CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES v. F.E.R.C.

No. 01-71405.

361 F.3d 517 (2004)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, Petitioner, Southern California Edison Company, Intervenor-Petitioner, Public Utilities Commission of The State of California; Pacificorp, Intervenors-Respondents, Southern California Edison Company, Intervenor, Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., Intervenor-Respondent, El Segundo Power L.L.C.; Long Beach Generation L.L.C.; Cabrillo Power I L.L.C.; Cabrillo Power II L.L.C.; South Coast Air Quality Maintenance District, Intervenors, Idacorp Energy L.P., Intervenor-Petitioner, Coral Power L.L.C.; Constellation Power Source, Inc., Intervenors-Respondents, Public Service Company of Colorado; Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Arizona Public Service Company, Intervenors, Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, L.P.; Mirant California L.L.C.; Mirant Delta, L.L.C.; Mirant Portrero L.L.C., Intervenors-Respondents, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Intervenor, Northern California Power Agency; Transmission Agency of Northern California; The M-S-R Public Power Company, Intervenors-Respondents, The Modesto Irrigation District, Intervenor-Petitioner, The City of Palo Alto, California; The City of Redding, California, Intervenors-Respondents, The City of Santa Clara, California, Intervenor-Petitioner, California Independent System Operator Corporation; Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., Intervenors-Respondents, Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, Intervenor, Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc., Intervenor-Respondent, Portland General Electric Company; California Electricity Oversight Board, Intervenors, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., Intervenor-Respondent, The Port of Seattle, Washington, Intervenor, Duke Energy North America L.L.C.; Duke Energy Trading and Marketing L.L.C., Intervenors-Respondents, The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Intervenor-Petitioner, Sempra Energy Trading Corporation; Avista Energy, Inc.; City of Tacoma, Washington, Intervenors, Port of Seattle; City of Tacoma; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Enron Power Marketing Inc., Intervenors-Respondents, Puget Sound Energy; California Independent System Operator Corporation, Intervenors, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Kissel, Elisa G. Grammer, Washington, DC, Edna Walz, Mary E. Hackenbracht, AGCA — Office of the California Attorney General (SAC), Sacramento, CA, for petitioner.

Michael D. Mackness, Esq., Rosemead, CA, Catherine M. Giovannoni, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for intervenor-petitioner Southern California Edison Company.

Sean Gallagher, Esq., California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, Arocles Aguilar, Gary M. Cohen, Esq., CPUC — State of California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, intervenor-respondent for Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.

Marcus Wood, Esq., Stoel, Rives, LLP, Portland, OR, for intervenor-respondent PACIFICORP.

John N. Estes, III, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, intervenors El Segundo Power LLC, Long Beach Generation LLC., Cabrillo Power I LLC and Cabrillo Power II LLC.

David B. Robinson, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor South Coast Air Quality Maintenance District.

Lawrence G. Acker, Brett A. Snyder, LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-petitioner IDACORP Energy L.P.

Ronald N. Carroll, Jeffrey D. Watkiss, Esq., Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors-respondents Coral Power L.L.C. and Constellation Power Source, Inc.

Floyd L. Norton, IV, Esq., Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor Public Service Company of Colorado.

John D. McGrane, Esq., Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Arizona Public Service Company.

Michael A. Yuffee, McDermott Will & Emery, Debra Raggio Bolton, Mirant Americas, Inc., James C. Beh, Esq., Troutman Sanders, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors-respondents Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, L.P., Mirant California L.L.C., Mirant Delta, L.L.C., and Mirant Portrero L.L.C.

Meg Meiser, Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq., Lisa G. Dowden, Esq., Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent Northern California Power Agency.

Richmond F. Allan, Esq., James D. Pembroke, Esq., Wallace L. Duncan, Esq., Michael Postar, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C., Washington, DC, for intervenors-respondents Transmission Agency of Northern California, The M-S-R Public Power Company, The Modesto Irrigation District, The City of Palo Alto, California, The City of Redding, California, and The City of Santa Clara, California.

Michael E. Ward, Swindler, Berlin, Shereff, Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, for for intervenor-respondent California Independent System Operator Corporation.

Paul J. Pantano, Jr., Esq., Catherine Krupka, Doron F. Ezickson, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

Tim W. Muller, Esq., Alex A. Goldberg, Amy L. Sheridan, Tulsa, OK, for intervenor Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company.

Paul J. Pantano, Jr., Esq., Robert Kohn, Catherine M. Krupka, McDermott, Will & Emery, Doron F. Ezickson, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.

A.W. Turner, Jr., Esq., Portland General Electric Company, Portland, OR, for for intervenor Portland General Electric Company.

Sidney Mannheim Jubien, Erik N. Saltmarsh, Sacramento, CA, for for intervenor California Electricity Oversight Board.

Kenneth W. Irvin, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P.

Philip L. Chabot, Jr., Esq., Duane Morris, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors The Port of Seattle and City of Tacoma, Washington.

Geoffrey G. Bestor, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent Duke Energy North America LLC and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing LLC.

Howard E. Shapiro, Esq., Van Ness Feldman, PC, Washington, DC, Marcia Haber Kamine, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for intervenor-petitioner The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Howard E. Shapiro, Esq., Margaret A. Moore, Van Ness Feldman, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC, for intervenor Sempra Energy Trading Corporation and Avista Energy, Inc.

Michael J. Kurman, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Philip L. Chabot, Jr., Esq., Duane Morris, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-respondent City of Tacoma.

Ronald N. Carroll, Gary S. Fergus, Esq., Fergus Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, for intervenor-respondent Enron Power Marketing Inc.

Howard E. Shapiro, Esq., Van Ness Feldman, PC, Washington, DC, for intervenor Puget Sound Energy.

Solicitor, FERC, David P. Boergers, Secretary, Robert H. Solomon, Deputy, Solicitor, FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The only issue raised in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") petition for rehearing is whether this court lacked jurisdiction to review a FERC decision because it was not sufficiently final. Our opinion is reported at 341 F.3d 906 (9th Cir.2003).

FERC argues that we do not have jurisdiction because the California Department of Water Resources ("DWR") sought judicial review of one issue in a FERC order...

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