Bangor Hydro-Electric Company v. Federal Power Commission

This petition to review an order of the Federal Power Commission refusing reconsideration of an order antedating a license to operate a hydroelectric project on navigable waters is based upon a lack of understanding of our opinion in Central Maine Power Co. v. F.P.C., 1 Cir., 1965, 345 F.2d 875. The facts are essentially similar, and the same result must obtain.

Briefly, in Central Maine Power Co. we held that the Commission was not precluded from antedating a license to the date when a licensee should reasonably have made application or, in the alternative, should have taken note of section…