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PUBLIC UTIL. COM'N OF STATE OF CAL. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

900 F.2d 269 (1990)

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern California Gas Company, Mobil Oil Corporation, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Kern River Gas Transmission Company, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Texaco, Inc., et al., United States Borax and Chemical Corporation, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Mojave Pipeline Company, The Process Gas Consumers Group, Wyoming-California Pipeline Company, Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority, Amoco Production Company, El Paso Municipal Customer Group, Southern Union Gas Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Intervenors. MOJAVE PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Kern River Gas Transmission Company, United States Borax and Chemical Corporation, Southern California Gas Company, Mobil Oil Corporation, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Wyoming-California Pipeline Company, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Amoco Production Company, Southern Union Gas Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, The Southern California Utility Power Pool, et al., The Process Gas Consumers Group, Intervenors. KERN RIVER GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Southern California Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Mojave Pipeline Company, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Wyoming-California Pipeline Company, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Amoco Production Company, Southern Union Gas Company, United States Borax and Chemical Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Southwest Gas Corporation, Southern California Utility Power Pool, et al., Texaco, Inc., et al., El Paso Natural Gas Company, Intervenors. KERN RIVER GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Wyoming-California Pipeline Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Southern Union Gas Company, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern California Gas Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Utility Power Pool, et al., Mojave Pipeline Company, Intervenors. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Southwest Gas Corporation, Wyoming-California Pipeline Company, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Gas Company, Kern River Gas Transmission Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern Union Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., New Mexico Department of Energy, Mineral & Natural Resources, et al., The Process Gas Consumers Group, Mojave Pipeline Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1990.

As Amended May 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Fogelman, with whom Janice E. Kerr and J. Calvin Simpson, San Francisco, Cal., were on the brief, for Public Utilities Com'n of the State of Cal. in Nos. 89-1189 and 89-1396 and intervenors in No. 89-1215, 89-1230 and 89-1372.

Lynn R. Coleman and Jeffrey D. Komarow, with whom Stephen E. McGregor, Douglas E. Nordlinger, and John S.L. Katz, for Mojave Pipeline Co., Harold L. Talisman, Michael J. Thompson, Terence J. Collins, Ernest B. Abbott, Washington, D.C., and Craig R. Rich, for Kern River Gas Transmission Co., were on the joint brief, for petitioners and intervenors in Nos. 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372, 89-1189 and 89-1396.

Robert H. Solomon, Atty. F.E.R.C., with whom Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for respondent in all cases. Frank R. Lindh, Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondent.

Daniel F. Collins, with whom G. Mark Cook and Bernard A. Foster, III, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Wyoming-California Pipeline Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396. G. William Stafford, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for intervenor.

Kim M. Clark, Washington, D.C., Donald J. MacIver, Jr., Richard Owen Baish, Michael D. Ferguson, El Paso, Tex. and Rush Moody, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor El Paso Natural Gas Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230 and 89-1396.

Richard P. Bonnifield, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Northwest Pipeline Corp. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

Michael D. Gayda and E.R. Island, Los Angeles, Cal., entered appearances for intervenor Southern California Gas Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

William I. Harkaway, Steven J. Kalish and Carl M. Fink, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for Southwest Gas Corp. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

John B. Price, Houston, Tex., entered an appearance for intervenor Mobil Oil Corp. in Nos. 89-1189 and 89-1215.

David R. Stevenson, Carroll L. Gilliam and J. Paul Douglas, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

Lindsey How-Downing and Steven F. Greenwald, San Francisco, Cal., entered appearances for intervenor Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

John P. Beall entered an appearance for intervenor Texaco, Inc., et al., in Nos. 89-1189 and 89-1230.

Robert J. Haggerty, Washington, D.C., and Robert B. Rice, Austin, Tex., entered appearances for intervenor Southern Union Gas Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

Steven S. Wall and John W. Leslie, San Diego, Cal., entered appearances for intervenor U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215 and 89-1230.

Albert S. Tabor, Jr., and Deborah A. MacDonald, Houston, Tex., entered appearances for intervenor Transwestern Pipeline Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215, 89-1230, 89-1372 and 89-1396.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., William H. Penniman and James M. Bushee, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor The Process Gas Consumers in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215 and 89-1396.

Roger C. Fransen, Cheyenne, Wyo., entered an appearance for intervenor Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority in No. 89-1189.

J. Peter Luedtke and Adelia S. Maddox, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Amoco Production Co. in Nos. 89-1189, 89-1215 and 89-1230.

Susan N. Kelly and John P. Gregg, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor El Paso Mun. Customer Group in Nos. 89-1189 and 89-1372.

Norman A. Pedersen, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenors The Southern California Utility Power Pool, et al., in Nos. 89-1215, 89-1230 and 89-1372.

George C. Garikes, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor New Mexico Dept. of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources, et al. in No. 89-1396.

Before WALD, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

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

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In Order No. 436 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopted procedures for granting Optional Expedited Certificates ("OEC"), 1982-85 FERC Stats. & Regs. [Reg. Preambles] ¶ 30,665 (1985), codified at 18 CFR §§ 157.100-157.106 (1989), so that firms could extend services and facilities, under conditions that would satisfy § 7 of...

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