EL PASO ELEC. CO. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 14-60822.

832 F.3d 495 (2016)

EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Joseph Pearsall , Marnie A. McCormick , Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, L.L.P., Patrick Joseph Pearsall , Winstead, P.C., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Jennifer Lynn Spina, Esq. , Arizona Public Service Company, Phoenix, AZ, for Intervenor Arizona Public Service Company.

Stephen Matthew Spina , John Daniel Skees , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Charles Albert Moore, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Intervenors Xcel Energy Services, Incorporated, Public Service Company of Colorado.

Elizabeth Gabrielle Bloch, Esq. , Husch Blackwell, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor NV Energy, Incorporated.

Catherine P. McCarthy , Seth Thomas Lucia , Bracewell, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Tony Lee Visage, Esq. , Bracewell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Intervenors Black Hills Power, Incorporated, Black Hills Colorado Electric Utility Company, L.P., Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power Company.

Paula Grace Maynes , Miller Stratvert P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Intervenor Public Service Company of New Mexico.

Kurt Hazlett Jacobs, Esq. , Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenors Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Incorporated.

Ross Ryan Fulton , Elizabeth Evans Rylander , Robert Harris Solomon, Esq. , Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Greg R. Wehrer , Squire Patton Boggs (US), L.L.P., Houston, TX, Michael R. Engleman , Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenors LSP Transmission Holdings, L.L.C., LS Power Transmission, L.L.C.

Before REAVLEY, HAYNES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


El Paso Electric Co. ("EP Electric") appeals from three decisions1 in which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or the "Commission") reviewed and required revisions to certain compliance filings that EP Electric and other utilities filed with FERC pursuant to Order No. 1000. Order...

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