PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN.

No. 84-4072.

795 F.2d 810 (1986)

PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, a Maine corporation; Portland General Electric Company, an Oregon corporation; Puget Sound Power & Light Company, a Washington corporation; the Washington Water Power Company, a Washington corporation; Idaho Power Company, a Maine corporation; Utah Power & Light Company, a Utah corporation; the Montana Power Company, a Montana corporation, CP National Corporation, a California corporation; Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon; and Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, and Peter T. Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Defendants-Appellees, and Aluminum Company of America, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 28, 1985.

Decided July 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Jarvis, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harvard P. Spigal, Gen. Counsel, John A. Cameron, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Kurt R. Casad, and David J. Adler, Portland, Or., Bonneville Power Administration, and Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., and Jack G. Collins, Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Attys., Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees.

Eric Redman, Dian M. Grueneich, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-intervenors-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

This direct action was filed in district court against the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) raising issues within the scope of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 839 et seq. Appellants electric utilities appeal the district court's dismissal of their action for want of jurisdiction. Because exclusive jurisdiction lies in this court under 16 U.S.C. § 839f(e)(5), we affirm the...

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