United States Second Circuit

A utility's claim against the New York State Public Service Commission, for violation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, was properly dismissed for failure to exhaust its administrative remedy by petitioning FERC to bring an enforcement action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2002
• Published 09/25/2002

Judges

• PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge., Before CALABRESI, SACK, and PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward Berlin (Robert V. Zener, on the brief), Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Beth G. Pacella (Cynthia A. Marlette, Dennis Lane, on the brief), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Federal Energy Regulatory Commission., Jonathan D. Feinberg (Lawrence G. Malone, on the brief), Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendant-Appellee New York State Public Service Commission., Howard J. Read (Steven D. Wilson, on the brief), Read and Laniado, LLP, Albany, NY, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.