BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. v. FERC, et al

  1. October 31, 2017

    FERC, Alaska Pipeline Settle $786M Project Suit In DC Circ.

    The D.C. Circuit agreed Monday to put on hold a case brought by owners of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System disputing their cost recovery from an over-budget $786 million upgrade project in the wake of a settlement agreement that also resolved wider issues, including interstate rate litigation.

  2. September 29, 2017

    Upcoming Oral Arguments Energy Attys Should Watch

    This fall, lawyers will be making their in-person pitches to federal appeals courts in cases covering a host of important energy issues, from the U.S. Department of Energy's approval of liquefied natural gas exports to implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's rule clamping down on cross-state air pollution. Here are five noteworthy energy cases in which oral arguments are expected in the coming weeks.

  3. October 24, 2016

    FERC Can't Second-Guess $786M Pipeline Job, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's reliance on hindsight to determine that a $786 million Trans-Alaska Pipeline System upgrade project was imprudent and should never have been done goes against commission precedent and could chill future decision-making on pipeline projects, the pipeline's owners told the D.C. Circuit Friday.

  4. October 03, 2016

    Alaska Backs FERC At DC Circ. In $786M Project Dispute

    Alaska and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. told the D.C. Circuit on Friday that Exxon Mobil Corp., BP PLC and the other carriers of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System shouldn't be able to stick ratepayers with the costs of an "imprudent" $768 million upgrade project, saying the flaws of the project were clear at the time, not merely in hindsight.

  5. September 15, 2016

    FERC Asks DC Circ. To Reject Alaska Pipeline Appeal

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday urged the D.C. Circuit to shut down an appeal by the operators of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, saying the commission rightly determined that a $786 million upgrade project was an imprudent expense and that the operators couldn't recover $113 million in back taxes in their 2010 rates.

  6. July 19, 2016

    Pipeline Owners Blast FERC Disapproval Of $786M Project

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly concluded that the owners of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System should never have approved a $786 million upgrade project and wrongly barred the owners from recovering $114 million in tax payments from ratepayers, the D.C. Circuit heard on Monday.

  7. January 21, 2016

    DC Circ. Urged To Review FERC Disapproval Of $786M Project

    The owners of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system have urged the D.C. Circuit to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's refusal to allow them to recover $421 million in costs from a $786 million upgrade project the commission said the pipeline companies never should have approved.