Legal Opinion
Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 8, 1980No. Nos. 80-1303, 80-1316, 80-1321 and 80-1326PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
Circuit Judge ROBB concurs in the result.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners seek review of a decision1 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to grant a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Great Plains Gasification Associates (“Great Plains”) pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717 et seq. The certificate was issued to facilitate the construction and operation of a coal gasification plant which Great Plains wishes to build in Mercer County, North Dakota. We hold that FERC lacked jurisdiction to…
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