METROPOLITAN TRANSP. AUTHORITY v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 1150-1155, Dockets 85-4115, 85-4149, 85-4151, 85-4153, 85-4159, 85-4165.

796 F.2d 584 (1986)

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Power Authority of the State of New York, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Boston Edison Company, Eastern Edison Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, and Massachusetts Electric Company, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Municipal Electric Utilities Association of New York State, Vermont Department of Public Service, Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc., Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, City of Cleveland, Ohio, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Borough of Landsdale, Arlene Violet, Attorney General of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, Boston Edison Company, Eastern Edison Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Massachusetts Electric Company, Rockland Electric Co., and Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative, and New Jersey Preference Boroughs, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Tarrant, Vermont Dept. of Public Service, Montpelier, Vt. (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor Vermont Dept. of Public Service.

William E. Mowatt, Gen. Counsel Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., Harrisburg, Pa. (Robert Weinberg, Duncan, Weinberg & Miller, P.C., Washington, D.C., William C. Wise, Chevy Chase, Md., of counsel), for intervenor Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, Inc.

James R. Lacey, Gen. Sol., Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Newark, N.J., for intervenor Public Service Elec. and Gas Co.

Marilyn G. Zack, Director of Law, Cleveland, Ohio (June W. Wiener, Chief Asst. Director of Law, William M. Ondrey Gruber, Asst. Director of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Reuben Goldberg, Goldberg, Fieldman and Letham, P.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor City of Cleveland, Ohio.

W. Cary Edwards, Atty. Gen., State of N.J., Newark, N.J. (Elise Goldblat, Deputy Atty. Gen., Newark, N.J., of counsel), for intervenor and petitioner New Jersey Bd. of Public Utilities.

Joshua Z. Rokach, Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C. (William H. Satterfield, Gen. Counsel, Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Com'n.

Duncan, Weinberg & Miller, P.C., Washington, D.C. (Wallace L. Duncan, J. Cathy Lichtenberg, Jeffrey C. Genzer, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor Municipal Electric Utilities Ass'n of New York State.

Ely, Ritts, Brickfield & Betts, Washington, D.C. (Philip L. Chabot, Jr., Kirk Howard Betts, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor Sussex Rural Elec. Cooperative.

Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C. (David R. Straus, Scott H. Struass, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenors Massachusetts Mun. Wholesale Elec. Co. and Connecticut Mun. Elec. Energy Cooperative.

Renee Schwartz, New York City (Ezio Scaldaferri, Botein Hays & Sklar, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Metropolitan Transp. Authority.

David R. Straus, Washington, D.C. (Scott H. Strauss, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for petitioner Connecticut Mun. Elec. Energy Cooperative.

Robert Weinberg, Washington, D.C. (Duncan, Weinberg & Miller, P.C., Washington, D.C., William C. Wise, Chevy Chase, Md., William E. Mowatt, Gen. Counsel, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., Harrisburg, Pa., of counsel), for petitioner Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, Inc.

Carmen L. Gentile, Washington, D.C. (Bruder & Gentile, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for petitioners Boston Edison Co., Eastern Edison Co., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co., and Massachusetts Elec. Co.

Charles M. Pratt, Senior Vice President and Gen. Counsel, Power Authority of State of N.Y., New York City (Arthur T. Cambouris, Wendy M. Lane, Power Authority of the State of New York, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Power Authority of State of N.Y.

Law Offices of Algird F. White, Jr., Albany, N.Y. (Barbara S. Brenner, Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for intervenor Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Wheatley & Wollesen, Washington, D.C. (Charles F. Wheatly, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor Borough of Lansdale, Pa.

Sheldon Whitehouse, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for intervenors Arlene Violet, Attorney General of Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Public Utilities Comn.

Bruder & Gentile, Washington, D.C. (Carmen L. Gentile, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenors Boston Edison Co., Eastern Edison Co., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co. and Massachusetts Electric Co.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C. (M. Reamy Ancarrow, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor Rockland Elec. Co.

Before LUMBARD, MANSFIELD and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Nine parties to this proceeding have filed petitions for review of two decisions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") concerning the allocation of hydropower produced by the Niagara Power Project ("the Project").1 The Niagara Redevelopment Act, 16 U.S.C. § 836, et seq., requires the Power Authority of the State of New York ("PASNY"), the licensee authorized to operate the Project, to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases