Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mapco Alaska Petroleum Inc., Intervenors

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

A group of oil pipeline carriers petitions for review of a decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”. or the “Commission”). . The decision rejected a filing by the carriers seeking a rate increase because of the inclusion of litigation and settlement costs in the carriers’ tariffs. Tariff rates for the carriers are governed by a settlement agreement between the carriers and the State of Alaska. FERC determined that litigation and settlement costs incurred by the carriers in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill were “extraordinary expenses”…