PUBLIC SERV. COM'N v. FEDERAL ENERGY REG. COM'N

Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195, 79-2213 and 79-2322.

642 F.2d 1335 (1980)

The PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the STATE of NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corp., Carolina Pipeline Corporation, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Intervenors. NORTH CAROLINA NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc., Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Carolina Pipeline Company, Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corporation, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Brooklyn Union Gas Co. et al., Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Washington Gas Light Company, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Intervenors. NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Carolina Pipeline Company, Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corporation, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Brooklyn Union Gas Co. et al., Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Washington Gas Light Company, Atlanta Gas Light Company, North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. et al., Intervenors. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. et al., North Carolina Utilities Commission, Carolina Pipeline Company, Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corporation, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Brooklyn Union Gas Company et al., Washington Gas Light Company, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Intervenors. The BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corporation, North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. et al., North Carolina Utilities Commission, Washington Gas Light Company, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Intervenors. TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondents, Carolina Pipeline Company, North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. et al., Brooklyn Union Gas Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1980.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Stevens with whom Michael W. Hall and Steven L. Zelkowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y., were on brief, for The Brooklyn Union Gas Co. et al., petitioners in No. 79-2213 and intervenors in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., with whom Peter H. Schiff, Gen. Counsel, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, N. Y., and Dennis Lane, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Public Service Commission of the State of New York, petitioner in No. 79-2182 and intervenors in Nos. 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195, 79-2213 and 79-2322.

Morton L. Simons, Washington, D. C., with whom Barbara M. Simons, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for North Carolina Utilities Commission, petitioners in No. 79-2184 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2195 and 79-2213.

Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard T. Boone and David J. Evans, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., petitioners in No. 79-2322 and intervenors in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2213.

Gregory Grady, Washington, D. C., with whom Donald W. McCoy, Fayetteville, N. C. and F. Kent Burns, Raleigh, N. C., were on brief, for North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. et al., petitioners in No. 79-2183 and intervenors in Nos. 79-2184, 79-2195, 79-2213 and 79-2322.

Barbara J. Weller, Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom Jerome Nelson, Sol., Joshua Z. Rokach, Andrew M. Zack and Howard Shapiro, Attys., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for respondent.

William I. Harkaway and G. Douglas Essy, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenors in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Francis J. McShalley, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for Nat. Fuel Gas Supply Corp., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

John T. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on brief, for Elizabeth Gas Co., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Ira G. Megdal, Cherry Hill, N. J., was on brief, for South Jersey Gas Co., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

William R. Duff, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for Public Service Elec. and Gas Co., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Eugene J. Bradley, Associate Gen. Counsel, Philadelphia, Pa., was on brief, for Philadelphia Elec. Co., petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Robert C. Richards, Mineola, N. Y., was on brief, for Long Island Lighting Co., petitioner in No. 79-2195 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2213 and 79-2322.

John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Paul H. Kirk and John T. Stough, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Atlanta Gas Light Co., intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2213.

Stephen J. Small, John M. Hill and Giles D. H. Snyder, Charleston, Va., were on brief, for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., intervenor in Nos. 79-2183 and 79-2184.

Stanley M. Morley, Washington, D. C., for Carolina Pipeline Co., intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Stephen H. Watts, II, Richmond, Va., for Commonwealth Gas Pipeline Corp., intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2213.

Lewis Carroll, Birmingham, Ala., for Washington Gas Light Co., intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2213.

Thomas R. Hendershot was on brief, for Philadelphia Gas Works, petitioner in No. 79-2213 and intervenor in Nos. 79-2182, 79-2183, 79-2184, 79-2195 and 79-2322.

Before McGOWAN, WILKEY and WALD, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

These direct review proceedings under the Natural Gas Act involve two separate orders entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-the successor agency to the Federal Power Commission (FPC), 42 U.S.C. § 7172(a)(1)(C). One of those orders, reflecting the Commission's consideration of rate increases filed in 1976 by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco...

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