City of Willcox v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
2Concurring in part, dissenting in partOpinion filed by Bazelon, Chief Judge
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
The natural gas shortage necessitating curtailment of deliveries on the El Paso Natural Gas System is the subject of the present appeal. Recognizing that decreasing availability would soon cause severe hardship, the Federal Power Commission issued Order No. 431 in April of 1971. By that order, all jurisdictional pipelines were required to file new tariffs with the Commission to provide for rationing of natural gas among eventual users. El Paso complied on July 6, 1971, submitting a contingency plan that allocated…
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