MPS Merchant Services, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Circuit Judge:

In these petitions for review, we consider whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) arbitrarily and capriciously determined that various energy companies committed tariff violations in Cali-fornia during the summer of '2000. We conclude that it did not, and we deny the petitions for review.

I

This case is part of a long-standing series of decisions arising out of California’s energy crisis in 2000 and 2001. The relevant factual background was described in our prior opinions, so we need not describe it in detail here. 1 In…