PENNZOIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM'N

No. 78-1564.

591 F.2d 301 (1979)

PENNZOIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Botts, Stephen M. Hackerman, John M. Young, Pennzoil Co., Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Robert R. Nordhaus, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Shapiro, Sol., M. Frazier King, Jr., F. E. R. C., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

At issue in this case is the validity of an August 25, 1977 order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that summarily rejected a portion of a September 23, 1976 Pennzoil rate filing. FERC's order limited the requested increase to that authorized by the 1976 national rate opinions, thereby rejecting Pennzoil's addition of a gathering allowance of approximately 5 cents per Mcf. FERC denied rehearing and reconsideration, and...

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