ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 92-1030, 92-1059.

10 F.3d 866 (1993)

ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Washington Gas Light Company, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, The City of Danville, Virginia, The Process Gas Consumers Group, et al., South Jersey Gas Company, South Carolina Pipeline Corporation, Sun Company, Inc., ANR Pipeline Company, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., Dakota Gasification Company, and Transco Municipal Group, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Miller, Jr. for petitioner Elizabethtown Gas Co.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., with whom Sterling H. Smith and Roger D. Williams were on the brief for petitioners Process Gas Consumers Group, American Iron and Steel Institute, and Georgia Industrial Group.

Timm L. Abendroth and Eric L. Christensen, Attys., FERC, with whom William S. Scherman, General Counsel, and Jerome M. Feit, Solicitor, FERC, were on the brief for respondent.

Michael J. Fremuth, with whom Anthony J. Ivancovich, Michael W. Hall, Mary Jane Reynolds, Randall R. Conklin, David A. Glenn, John K. Keane, Jr., Telemac N. Chryssikos, and Robert B. Evans were on the joint brief for intervenors Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Dakota Gasification Co., The Brooklyn Union Gas Co., and Washington Gas Light Co.

Thomas J. Eastment and Alan W. Tomme entered appearances for intervenor Union Pacific Resources Co.

James F. Bowe, Jr. and O. Julia Weller entered appearances for intervenors Virginia Natural Gas, Inc., and Long Island Lighting Co.

Cheryl L. Jones and Barbara K. Heffernan entered appearances for intervenor Delmarva Power & Light Co.

Michael J. Thompson and Wade H. Hargrove entered appearances for intervenor Public Service Company of N.C., Inc., Michael J. Thompson and Donald W. McCoy entered appearances for intervenor North Carolina Natural Gas Corp.

Steven A. Taube, entered an appearance for intervenor Philadelphia Gas Works.

F. Nan Wagoner entered an appearance for intervenor Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.

James H. Byrd, James R. Choukas-Bradley, L. Clifford Adams, Jr. entered appearances for intervenors Transco Municipal Group and the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia.

Kenneth D. Brown entered an appearance for intervenor Atlanta Gas Light Co.

R. Brian Corcoran entered an appearance for intervenor Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Thomas J. Eastment and Charles F. Hosmer entered appearances for intervenor ARCO Oil and Gas Co., Thomas J. Eastment and David R. Stevenson entered appearances for intervenor Chevron U.S.A. Production Co., Thomas J. Eastment and J. Paul Douglas entered appearances for intervenor Conoco, Inc., Thomas J. Eastment and C. Roger Hoffman entered appearances for intervenor Exxon Corp., Thomas J. Eastment and John S. Carr entered appearances for intervenor Mobil Natural Gas, Inc., Thomas J. Eastment and Michael L. Pate entered appearances for intervenor OXY USA, Inc., Thomas J. Eastment entered an appearance for intervenor Shell Gas Trading Co., Thomas J. Eastment and Ralph J. Pearson, Jr. entered appearances for intervenor Texaco, Inc. and Texaco Marketing, Inc.

R.J. Clark entered an appearance for intervenor UGI Corp.

Marye L. Wright, Giles D.H. Snyder, and Stephen J. Small entered appearances for intervenor Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

Robert B. Evans, John K. Keane, Jr., and Telemac N. Chryssikos entered appearances for Washington Gas Light Co.

Michael J. Fremuth, Anthony J. Ivancovich, David A. Glenn, and Randall R. Conklin entered appearances for intervenor Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Frederick H. Ritts entered an appearance for intervenor The City of Danville, Virginia.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr. and Sterling H. Smith entered appearances for intervenors The Process Gas Consumers Group, The American Iron and Steel Institute, and Georgia Industrial Group.

William C. Bingham, Jr., entered an appearance for intervenor South Jersey Gas Co.

Joel F. Zipp and Morley Caskin entered appearances for intervenor South Carolina Pipeline Corp.

Paul W. Diehl entered an appearance for intervenor Sun Co., Inc. (R & M).

J. Gordon Pennington and Daniel F. Collins entered appearances for intervenor ANR Pipeline Co.

Michael W. Hall entered an appearance for intervenor The Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

Jerry W. Amos entered an appearance for intervenor Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

Mary Jane Reynolds entered an appearance for intervenor Dakota Gasification Co.

Before EDWARDS, D.H. GINSBURG, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners, a group of industrial gas consumers and a local distribution company (LDC), challenge orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approving two settlements between the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation (Transco) and its customers. See Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 55 FERC ¶ 61,446, reh'g denied, see 57 FERC &...

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