United States Ninth Circuit

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does not have refund authority over wholesale electric energy sales made by governmental entities and non-public utilities.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/12/2005
• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before: THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard Shapiro, Van Ness Feldman, Washington, D.C.;  Mark W. Pennak, United States Department of Justice, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Public Entities and petitioner-intervenors., Deborah A. Swanstrom, Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C., for petitioner-intervenor Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis Lane, Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission., Richard L. Roberts, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C.;  Traci Bone, Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, San Francisco, CA, for respondent-intervenor California Parties., J. Phillip Jordan, Swidler Berlin, Washington, D.C., for respondent-intervenor California Independent System Operator Corp.