ALLEGHENY ELEC. CO-OP., INC. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 369-376, Dockets 89-4125, 90-4067, 90-4069, 90-4071, 90-4073, 90-4075, 90-4077 and 90-4079.

922 F.2d 73 (1990)

ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Vermont Department of Public Service, New York City Public Utility Service, County of Westchester Public Utility Service Agency, Upstate Public Utility Services Association, James E. O'Neil, Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, Power Authority of the State of New York, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., Municipal Electric Utilities Association of New York State, Public Power Association of New Jersey, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, City of Cleveland, Ohio, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, City of New York, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey L. Reiter, Washington, D.C. (William I. Harkaway, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, Washington, D.C., Victor A. Kovner, Corp. Counsel, New York City, Gail Rubin, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, Howard J. Read, Read & Laniado, Albany, N.Y., Charles M. Pratt, Gen. Counsel, Arthur T. Cambouris, Wendy M. Lane, Power Authority of the State of N.Y., New York City, Barry R. Fischer, Howard A. Gootkin, Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Friedman, New York City, Marilyn J. Slaaten, County Atty., Michael Diederich, Jr., White Plains, N.Y., of counsel), for petitioners Vermont Dept. of Public Service, New York City Public Utility Service, Upstate Public Utility Services Ass'n, Power Authority of the State of N.Y., County of Westchester Public Utility Service Agency.

Scott H. Strauss, Washington, D.C. (David R. Straus, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Richmond F. Allan, Robert Weinberg, Duncan, Weinberg, Miller & Pembroke, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for petitioners Connecticut Mun. Electric Energy Co-op., Massachusetts Mun. Wholesale Elec. Co. and Allegheny Elec. Co-op., Inc.

Sheldon Whitehouse, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of R.I., Providence, R.I., for petitioners James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen. of the State of R.I. and Rhode Island Public Utilities Com'n.

Robert H. Solomon, F.E.R.C. (William S. Scherman, Gen. Counsel, Joseph S. Davies, Deputy Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for respondent F.E.R.C.

Wallace L. Duncan, Washington, D.C. (Jeffrey C. Genzer, Richmond F. Allan, Robert Weinberg, Duncan, Weinberg, Miller & Pembroke, Washington, D.C., Reuben Goldberg, Channing D. Strother, Jr., Goldberg, Fieldman & Letham, Washington, D.C., Craig S. Miller, June W. Weiner, William M. Ondrey Gruber, Cleveland, Ohio, David R. Straus, Scott H. Strauss, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., Kirk Howard Betts, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Washington, D.C., Richard V. Hollyer, Dolan & Dolan, Newton, N.J., of counsel), for intervenors Mun. Elec. Utilities Ass'n of New York State, Allegheny Elec. Co-op., Inc., City of Cleveland, Connecticut Mun. Elec. Energy Co-op., Massachusetts Mun. Wholesale Elec. Co. and Public Power Ass'n of New Jersey.

Before MESKILL and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and CONNER, District Judge.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Nine petitioners seek review of two orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission"). These petitions for review result from FERC's decision to affirm the findings and conclusions of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) concerning the Power Authority of the State of New York's (PASNY) allocation of hydroelectric power produced by the Niagara Power Project (Niagara Project) and...

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