Legal Opinion
Markwest Michigan Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 1, 2011No. 10-1075PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
To settle a dispute over rates, oil pipeline owner MarkWest agreed with two of its three shippers to restrict rate increases for a three-year period. But neither the agreement nor the relevant regulations clearly lay out how to determine the rates MarkWest may charge now that the three-year period is past. MarkWest proposed its view, which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected and replaced with its own. Finding both the agreement and the regulations ambiguous, we defer to the reasonable views of…
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