Legal Opinion
Belco Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 14, 1978No. 77-1416PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
Section 4(e) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717(c)(e) (1976), gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) discretionary power over the suspension of rates and the ordering of refunds:
Whenever [a new rate] is filed the Commission shall have authority . to enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of such rate, . . . and, pending such hearing and the decision thereon, the Commission . . . may suspend the operation of such schedule and defer the use of such rate, . but not for a longer period than five months beyond the time when it would…
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