GOLDEN NORTHWEST ALUM. v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN.

Nos. 03-73426, 03-73707, 03-73753, 03-73775, 03-73779, 03-73786, 03-73820, 03-74002, 03-74651, 03-74801, 04-70286, 04-70382, 04-70546.

501 F.3d 1037 (2007)

GOLDEN NORTHWEST ALUMINUM, INC., Petitioner, Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Petitioner-Intervenor, v. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, Respondent. Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County; Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County; Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County; Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County; Public Utility District No. 1 of Grays Harbor County; Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County; The City of Seattle, Seattle City Light Department ("Generating Public Utilities"), of Cowlitz County; Washington Public Utility District No. 1, of Franklin County, Washington; Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County; Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County; Washington, The City of Seattle; City Light Department; Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative Association; Central Electric Cooperative; Clear Water Power Company, Inc.; Consumers Power, Inc.; Coos-Curry Electric Coop., Inc.; Douglas Electric Cooperative; Fall River; Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lane Electric Cooperative; Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Northern Lights, Inc.; Okanogan County Electric Cooperative; Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative; Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Salmon River Electric Cooperative; Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association; and West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., Petitioners, Alcoa Inc., Intervenor, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Canby Utility Board, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Public Power Council, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent, Portland General Electric Company, Respondent-Intervenor. Benton Rural Electric Association, The Cities of Port Angeles, Ellensburg, and Milton, Washington, The Town of Eatonville Washington, Alder Mutual Light Co., Elmhurst Mutual Power and Light Co., Lakeview Light and Power Co., Parkland Light and Water Co., Peninsula Light Co., The PUD No. 1 of Clallam, Clark, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason and Snohomish Counties, Washington, PUD No. 3 of Mason County, and PUD No. 2 of Pacific County, Washington, Petitioners, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent, Portland General Electric Company, Respondent-Intervenor. Public Utility District No. 1 of Grays Harbor County Washington, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Confederated Tribes of The Umatilla Indian Reservation, and The Yakama Nation, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondents, Portland General Electric Company, (PGE), Respondent-Intervenor. Golden Northwest Aluminum, Inc., Petitioner, Alcoa Inc., Intervenor, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Confederated Tribes Of The Umatilla Indian Reservation, Petitioner, v. Benton Rural Electric Association, The Cities of Port Angeles, Ellensburg, and Milton, Washington, The Town of Eatonville Washington, Alder Mutual Light Co., Elmhurst Mutual Power and Light Co., Lakeview Light and Power Co., Parkland Light and Water Co., Peninsula Light Co., the PUD No. 1 of Clallam, Clark, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason and Snohomish Counties, Washington, PUD No. 3 of Mason County, and PUD No. 2 of Pacific County, Washington, Petitioners, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Public Utility District No. 1 of Grays Harbor County Washington, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Grays Harbor County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, The City of Seattle, Seattle City Light Department ("generating Public Utilities"), of Cowlitz County; Washington Public Utility District No. 1; Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County WA; Public Utility Dist., No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington; The City of Seattle, City Light Department; Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative Association; Central Electric, Cooperative; Clear Water Power Company, Inc.; Consumers Power, Inc.; Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc.; Douglas Electric Cooperative; Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Lane Electric Cooperative; Lost River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Northern Lights, Inc.; Okanogan County Electric Cooperative; Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative; Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Salmon River Electric Cooperative; Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association, and West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., Petitioners, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent. Public Power Council, Petitioner, v. Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, LLP, Portland, OR; Jay T. Waldron & Raymond S. Kindley, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Oregon; R. Erick Johnson, Portland, OR; Daniel Seligman, Vancouver, WA; John H. Hammond, Jr., Beery Elsner & Hammond, Portland, OR; Gary A. Dahlke & R. Blair Strong, Paine Hamblen Coffin Brooke & Miller, LLP, Spokane, Washington; Scott G. Seidman & Michael M. Morgan, Tonkon Torp, LLP, Portland, OR; Cheryl Chevis, Portland General Electric, Portland, OR; Barton L. Kline, Boise, ID; Kirstin S. Dodge, Perkins Coie, Bellevue, Washington; Stephen C. Hall, Stoel Rives, LLP, Portland, OR; Wayne W. Harper, Montana Power Company, Butte, MT; Mark R. Thompson, Public Power Council, Portland, OR; Terence L. Mundorf, Marsh Mundorf Pratt Sullivan & McKenzie, Millcreek, WA; Christopher W. Leahy, Fredericks Pelcyger Hester & White, Louisville, CO; Timothy R. Weaver, Yakima, WA; Paul M. Murphy, Murphy & Buchal, LLP, Portland, OR; William H. Walters, Miller Nash, LLP, Portland, OR; Frank V. Langfitt, Ater Wynne, LLP, Portland, OR, for the petitioners.

William H. Walters, Miller Nash, LLP, Portland, OR; Kurt R. Casad, Jeffrey K. Handy, Stephen J. Odell & Thomas C. Lee, Office of the United States Attorney, Portland, OR; Randy A. Roach, Office of General Counsel-BPA, Portland, OR, for respondent BPA.

Dennis Lane, Beth G. Pacella, Robert H. Solomon, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for Respondent FERC.

Scott G. Seidman & Michael M. Morgan, Tonkon Torp, LLP, Portland, OR, Cheryl Chevis, Portland General Electric Co., for respondent-intervenor PGE.

Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners in this consolidated appeal seek review of the 2002-06 wholesale power rates set by the Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA") during its WP-02 rate proceeding. Two sets of petitioners contend that BPA unlawfully inflated the rates charged to public utilities and cooperatives — BPA's "preference" customers. First, the Public Generating Pool and Pacific Northwest Generating...

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