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ARIZONA ELEC. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM'N

Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1676, 79-1681, 77-1715, 77-1830, 78-1198 and 79-2087.

631 F.2d 802 (1980)

ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Southern Union Gas Co., Southern California Gas Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Intervenors. ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. and City of Willcox, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Asarco, Inc., et al., Southern Union Company, People of the State of California, et al., General Motors Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Tucson Gas & Electric Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Southern California Gas Company, Arizona Public Service Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern California Edison Company, Intervenors. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Southern Union Co., People of the State of California, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, General Motors Corporation, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Arizona Public Service Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., Southern California Edison Co., Arizona Electric Power Coop., City of Willcox, Intervenors. ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. and the City of Willcox, Arizona, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Southern California Gas Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Intervenors. SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. State of California, et al., General Motors Corp., Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Tucson Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Gas Co., Arizona Public Service Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., Arizona Electric Power Coop., Inc., et al., Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Southwest Gas Corp., Southern California Edison Co., Intervenors. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., San Diego Gas & Electric Co., The People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of California, General Motors Corporation, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern Union Company, Southwest Gas Corp., Intervenors. ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. and the City of Willcox, Arizona, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Southern California Gas Co., Southwest Gas Corp., Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Natural Gas Co., Southern Union Co., General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. and the City of Willcox, Arizona, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, People of the State of California, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Arizona Public Service Company, Southern California Gas Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1980.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold D. Berkeley, Washington, D. C., with whom Roger J. McClure and Bruce J. Wendel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, et al., petitioners in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 78-1198, 79-1681 and 79-2087 and intervenors in Nos. 77-1676, 77-1715 and 77-1830.

John S. Fick, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom Thomas D. Clarke, Los Angeles, Cal., was on brief, for Southern California Gas Company, petitioner in No. 77-1676 and intervenor in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1715, 78-1198 and 79-1681. Douglas Kent Porter and Jeffrey A. Meith, Los Angeles, Cal., also entered an appearance for Southern California Gas Co.

Robert B. McLennan, San Francisco, Cal., with whom Malcolm H. Furbush, San Francisco, Cal., was on brief, for Pacific Gas Electric Co., petitioner in No. 77-1830 and intervenor in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715, 78-1198, 79-1681 and 79-2087. Howard V. Golub, San Francisco, Cal., also entered an appearance for Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

George H. Williams, Jr., Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent. Drexel D. Journey, Robert W. Perdue, Allan A. Tuttle, Thomas M. Walsh, M. Frazier King, Jr., and Howard E. Shapiro, Attys., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent.

C. Frank Reifsynder, Washington, D. C., for El Paso Natural Gas Co., intervenor in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715, 77-1830, 78-1198, 79-1681 and 79-2087. George W. Wise, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for El Paso Natural Gas Co.

Nicholas W. Fels, Washington, D. C., with whom Terry Coleman, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Asarco, Inc., et al., intervenor in No. 77-1634.

Robert J. Haggerty, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for Southern Union Gas Company, petitioner in No. 77-1715 and intervenor in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1830 and 78-1198.

J. Calvin Simpson, Randolph W. Deutsch and Lawrence Q. Garcia, San Francisco, Cal., also entered an appearance for People of the State of California, et al., intervenor in Nos. 75-1952, 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715, 77-1830 and 79-2087.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Richard P. Noland, Floyd I. Robinson, William H. Penniman, Washington, D. C., and Julius Jay Hollis, Detroit, Mich., also entered an appearance for General Motors Corp., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715, 77-1830 and 78-1198.

Thomas F. Brosnan, John F. Harrington, Washington, D. C., and Lawrence V. Robertson, Tucson, Ariz., also entered an appearance for Tucson Gas & Electric Co., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1676 and 77-1715.

C. H. McCrea, Las Vegas, Nev., also entered an appearance for Southwest Gas Corp., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1715 and 77-1830.

Peyton G. Bowman, III and C. Floyd Mathews, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for Arizona Public Service Co., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715 and 79-2087.

C. Hayden Ames, David R. Pigott, San Francisco, Cal., also entered appearances for San Diego Gas and Electric Co., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1676, 77-1715 and 77-1830.

Rollin E. Woodbury, H. Robert Barnes, and Alan M. Nedry, Rosemead, Cal., also entered appearances for Southern California Edison Co., intervenor in Nos. 77-1634, 77-1676 and 77-1715.

Joel L. Greene, Washington, D. C., and Richard H. Silverman, Phoenix, Ariz., also entered appearances for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, intervenor in Nos. 77-1715 and 78-1198.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WALD and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion PER CURIAM

PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, we are called upon to review several orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("the Commission") issued in response to the continuing shortage of natural gas.1 The controversy arises out of the efforts of the Commission and the El Paso Natural Gas Company ("El Paso") to assure adequate supplies of gas to east of California ("EOC") customers who receive natural...

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