| 24-1304 |
FirstEnergy Service Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-06-24 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law federal-energy-regulatory-commission preemption state-law-mandate transmission-organization utility-regulation |
1. Whether a federal agency does not act arbitrarily or capriciously in determining that a postsettlement change of law concerning one alleged compone… |
| 22-1246 |
Edison Electric Institute, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-06-28 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law chevron-deference energy-regulation federal-energy-regulatory-commission megawatts power-generation power-production-capacity qualifying-facility solar-energy-project statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether "power production capacity" refers to a facility's maximum net output to the grid at any one time, or whether that term instead refers to t… |
| 22-601 |
Peter Lake, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas, et al. v. NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) |
commerce-clause federal-energy-regulatory-commission incumbent-utilities police-power public-utilities state-regulation transmission-lines utility-regulation |
Whether, consistent with the Commerce Clause, States may exercise their core police power to regulate public utilities by recognizing a preference for… |
| 22-90 |
NGL Supply Wholesale, L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference chevron-deference federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review precedent-analysis regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Did the D.C. Circuit err in deferring to FERC's "interpretation of its own precedent" in the absence of a reasoned explanation for departing from the … |
| 21-848 |
Spire Missouri Inc., et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-decision energy federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review natural-gas public-interest remand remand-without-vacatur vacatur |
The Spire STL Pipeline is a critical source of natural gas for the St. Louis region. The pipeline—which became operational in 2019—was constructed to … |
| 19-502 |
Richard Baatz, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
|
certificate-of-public-convenience due-process eminent-domain federal-energy-regulatory-commission land-use natural-gas-act property-rights regulatory-authority takings |
Whether the Natural Gas Act requires the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to obtain by easement, contract, or eminent domai… |
| 19-42 |
North Carolina Utilities Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
|
article-iii article-iii-standing federal-agency-orders federal-energy-regulatory-commission natural-gas-act parens-patriae procedural-rights quasi-sovereign-interests standing state-litigant state-standing |
If a court of appeals finds a State litigant failed to demonstrate injury-in-fact that is traceable to the challenged action and redressable by the co… |
| 18-548 |
Adorers of the Blood of Christ, United States Province, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure agency-action federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review natural-gas-act religious-exercise religious-freedom-restoration-act standing |
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
protects the free exercise of religion by prohibiting the
government from substantially burdening a perso… |
| 18-333 |
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law discretion federal-energy-regulatory-commission ferc-discretion filed-rate-doctrine market-based-rate polar-vortex reliability retroactive-ratemaking |
Whether the court of appeals erroneously determined that the filed rate doctrine and the rule against retroactive ratemaking leave the Federal Energy … |