federal-energy-regulatory-commission

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 Whether a federal agency acts arbitrarily or capriciously in determining a post-settlement change of law, and whether federal law applies to utility t…
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 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 the …
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 States may exercise their core police power to regulate public utilities by recognizing a preference for allowing incumbent utility companies …
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?
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 Whether remand without vacatur is the appropriate remedy where the record indicates that an agency's inadequately reasoned decision could be corrected…
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 Whether a state litigant has standing to challenge FERC orders under Massachusetts v. EPA when a federal statute provides the state procedural rights …
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 Whether RFRA claims must be exhausted through administrative procedures before being asserted in court
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 …