Amoco Production Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Amoco Production Company and its affiliate BP Energy Company (collectively, “Amoco”) appeal from four orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. We initially address the first three orders, all revolving around the Commission’s approval of a rate settlement; we uphold the Commission. Then we address the fourth order, which turns out to be non-final and thus beyond our jurisdiction.

Amoco produces natural gas and ships some of it through pipelines operated by Wyoming…