Legal Opinion
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 18, 2008No. 06-1145PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company challenges orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that modified its contract with a shipper, the Northern States Power Company (“NSP”), so that NSP would be able to resell transportation capacity for which it had no use. While we find that the Commission was correct to decide the case under the “just and reasonable” standard of § 5(a) of the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717d(a), we grant Williston’s petition; flaws in the Commission’s…
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