ECEE, INC. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM'N

No. 79-1171.

611 F.2d 554 (1980)

ECEE, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Powers, Jr., Byron A. Thomas, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Tex., for Ecee, Inc., et al.

Gordon Gooch, Bruce F. Kiely, Charles M. Darling, IV, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co., General American Oil Co. of Texas, Texasgulf, Inc., Pennzoil Co., et al.

Bruce F. Kiely, Washington, D. C., Michael B. Silva, Phyllis Rainey, Houston, Tex., for Tenneco Oil Co.

R. Gordon Gooch, Robert C. Murray, Dallas, Tex., for General American Oil Co. of Texas.

George W. Hugo, Houston, Tex., for Texasgulf, Inc.

Charles M. Darling, IV, Washington, D. C., for Pennzoil Co., et al.

David M. Whitney, Houston, Tex., for Aminoil U.S.A., Inc., et al.

John A. Ramsey, Paul J. Broyles, Karen A. Berndt, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

Richard G. Harris, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

Nancy J. Hubbard, Washington, D. C., Martin N. Erck, C. Roger Hoffman, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Roger L. Brandt, Houston, Tex., for Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.

William A. Sackmann, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of California.

Edward J. Kremer, Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Cloy D. Monzingo, David C. Henri, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil Co.

Lauren L. Eaton, A. Paul Brandimarte, Jr., Houston, Tex., Jeffrey G. Shrader, Midland, Tex., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Thomas G. Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

Robert R. Nordhaus, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Shapiro, Sol., J. Paul Douglas, Atty., Washington, D. C., for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Justin R. Wolf, Washington, D. C., for Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Robert D. Haworth, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

Harold L. Talisman, Washington, D. C., for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

Arthur S. Berner, Houston, Tex., for Inexco Oil Co.

Larry Pain, Barlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

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


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

On November 9, 1978, Congress enacted the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 3301 et seq., a comprehensive regulatory statute governing the natural gas industry.1 Two months later, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) promulgated order No. 21, entitled "Final Regulation Providing for Rehearing of Orders and Rules Issued Under the NGPA (No. RM79-12)." That Order sets forth...

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