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Mississippi Industries v. F.E.R.C

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Jun 24, 1987
822 F.2d 1104 (D.C. Cir. 1987)

Opinion

Nos. 85-1611, 85-1613, 85-1615, 85-1616 to 85-1621, 85-1623, 85-1624, 85-1626, 85-1637, 85-1640, 85-1647, 85-1712, 85-1719 and 85-1772.

June 24, 1987.

Petition for review from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Before EDWARDS and BORK, Circuit Judges, WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


ORDER


Upon reconsideration of the petition for rehearing of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, the petition of Mississippi Industries, the Mississippi Attorney General and the Mississippi Public Service Commission, and of the petition of Mississippi Power and Light Company, it is

ORDERED by the Court, on its own motion, that the order of April 3, 1987, 814 F.2d 773 denying rehearing by the panel is hereby vacated. It is

FURTHER ORDERED by the Court, on its own motion, that the petitions are granted. It is

FURTHER ORDERED by the Court, on its own motion, that, for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of January 6, 1987, 808 F.2d 1525 the Commission's decision is reversed and this case is remanded for reconsideration of the decision to equalize the capacity costs of all nuclear plants, and for an explanation of the criteria used to determine what constitutes "undue discrimination" and of why the Commission's ultimate decision is not unduly discriminatory. It is

FURTHER ORDERED by the Court, on its own motion, that those parts of Section III(C)(2) of the opinion of January 6, 1987, which address these two issues, specifically, pages 1560 to the end of the first paragraph on page 1563 and the judgment of the same date insofar as it concerns those issues, are hereby vacated.


Summaries of

Mississippi Industries v. F.E.R.C

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Jun 24, 1987
822 F.2d 1104 (D.C. Cir. 1987)
Case details for

Mississippi Industries v. F.E.R.C

Case Details

Full title:MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIES v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Jun 24, 1987

Citations

822 F.2d 1104 (D.C. Cir. 1987)

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