CALIFORNIA EX REL. HARRIS v. F.E.R.C.

No. 12-71958.

784 F.3d 1267 (2015)

The People of the State of CALIFORNIA, ex rel. Kamala D. HARRIS, Attorney General; Public Utilities Commission of the State of California; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.; TransCanada Energy Ltd.; MPS Merchant Services, Inc.; MIECO, Inc.; Hafslund Energy Trading LLC; Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.; Koch Energy Trading, Inc.; Illinova Corporation; Commerce Energy Inc.; Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC, Respondents-Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. McKeon (argued), Judith D. Cassel, and Whitney E. Snyder, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, PA; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Mark Breckler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Martin Goyette, Senior Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, CA; David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.

Frank R. Lindh,   Sarah R. Thomas,   Christopher E. Clay,   Candace J. Morey, and Charlyn A. Hook, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.

Richard L. Roberts and Catherine M. Giovannoni, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Russell C. Swartz,   J. Eric Isken, and Russell Archer, Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Southern California Edison Company.

Stan Berman,   Eric Todderud, and Heather Curlee, Sidley Austin LLP, Seattle, WA; Mark D. Patrizio and Joshua Levenberg, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Beth G. Pacella (argued), Senior Attorney, David L. Morenoff, Acting General Counsel, and Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

David C. Frederick (argued), Scott H. Angstreich, and Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Respondents-Intervenors Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., TransCanada Energy Ltd., MPS Merchant Services, Inc., MIECO, Inc., Hafslund Energy Trading LLC, Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc., Koch Energy Trading, Inc., Illinova Corporation, Commerce Energy Inc., and Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC.

Jeffrey D. Watkiss, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Intervenor Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.

Kenneth L. Wiseman,   Mark F. Sundback,   William M. Rappolt, and Allison E. Hellreich, Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Intervenor TransCanada Energy Ltd.

John N. Estes III and Karis Anne Gong, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondents-Intervenors MPS Merchant Services, Inc. and Illinova Corporation.

Steven A. Weiler and Robert C. Fallon, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Intervenor MIECO, Inc.

Stephen Angle and Damien R. Lyster, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Intervenor Hafslund Energy Trading LLC.

Catherine M. Krupka and Alexandra D. Konieczny, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondents-Intervenors Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. and Commerce Energy Inc.

William E. Schroeder and Aliya M. McLendon, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Respondent-Intervenor Koch Energy Trading, Inc.

Gordon A. Coffee and Steffen N. Johnson, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Intervenor Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge and M. MARGARET McKEOWN and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Petitioners, the people of the state of California through their Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, the California Public Utilities Commission, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Edison ("the California Parties"), seek review of a series of orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory...

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