Article: TRANSMISSION AGENCY of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA v. SIERRA PAC. POWER CO.

I. SUMMARY

Private power providers may now be forced to file suit in federal district court concurrent with initiation of an administrative action challenging federal power-marketing agency decisions in order to preserve any affected contract rights against "final agency actions." In Transmission Agency of Northern California v. Sierra Pacific Power Co., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Northwest Power Planning Act gave it exclusive original jurisdiction over contract rights and imposed a ninety-day limitation on making a contract claim. The court also held that filing an administrative action to challenge decisions by the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville), even ...

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