Legal Opinion
Gulf States Utilities Company v. Federal Power Commission, Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 22, 1975No. 74-1160PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL.
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
In July of 1950 Gulf States Utilities Company (Gulf States) and the Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Cooperative (SLEMCO) entered into a contract for the supply of electrical energy by Gulf States to SLEMCO. That agreement, which set a maximum demand ceiling of some 8,000 kilowatts,1 was held by the Federal Power Commission, on June 14, 1973, to be a fixed-rate contract that barred unilateral rate increases by the supplier for deliveries of electricity.2
In its order of October 19, 1973, denying SLEMCO’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Citizens for Allegan County, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission, City of Allegan, Michigan, Consumers Power Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Kansas Cities v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Kansas Gas and Electric Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Public Service Company of New Hampshire v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., Towns of Ashland and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Village Precinct of New Hampton, New Hampshire, Intervenors. Appalachian Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Appalachian Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Cities of Bedford, Intervenors. Pennsylvania Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., Intervenor. Metropolitan Edison Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Boroughs of Kutztown, Goldsboro & Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, United Gas Pipe Line Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Southern California Edison Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Cities of Anaheim, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Vermont Department of Public Service v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Vermont Electric Power Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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