DUKE POWER CO. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 87-1781.

864 F.2d 823 (1989)

DUKE POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, North Carolina Electrical Membership Corporation, and Saluda River Electrical Cooperative, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Griffith, Jr., with whom Ellen T. Ruff, Richard M. Merriman, John D. McGrane, and William M. Dudley, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Hanford O'Hara, Atty., F.E.R.C., with whom Catherine C. Cook, Gen. Counsel, and Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Gary J. Newell, with whom James N. Horwood, Barbara S. Esbin, Washington, D.C., Robert T. Bockman, Columbia, S.C., Thomas J. Bolch, Raleigh, N.C., William T. Miller, and Jonathan S. Liebowitz were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

The issues presented by this case are whether the respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") properly interpreted certain agreements between petitioner and intervenors and whether the Commission properly retained jurisdiction to decide the dispute despite an arbitration clause in the agreements.

Petitioner Duke Power Co. ("Duke") seeks review of...

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