Legal Opinion
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 20, 1979No. Nos. 77-1496, 77-1498, 77-1653, 77-1712 and 77-1719PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL, in which Circuit Judge WILKEY and District Judge GREENE join.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
We consider petitions of natural gas pipeline companies1 for review of Federal Power Commission2 rate making orders. The common element in these companion cases is the treatment of “advance payments,” pre-payments for future deliveries of natural gas made by the pipelines in the context of an experimental “advance payment program,” which was designed to facilitate capital formation by producers to finance…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Iowa Planners Network v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
- NEPCO Municipal Rate Committee v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Nepco Municipal Rate Committee and the Electric Departments and Plants of Ashburnham v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, New England Power Company, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co., Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nepco Municipal Rate Committee, Intervenors. New England Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dennis J. Roberts, Ii, Attorney General of Rhode Island, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a Division of Tenneco Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Entex, Inc., Columbia Gas Transmission Company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Northern Illinois Gas Company and New England Customer Group (Bay State Gas Co.), Intervenors. Public Service Commission of the State of New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, New England Customer Group, Northern Illinois Gas Co. And Public Service Electric and Gas Co., Intervenors. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Public Service Electric and Gas Co. And Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Intervenors. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., United Cities Gas Company, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. And Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Intervenors. Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Wisconsin Natural Gas Co., Associated Natural Gas Co. And Michigan Gas Utilities Co., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979