N.C. UTIL. COM'N v. FEDERAL ENERGY REG. COM'N

No. 80-1219.

653 F.2d 655 (1981)

NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Mobil Oil Exploration, et al., Farmers Chemical Association, Inc., Washington Gas Light Company, General Motors Corporation, Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton L. Simons with whom Barbara M. Simons, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioner.

Auburn L. Mitchell, Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Robert R. Nordhaus, Gen. Counsel, Jerome Nelson, Sol. and A. Karen Hill, Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent.

Robert G. Hardy, Washington, D.C., with whom Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., David J. Evans and Joseph A. Cannon, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Robert D. Haworth, Letitia Taitte, Houston, Tex., Carroll L. Gilliam, Philip R. Ehrenkranz and Craig W. Hulvey, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenors, Mobil Oil Exploration, et al.

Richard G. Harris, Derrill M. Cody, Oklahoma City, Okl., William J. Grove, Sr., Carroll L. Gilliam and Jon L. Brunenkant, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, Kerr-McGee Corp.

James R. Lacey, Glen Ridge, N.J., entered an appearance for intervenor, Public Service Electric and Gas Company.

Stephen A. Herman, Trenton, N.J., entered an appearance for intervenor, Farmers Chemical Association, Inc.

Susan A. Low and Gordon M. Grant, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Washington Gas Light Co.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Richard P. Noland, Richard A. Oliver, Washington, D.C., and Julius Jay Hollis, Detroit, Mich., entered appearances for intervenor, General Motors Corp.

Joseph Paul Stevens, Brooklyn, N.Y., entered an appearance for intervenor, Brooklyn Union Gas. Co.

Before WALD, MIKVA and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner North Carolina Utilities Commission ("NCUC") seeks to vacate, or in the alternative to reverse and remand for further findings, an order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "the Commission")1 affirming the Initial Decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("Initial Decision")2 in the proceedings denominated...

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