Legal Opinion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1997No. Nos. 96-60036, 96-60039PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide whether the Natural Gas Act supplies the Federal Energy Regulatory. Commission with jurisdiction over gathering facilities operated by a corporation that is wholly-owned by an interstate natural gas pipeline company. We affirm FERC’s conclusion that these gathering facilities are beyond its regulatory reach, notwithstanding the fact that the gatherer is a subsidiary of a pipeline company that transports gas in interstate commerce.
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El Paso Natural Gas Co., one of the nation’s largest natural gas pipeline companies, owns and…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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