Legal Opinion
Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1988No. Nos. 86-7602, 87-7080 and 87-3624PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative and Upper Missouri G & T Electric Cooperative (the Cooperatives) challenge the decision by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to deny its request for an allocation of electricity produced at the Libby Dam and Reservoir (Libby). We conclude that the action is justiciable for review, original jurisdiction lies with this Court, and that the controlling statutes set forth no Montana preference for Libby power.
FACTS
Libby is a federal hydroelectric project located in western Montana. The Administrator of…
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- Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Upper Missouri G & T Electric Cooperative, Inc., Montana Power Company, Petitioner-Intervenor v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Upper Missouri G & T Electric Cooperative, Inc., Montana Power Company, Intervenor v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988