CONSUMERS POWER CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

Civ. A. Nos. 5-72000, 5-72030, 5-72093, 5-72104, 5-72171, 75-1518.

413 F.Supp. 1007 (1976)

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY, a Michigan Corporation, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and Frank G. Zarb, Defendants, and General Motors Corporation, Intervenor-Defendant. LOWELL LIGHT AND POWER BOARD, a Municipal Utility, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and Frank G. Zarb, Defendants. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and Frank G. Zarb, Defendants. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and Frank G. Zarb, Defendants. MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and Frank G. Zarb, Defendants. CELANESE CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

March 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia N. Blair, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Scott H. Lang, Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D. C., Thomas M. Woods, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for Federal Energy Administration and Frank G. Zarb.

William Bode, Batzell, Nunn & Bode, Terrence Murphy, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., James D. Tracy, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Detroit, Mich., O. K. Petersen, Consumers Power Co., Jackson, Mich., for Consumers Power Co.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Ronald L. Winkler, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D. C., Douglas West, Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.

P. D. Conner, Ann Arbor, Mich., Leslie F. Nute, Midland, Mich., for Dow Chemical Co.

R. Gordon Gooch, Tucker W. Peterson, Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., for Celanese Corp.

Philip McWeeny, Toledo, Ohio, Keith R. McCrea, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D. C., Daniel G. Wyllie, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Detroit, Mich., for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

James E. Riley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for Michigan Public Service Commission.

Peter W. Steketee, Freihofer, Cook, Hecht, Oosterhouse & DeBoer, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Lowell Light and Power Bd.


OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

Consumers Power Company is a public utility organized under the laws of Michigan, which sells electricity and natural gas within Michigan. It has moved the court for issuance of a preliminary injunction against implementation of portions of an order by the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) granting Consumers' request for an allocation of natural gas liquids as a feedstock for the production of synthetic natural...

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