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

Nos. 88-1031, 88-1045, 88-1211, 88-1085 and 88-1179.

876 F.2d 124 (1989)

ANR PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Union Gas Limited, Progas Limited, Northern Minnesota Utilities, Long Island Lighting Company, Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Intervenors. TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Union Gas Limited, Progas Limited, ANR Pipeline Company, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Northern Minnesota Utilities, Intervenors. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Progas Limited, Northern Minnesota Utilities, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., ANR Pipeline Company, Long Island Lighting Company, Intervenors. GREAT LAKES GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, ANR Pipeline Company, Progas Limited, Michigan Gas Company, Long Island Lighting Company, Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Northern Minnesota Utilities, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Intervenors. INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Progas Limited, Northern Minnesota Utilities, TransCanada Pipeline Limited, Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., Union Gas Limited, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Brackett, with whom Daniel F. Collins, J. Gordon Pennington, Harold L. Talisman, John T. Ketcham, Washington, D.C., and Ernest B. Abbott were on the joint brief, for ANR Pipeline Co.

Judy M. Johnson, Houston, Tex., was on the joint brief for ANR Pipeline Co., and also entered an appearance for intervenor Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.

Narinder J.S. Kathuria, James D. McKinney, Jr. and William R. Mapes, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the joint brief for ANR Pipeline Co., et al., and also entered appearances for Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co.

Paul W. Fox and Steven H. Neinast, Washington, D.C., were on the joint brief for ANR Pipeline Co., et al., and also entered appearances for intervenor Progas Ltd.

Terry O. Brackett, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for ANR Pipeline Co.

James Howard and Terence J. Collins, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances, for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

Robert C. Platt, with whom Gary J. Klein, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for Independent Petroleum Ass'n of America and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., et al.

Robert H. Solomon, Attorney, F.E.R.C., with whom Catherine C. Cook, Gen. Counsel, and Joseph S. Davies, Deputy Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for F.E.R.C.

John Conway, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for F.E.R.C.

Mary E. Baluss, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for Northern Minnesota Utilities.

Marilyn A. Specht, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for Northern Minnesota Utilities.

Ernest B. Abbott also entered an appearance, for Union Gas Ltd.

James J. Stoker, III, Arnold H. Quint and James F. Bowe, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for Long Island Lighting Co.

John R. Schaefgen, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance, for Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc.

J. Gordon Pennington, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for ANR Pipeline Co.

Wm. Warfield Ross, Daniel L. Koffsky and Janet M. Robins, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for Michigan Gas Co.

Paul H. Keck and Robert I. White, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for Transcanada Pipeline Ltd.

Before STARR, WILLIAMS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In October 1987 ANR Pipeline Company and Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the terms of the individual certificates of public convenience and necessity under which they were transporting imported Canadian natural gas. FERC's disposition of the applications...

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