Legal Opinion
North Baja Pipeline, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 9, 2007No. 05-1214PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge.
Interstate natural gas pipelines must submit their proposed shipping rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval. This case concerns a rate filing by North Baja, a pipeline that transports natural gas from Arizona to Mexico through California. North Baja proposed a formula for sharing with shippers the costs of so-called force majeure interruptions — interruptions due to uncontrollable and unexpected factors like severe weather. North Baja also proposed to include scheduled maintenance as a force majeure event. FERC determined that (i) North Baja’s…
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