City Of Seattle v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

923 F.2d 713 CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Petitioner-Intervenor, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Public Utility Dist., No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonneville Power Administration, Respondent-Intervenor. No. 89-70486. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1990. Decided Jan. 15, 1991. William H. Patton, Asst. City Atty., Seattle, Wash., for petitioner. Donald G. Kari and Sherilyn Peterson, Perkins Coie, Bellevue, Wash., for petitioner-intervenor. Dwight C. Alpern, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent. William J. Madden, Jr., Bishop, Cook, Purcell & Reynolds, Washington, D.C., Jerry K. Boyd, Payne, Hamblin, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Spokane, Wash., and Sarah R. McNary, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Or., for respondent-intervenor. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Before NELSON, O'SCANNLAIN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: 1 Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington (PUD) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an order interpreting a…