Thriftway Co. v. United States Department of Energy

WEIGEL, Judge.

Thriftway Company (Thriftway) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, granting summary judgment in favor of the Department of Energy (DOE) and upholding the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). We affirm.

The decision of FERC, affirmed by the district court, upheld the ruling of the DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). FERC agreed that Thriftway did not qualify for additional relief by way of an exception from its obligation to purchase certain “entitlements” under the DOE’s Old Oil Allocation…