BROOKLYN UNION GAS CO. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 98-60057.

190 F.3d 369 (1999)

The BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY; Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Peco Energy Company; Southern Natural Gas Company; Amoco Production Company and Amoco Energy Trading Corporation; Destin Pipeline Company, LLC; South Carolina Pipeline Corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Thomas Maloney, Robert G. Hardy, Cullen & Dykman, Washington, DC, for Petitioners in No. 98-60057.

Harvey L. Reiter, Washington, DC, for Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc, and Peco Energy Co.

James H. Byrd, Kent K. Carter, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, Washington, DC, for Transco Municipal Group and The Municipal Gas Authority of GA.

Elizabeth Wand Whittle, Washington, DC, for Rochester Gas and Elec. Corp.

Joel F. Zipp, Robert Charles Platt, George H. Williams, Jr., Gunnar Birgisson, Cameron McKenna, Washington, DC, for South Carolina Pipeline Corp.

Barbara K. Heffernan, Washington, DC, for Delmarva Power & Light Co.

Mary Eleanor Baluss, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.

Charles H. Shoneman, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, DC, for Northeast Energy Associates and North Jersey Energy Associates.

Richard A. Rapp, Jr., Long Island Lighting Co. Legal Dept., Hicksville, NY, for Long Island Lighting Co.

Denise C. Goulet, Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate.

Richard Parke Bonnifield, Newark, NJ, for Public Serv. Elec. and Gas Co.

Timm Larkin Abendroth, Jay L. Witkin, FERC, Office of the Sol., Washington, DC, for FERC.

David Lynn Stevens, Mangham, Hardy & Stevens, Spring, TX, Jeron R. Stevens, Mangham, Hardy & Stevens, Houston, TX, for Soco Offshore, Inc.

Gisela Blohm Cherches, Trascontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Houston, TX, Paul Michael Flynn, James T. McManus, Washington, DC, for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Kevin Michael Downey, Long, Aldridge & Norman, Washington, DC, for Atlanta Gas Light Co.

Daniel F. Coffins, Washington, DC, for ANR Pipeline Co.

Thomas J. Eastment, Jennifer Sue Leete, Baker & Botts, Washington, DC, for Exxon Corp. and Burlington, Resources Oil & Gas Corp.

Bruce Alan Connell, Houston, TX, for Conoco, Inc.

Patrick Bruce Pope, James D.E. Johnston, Southern Natural Gas Co., Birmingham, AL, for Southern Natural Gas Co.

John Nowell Estes, III, William Scott Scherman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, for Southern Natural Gas Co. and Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C.

Jon L. Brunenkant, Mark Richard Haskell, Cheryl Walker, Brunenkant & Haskell, Washington, DC, for Petitioners in No. 98-60170.

David William D'Alessandro, Kelly Anne Daly, Morrison & Hecker, Washington, DC, for New York Pub. Serv. Com'n.

James J. Cleary, Sandra Wiess Murvin, Destin Pipeline Co., Birmingham, AL, for Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C.

Kathryn L. Patton, Director and Regulatory Counsel, Natural Gas Clearinghouse, Houston, TX, for Natural Gas Clearinghouse.

Allen Weinberg, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Gas Works.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

We are asked today to decide whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had jurisdiction over pipeline facilities newly constructed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation for transporting gas from the Gulf of Mexico to the shore and questions of how the expense of constructing the new pipeline should be distributed. The case before us arose from an Application filed with the Commission in 1996 by Transco under Section...

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