SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 76-3914, 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-4433 and 77-1364.

714 F.2d 424 (1983)

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation, Laclede Gas Company, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Public Service Commission of the State of New York and Connecticut Public Utilities Control Authority, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy R. Robertson, Jr., Ronald L. Kuehn, Birmingham, Ala., for Southern Natural Gas Co. in No. 76-3914 and intervenor in No. 76-3991.

John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Karol Lyn Newman, Washington, D.C., Henry P. Sullivan, Richard B. Gordon, Pittsburgh, Pa., Norman A. Flaningam, Washington, D.C., James Wright, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Consolidated Gas Supply in No. 76-3971 and intervenor in Nos. 76-3991, 76-3994 and 76-4433.

J. David Mann, Jr., Washington, D.C., Richard L. Eckhart, St. Louis, Mo., for Laclede Gas Co. in No. 76-3990 and intervenor in No. 76-3914.

Platt W. Davis, III, Thomas L. Wylie, Washington, D.C., J. Evans Attwell, Jack D. Head, Houston, Tex., for Texas Eastern Transmission Co. in No. 76-3991 and intervenor in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Peter H. Schiff, Albany, N.Y., Richard A. Solomon, Sheila S. Hollis, Washington, D.C., for Public Service Com'n of State of N.Y. in Nos. 76-3900, 76-3914, 76-4433 and 76-3991.

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., R. Daniel Prentiss, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for Conn. Public Utilities Control Com'n, et al. in No. 77-1364.

Allan A. Tuttle, Sol., Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, Jerome M. Feit, Sol., John J. Lahey, Atty., F.P.C., Washington, D.C., for F.P.C.

Andrew P. Carter, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Power & Light Co. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3990 and 76-3971.

Christopher T. Boland, Washington, D.C., for Texas Gas Transmission Corp. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3990, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Floyd I. Robinson, Washington, D.C., for General Motors Corp. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3990, 76-3971, 76-3991 and 76-4433.

John T. Miller, Jr., Washington, D.C., for Allied Paper Inc., Monsanto Co. and Texasgulf Inc. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3991, 76-3990, 76-3971 and 76-4433.

William T. Miller, Washington, D.C., for United Municipal Distributors in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Michael J. Manning, Washington, D.C., for Entex, Inc. and La. Gas Service Co. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

David B. Robinson, Washington, D.C., for State of La. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991 and 76-3914.

Jerome Ackerman, Nicholas Fels, Washington, D.C., for Air Products & Chemical, Inc., et al. in Nos. 76-3971 and 76-3914.

John B. Rudolph, Washington, D.C., for Miss. River Transmission in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3914 and 76-3971.

John S. Schmid, Washington, D.C., for Bay State Gas Co., et al. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3971 and 76-3914.

Stephen J. Small, Charleston, W.Va., for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3914, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Barbara M. Gunther, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and Elizabethtown Gas Co. in Nos. 76-3990 and 76-3991.

James R. Lacey, Newark, N.J., for Public Service Elec. & Gas Co. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3914, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for New England State in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-3971.

Francis J. McShalley, Washington, D.C., for Algonquin Gas Transmission Corp. in No. 76-3991.

John M. Kuykendall, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Miss. Valley Gas Co. in No. 76-3914.

Albert J. Feigen, Washington, D.C., for American Sugar Cane League of the U.S.A., Inc. in Nos. 76-3914 and 76-3971.

Jon D. Noland, Indianapolis, Ind., for Ind. Gas Co., Inc. in No. 76-3991.

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D.C., for Pa. Public Utility Com'n in No. 76-3971.

Peter L. Hutton, Washington, D.C., for Ala. Gas Corp. in Nos. 76-3991 and 76-3914.

Stephen Schachman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Gas Works in Nos. 76-3971 and 76-3914.

Clayton L. Orn, Houston, Tex., for N.O. Public Service, Inc.

Richard M. Merriman, Washington, D.C., for Miss. Power & Light Co.

John B. Rudolph, Washington, D.C., for Miss. River Transmission Corp. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990 and 76-3914.

W. DeVier Pierson, Ross F. Hamachek, Knox Bemis, Washington, D.C., for United Gas Pipe Line Co. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Before CHARLES CLARK, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

This order is hopefully the last in a multitude of orders entered by this court in proceedings begun approximately ten years ago. The proceedings began in 1973 when the Federal Power Commission (FPC), acting pursuant to its powers under section 5(a) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. § 717d(a) (1976),1 found United Gas Pipe Line Company's (United) existing curtailment plan invalid, and implemented a new curtailment...

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