ANR PIPELINE CO. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

771 F.2d 507 (1985)

ANR PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company, State of Michigan, et al., Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, TransCanada Pipelines Limited, Northern Natural Gas Company, Intervenors. NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company, State of Michigan, et al., Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, TransCanada Pipelines Limited, Northern Natural Gas Company, Intervenors. TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company, State of Michigan, et al., Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Northern Natural Gas Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry O. Vogel, Washington, D.C., with whom William W. Brackett, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 84-1026. Daniel F. Collins, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for petitioner ANR Pipeline Co. in No. 84-1026.

Paul W. Mallory, Lombard, Ill., with whom Paul E. Goldstein, Lombard, Ill., and Harry L. Albrecht, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America in No. 84-1027.

Ted P. Gerarden, Washington, D.C., with whom John T. Ketcham and Joseph O. Fryxell, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. in No. 84-1031. Ted P. Gerarden, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for intervenor TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. in Nos. 84-1026 and 84-1027.

Michael E. Small, Atty., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., with whom Barbara J. Weller, Deputy Sol., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for respondent in Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

Frederic G. Berner, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Monica A. Schwebs, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for intervenor Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. in Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

James D. McKinney, Jr., William R. Mapes, Jr., Washington, D.C., and Narinder J.S. Kathuria entered appearances for intervenor Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co. in Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

Louis J. Caruso, R. Philip Brown, Don L. Keskey, Lansing, Mich., Ronald D. Eastman, and Lynda S. Mounts, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor State of Michigan, et al. in Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

George J. Meiburger, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Northern Natural Gas Co. in Nos. 84-1026, 84-1027 and 84-1031.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion Per Curiam.

PER CURIAM:

Several customers of Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company (Great Lakes), an interstate natural gas pipeline, petition this court to review dispositions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) relating to Great Lakes' sales and transportation rates. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the Commission's rulings in part, and vacate and remand the agency's orders in part.

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