Legal Opinion

Williams Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 6, 1991No. Nos. 90-1193, 90-1255PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Under section 107 of the Natural Gas Policy Act, 15 U.S.C. § 3317, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may establish an especially high ceiling price for natural gas recovered from high-cost sources, in order to provide an incentive for the development of those sources. In 1980, the FERC exercised this power and set an incentive ceiling price for gas produced from tight formations of sedimentary rock. See Order No. 99, Regulations Covering…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Williams Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Amoco Production Company, Southern California Gas Company, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania, Union Pacific Resources Company, Arco Oil and Gas Company, Division of Atlantic Richfield Company, Texaco, Inc., Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company and Pennzoil Gas Marketing Company, Enserch Exploration, Inc., National Association of Gas Consumers, Intervenors. Arco Oil and Gas Company, Division of Atlantic Richfield Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Williams Natural Gas Company, Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia and Pennsylvania Natural Gas Association, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991