CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELEC. CORP. v. F.E.R.C.

Docket Nos. 14-1786 (L), 14-1830(Con), 14-2130(Con), 14-2248(Con).

783 F.3d 92 (2015)

CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORP., People of the State of New York, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, New York Power Authority, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Entergy Nuclear Power Marketing, LLC, NRG Power Marketing LLC, Genon Energy Management, LLC, Arthur Kill Power LLC, Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC, Dunkirk Power LLC, NRG Bowline LLC, Huntley Power LLC, Oswego Harbor Power LLC, Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY), Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond B. Wuslich, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., New York Power Authority, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.

Paul Colbert, Associate General Counsel-Regulatory Affairs, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for Petitioner Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

Glenn D. Haake, Principal Attorney, New York Power Authority, Albany, N.Y., for Petitioner New York Power Authority.

R. Scott Mahoney, General Counsel, Iberdrola USA, Inc., Binghamton, N.Y., for Petitioners New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.

Jonathan D. Feinberg, Solicitor, Public Service Commission of the State of New York ( Kimberly A. Harriman, General Counsel, John C. Graham, Assistant Counsel, and Nelli Doroshkin, Assistant Counsel, on the brief), for Petitioners Public Service Commission of the State of New York and People of the State of New York.

Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington DC ( David L. Morenoff, Acting General Counsel, Lisa B. Luftig and Karin L. Larson, Attorneys, on the brief), for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

John S. Moot, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC ( Karis Anne Gong, on the brief), for Intervenor Entergy Nuclear Power Marketing, LLC.

David B. Johnson, Read and Laniado, LLP, Albany, N.Y., for Intervenor Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.

Victoria L. Smith, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Kansas City, MO ( Abraham Silverman and Cortney Madea, NRG Energy, Inc., Princeton, NJ, on the brief), for Intervenors NRG Power Marketing LLC, GenOn Energy Management, LLC, Arthur Kill Power LLC, Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC, Dunkirk Power LLC, NRG Bowline LLC, Huntley Power LLC, and Oswego Harbor Power LLC.

Before: LIVINGSTON and DRONEY, Circuit Judges; NATHAN, District Judge.


In this appeal, two groups of Petitioners challenge four orders issued in 2013 and 2014 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). The challenged orders approved a proposal by the New York Independent System Operator ("NYISO") to create a new wholesale electric...

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