State of California, Ex Rel Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, the City of Santa Clara Transmission Agency of Northern California (Tanc) Northern California Power Agency, Petitioner-Intervenor v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pg & E National Energy Group Holdings Corporation, Respondent-Intervenor. Northern California Power Agency, Transmission Agency of Northern California, City of Santa Clara, City of Palo Alto, Modesto Irrigation District (Mid), Petitioner-Intervenor v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, National Energy Group, Respondent-Intervenor

329 F.3d 700 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel Bill LOCKYER, Attorney General, Petitioner, The City of Santa Clara; Transmission Agency of Northern California (TANC); Northern California Power Agency, Petitioner-Intervenor, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, PG & E National Energy Group Holdings Corporation, Respondent-Intervenor. Northern California Power Agency, Petitioner, Transmission Agency Of Northern California, City of Santa Clara, City of Palo Alto, Modesto Irrigation District (MID), Petitioner-Intervenor, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, National Energy Group, Respondent-Intervenor. No. 02-70336. No. 02-70578. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 10, 2003. Filed May 15, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Robert C. McDiarmid, Lisa G. Dowden, and Andrea G. Lonian, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., for petitioner NCPA. Ken Alex, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, for petitioner the State of California. Robert H. Solomon, Associate Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for the respondent. Earle H.…