Legal Opinion
Montana Consumer Counsel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 13, 2011No. 08-71827, 08-74439, 08-74443PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners Montana Consumer Counsel, Public Citizen, Inc., Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel, Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., and the state attorneys general for Connecticut, Illinois, and Rhode Island seek review of a final order of Respondent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). Petitioners bring a facial challenge to the order, contending that the order violates FERC’s governing statutes. We must decide whether the market-based regulatory policy established by FERC’s order is permissible under the law. FERC asserts that it has…
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