Opinion ID: 1192266
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: The Proper Form of Relief

Text: The CEC has requested that this Court order the DOE to grant the CEC's waiver petition. However, this Court's appropriate role is not to engage in the underlying analysis to determine whether the statutory criteria are met, even if the CEC might have supplied the DOE with sufficient information to do so. We are not generally empowered to conduct a de novo inquiry into the matter being reviewed and to reach [our] own conclusions based on such an inquiry. Lorion, 470 U.S. at 744, 105 S.Ct. 1598 (citing FCC v. ITT World Commc'ns., Inc., 466 U.S. 463, 104 S.Ct. 1936, 80 L.Ed.2d 480 (1984)). Considering the significant number of issues left for resolution, many of which require factual findings in the DOE's area of expertise, we decline to order a waiver on the present record. We reverse the challenged order of the DOE and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REVERSED AND REMANDED.