Cities Of Anaheim, Riverside, Banning, Colton And Azusa, California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

723 F.2d 656 CITIES OF ANAHEIM, RIVERSIDE, BANNING, COLTON AND AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, Petitioners, and City of Vernon, California, Intervenor, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, and Southern California Edison Co., Intervenor. No. 82-7478. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1983. Decided Jan. 9, 1984. James N. Horwood, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., for petitioners. Arnold Fieldman, Washington, D.C., David B. Brearley, Vernon, Cal., for City of Vernon, Cal. Joshua Rokach, Barbara Weller, Thajauna Miller, FERC, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Brian J. McManus, Reid & Priest, Washington, D.C, for So. Cal. Edison. On Petition for Review of Orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Before FARRIS and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 On March 31, 1982, Southern California Edison applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a rate increase. Five California cities, wholesale customers of Edison, intervened in opposition. 1 When a utility files a new rate schedule with FERC (formerly the Federal Power Commission), the Commission can take one of…