SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Maxus Exploration Company, Norfolk Energy, Inc., Arco Oil and Gas Company, Exxon Corporation, Kaneb Exploration, Inc., Okmar Oil Company, Shell Western E & P, Inc., Shenandoah Oil Corporation, Texas International Petroleum Company and Phoenix Resources Company, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company and Leben Oil Corporation, Bass Enterprises Production Company, Intervenors, Northern Natural Gas Co., a division of Enron Corp.
PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY, DIVISION OF UTILICORP UNITED, INC., Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Mapco, Inc., Mapco Oil and Gas Company, Santa Fe Minerals, a Division of Santa Fe International Corporation, Santa Fe-Andover Oil Company, Santa Fe Braun, Inc., Danden Petroleum, Inc., Werner Oil, Inc., CNG Producing Company, and Russell Freeman, d/b/a Continental Energy, John H. Hendrix, Okmar Oil Company, Neleh Gas and Oil Company, Damson Oil Corporation, Montana Consumers Counsel, Public Utilities Commission of South Dakota and Montana Public Utilities Commission, Intervenors, Northern Natural Gas Co., a division of Enron Corp.
MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Mapco, Inc., Mapco Oil and Gas Company, Santa Fe Minerals, a Division of Santa Fe International Corporation, Santa Fe-Andover Oil Company, Santa Fe Braun, Inc., Danden Petroleum, Inc., Werner Oil, Inc., CNG Producing Company, and Russell Freeman, d/b/a Continental Energy, Wayman W. Buchanan, Kaneb Exploration, Inc., Champlin Exploration, Inc., Shell Western E & P, Inc., Exxon Corporation, Norfolk Energy, Inc., Arco Oil and Gas Company, Division of Atlantic Richfield Company, Intervenors, Northern Natural Gas Co. a division of Enron Corp.
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Argued March 14, 1991.
Decided May 24, 1991.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 20, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel Guttman, with whom Frances E. Francis and Daniel I. Davidson, for South Dakota Public Utilities Com'n, John M. Cutler, Jr., for Peoples Natural Gas Co. and Jon Kingstad for Minnesota Public Utilities Com'n were on the joint brief, for petitioners in Nos. 90-1136, 90-1215 and 90-1237. Jocelyn F. Olson for Minnesota Public Utilities Com'n also entered an appearance for petitioner.
Timm L. Abendroth, Atty., F.E.R.Co., with whom William S. Scherman, Gen. Counsel, and Joseph S. Davies, Deputy Sol., F.E.R.Co., were on the brief, for respondent in all cases. Jerome M. Feit, Atty., F.E.R.Co., also entered an appearance for respondent.
Stephen L. Teichler, with whom Kent K. Carter, C. Roger Hoffman and Douglas W. Rasch for Exxon Corp. and the Estate of E.G. Rodman, Charles H. Shoneman and Randall S. Rich for Graham-Michaelis Corp., Kaiser-Francis Oil Co., Petroleum, Inc., Phoenix Resources Co., Shenandoah Oil Co., Texas Intern. Petroleum Co., Trees Oil Co., Robert F. White, Robert L. Williams, Lester Wilkonson, Philip R. Ehrenkranz and Paul F. Forshay for John H. Hendrix Corp., Neleh Gas and Oil Corp., et al. and Okmar Oil Corp., James B. Wilcox and Richard T. Saas for Kaneb Exploration, Inc., and Leben Oil Corp., Johnny J. Akins, Jon Brunenkant, Katherine B. Edwards and Mark Haskell for Kerr-McGee Corp., Jennifer A. Cates for Lear Petroleum Corp. and Tex/Con Oil and Gas Co., Robert W. Clark and Gail S. Gilman for Mapco, Inc., Mapco Oil and Gas Co. and Werner Oil, Inc., Robert C. Murray, Jon Brunenkant, Katherine B. Edwards and Mark Haskell for Marathon Oil Co., R. Brent Harshman and Nancy J. Skancke for Maxus Exploration Co., Gary M. Prescott and Nancy J. Skancke for Mesa Operating Ltd. Partnership, Marge O'Connor, Jon Brunenkant, Katherine B. Edwards and Mark Haskell for Mobil Natural Gas, Inc., Mobil Producing Texas and New Mexico, Inc., Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc., Albert S. Tabor and Catherine O'Harra for Norfolk Energy, Inc., Michael L. Pate for Oxy USA Inc., Robert Lemon for Perryton Operating Co., Nancy J. Skancke for Philcon Development, Phillips Petroleum Co., Phillips 66 Natural Gas Co. and Sidwell Oil and Gas, Inc., William H. Boyles, Robert W. Clark and Gail S. Gilman for Santa Fe-Andover Oil Co., Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., and Santa Fe Braun, Inc., Kathleen T. Puckett for Shell Western E & P Co., Philip C. Wrangle and Nancy J. Skancke for Sonat Exploration Co., John P. Beall and Nancy J. Skancke for Texaco, Inc., and Texaco Producing, Inc., Kerry R. Brittain and Nancy J. Skancke for Union Pacific Resources Co., were on the joint brief of Producer intervenors in all cases. James L. Trump for John H. Hendrix Corp., et al. and Okmar Oil Co., Charles J. McClees, Jr. and James A. Ruoff for Shell Western E & P, Inc., James L. Trump for Neleh Gas and Oil Corp., also entered appearances for Producer intervenors.
Deborah A. Macdonald, Bill H. Kockenmeister, George J. Meiburger, Frank X. Kelly and Steve Stojic were on the brief for intervenor Northern Natural Gas Co., Div. of Enron Corp. in all cases.
John M. Cutler, Jr., entered an appearance for petitioner Peoples Natural Gas Co. in No. 90-1215.
Kevin M. Sweeney, Frank H. Markle and Charles F. Hosmer entered appearances for Arco Oil and Gas Co.
James T. McMancis, Joseph O. Fryxell and Steven K. Schroeder entered appearances for intervenor Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Robert H. Benna, David D. Withnell, Terrance J. Collins and Margaret L. Bollinger entered appearances for intervenor Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Michael E. Small entered an appearance for intervenor Williams Natural Gas Co.
Nancy J. Skancke and Lisa A. Machesney entered appearances for intervenor Cabot Petroleum Corp.
Jack M. Wilhelm, Jon L. Brunenkant and Mark R. Haskell entered appearances for intervenor Amoco Production Co.
Nancy J. Skancke, Joseph E. Mixon and David G. Stevenson entered appearances for intervenor Amerada Hess Corp.
James L. Trump, Paul F. Forshay and Philip E. Ehrenkranz entered appearances for Damson Oil Corp.
William J. Grealis and Jeffrey G. DiSciullo entered appearances for intervenor Transwestern Pipeline Co.
Georgetta J. Baker entered an appearance for intervenor Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.
Randall S. Rich and Charles H. Shoneman entered appearances for intervenors Bass Enterprises Production Co., American Trading and Production Corp., Grace Petroleum Corp., Petroleum, Inc. and J. Burns Brown Operating Co.
Gerald P. Thurmond, Walker C. Taylor, Kim M. Brown, David J. Evans, and Patrick M. Ankuda entered appearances for intervenor Chevron, USA, Inc.
Ernest J. Altgelt, III, entered an appearance for intervenor Conoco Inc.
James U. Hamersley entered an appearance for intervenor Fina Oil and Chemical Co.
Stephen L. Teichler, Kent K. Carter and Mario M. Garza entered appearances for intervenor Anadarko Petroleum Co.
Richard T. Saas and James B. Wilcox entered appearances for intervenor Champlin Exploration, Inc.
Before EDWARDS, WILLIAMS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 20, 1991.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In the decisions under review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addressed a problem arising from natural gas pipelines' and producers' adjustments of their contract relations in response to federal ceiling prices on interstate sales at the wellhead. The Federal Power Commission (FERC's...
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