KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL v. BONNEVILLE POWER

Nos. 00-70375, 00-70379, 00-70559.

261 F.3d 843 (2001)

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Petitioner, Public Power Council, Intervenor, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Vanalco Inc., Petitioner, Public Power Council, Intervenor, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent, Avista Corporation, Respondent-Intervenor. Alcoa Incorporated, Petitioner, Avista Corporation; Public Power Council, Intervenors, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 16, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, Portland, Oregon; William H. Walters, Miller Nash, Portland, Oregon; Michael J. Uda of Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist & Uda, Helena, Montana, for the petitioners.

Thomas C. Lee, Assistant U.S. Attorney and David J. Adler, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, for the Respondent.

Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, Portland, Oregon, for the Petitioners-Intervenors.

Kyle D. Sciuchetti, Portland, Oregon; Peter J. Richardson, Eagle, Idaho, for the Respondent-Intervenor.

Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Morton I. Greenberg, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted May 7, 2001 — Portland, Oregon

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. ("Kaiser"), ALCOA Inc. ("ALCOA") and Vanalco, Inc. ("Vanalco") seek review of final Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA") decisions denying Petitioners' requests to purchase Surplus Firm Power at the IP-96 rate. Kaiser also requests a determination that its claims be decided by arbitration pursuant to an arbitration clause...

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