Legal Opinion
Village of Bethany v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 2002No. 99-1840PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The petitioners in this case are small municipalities (to which we refer collectively as the Municipalities) that buy natural gas transportation services from the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural). In 1997, Natural filed tariffs with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) proposing to change the way that it allocates capacity that becomes available on its pipeline. After several rounds of negotiations and comments, the Commission issued orders approving Natural’s new capacity allocation plan. The Municipalities have filed a…
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