Consumers Power Co. v. Federal Energy Administration

OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

Consumers Power Company seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against an order by the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) granting Consumers’ request for an allocation of natural gas liquids (NGL’s) as a feedstock for the production of synthetic natural gas, subject to certain conditions. The only issues now before the court are (1) whether the FEA acted in excess of its authority in allocating NGL’s to Consumers as a feedstock for the production of synthetic natural gas; and (2) assuming the FEA’s authority to allocate NGL’s, whether it exceeded that…