Legal Opinion
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1990No. 88-4595PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
The Short Answer
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) struck down a provision of several of Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation’s (Texas Eastern’s) tariff structures known as the “minimum commodity bill.” 1 The appeal has been abandoned with respect to all but one of these tariff structures, the Winter Service (WS) rate schedule. To the elemental complaint of Texas Eastern that elimination of the WS schedule will result in its not being repaid for gas earlier purchased and put in storage, the Commission has expressly stated that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- East Tennessee Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Kansas Gas & Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Cities of Arcadia, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Union Electric Co., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Transwestern Pipeline Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- OXY USA, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Exxon Co., U.S.A. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
- Exxon Co USA v. FERCCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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