TURLOCK IRR. DIST. v. F.E.R.C.

No. 16-71380.

903 F.3d 862 (2018)

TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT; Modesto Irrigation District, Petitioners, Transmission Agency of Northern California; The M-S-R Public Power Agency; The City of Redding, California; Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Intervenors, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; California Department of Water Resources, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Stickman (argued) and Kenneth Holmboe , Duncan & Allen, Washington, D.C.; Sean M. Neal , Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke P.C., Sacramento, California; for Petitioners.

Carol J. Banta (argued), Ross R. Fulton and Susan Y. Chu , Attorneys; Robert H. Solomon , Solicitor; James P. Danly , General Counsel; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Alyssa Koo (argued), Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California, for Intervenor Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Lisa S. Gast and Peter J. Scanlon , Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke P.C., Washington, D.C.; Michael R. Postar , Matthew R. Rudolphi , and Tyler E. Mansholt , Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke P.C., Washington, D.C.; Harvey L. Reiter , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Intervenors Transmission Agency of Northern California; The M-S-R Public Power Agency; The City of Redding, California; and Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Lisa G. Dowden and Katharine M. Mapes , Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor California Department of Water Resources.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judge, and Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge.


OPINION

In this petition for review, we consider whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying a complaint brought by the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts (collectively, the "Districts"). The complaint alleged...

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