Legal Opinion

Alcoa Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 8, 2009No. 06-1426PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge.

The newly created Electric Reliability Organization proposed that its costs be allocated according to a method of computation called net energy for load. Alcoa asks us to review the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that approved the proposal. We find the decision reasonable and thus deny the petition for review.

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Until recently, the reliability of the nation’s bulk-power system depended on participants’ voluntary compliance with industry standards. In 2005, Congress decided this arrangement was no…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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