Court Opinion

ID: 9601620
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:48:04.181221+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:39:14.571296
License: Public Domain

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the opinion and the result, with the exception of the question of whether Puget Sound Energy is an “aggrieved party.” Puget lacks standing because it was granted all the relief it sought (i.e., FERC granted price mitigation in the Pacific Northwest proceeding), and thus Puget is not “aggrieved” within the meaning of 16 U.S.C. § 8251 (b). On this point, I agree with FERC’s position. A party seeking appeal must establish, at a minimum, “injury in fact” to a protected interest. Shell Oil Co. v. FERC, 47 F.3d 1186, 1200(D.C.Cir.l995). Puget has not done so.