Legal Opinion

Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 1, 1991No. Nos. 89-1634, 89-1668, 89-1693, 89-1709, 89-1736, 89-1744PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Under review in this action are several portions of an order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission). In accepting and modifying a contested settlement agreement between a natural gas pipeline and its customers, the Commission altered the gas cost and facilities cost recovery method *200provided in the agreement. The Commission also modified the fuel retention rate and the short-haul transportation rate reflected in the agreement. Under the relevant statute, before altering a settlement agreement, FERC must establish, first, that the…

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Algonquin Gas Transmission Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Boston Gas Company, New Jersey Natural Gas Company, the City of Norwich, Connecticut, Colonial Gas Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Bay State Gas Company, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New England Power Company, Intervenors. Central Hudson Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the City of Norwich, Connecticut, Colonial Gas Company, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Bay State Gas Company, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Boston Gas Company, New England Power Company, New Jersey Natural Gas Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Intervenors. Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, New Jersey Natural Gas Company, Colonial Gas Company, Bay State Gas Company, Boston Gas Company, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New England Power Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., the City of Norwich, Connecticut, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Intervenors. City of Norwich, Connecticut, Department of Public Utilities, and the Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, Municipal Gas and Electric Department v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, New Jersey Natural Gas Company, Colonial Gas Company, Bay State Gas Company, Boston Gas Company, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New England Power Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Intervenors. New Jersey Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Boston Gas Company, Bay State Gas Company, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Colonial Gas Company, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New England Power Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., the City of Norwich, Connecticut, Intervenors. Boston Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Bay State Gas Company, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Colonial Gas Company, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New England Power Company, New Jersey Natural Gas Company, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., the City of Norwich, Connecticut, National Helium Corporation, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991