Legal Opinion
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co. v. McCarty
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided November 13, 2000No. IP 00-0592-C-H/GPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ON ALL PENDING MOTIONS
HAMILTON, District Judge.
Introduction
The federal Natural Gas Act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to exercise jurisdiction, in relevant part, over “the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce,” but not over “any other transportation ... of natural gas or ... the local distribution of natural gas....” 15 U.S.C. § 717(b). Local distribution of natural gas is left to state regulation. Companies engaged in the interstate gas business have long sought to avoid state regulation of so-called “bypass” arrangements in which the…
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