MONTANA CONSUMER COUNSEL v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 08-71827, 08-74439, 08-74443.

659 F.3d 910 (2011)

MONTANA CONSUMER COUNSEL, Petitioner, The Integrys Group; American Public Power Association; Public Service Company of New Mexico; Tucson Electric Power Company; Pacificorp; Transmission Access Policy Study Group; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association; Transmission Dependent Utility Systems; The PPL Companies; Industrial Customers: PJM Industrial Customer Coalition; Industrial Energy Consumers-Pennsylvania; Industrial Energy Users-Ohio; Nepool Industrial Customer Coalition; Coalition of Midwest Transmission Customers; Southeast Electricity Consumers Association; Southwest Industrial Customer Coalition; West Virginia Energy Users Group; Electric Power Supply Association, Intervenors, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois; Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island, Petitioners, American Public Power Association; Coalition of Midwest Transmission Customers; Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-Operative, Inc.; Industrial Energy Consumers-Ohio; Industrial Energy Consumers-Pennsylvania; Integrys Energy Group, Inc.; Integrys Energy Services, Incorporated; Nepool Industrial Customer Coalition; National Rual Electric Cooperative Association; PJM Industrial Customer Coalition; Southeast Electricity Consumers Association; Southwest Industrial Customer Coalition; Transmission Access Policy Study Group; Upper Peninsula Power Company; West Virginia Energy Users Group; Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Petitioners-Intervenors, Electric Power Supply Association, Intervenor, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent, Duke Energy Corp.; Lower Mount Bethel Energy, LLC; PPL Brunner Island, LLC; PPL Colstrip I, LLC; PPL Colstrip II, LLC; PPL Edgewood Energy, LLC; PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; PPL Energyplus, LLC; PPL Great Works, LLC; PPL Holtwood, LLC; PPL Maine, LLC; PPL Martins Creek, LLC; PPL Montana, LLC; PPL Montour, LLC; PPL Shoreham Energy, LLC; PPL Susquehanna, LLC; PPL University Park, LLC; PPL Wallingford Energy, LLC; Pacificorp; Shell Energy North America (U.S. L.P.); Tucson Electric Power Company, Respondents-Intervenors. Public Citizen, Inc.; Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel; Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., Petitioners, Electric Power Supply Association, Intervenor, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn N. Hargis , Public Citizen, Inc. and Scott L. Nelson (argued), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C.; Richard Blumenthal , Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, John S. Wright and Michael C. Wertheimer , Assistant Attorneys General, New Britain, CT; Lisa Madigan , Attorney General for the State of Illinois, Michael Scodro , Solicitor General, Janice A. Dale , Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, IL; Patrick C. Lynch , Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, for the petitioners.

Michael A. Bardee , General Counsel, Robert H. Solomon (argued), Solicitor, Carol J. Banta , Attorney, Washington, D.C., for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Ashley C. Parrish (argued), David G. Tewksbury , and Angela M. Butcher , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jesse A. Dillon , PPL Services Corp., Allentown, PA; Donald A. Kaplan and John Longstreth , K & L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C., for the intervenors.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Montana Consumer Counsel, Public Citizen, Inc., Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel, Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., and the state attorneys general for Connecticut, Illinois, and Rhode Island seek review of a final order of Respondent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). Petitioners bring a facial challenge to the order, contending that...

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