United States Ninth Circuit

The Bonneville Power Administration's determination to commence a rate hearing to decide whether it should impose Safety-Net Cost Recovery Adjustment Charges is not a final agency decision subject to judicial review.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/07/2004
• Decided 05/24/2005
• Published 05/24/2005

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge., Before:  D.W. NELSON, THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael B. Early, Portland, OR, for petitioner Alcoa Inc., Melinda J. Davison, Irion A. Sanger, Davison Van Cleve, Portland, OR, for petitioners Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association, Umatilla Electric, Eastern Oregon Irrigators Association., Denise Peterson, Portland, OR, for petitioner Public Power Council., Raymond S. Kindley, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR, for petitioners Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Grays Harbor County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Pendoreille County, the City of Seattle, Seattle City Light Department., Michael J. Gianunzio, Eric Lee Christensen, Everett, WA, for petitioner Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington., Gary A. Dahlke, R. Blair Strong, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke, & Miller, LLP, Spokane, WA, for petitioner-intervenor Avista Corporation., R. Erick Johnson, Portland, OR, for petitioner-intervenor Pacific Northwest Generating Company., Kirstin S. Dodge, Perkins Coie, LLP, Bellevue, WA, for petitioner-intervenor Puget Sound Energy., Eric Lee Christensen, Michael J. Gianunzio, Everett, WA, for petitioner-intervenor Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randy A. Roach, Marybeth Van Buren, Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney, District of Oregon, Stephen J. Odell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kurt R. Casad, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Portland, OR, for respondent Bonneville Power Administration., Marcus Wood, Stephen C. Hall, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR, for respondent-intervenor Pacificorp., Loretta Mabinton, Portland, OR, for respondent-intervenor Portland General Electric Company.