Legal Opinion
Kansas Corp. Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 6, 2018No. 16-1093; 16-1164PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Karen Lecraft Henderson, Circuit. Judge
Petitioner Kansas Corporation Commission (KC.C), a Kansas regulatory body that oversees Kansas public utilities, asserts that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) acted unlawfully by approving formula rates—which help determine the electric rates charged by public utilities to consumers in FERC jurisdictions—for future public utilities to use in operating electric transmission facilities. KCC argues that FERC cannot determine, as it must under the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 792 et seq., that the formula rates for such not-yet-existing…
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