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MPS MERCHANT SERVICES, INC. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 15-73803, No. 15-73818, No. 15-73905, No. 15-73912, No. 16-70004, No. 16-70524, No. 16-70525, No. 16-70868.

836 F.3d 1155 (2016)

MPS MERCHANT SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, California Public Utilities Commission, Intervenor, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Co.; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Illinova Corporation, on behalf of Illinova Energy Partners, Inc., Petitioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Co.; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent. BP Energy Company, Petitioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Co.; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent. APX, Inc., Petitioner California Public Utilities Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Co.; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., Petitioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Co.; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent. MPS Merchant Services, Inc., Petitioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Southern California Edison Company; The People of the State of California, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Intervenors, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent. Illinova Corporation, on behalf of Illinova Energy Partners, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent. Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., Petitioner, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 8, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Danley , Cheryl M. Foley , John Lee Shepherd, Jr. , and John N. Estes III , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners MPS Merchant Services, Inc., and Illinova Corporation.

Brett A. Snyder and Mark R. Haskell , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner BP Energy Company.

Matthew T. Rick and Douglas F. John , John & Hengerer, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner APX, Inc.

Jessica L. Bayles , William M. Friedman , and Jeffrey D. Watkiss , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.

Candace J. Morey and Arocles Aguilar , General Counsel, San Francisco, California, as and for Intervenor California Public Utilities Commission.

Eric Todderud and Stan Berman , Sidley Austin LLP, Seattle, Washington; Joshua S. Levenberg and Mark D. Patrizio , Pacific Gas and Electric Company; for Intervenor Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

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

Danette E. Valdez , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Martin Goyette , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Mark Breckler , Chief Assistant Attorney General; Kamala K. Harris , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; Whitney E. Snyder , Judith D. Cassel , and Kevin J. McKeon , Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; for Intervenor People of the State of California ex rel. Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General.

Beth G. Pacella , Deputy Solicitor; Robert H. Solomon , Solicitor; Max Minzner , General Counsel; Washington, D.C.; as and for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In these petitions for review, we consider whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") arbitrarily and capriciously determined that various energy companies committed tariff violations in California during the summer of 2000. We conclude that it did not, and we deny the...

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