Before WRIGHT, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case involves petitions to review orders of the Federal Power Commission (the Commission) granting abandonment of natural gas supplies in the context of a critical nation-wide fuel shortage. As such, it raises important issues relating to the proper standard to be applied in natural gas abandonment proceedings for the foreseeable future. All parties to this controversy agree that an early determination of the issues is necessary and this court has...

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