NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY

Docket No. 01-6215.

306 F.3d 1264 (2002)

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, New York State Public Service Commission, Harold A. Jerry, Jr., Lisa Rosenblum, William D. Cotter, Raymond O'Connor, and John O'Mara, Defendants-Appellees, Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee, Cogen Energy Technology L.P., American Ref-Fuel Company, Power City Partners, L.P., AG-Energy, L.P., Seneca Power Partners, L.P., Sterling Power Partners, L.P., P & N Partners, L.P. (Collectively, the "Sithe Intervenors"), Onondaga Cogeneration Limited Partnership, and Project Orange Associates, L.P. (Collectively, the "Syracuse Intervenors"), and United Development Group-Niagara, L.P. ("UDG"), Intervenors-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berlin (Robert V. Zener, on the brief), Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

Beth G. Pacella (Cynthia A. Marlette, Dennis Lane, on the brief), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Jonathan D. Feinberg (Lawrence G. Malone, on the brief), Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendant-Appellee New York State Public Service Commission.

Howard J. Read (Steven D. Wilson, on the brief), Read and Laniado, LLP, Albany, NY, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.

Before CALABRESI, SACK, and PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ("Niagara") is a utility engaged in the business of generating and distributing electric power to consumers in the State of New York. Seeking relief from a number of long-term contracts1 that it had entered into with qualifying cogeneration facilities ("QFs")2, Niagara sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), the New York...

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