Coastal States Gas Transmission v. PSC

This is an appeal by Coastal States Gas Transmission Company, Inc. ("Coastal States"), from an order of the Montgomery Circuit Court. That order upheld an order of the Alabama Public Service Commission ("Commission") that required Coastal States to comply with Commission regulations before selling natural gas to industrial customers in Mobile.

Coastal States is a subsidiary of Coastal Corporation. Coastal States owns and operates pipelines in connection with its sales of natural gas to select customers under private contracts. Coastal States entered into private gas purchase and sale contracts…