Redding, California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20182
No(s). 09-72775 et al (9th Cir. Aug 27, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit denied petitions challenging FERC orders that retroactively reset the market rates that were charged in the California electricity markets during the state's energy crisis of 2000 and 2001. After California deregulated and restructured its electricity market in the mid-1990s, price...