Circuit

The states of Washington and Oregon last month filed friends-of-the-court (amicus) briefs in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal supporting California’s contention that FERC does not, as it has asserted, have exclusive jurisdiction in the siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. They asked the court to reverse the federal regulatory panel’s finding.

The states of Washington and Oregon last month filed friends-of-the-court (amicus) briefs in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal supporting California’s contention that FERC does not, as it has asserted, have exclusive jurisdiction in the siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. They asked the court to reverse the federal regulatory panel’s finding.

The American Gas Association (AGA) has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review FERC’s order eliminating the contract term limit for matching competing bids by pipeline shippers exercising their right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) in replacing expiring contracts.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has refused an appeal by the administration to overturn a lower court’s discovery order that requires Vice President Dick Cheney’s Energy Task Force to turn over the names of companies that participated in drawing up the administration’s energy policy.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has refused an appeal by the administration to overturn a lower court’s discovery order that requires Vice President Dick Cheney’s Energy Task Force to turn over the names of companies that participated in drawing up the administration’s energy policy.

In an attempt to short-circuit a bitter proxy battle by disgruntled investors, El Paso Corp. on Monday nominated a slate of directors that is heavy in energy experience for shareholders to vote on at the company’s upcoming annual meeting in June.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last Thursday turned aside an emergency stay request filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal that would have delayed the implementation of a standard market design (SMD) in New England, which is set to go into effect this month.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday overturned and remanded a FERC decision which prohibited allocation of interruptible capacity on PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest based on the total revenue deriving from a bid, saying the Commission failed to explain why it was departing from its own precedents.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday upheld a lower court decision to block oil and natural gas exploration off the central California coast, prompting an immediate favorable reaction from Gov. Gray Davis, who has continued to resist federal efforts for more drilling offshore in federal waters.