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525 F.2d 1261
SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners,v.FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.
No. 74--3330.
United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 14, 1976.

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Robert Perdue, Deputy Gen. Counsel, George W. McHenry, Sol., F.P.C., Washington, D.C., for Federal Power Commission.

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Thomas G. Johnson, Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

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Gordon Gooch, Washington, D.C., for Rodman Corp.

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James W. McCartney, Houston, Tex., for Tex. Eastern Transmission Corp. and Transwestern Pipeline Co.

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Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D.C., for General American Oil Co. of Tex.

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Thomas H. Burton, Continental Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

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Pat P. Timmons, Superior Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Superior Oil Co.

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Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for Placid Oil Co. and Hunt Oil Co.

9
Arthur S. Berner, Houston, Tex., for Inexco Oil Co.

10
Neal Powers, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Freeport Minerals Co., Tex. Production Co. and others.

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Frederick Moring, Washington, D.C., for Associated Gas Distributors.

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Morton L. Simons, Washington, D.C., for James Abourezk.

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Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Washington, D.C., for American Public Gas Ass'n.

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Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D.C., for Public Service Commission of the State of N.Y.

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B. James McGraw, Gulf Oil Corp., Tulsa, Okl., for Gulf Oil Corp.

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Richard F. Remmers, Sohio Petroleum Co., Oklahoma City, Okl., for Sohio Petroleum Co.

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William H. Emerson, Amoco Production Co., Chicago, Ill., for Amoco Production Co.

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Tilford A. Jones, Bethesda, Md., for The United Distribution Companies.

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Robert F. Starzel, Denver, Colo., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

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John L. Williford, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

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Paul W. Wright, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

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Roger L. Brandt, Texaco, Inc., Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

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David G. Stevenson, Amerada Hess Corp., Tulsa, Okl., for Amerada Hess Corp.

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Edward J. Kremer, Atlantic Richfield Co., Legal Div., Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

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David M. Whitney, Burmah Oil & Gas Co., Houston, Tex., for Burmah Oil & Gas Co.

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William C. Charlton, Cabot Corp., Pampa, Tex., for Cabot Corp.

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Justin R. Wolf, Washington, D.C., for The California Co.

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Samuel H. Riggs, Jr., Cities Service Oil Co., Tulsa, Okl., for Cities Service Oil Co.

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Giles D. H. Snyder, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Charleston, W. Va., for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

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Thomas H. Burton, Continental Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

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Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D.C., for General American Oil Co. of Tex.

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Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Washington, D.C., for General Motors Corp.

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L. Dan Jones, Independent Petroleum Ass'n of America, Washington, D.C., for Independent Petroleum Ass'n of America.

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Jerome J. McGrath, Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America, Washington, D.C., for The Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America.

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William A. Sackmann, Marathon Oil Co., Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

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Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Washington, D.C., for Mobil Oil Corp.

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Paul W. Mallory, Peoples Gas Co., Chicago, Ill., for Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.

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Patrick J. McCarthy, Northern Natural Gas Co., Omaha, Neb., for Northern Natural Gas Co.

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Malcolm H. Furbush, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.

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Gordon Gooch, Washington, D.C., for Pennzoil Co., Texasgulf, Inc., and Tenneco Oil Co.

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Donald J. Richardson, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

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David C. Henri, Skelly Oil Co., Tulsa, Okl., for Skelly Oil Co.

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Thomas D. Clarke, Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for Southern California Gas Co.

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Lilyan G. Sibert, Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co., Houston, Tex., for Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co.

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Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Union Oil Co. of Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of Cal.

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W. DeVier Pierson, Washington, D.C., for United Gas Pipe Line Co.

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Thomas W. Derryberry, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, N.M., for State of N.M.

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Petitions for Review of Orders of the Federal Power Commission.

ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

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(Opinion Oct. 14, 1975, 5 Cir., 520 F.2d 1061)

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Before BELL, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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In its petition for rehearing, Rodman Corporation and others request us to reconsider our decision 'to provide that the FPC (i) include a component for federal incomes taxes liability in the nationwide rate, (ii) eliminate the deduction of federal income tax credits from the nationwide average rate, or (iii) make 'crystal clear' that a de novo review of federal income tax in the current biennial review proceeding in FPC Docket No. RM 75--14 is permissible.'

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We agree that our decision should in no way be construed to foreclose a de novo review of federal income tax in the current biennial review proceeding in FPC Docket No. RM 75--14.

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It is ordered that the petitions for rehearing filed in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same are hereby denied.