Mid-Louisiana Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Petitioning pipeline producers of natural gas seek review of two issues concerning the scope and administration of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq. (Supp. III 1979). Their initial claim is that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) incorrectly determined in Order No. 58 that the pricing structure established by the NGPA was not applicable to most gas produced by pipeline companies. Because we find this claim correct, we do not reach the producers’ alternate claim that, if the Commission retained jurisdiction to…